The Rise and Fall of John Edwards
The Edwards affair has been a slow-breaking wave. The story broke on the Enquirer weeks ago, and to the frustration of bloggers the MSM (main stream media) apparently ignored it.
What is it about powerful, mostly liberal, men that prevents them from keeping it in their pants? Even Robert Redford’s portrayal of the Democratic hero “Bill McKay” in the 1972 film “The Candidate” depicts a casual affair which the film never addresses. The attitude seem to be “It comes with the territory.” The same way conservative candidates are expected to have funds earmarked for libel suits. Big Think interviewed Philip Weiss, the founder of Mondoweiss and the writer for New York magazine whose article on the Spitzer affair drew the ire of many, (mostly female) readers. Here he explains Spitzer’s affair, (and by extension Edwards’) as a result of the pressure that marriage and sex face under the sexualized American standard. He seems to be looking to draw more fire when he puts forward the notion of a sexless marriage, but…maybe he has a point?
