Elizabeth,
You appear to be a very loving and forgiving lady. I believe that most Americans have prayed for you since learning you had been diagnosed with cancer. I heard you speak well on your husband's behalf many times during his Presidential run. It is your decision to forgive your husband. However, John is in politics and he will be judged by people.

Personally I was never happy with him as a candidate for a few reasons. I believe that a rich man such as John who places his political career above his wife who has cancer is heartless in every respect of the word. To make matters worse he has had an affair.

Mrs. Edwards, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your children.

Respectfully,
D.M.

His political life is over, now we all know what happened. From here on it is none of my business. It is a private family matter.

Do we not learn? As a people, as a country, do we not learn?

This matter is so intensely private. Is Mrs. Edwards' cancer not enough for her to have to deal with but now she must address this private family matter publicly? Mr. Edwards is no longer running for office, though if he were this still wouldn't be our business.
This "reporting" was not for the public good. It is tabloid journalism and it is offensive. I hope the Edwards family finds peace and I wish them strength for what will no doubt be a humiliating and draining experience. Focus on your health, Mrs. Edwards. You are a role model to many.

Once again the sleeze reporters are at it. What happens to a husband and wife is none of our bussiness. Oh that's right your in the public eye too. How's it going with your better half, how are your kids doing, (oh one's on drugs, one's pregnet and not married, one just got a sexually transmitted desease, lets talk about it) I know it's none of our business. No one in this world is perfit except our lord and savior. This just proves that John Edwards in human. please don't beat this to a palp. Leave it alone for his wife and children. Take the higher road.
I remember John Edwards and his family in my prayers.

whoa. elizabeth sometimes you gotta stop standin' by your man!

If I could speak to Mrs. Edwards I would pray her, " Please continue to support your husband, because after who ever gets the promotion, who ever writes the book (s), who ever makes money due to your lives… afer all of that is done, and your lives become information stored away in the archives, after a hypocritical country, trying to soothe their own guilt by using your cancer situation, stops being sentimental… after all that, all you have left is your faith and your family. Mam if the statement you put out is a genuine one, as a Pastor I am saying to you, May the God of reconciliation engage you in the ministry of reconcilation in your own house. May His peace keep your heart as you and your family (ALONE) go through this and what has already transpired."

My prayers go out to Elizabeth and her children.

Looks like the wrong Edwards ran for President……….Elizabeth seems to be the strong one!

I don't understand why it is any concern of the media to be publishing these sort of reports. These are two decent people who need the time and respect of people to mind their own business. It is a shame that the media acts like the National Enquirer. I don't think this will harm the Edwards but, it sure makes the media look like fools. Are there any real journalist in this country anymore? I guess they have all died and we are left with idiots.

i hope MSM allows them to heal through this

The two of them already handled this. It is only between the two of them. I will be really disappointed if I hear CNN reporters were in front of their house.

I agree that this is a private matter. It makes me sick how the media feels like it is their place to report this. This was a mistake that was made against his family not our country and it should stay behind close door. Elizabeth Edwards and her family have enough to go through without having a personal matter being publicized. I hate with what is going on in our country that we feel we need to go into someone's personal life and hurt an entire family. I would just like to say to the Edwards family that I am sorry that we live in a county of nosey people who cant keep their nose out of other peoples business. I would just like to say to Elizabeth Edwards to stay strong and know that there are people out here who do care about your family and hate what this had done to you. You need to worry about your illness and your family.

I always thought the trial lawyer was a sleeze bag. I was right.

Wow. Grace personified.

We are to love the sinner but hate the sin. It takes a real man to admit his mistakes. May our Savior in Heaven give Grace and forgiveness to John Edwards. Please pray for him to come to repentence.

I feel for you and your family, but you lied.

God bless,

Elizabeth has a lot of grace. I hope that women in media (aka "the view" tv show, Nancy Grace, etc..) do not condemn her or judge her for staying with her husband, or try to pressure her into what THEY think she should do. Every woman has her own path of grace to walk and I hope they respect Elizabeth's.

As for John, I am not surprised. He is a politician afterall.

What a strong woman. Through the death of a son, through breast cancer two times, and a marriage on the rocks, she is still going strong willing to work out her problems and keep her family going. She is an inspiration to all woman.

Obama Richardson 2008

Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards is a very courageous woman, and I don't think she is going to run for presidency some day.

If you're an Obama supporter who is right now thinking up ways to twist this story into a hateful comment about Hillary or McCain then you need to take a long hard look in the mirror. And also apologize to Obama because you're despicably undermining his positive message of hope and change.

McCain should stop his old stuff experince after he voted for Iraq war,quess what ?Americans deficit now is more than eight trillion dollars.Generations yet unborn will pay for John Mccain mistake.

Having been a victim of the same offense my heart goes out to Elizabeth and her family. How cruel to inflict this on a woman who is battling to live knowing she doesn't have much time and then the idiot she married does this because he's just like every other man but then again the other woman an indiot as well but gets her 15 minutes of fame. How stupid. And I'd put john above the actions of weaker men but guess what. How many other men are out there tonight saying this could have been them found out. So sad but then this really is none of our business except he lied to US and that matters. Same will Bill, he lied and he lied.

Oh, and of course, it's Clinton's fault. I don't know how is that even remotely possible, but I'm sure Obama supporters will figure out a way to spin it that way…

Well-said. Sometimes, the media just needs to know when to butt out of people's personal affairs — and that's coming from a member of the news media! I hope you and your family are able to continue the healing process unhindered by the insensitivity of others.

Love you, Elizabeth!

It doesn't affect his politics, it's a private matter, it's NONE of our business. CNN, lay off him already, will ya? There is a war in Georgia where people are actually dying!

I am very proud of you and the courage of writing this statement LiZ,
God will always be with you and your family.

Best Regards,

Jean

And he should have done the right thing and endorsed Hillary right after Super Tuesday.

But, it seems his judgement is as bad as O' boy's.

I'd say that the press should leave the Edwards alone. (I'm a Republican and I don't think their family should be publicly destroyed by the press over a private matter.)

THIS IS A TOTAL SHOCK! HOWEVER I DO NOT KNOW THE MAN PERSONALLY BUT HE CAME ACROSS AS A LOVING, CARING HUSBAND. I HOPE THE MEDIA REALIZES WE ARE ALL HUMAN AND AS SUCH WE MAKE MISTAKES BIG & SMALL. THE FACT HIS WIFE IS VERY ILL I PRAY SOME PRIVACY WILL BE GIVEN TO THEM ALTHOUGH I DOUBT IT. IT WILL SERVE NO PURPOSE FOR US TO KNOW EVERY INTIMATE DETAIL OF THIS AFFAIR. YOU IN THE MEDIA THAT REPORT THESE STORYS I AM SURE HAVE SKELTONS IN YOUR CLOSET SOME WORSE THAN AN AFFAIR. MAY GOD KEEP HIS ARMS AROUND YOU MS. EDWARDS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

My sympathy is with Elizabeth Edwards. She's standing by her man. The audacity and arrogance he displayed astound me. To conduct and extra marital affair when you know you'll run for presisent show how much he hold his supporters and the public in contempt. I fell sorry for his family and us for being fooled by his sweet talk.

Wow, he lied to all of us, then you Elizabeth tell us that his lies should mean nothing to us…… Sounds less than sincere, more like a politician's wife.

As a man who has suffered the pain and humiliation of his wife's infidelity, my heart goes out to Mrs. Edwards, particularly given her serious medical condition. However as much as I respect her efforts to honor her marriage vows (despite the fact that her husband did not) as someone who has been there, I take issue with one of her comments. Saying and believing that her husband simply made a 'mistake' is not fully recognizing the full scope the betrayal or the pain caused infidelity. The truth is, Sen. Edwards made a choice. He made a choice to engage in a sexual relationship with this woman, a choice to dishonor his marriage vows and a choice to cause his wife what I know from personal experience to be perhaps the greatest pain one person can inflict upon another, especially the one you profess to love. That said, Sen. Edwards' big 'mistake' was putting himself in that position in the first place. Choice took over from there.

May God continue to put peace in your heart……Love you Guys !!!

My admiration for Mrs Edwards truly grows. To exhibit such grace and forgiveness is truly a rarity today. Her strength and courage is the real story. I only hope that Senator Edwards truly comprehends what he has in her. Somehow, I think he does.

I wish the rest of the world would butt out of their business. Allow them time to seek God and his forgiveness. Then the true healing can begin.

Remember, all of us sin and fall short. That is not an excuse; it is a fact.

Wow, what a woman. Senator Edwards, man, you're an idiot for cheating on her..

Ok, I'm done with it. Move on.

They've both made statements now. They're decent people and deserve their peace. Are we that thirsty for scandal?

Good for you, Elizabeth. Be strong and be forgiving. I believe it whole-heartedly from you, and am contrasting your reaction and way of life to the Clinton's when Bill's escapades once again because public. He's far worse, yet goes on as a public leader…go figure.

What a slob!

McCain BETTER keep his mouth shut on this since he married into millions by having an affair with Cindy while still with his first wife, announced the divorce on TV before telling her, married Cindy a month later…yet he still manages to lecture about "family values" !

Peace Elisabeth our hearts are with you.

I hope John Edwards feels his cheap and taudry affair with this ugly duckling was worth his career and possibly a vice-presidential run. If this is his judgment, I would hate to think we would have elected him as a President or Vice-President or anything else. His judgment stinks. I'm so sorry for the Edwards family (not him) since they have been through so much already. Was it worth it John??? I would think you could have picked something better than this if you were to sell out your soul.

Elizabeth, if you have any scroats at all, you will divorce the bum and set your children up for life. Give him one greenhouse gas SUV and take the rest !

To err is human.

She is a better woman than I am. I don't think I'd be able to stand behind him. I know people make mistakes however, there are some mistakes that aren't really mistakes. You don't just mistakenly fall into someone else's bed.

Also, one has to wonder if the only reason she is standing by him 100% is because she's dying and doesn't want him to be alone once she's gone.

Good Luck to them both.

Thank you, Elizabeth Edwards. I truly respect your regard on this matter and can very much relate to the concern for privacy. It is not our business or concern to respond to it, but for the sake of others' awareness, on the bright side, your explanation will inspire others to be more honest to each other. That love can exist even with the truth told. Thank you.

Elisabeth! You are truly a wonderful woman! Please keep fighting with your cancer and be well!

This is MY country and MY vote and I deserve to choose how I will use it. When I make a purchase everything from a car, to Dr., to medicine, to vacuum, I research it thoroughly. And I am sick of being lied to by everyone who wants to sell me something, whether it's a vacuum or president.

I do have a right to know if John Edwards or anyone else selling themselves to me, asking for my money and my vote is being honest with me. I get to spend MY money and MY vote on who I believe is the one who will represent me the best, my ideal, my sense of honor, justice, and yes, decency. I resent the MSM only allowing "us" the outsiders from knowing what they have knowledge of, as if we were too stupid to handle it. I thought so much of J. Edwards that for the first time I contributed to a campaign, and I am on a fixed income.

He says he made a mistake, but there is a child involved and someone isn't being honest, and money is changing hands. If it weren't for the internet, we may have never known and he may have gone on to be an elected official. That's fine, but I want to know because it is my RIGHT to know how I use MY vote!

I may have chosen to vote for him anyway. The MSM may never have given me the right to make my own choice. By the way, was my $100.00 spent to give the mistress her wonderful lifestyle, I see she is living very well.

And for those male talking heads who repeatedly say it's only an affair and it will continue to go on, so be it, if it's so innocent come out and tell the voters.
Thank you,
Maryleigh Andrews San Francisco

I am soo sorry the Edwards family is subjected to the invasive press. I find it offensive how probing the media is into the personal lives of al persons in public life. Only in America do we put more emphasis on private matters than job performance. If anyone in this country is looking for perfect, too late your God does not walk among the living and to me only a deity is perfect. I want to purge with the self righteous persona of the commentators. Me personally, this is a matter meant only for the Edwards family.

Come on CNN. Try to be mindful of the fact there are kids in these families. Think of the kids and be considerate of privacy for them.

Just as Jesse Jackson showed in his candid comment, John Edwards has had his true character revealed. While none of us is perfect, the decision to break a marital commitment shows that nothing is sacred to him. I had hoped that Edwards was as true as he seems. I also believe that a person who truly humbles themself is worthy of forgiveness. I hope that Edwards will remove himself from the spotlight and focus his efforts on Elizabeth and his family. For him to continue on the path of public office does not show humility. I am praying not only for the Edwards family, but also all of us, who incited and supported the media frenzy that brough this private matter to our view.

Dump him Liz. Hillary didn't have the nerve to give up the White House. Don't make the same mistake.
Does the baby have big, bushy hair?

Elizabeth Edwards you are a strong woman more ways than one…I agree it is a private matter, it was nobodies business…

Many thoughts and prayers to your family to help you get through this…

Pick up a stone and cast it. There are enough stones for all of us.

Get a life and let others have theirs.

If we look for a perfect politician we will have none.

I couldn't agree with you more Elizabeth…

When we vote we vote for real people with their good, their bad and their ugly. They are just like us.

If we could be honest our politicians could also be. Let us not create false gods. They only fall and we hurt ourselves and them.

Let he/she who is without sin cast the first stone! Let these people alone!!

Thank God Edwards didn't win the democratic nomination - McCain would win in November and we can't let that happen.

Personally I think this is a personal private matter that was being dealt with privately - I don't see why we have to hold politician's private lives to such scrutiny - everyone makes mistakes. I am kinda angry at Edwards for running for the nomination - if he had won and this story had leaked, he would have jeopardized everything democrats have been working for.

Still, best of luck to the guy - he's still a great guy in my books.

When people are already in pain why hurt them more. Let leave these people alone to take care of their personal affairs and let us deal with ours.

One of the joys of being human is that we can correct or not repeat our mistakes. Accepting ourselves for being human is the most difficult task of any person.

We keep believing we are perfect and that those around are as well and this leads to nothing more than more imperfection and more deception.

Let us be honest. I appreciate people like Ms. Edwards, Senator Clinton as well as their husbands, Bill and John. They help us all to look at ourselves.

I am so disappointed in John Edwards. My heart goes out to Elizabeth. She's an amazing woman. My prayers are with you Elizabeth.

Vice President Clinton

Great statement, Elizabeth! I hope the press can understand plain English.

All I have to say is "Thank God" Edwards was not the Dems nominee. We would all be big losers right now.

No harm, no foul. Lets focus on the issues instead of talking about this private matter.

I just don't understand why all these political wives stay with these scumbag cheaters.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Edwards and all involved at this time?

God Bless.

May God bless you and your family. Please don't report on this all week.

Elizabeth, don't give up on your husband, he loves you and he has been with you throughout the pain and difficulties, he stood right by your side, now I know it hurts, but just think about how many others have succumbed to some type of weakness in their life. Stick by your husband and don't let anybody interrupt your household. he belongs to you and you should make it clear that you and he will be together forever.

Enough said. Now let's talk about John and Cindy McCain.

How do you ever trust him again? She is sick with cancer he should be ashamed. That is Democrats for you, you can't trust them

WE SHOULD VIEW POLITICIANS AS PEOPLE WE HIRE

TO DO A JOB FOR US, NOT AS SPIRITUAL ADVISORS.

FOR THAT WE SHOULD USE OUR OWN PREFERRED CLERGY.

ARE THEY COMPETENT ?

ARE THEY LAW ABIDING CITIZENS ?

THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW. I AM NOT, NOR,

DO I WANT TO BECOME THE MORALITY POLICE.

Here goes the VP job. Can we get these wife cheaters out of our national political arena? That of course includes McWhine. Shall one can't keep his/her pant up, how could he/she run this country honestly? Well, one recent exception is GW Bush. While he may not be a wife cheater yet, but he certainly invented the biggest lie of century by pushing us to high gas price, biggest deficit, and weakening our international reputation ever.

Seriously….I would like to think the "other woman" does not bed hop so fast from one married man to another! The timing is so close to the alleged 2006 affair with a nearly 6 month old child (do the math folks—the act had to occur 16-17 months ago!) that when the paternity test does find it is his child he can easily say "oops" my timing must have been off by a feww weeks…PLEASE! And—with the friend covering…politics as usual!

And to think that guys with no brain would want to be president. Oh wait we got already one. But obviously lots of them out there. How could he be that stupid? Dont care about his affair, but actually running and having this not too far on his resume. What the hell was he thinking? That he would get away with it?

Unfortunately, "powerful men" succumb to the notion that they are somehow outside the normal scope of traditionally accepted "decent " boundaries. It's been that way for eons and will likely continue — AND on BOTH sides of our U.S. political aisles, as well.

In many ways, morality is relative, and I find it difficult to point fingers at anyone, knowing that I have also not been totally "moral" in my lifetime according to someone else's judgment.

But one thing that is NOT relative is STUPIDITY (aka ARROGANCE). I mean — do these people REALLY think they will NOT be found out? THAT kind of STUPIDITY is worse than plus-or-minus morality. THAT I find hard to excuse.

Nevertheless, this is now between John Edwards and his wife, just as it was between Bill and Hillary, JFK and Jackie, Roosevelt and Eleanor, etc., etc. If these couples decide/ed to "work it through" for whatever personal reasons, that's good enough for me on the "morality" level.

However, the factors of STUPIDITY and ARROGANCE linger!

One is always torn by admissions of unbounded tackiness. Our hearts go out to Elizabeth Edwards, who has been running circles around this empty suit for years now. He should have stuck to $400 haircuts.

Perhaps this means we won't see any more of him for a very long time, this too-precious pretty boy. Like the candidate he chose to endorse, Edwards had little or nothing to offer other than tired platitudes and stern moralistic lectures about what the rest of us should be doing. He's got enough money to really change the lives of so many poor; maybe he will feel moved to do some sort of act of contrition and part with a little of it.

Edwards' self serving "confession": "It's all about ME!" Actually, it's all about your children and your wife and your mother and father and all the people who thought you weren't the sort of person to lie and hide in men's rooms, holding the door against an over enthusiastic reporter at 2:30 in the morning.

Absolutely……what a wonderful woman!

Mrs. Edwards, I do feel for you but this is a personal thing and you should totally ignore the press. Do not give them the satisfaction of answering any questions or acknowledging them. Its not the end of the world and your husband is not the first and won't be the last to have an affair. I am not saying it was right but we sometimes make terrible mistakes in our lives but we can also learn to forgive our spouse or partner for their mistakes. I am sure everything will be okay for you and your family just believe in your marriage and your love for each other.

That is in the face of every blogger trying to poopoo Edwards. He did not cheat on her while she had the cancer. For crying out loud HUMAN BEINGS ARE SEXUAL BEINGS. It's what makes the world go round. It is a constant, ever present, urge that we all carry around with us. People who judge people for sexual indescretions are really stupid. The only real judges that matter are the cheater and the cheatee. It's their business. If John Edwards has a bout with diarrhea are we going to publish that?! Will their be a detailed article about the bad refried beans that caused it? What people do with their bodies is their businesss. I would like all the people who want to judge Edwards think about the sexual discretions of their lives before weighing in so heavily on another's. Everyone is either imperfect or unable to get laid!!

Could he really have thought that if he won the Democratic nomination this wouldn't have come out? He certainly hit the nail on the head when he said he was egocentric and narcissistic.

THIS IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS EXCEPT TO SAY

THAT JOHN EDWARD IS A COMPETENT, INTELLIGENT,

& DRIVEN MAN THAT HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER

COMING TO THE AID OF OTHERS & I EXPECT MORE OF IT.

BEST WISHES TO YOU & YOUR FAMILY.

Did James Carville really say what I thought he said in Re: to John Edwards? …"he didn't commit a crime, he didn't start a war, he didn't kill anyone."

No, he just VIOLATED one of the most sacred vows one can ever take with another human being and then lied about it afterwards. Adultery? And a wife with terminal cancer?

Carville, stop the political B.S. and have some huevos and stand up for what is right and what is wrong. Be willing to call someone out without defending your leftist political views and party.

Dear Liz:

Your Husband knew that when he entered the political arena he would always be a Public Figure and his conduct is no longer a private matter. The reason this is not a private matter is because it reflects on his character and many of us still believe that good character is still a prerequisite for public office and public trust.

It is a painful matter for you and your family and my sympathies are with you, just like they were with Hillary when her husband cheated on her with Monica.

If it makes you feel any better, it is not about sensationalism or profits it is about public trust and the Media has a duty to shed light on those that seek the highest office in the land.

The mainstream media in this case failed us and they are doing the same with Barak Obama by not telling us the truth about him either.

We don't care what he did or what he is all we want to know is the truth about him and why we should vote for him.

Leave the poor family alone. I beleive they have the right to keep it private same as those of you who will write about it, play sounds clips over and over again…..Mistakes happen and should stay within the family.
They have made their statements, now it's time to leave the family alone and let the renewed hurt heal.
It could be anyone of you…

IT's between him and his family.

Is this surprising? Edwards is one of the biggest hypocrites in politics. He "cares" about the working poor yet lives in a 27,000 square foot mansion. He "cares" about the poor people in New Orleans yet the investment company that he works for foreclosed on 30 families. He made such a big deal about how good of a husband he was when he was sticking by his sick wife and yet he was fooling around with some bimbo on the side.

And yeah, I really believe he's not the father of her kid. Especially since his campaign aide claims to be the dad but she didn't list the father's name on the kids birth certificate. If he's not the father lets see a DNA test.

must be real hard. i feel for her.

McCain did the same to his first wife and i dont hear no alarms going off!

A MISTAKE IS NOT THE SUM TOTAL OF A HUMAN BEING.

WE MAKE THEM EVERY DAY. I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF

RESPECT FOR JOHN EDWARD'S ABILITIES AND THIS

DOESN'T DIMINISH THEM IN ANY WAY. I SINCERELY HOPE

THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE START TO KEEP AN EYE ON

WHAT'S RELAY IMPORTANT, LIKE EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE

GAS, FOOD & SHELTER FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS & NOT THE

PRIVET AFFAIRS OF OTHER'S.

While I do feel for Elizabeth Edwards, her statement…

"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."

Sorry… but you are either another delusional, enabling woman or a woman that likes the perks of a marriage to a senator… I am not sure…

BUT… evidently it was rumored, he was asked about it and Sen. Edwards lied over and over and over again. That loser deserves the heat and, sorry Elizabeth, so do you for backing a liar, cheater and self serving opportunist.

amen

He can go to church and prey, and all of his sins will be washed away… as if it never happened.
I love America.

God Bless the entire Edwards Family.