A bizarre article from a pretty interesting African American web site called THE ROOT. I have not read enough of The Root to see how politically diverse the views are however so far the articles and posts are a enjoyable read.
However this progressive has perhaps what is one of the absurd posts on there. See In Defense of John Edwards
He basically goes after Dems that have the nerve to be critical of Edwards. He also has this:
In my estimation, a real progressive need have only two things: a belief in forgiveness and an understanding that there are no absolute truths. I'm not sure that I would get an abortion were I a pregnant woman, but I don't begrudge women who do, because I have no idea what their realities are, what truths shape their world and their decisions. I think drug addicts should go to rehab, not jail, because I forgive them for poisoning themselves, and I don't believe that what they're doing is necessarily good or bad—it just is. I don't support the death penalty because, if anything in America represents the unforgiving nature of human beings, it's that.
Progressives don't believe in absolute truths? That would be news to some.
But he ends this piece:
Forgiveness and understanding are the cornerstones of the progressive movement, but good luck finding anyone currently willing to apply those principles to the John Edwards scandal. Instead, it's all name calling and moralizing.
John Edwards made a lot of poor choices during a tremendously difficult period in his life, and that's unfortunate for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the trail of destroyed emotions he left in his wake. But liberals discussing Edwards' affair with judgmental superlatives need to realize that absolute truths and vengeful motivations are what cause people like Pat Robertson to say that the devil-worshiping Haitians had it coming. They're what tighten the fists of gay bashers and narrow the eyes of racists. And "scumbag" is closer to the N-word than you might imagine.
Oh good grief. There is some truth here with the insanity in this piece. Forgiveness is needed. However the reason people are upset are the deceptions upon the deceptions. This is much more than about a affair. It is about a man that had a huge scandal on his hands yet still was running for President and while this was really about to explode was trying to get Obama to promise the Attorney General job too him. They are upset that people covered for him. They are upset that it appears a large amount of people might have furthered this deception.
Yes I suspect some people are real mad about that among other things in these weird drama. People feel they got used and many of us are thanking God he did not become VP in 2004.
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