In case the the staff at Salon hasn't realized, the economy is in the dumps, there's a war in Georgia, a genocide in the Sudan and the environment is going to hell in a handbasket.

But thanks for the handwringing commentary on what John Edwards has been doing with his dick!

Remind me not to ever become friends with you Walter. The last thing a person wants when they're in the dog house is acquaintances and friends someone shaking their head saying, "Jeepers, I thought I know him better".

Some of the greatest US Presidents as well as many of the most outstanding world leaders have had extramarital affairs. While I am not excusing any duplicitous behavior it goes without saying that this has been part and parcel of the political world since the beginning of written history.

It is a bizarre and uniquely American fetish to equate sexually morality with the ability to lead. I’m sure this is partially due to our puritan heritage and the weird fundamentalist zeitgeist of the country right now.

Whatever the reasons are, I don’t give a rat’s ass about Edward’s affair and neither do the vast majority of Salon’s readers. Why Salon is giving this non-story ink and swinging at pitches into the dirt is beyond me.

Dear Editors,

Does Camille have a word count or does she have unfettered bloviation rights?

Just curious.

Why are you giving this ink Joan?

This is a private matter between The Edwards. I'm not interested in their marital problems and I'm gonna bet that the majority of Salonistas don't care either.

Whenever you swing at one of these piches into the dirt it just cheapens this magazine.

I don't suffer from 'Blockbuster Fatigue' because my life doesn't revolve around comic book shit and moronic summer fare.

If I can give you some advice Stephanie- get out of the screening room and enjoy the outdoors.

"Religion and science are enemies. One is a superstition; the other is a fact. One rests upon the false, the other upon the true. One is the result of fear and faith, the other of investigation and reason."

Robert Green Ingersoll

You are right, I do not know you and do not know if you are a 'professional victim' so let me make a correction. I should have said that "those are the kinds of words that are typical of professional vicitms"; especially ones who are always yammering about hatred of Jews everytime a criticism of Israel's politics are made.

I loathe Israel's politics but I am no anti-semite or have any hatred for jews in my heart. In fact, I'm all for a Jewish homeland. In fact it already exists; it's called New York and Florida. My homestate of Utah would also be a perfect place for further settlement. After all I'm a big fan of braindrain and believe it is the life blood of our country.

But the state of Israel in what 'was' Palestine was a very bad idea.

You said: "Not the people of Paris...not the people of Berlin...not the people of London...the people of Sandusky, Ohio, Little Rock, Fresno, Montpelier, Butte and Buffalo..."

Ah, not really-- A very undemocratic institution called the electoral college elects the president and they don't give a shit about the good folks in Sandusky.

You said: "The comments so far have shown to me that the hatred of the Jewish people will never die in the hearts of so many people."

These are the words of a professional victim. I think there should be a condition called ‘Tel Aviv Syndrome’ where any comment against the State of Israel or any slight against a person of Jewish ancestry (Jeez, that Barry Goldstein sure is a terrible actor!) is immediately construed as an anti-Semitic comment.

I've been waiting for the all too familiar accusation of 'anti-Semitism' to be trotted out on this thread. The ADL and other Israeli PACs have conditioned people to hear any criticism of Israel as somehow ‘anti-Semitic’. But there is a big difference between singling out and attacking adherents of one monotheistic cult and criticizing a nation that is largely made up of people of that faith. If I attack Italy I am not attacking the Vatican and when I criticize Pakistan I am not attacking Islam. You should check your mental map and ask yourself why you see a general dissatisfaction with the aims and policies of Israel as somehow being anti-Semitic.