Daily Gut: Thinking Globally, Screwing Locally
by Greg GutfeldSo Elizabeth Edwards was on Larry King last week, doing her best to defend her cad of a husband – while, of course, pumping her book. At one point she maintained that despite his philandering, her husband still did a great thing by bringing up the issue of poverty on the campaign trail. But when the crypt-keeper asked her if her husband would take a DNA test to prove that Reille Hunter’s daughter isn’t his, Elizabeth replied that she had no idea. Finally, when King pushed again about the DNA test, she said, “I don’t need this.”
Now, first of all: I find hard it to believe that this DNA question never came up over breakfast at the Edwards’ home. But no matter – that`s not what boils my bacon. If John, as his wife claims, cares enough about poverty to make it a campaign issue, then why doesn’t he care about the poverty of a single baby? Even more, you’d think Elizabeth – so proud of her husband`s stance – would urge him to take the test, and be a father to a baby who probably needs cash for diapers – and in a few years, hair gel. I mean, the baby can’t hold a job yet – and Edwards is beyond loaded. If you’re going to talk about the despair of poverty, put your money where your big mouth is.
Well, progressivism doesn`t work that way. It`s the maxim of the typical lefty: if you think globally, you can screw everyone else locally. Those grand ideals – evident in greater concern for the world – always disappear when it’s closer to home, where it matters most. Anyone who has ever had a lefty roommate knows this: he will protest against greed, but he won`t pony up for the groceries. He will rail against injustice, but he will never clean the bathroom – which is a real injustice. He screams about war crimes, but refuses to take responsibility for his own crummy life.
So, as a strike against poverty – Edwards should take the DNA test.
And then his poor wife can write another book about it.
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"Anyone who has ever had a lefty roommate knows this: he will protest against greed, but he won`t pony up for the groceries. He will rail against injustice, but he will never clean the bathroom – which is a real injustice. He screams about war crimes, but refuses to take responsibility for his own crummy life."
Or come up with his half of the rent on time. Then when you bug him about it he acts like YOUR the a$$hole.
I'm a victim of my husband, please by my book. Oprah help my sales – Book of the Month. We're all victims of men. Buy my book. Men are bad, women are victims, if you do not believe, just watch more television and movies.
My Lefty roommate was so morally superior and smug, he behaved as if I and his other 3 roommates should pay his rent and do his share of the cleaning in exchange for the privilege of listening him spew on and on and on about the evils of George Bush, Republicans, Conservatives, Christians and just about anyone who didn't march in lock step to the ultra left wing agenda that he had absorbed from his "brilliant" and "progressive" professors and deadbeat friends. And his folks were LOADED. There is absolutely NO ONE more entitled or cheaper than a rich Liberal lawyer's kid from Long Island! If he hadn't abruptly moved out (stiffing us for 3 months rent) we would have waterboarded his ass.
Hey, thanks for not defending either of them.
And hey, now that the campaign is over, and his politcal chances are zero, it loooks like Elizabeth Edwards' cancer death sentence wasn't nearly as serious as the entire nation was led to believe right up until the aptly named John was caught walking out of that elevator in L.A. last fall.
Maybe Larry can ask her about that miracle cure on her next visit.
I smell another book.
Dogging on Elizabeth Edwards is super classy, Gut.
YOUR the a$$hole
"Anyone who has ever had a lefty roommate knows this: he will protest against greed, but he won`t pony up for the groceries."
Worse even, they'll smoke your weed and with blood shot eyes will deny it to your face over the din of 'wooden ships'. But when pressured they'll typically confess, sighting the 'greater good' clause.
My brother-in-law is the same way. He rails about how the baby boomers destroyed the plant. then demands that his parents take him in at age 27 bacause they didn't actually raise him.
Complains that Christmas is commercialized but will gladly accept gift. He just won't buy any.
But someday he will be rich because he is going to ask people for donations to his cause. His particular charity? Money for pot.
I think its Ok to dog them both…Elizabeth did get the raw deal from an idiot husband…..
but to turn around and make money off the situation is not very classy either !!!!
Actually it should read "you're" the ….. For future reference.
Tell it to Gary Eaton
ELIzabetH is a heRO!! HoW daRe yoU cAll her OUT for stanDINg BY wHen Her LoUt HusBand TriED to scAM the EntiRE NaTioN!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111111
Of course it is his baby. Edwards had no other reason to travel across the country to see the mother and child in the middle of the night otherwise. That could have just been a phone call. I don't care if Elizabeth stays with her philandering husband. That's her choice, but don't pretend to be a victim. I think writing a book about it is just wrong.
You mean like Sarah Palin is about to do?
How is a book deal "scamming the entire nation"?
I plead guilty to watching the Elizabeth Edwards' interview on Oprah– curiosity got the best of me. And the way she handled the issue of the kid was very telling. She kept on insisting that it had nothing to do with her and that baffled me. So, your husband possibly (probably) fathered another child and that has nothing to do with you? Your kids likely have another sibling and that has nothing to do with you? You may not like what it has to do with you, but putting the blinders on isn't going to solve the problem. And I wonder what kind of example that is to set for the kids you do acknowledge. That it's okay to ignore a problem you don't like?
Sue him. Fight him on his own turf and win; you'll love yourself in the morning.
I'm sure Edwards will make a donation toward the baby's welfare as soon as he remembers which corner of his 28, 200 square foot house has the pile of money for "inconveniences". By comparison, your local Walgreens averages 14,500 square feet.
Oh, I get it. Deflection. Common liberal tactic. What's next? Denial?
Nah. Full-on class warfare.
Yeah, because their situations are exactly the same.
Pull a Kinison on him. Wait till he's stoned off his @$$ and then get 3 or 4 guys to come over and pull their peckers out and put them around his face. Then you take polaroids of just his face and the PeNiSeS. Strategically place them where they will be found and circulated amongst his friends, and then watch him run out of town as fast as possible.
I'm sure any money Palin earns will have to go to her legal fund b/c of all the lefties that keep coming up with bogus charges. Talk about keeping the cycle alive!!
My goodness. How anyone thought Edwards was anything but a phony to begin with is beyond me. From his phony act giving speeches, to his "Christopher Reeve will get up and walk if Kerry is elected", to channeling a dead fetus in his ambulance chasing bonanza against ob-gyns, to his building his $4M house while talking about the Two Americas, to cheating on his dying wife, to his lying about his affair…wow. Where does it end with this guy?
Not to mention trying to capitalize on his wife's cancer while cheating on her. Did anyone know that Ann Romney Mitt Romney's wife has MS? No, unlike Edwards he's not looking for sympathy points.
Liz Edwards is the epitome of a hypocrite, just as the article says. Attacking the messenger because you dislike the message makes you just another ostrich, hiding your head in the sand & ignoring the difficult world around us. What did happen to her "terrible" cancer? Is she magically cured? Why aren't these deadbeat millionaires paying for the baby he fathered? If I tried that I'd be jailed. Perhaps you'd sound less ridiculous if you stopped defending the super priveledged hypocrites & started using your head.
Perhaps you'd sound less insane if you didn't go around implying that people faked cancer to curry political favor
So if Sarah Palin had cancer and her husband cheated on her and THEN wrote a book it'd be okay to dog her?
I can wait for your reply, I know you've probably got some kittens to torture
judgejudy.com
suicide would be a better option for ya
white trash with money is still white trash
They let you post on here with a name like Abu?
I thought it was just "awesome" (overused liberal word) how this woman was going to unload her philandering jack ass of a husband on us…like she didn't know he was a "screw" up from the get go. Also, I agree with Aesop. According to the mainstream meadia her cancer was "Dire" – she looks pretty good for dire. Just not good enough for her own husband.
Jamie – you took the words right out of my mouth!
I'm sorry, but isn't this story better suited for Jerry Springer?
My ole liberal roommate did that crap all the time. He would eat my food/drink my beer and if I bitched he would make a big point that I could help myself to any of his food anytime. Of course, he never had any freakin' food.
He would also only put 2 dollars of gas in his car at a time, so if you ever asked him to drive he would say "I don't have any gas".
And I remember him bringing six packs of generic beer to parties (remember generic beer?) and throwing them in the fridge and grabbing someone else's Heinekens.
Last time I talked to him on the phone was about 2006. He told me he was reading Obama's book and that was who he liked for Pres. . I laughed. "Obama?" I said. " The guy just got elected to the Senate. Are you Serious?" 10 trillion dollars later….
http://www.AlistZ.net
Hey, that's my brother in law. are they all like that?
She withh information from the Voters. In this case Democrat voters.
her right to claim victimhood was forfeit when she played on the sympathies of the Nation. She and her husband tried to hide the affairs form the country by focusing on her cancer. She became a praticipant in a charade.
Thank you–it's about time someone in the media pointed out the hypocrisy of both the Edwards in saying they care about poverty and families, yet John is ignoring this baby. Elizabeth should not be proclaiming what a wonderful person he is while he is a deadbeat dad.
No woman should support a man not taking care of his own child.
I am sorry for the personal challenges she has had, but it does not give her a free pass to act immorally.
Miles,
Hey Buddy, you would do well to lay off the class warfare stuff. Not too many peole want to be poor and homeless like you. Until the Aliens come around to ship all you Hater types off to Planet Zorgon, we all have to live together and get along.
You can dog Bristol Palin, just don't dog poor Elizabeth!
Is that Walgreens, or Walmart? The Walgreens around me are not anywhere near 14000 square feet.
John Edwards should take a DNA test to prove he's human. That cretin looks like Tweety Bird to me.
Lol. Track him down. Have a waterboarding party.
Ha ha ha.. that sounds like my husbands former suitmate…. who is a Liberal by the way…
That was not what I was going to say…
What I was going to say is…. That's communism to the core.
I don't think that people that actually type like that know what the word lout means let alone how to use it in a sentence…
Uh, me thinks ya'll missed the point: Liberally minded types tend to ignore the plight of their own while attempting to save the rest. It's a tried and true way of running away from responsbility while gaining a modecum of respect from fellow libs. "Gee, too bad that your son Billy overdosed but your brave crusade to save mullosks from extinsion is awesome! Breitbart wrote about this years ago.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ART...
I didn't mean to imply her illness was faked…but suddenly she's not dying…apparently her miraculous remission happened as soon as her husband was caught in adultery. I only wanted to know what this magical cancer cure is.
didn't mean to imply her illness was faked…but suddenly she's not dying…apparently her miraculous remission happened as soon as her husband was caught in adultery. I only wanted to know what this magical cancer cure is.
I don't feel sorry for any involved except for maybe the children…. They all need to quit crying and start acting like big kids now…. You aren't the victim if you choose to be in the situation that you are in…
They are just "affluent" white trash….
Isn't he just waiting for her to pass before stepping up? Isn't the reason he was out for a test drive is because she's not around much longer?
Sounds like Rick from "The Young Ones."
Not to forget commercials – you'd think that all white men are stupid, are criminally minded but always around to offend some woman.
From Wikipedia; "A typical Walgreens store is about 14,500 square feet " or about half the size of Edwards house.
Wal-Marts are generally around 51,000 – 224,000 sq. ft. with an average of 102,000 sq. ft.
"I love mankind. It's people I can't stand."
Charles Schulz said it best about lefties.
As for Elizabeth Edwards? She screams at us to CARE! CARE about her, her, her, her. But when someone asks her to care about an abandoned child – dead silence. Yup, that says it all about Elizabeth.
Sea kittens to be specific.
Who says Sarah Palin needs to do anything to dog her? The media finds plenty of excuses already. The thing with Edwards, and I'd be surprised if you could find a real justification for this, is why even write the book? All she's doing is dredging up more embarrassment for herself and her family. Personally I don't think the cancer is a ruse of any kind and I suspect the book is a bit of revenge toward her husband. She's certainly entitled to her anger, but it doesn't do her family any good at all.
"what boils my bacon"
don't you mean, "what fries my turnips"?
That's my name, douchewhistle. What's yours?
Oh my, she wouldn't fake the seriousness of her cancer in order to further her husband's political career, would she? Whoever would think of such a thing? Preposterous! I only thank God that she has managed to survive longer than the Judds' farewell tour. By the way, how is Naomi doing?
I love you Greg.
John Edwards – who is he? Who cares?
I think I must have been your college roommate. But I promise, I've changed.
Great Article..
Here's another…Stoned lefty roomate hangs out with Amnesty Int'l types who don't use deodorant, and skips class to join the "rent a protest group" gatherings on campus, then moans about prejudice and injustice when his sorry ass gets booted out of the Univ. for a semester for academic probation…then, when his job at the local pizzaria gets downsized because customers complain about his rotten attitude, he files a wrongful termination lawsuit…not kidding…this is how these slugs think! (Then they grow up to be Tom Hayden or David Bonior)
No, my old roommate was the guy who thought it was a good idea to light a candle after the Northridge quake.
I guess lefties can't smell gas
Hey USArtguy (formerly USArtboy), glad to see you kept the avatar — I like that one. You designed it right?
I think the real question is, does Walgreens have a full gymnasium? And do their employees pay $400 for hair cuts?
The same way liberals always scream "privacy" from the rooftops when it comes to their philandering, yet she's out making a book deal.
One wonders when John will begin to get messages. "Yes," says the lawyer for the plaintiff Ms. Hunter, "I can hear that poor, defenseless little girl, and she is speaking. Yes! Speaking to me from beyond your property line. Pay me, daddy! Pay me that child support you owe me …"
Elizabeth knows she needs to establish her own bank account now before it's too late.
White men are nothing but caricatures in commercials. Women, children or pets always have to come to their rescue.
You impress me as the kind of pantywaist that brings a knife to a gunfight. In this case, you're coming unarmed to a battle of wits.
Just another sordid story from a family of ambulance-chasing, victim status-claiming liberals. Someone had it right earlier about them belonging on Springer, but as they're rich liberals, they'll wind up on Larry King instead. I'd ask when their 15 minutes of fame are up already, but again, as they're rich liberals, they'll never go away. They'll always be looking to get back into the public spotlight, which is their way of milking the public for more funds to support their tawdry lifestyles.
The actual wording of the post is not relevant. The capital letters are a jumble that spell out a secret message just for you. See if you can figure it out.
I am not privy to the actual meaning of the message but I suspect it has something to do with Pie.
So now that she has been cuckolded by her "Progressive" husband does this mean the left will be calling for her to Run for office i the near future….. Senate in 2010, the White House in 2016……..
Was there not another famous wife of a philandering lefty that wrote a book about children in villages or some such thing. Hmmm …………….. I am seeing a pattern.
You just got to know that this woman is being paid a fortune under the table to stay out of the news.
Clever and Hilarious.
Ditto, like that avatar a lot and glad to see he can post again.
More important to my mind than staffing and haircut issues, where do I buy a trailer that big? I mean if I were in the market…
I don't know, but I would start at Algore's house. It sounds like it is environmentally unfriendly enough for Algore to own one.
In 2000 years he'll be The Algore, a mystical figure not well understood, but famous for being all mystical. You know sort of like V-ger.
I think I love you for that.
Thanks guys. Yes I did design my avatar and it's good to be back as an "official" member of the community.
Glad to have you back — hope you learned something from your exile. (just kidding)
But seriously, it is a very striking avatar. I like it a lot.
Great, more disappearing comments. . .
Thank you. I'm anxiously awaiting the motion picture!
Ok,I'm going to comment here since my other comments have vanished.
Golani — great analogy! Alg'r = Vger. And both try to destroy the earth!
USArtguy, glad you made parole/escaped. I do like the avatar a lot — it's very striking. Big thumbs up!
It's good to have you back too, it always reminded me of if the Zodiac had his own brand of dreamsicles. Which is probably not what you were shooting for, but hey who doesn't like a dreamsicle?
Or Nostradamus. Any event that comes along (warming, cooling, no change at all) will have been "predicted" by The AlgOracle.
Yeah my reply to your replies disappeared too. Andrew, thanks I'm anxiously awaiting the motion picture!
And as for the logo, it makes me think of if the Zodiac had his own brand of dreamsicles, probably not what you were shooting for, but I like it. And who doesn't like a dreamsicle?
So does that mean that in the motion picture The AlgOracle will team up with Time Traveling Aztec Templars to…fight (enviro-) crime!?!
Man this movie is getting better and better!
Not to mention that Algore Da Vinci, will be credited with inventing everything from the internet to love.
That's a given, one look at the Algore makes one immediately think of passion.
Granted it's passion for an Atlantic City all you can eat complementary buffet, but passion nonetheless.
How anyone capable of channeling a fetus can be okay with abortion is a head-scratcher.
I grew tired of waiting for the "nohelp" desk to respond and created a new account. I didn't want to simply vanish, though. So that's why the name is similar and why I kept my avatar.
Since my day gig is a Graphic Designer for a Mid-Western ad agency, I thought making my avatar represent the 4 basic inks of printing, along with my user name, was a good way to convey what part of pop culture I'm directly involved with. And I wanted to play up the USA part when I chose my original user name.
OMG, what is it with liberals and not cleaning things? Granted, this is a sweeping generalization (the neatest dorm room I saw in college was that of a flaming lib), but the most nasty dirty dorm rooms I saw were all inhabited by liberals. I don't mean just messy, college students are usually messy. I mean layers of hair and crap on the carpet, video game console wired strewn hazardously across the room, nauseating blends of mysterious smells emanating from the bedsheets and closets… I guess that's just what I get for chilling with the "special interest" hippies. Tolerance stinks.
Greg is right, Elizabeth Edwards IS a hypocrite. She said right out on that Oprah Interview in her home that she knew about Johnny's little 'indescretion' and campaigned with him anyway. THEIR careers were more important than integrity and they are both just too self righteous and dishonest for words. The less we hear about these two the better. Same wtih the Gores. Everything THEY do is for the greater good and everything the average citizen does is up for their finger pointing, pontificating and criticism. Enough. We get a bellyfull of it every day from the left and with Obama in the WH it gets to the gag stage real quick.
Nor does he have any class.
To quote the great Eric Cartman:
"Hippies.They're everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad."
Seriously.
Bristol Palin was a dumb teenager. Elizabeth Edwards has no excuse.
All you ever needed to know about John Edwards:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsDeZdDDHIo
Great headline! What more can I add?
I bet you had a really messy dorm room, didn't you miles?
No, not like Sarah Palin. Conservative men know how to treat their women, it's easy since most conservative women are ladies.
I lump Mrs. Edwards with Hillary and her type. The only reason they didn't know sooner is because they pretended not too. And then expect sympathy for putting up with it? You've got to be kidding…. I'd have more sympathy if she wrote the book from the 'Howard Johnson" after talking to a divorce lawyer.
Do you really think this is the first time Edwards have faced a situation like this? A guy that is happily married to a wonderful but terminally ill woman doesn't all of a sudden change into a philanderer. If you repeat her words, but imagine them coming from Johnny boy after he's been caught, that makes more sense.
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