The number 8 is supposed to be symbolic for luck, prosperity, and good fortune, but for former Senator John Edwards, it may prove to be a bad omen of things and unforeseen consequences that are yet to come. John Edwards laid it all out on the line, at least as much as he was willing too publicly, in an exclusive interview with ABC News Correspondent, Bob Woodruff on Friday, August 8, 2008. John Edwards wanted to face the music alone, take his lumps like a 'real' man, and not have to as with other elected officials who were caught in sexually-compromising situations, put on public display the hurt, wounded, and yet supportive wife by his side. The 'affair' which wasn't but ultimately admitted as 'was,' simply came down to a "matter of poor judgment?" This sounds like a referee or umpire at a baseball game where a batter was called 'out' on a bad pitch or a base runner colliding with a catcher at home plate was called 'safe'; or something like that.
Does Rielle Hunter feel that the brief sexual tryst or fling that she and John Edwards had, including the laughter, the intrigue of sneaking around, the late-night or otherwise clandestine rendezvous, being sexual playthings for each other, dinner and lunch dates, all of this was just a 'mere' Oops? It is interesting that with all this political baggage from two years ago on his shoulders, even telling Elisabeth about his indiscretion, how could John Edwards even think of running for the Presidency and more importantly, how could his wife have supported him in this quest; both of them knowing full well that the truth was going to come out eventually?
The more John Edwards explained his case, which certainly showed exceptional courage and strength, seemed a bit disconnected at times because on the one hand he repeated over and over how much he loved his wife; but yet not owning up to the 'fact' that “love doesn't behave in this fashion." John Edwards appears to be in some sort of denial and perhaps there is a deeper pathology than what he shows on the surface; which he eluded to it when he said, “I became egotistical, narcissistic, and I felt that I could do anything and get away with it.”
All of us have that "inner child" within us, at least according to the social scientists, and perhaps Elisabeth can forgive and love her husband because she knows that part of John Edwards which is hidden from public view; the one who is vulnerable, uncertain, devoted, needing and wanting attention, to be understood and accepted, and the one who in spite of the serious and painfully deep emotional wound hurt that he has inflicted upon her, still, Elisabeth knows in her heart that John really, really, loves her; despite his moral failings and short comings. If Elisabeth is willing to forgive her husband then who are the rest of us that have the audacity to sit in judgment. As Jesus told the crowd of Pharisees who brought before Him a woman who was caught in the very act of adultery, and they told him, "the Law commands that such a person be stoned," to which He replied, "those of you without sin be the first to cast a stone at her.”
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
August 9, 2008
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