Buffalo Boy's Blog

Here is a different spin on things, a blog, The Slate, that I read today posted on the effect John Edward's affair will have on Barack Obama and John McCain as we move forward with the election.

The answer in my book is absolutely none. For the first time, Im going to defend McCain. Im going to defend Obama at the same time as well but I am going to stick up for McCain in the process. This despite the marital infidelity that John McCain has displayed throughout his marriages.

What Edwards did was disappointing. For a man that many both Republican and Democrat at the very least respected, his actions have taken a lot of that respect and squashed it. I liked Edwards, I was ready to support him as the democratic candidate. Now he'd be lucky to get re-elected in his senate seat.

His actions however, should have no effect on either the democrat Obama or on the republican McCain. Neither one made Edwards do what he did, neither one had any part in it and really other than being from the same party what did Obama really have to do with Edwards other than having his endorsement.

Republicans, I know what you are all thinking and don't even go there unless you want me to unleash a long line of dirty laundry that is endorsing John McCain that will make Obama's reverend issues look like saints.

So, this is simply a matter of John Edwards cheating on his wife. Its happened before, Clinton, Kennedy, gay republicans, its all happened before. Edwards is going to get whats coming and really, I actually respect the man for how he and his wife have handled it. They first handled it privately, second, they handled it publicly but only after they had to address, not before.

Im also impressed that the media has not over done it yet. I think we have seen enough of politicians cheating and doing rotten things that its no surprise anymore. The only surprise was the fact that it was John Edwards.