Elizabeth Edwards meets John’s baby: What would you do?
It seems the suffering never stops for Elizabeth Edwards. On top of everything else, she now has to contend with the less than flattering revelations of her campaign conduct in the bombshell book, Game Change.
But more intriguing than this attempt to toss Edwards off her saintly throne–I mean, did anybody really imagine living with John was not conducive to bellowing rages?–are reports in Game Change and now, The National Enquirer, that Elizabeth has softened her stance toward John’s little campaign trail souvenir.
According to the tabloid, which dogged the former presidential hopeful until he finally ‘fessed up to his affair with Rielle Hunter, and the daughter he fathered with that aide, Elizabeth is considering meeting baby Frances Quinn Hunter.
Elizabeth’s dilemma fascinates me: Her own children now have an illegitimate half-sister; what, if any, relationship should she encourage between them?
I have written about this at length at more.com, but wonder what True/Slant readers think. If you were in Elizabeth’s shoes, which path would you take?
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I can’t imagine her shoes, anymore than I can picture her clothed in dignity. Because only someone who has lost all sense of dignity would stay with the guy, subjecting her kids to more scandalous revelations with the perpetrator on the premises. I can’t imagine loving a rank hypocrite that much, no matter how he professes his shame.
But this only tells you the limits of my imagination. The matter of the half-sister should be a vote among the kids. This is America (well, one of two).
Personally, I think Elizabeth Edwards has a lot to learn from Jenny Sanford. I can’t in a million years fathom why Elizabeth would want to meet John’s child with another woman when she and John never divorced. (There was a report last fall that it might be headed that way, but the source was The National Enquirer, so who knows?) If they had gone their separate ways and John wanted his children with Elizabeth to have a relationship with his other child, that’s one thing. But they haven’t, so why on earth would she broker that relationship for her children? Not her job; it’s John’s.
I think Elizabeth Edwards is getting a free pass here. She’s being treated as saintly, but she knew before the Iowa primary what John Edwards was up to and she was willing to risk both the future of the Democratic party and the future of our country so that he could stay in the race and so that she might have a chance at a White House role. Had John Edwards won the primary and had this come out during the general election campaign, John McCain would be president and Sarah Palin would be vice-president. Both Edwards were willing to risk that to pursue their political ambitions. I have no respect for either one. Andy Kay, Kaneohe, Hawaii
Personally I think it is offensive to put such a personal dilemma to a vote. This should not have ever made it to the press and if Elizabeth is making this public she should be ashamed. However now that it is out in the public her children should be told the absolute truth by both parents and it is their decision to accept their half sister or not. As for Elizabeth she must accept the decision of Ms. Hunter as to whether to allow her child to be visited by a stranger. Mrs. Edwards has put this woman in a bad position whether deserved or not.