QOTD

"Elizabeth didn't do anything wrong.
I not only didn't ask her to be here. I asked her not to be here.
I have to be the man and take responsibility."
- John Edwards, Aug 2008 on why his wife wasn't with him at his affair interview

So, the John Edwards love child story is true... well, at least the affair part.
I don't know if this is a "permanent" (ha) link, but here's John Edwards ABC interview about the mess. You can skip ahead 4 1/2 minutes to get to Edwards.
There's no need to toss bricks at Edwards, but some notions (in order of importance):

1. I give Edwards a lot of credit for not bringing his wife to the interview. There's nothing crappier than dragging the old lady up in front of the media while you confess your "mistakes". Kudos to Edwards on this one.
   
2. Edwards is (was?) my least favorite politician. His affectation drove me crazy, and I just scratch my head that his supporters or whatever could listen to this guy and not get it [affectation: "conspicuous artificiality of manner or appearance"], but whatever. I'll give it up in this interview though. It's the first time I recall ever feeling that Edwards was being open and honest.
   
3. What if this guy got the nomination? His explanation for not caring about this was that John McCain had an affair in the late 1800's. Huh? That's ridiculous. If Edwards was the nominee and this came out, then yikes...
4. How about ABC, and the other alphabet media outlets blowing off the story. I "get" that you don't buy the National Enquirer and then schlock it up on the 6:00 news, but you do check it out, right? I mean, this story rang true as a bell from the get go. So why didn't some eager beaver at ABC, CBS, NBC track it down and get a huge story? Would it have gone down that way if Romney had a girlfriend? Got me.
5. I watched about 15 minutes of talking heads on this. Dems cirlced the wagons, which is fine. Blah blah. A couple fun questions remain: What if Edwards is lying about the kid being his? What if Edwards has funnelled money from his campaign to this chick? Will the regular-old media now press this story and answer these questions? Why was he in a hotel room with this chick late at night just a couple weeks ago?

QOTD2

"Hey, this isn't a faux dive. It's a dive!"
- Yuppies at Moe's bar on the Simpsons

I did a bizarre, spontaneous retro triple shot in Lisle with Kim39 last night:

• Lisle Bowl - home to some Bill birthday parties in the mid 70's... the only thing that's changed is the proliferation of "No Smoking" and "Don't wear your bowling shoes outside" signs. Get it. You can't smoke indoors, so people were walking out to the parking lot in their rented shoes. He he.
• Rayme's - a time warp supper club complete with paneling and as advertised "king-sized cocktails"... we had fried asparagus?!?
• Maple Avenue Pub - a dive... a fun dive
  

I have got to get this shit onto Yelp. What a time warp!
yow, bill

PS - Girls beach volleyball is on the Olympics right now. It looks like W is an honorary coach or something. Woot!

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