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Saturday, August 16, 2008 12:00 AM

Get Rielle

The life of John Edwards flame Rielle Hunter has been a novel, literally, with Bolivian marching powder, movie scripts called "It's All About Uranus" and electrocuted horses.

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  • Saturday, August 16, 2008 02:18 PM

    Spiritual Enlightenment & Naivete

    Rielle forgot the first and oldest rule about spiritual enlightenment:

    Be careful what you wish for.

    Sounds like she always wanted to be famous and if you want something bad enough, and you are persistent, you'll get it. That's why you have to be very specific. It's a story as old as Aladdin and the Magic Lamp.

    This story pisses off many, but I have to admit, it makes me glad that the truth is out. The naivete of John Edwards in this situation is not a quality people should want in a POTUS. No matter what kind of midlife or personal crisis he may have been going through, they would be nothing to the potential crises a president may face. Now he's in a trick bag. Big statement about judgement.

    It strikes me as different from the Clinton scandal, because Monica seemed more the naive one and Clinton remained in a posistion of power in the relationship. At least that's the way it seems from the little I remember of it.

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