Sympathy for the Devil?

While millions of blogs parse every word ever uttered or written by, for or about John Edwards, the Captain Push blog looks for the one angle nobody talks about. For example, all the media and cable talking heads preface or conclude their remarks about John Edwards with a weepy mention of the poor, cuckolded Elizabeth Edwards who has a fatal form of cancer. This is indeed sad and needs to be mentioned I suppose.

But there's more to this part of the story. Poor Elizabeth had to have her say and she posted the following remarks:

Our family has been through a lot. Some caused by nature, some caused by human weakness, and some – most recently – caused by the desire for sensationalism and profit without any regard for the human consequences. None of these has been easy. But we have stood with one another through them all. Although John believes he should stand alone and take the consequences of his action now, when the door closes behind him, he has his family waiting for him.

Ah, the bitterness! Elizabeth Edwards has arguably more right than anyone to be bitter. She's definitely a victim in several ways although I'd hardly call her the victim of an overzealous and avaricious press. In fact, the major media outlets suppressed this story for a long time much to their collective embarrassment. It took the intrepid reporters from the National Enquirer to strip the cover off of this story.

So Mrs.Edwards makes her statement and where does she post it? The Daily Kos of course. Now exactly why would she choose an infamous, hate-filled website to post her thoughts? How completely ignorant is that? Let's see, she's probably not aware of how they treated another cancer victim, one Tony Snow of Foxnews and White House fame.

Here's just a taste:

THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS FROM DAILY KOS

HIs death sucks? (0+ / 0-)

If only his cancer was contagious and the thugs he worked for caught it, it would have saved the suffering of actual innocent people. He was part of the mafia that took over this country and frankly, I’m glad he’s dead.

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It is indeed hard to lose a loved one. But I can’t even muster any good thoughts to send his family and friends.

Here is a man who could of used his power and talents to help people, to better the world. And he didn’t — in fact he did the complete opposite. He was a liar, we all know what the consequences of those lies have been and will continue to be until God knows when.

I am not sad he’s gone. Sorry if that’s offensive to anyone. I’ll save my sorrow for those who suffered because of the lies Mr. Snow pertetuated. (sic)

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There is a certain irony in him being killed by his own rotten ass.

I haven't been treated to anything like this on Conservative websites. But imagine the outrage if we substituted Elizabeth Edwards for Tony Snow in the aforementioned clips. Elizabeth CHOSE to post on one of the most vile outlets imaginable while condemning others who merely reported the facts concerning her husband's tawdry affair, his lies, and his cover-up. And yes, Elizabeth also mentioned in another post that John was the first to pack his bags for the YearlyKos convention.

I suppose Elizabeth Edwards can claim ignorance. She can't be the brightest first lady wannabe on the planet if she couldn't see through John's smoke. Regardless, if you swim with the pigs at the Daily Kos, then you probably are one too. Sorry about that Elizabeth.