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Warpy

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38. Honestly? I didn't give a shit about the affair, that was just none of my business
Mon May 8, 2023, 05:42 PM
May 2023

He got into real trouble when he tried to keep it quiet and paid hush money. It's always the coverup, they never seem to learn. His lack of courage and idiocy were turnoffs.

Most of these guys have feet of clay. As long as it's consensual, I really don't care about the gossip. No laws broken? Move the hell on, let the parties involved hash this stuff out in privacy.

We deride the right for being obsessed with what other people do with their genitals. Aren't we allowing the press to do the same to us? Think of the people we lost like Al Franken and Eliot Spitzer.

I'm not going to climb onto a fainting couch because some Great Man (TM) has violated his marriage vows. It's none of my business. It is his wife's business, and maybe their extended families. I don't want to know, thanks.



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I did the same thing. He was really handsome but his personal life was disgusting. CTyankee May 2023 #1
+100 Tom Yossarian Joad May 2023 #2
He was such a disappointment to me. slightlv May 2023 #16
What a nasty mess that turned into... electric_blue68 May 2023 #41
I was wondering why the Dem operatives didn't know. Tetrachloride May 2023 #3
A long time ago EndlessWire May 2023 #10
Personal appearance killed the hopes of Paul Simon LT Barclay May 2023 #29
Oh, I got one for you... electric_blue68 May 2023 #44
I think some knew NT Rorey May 2023 #11
The answer is simple - they're assholes. Probatim May 2023 #4
LOL! Tom Yossarian Joad May 2023 #5
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I guess I should have followed my comment with more details Probatim May 2023 #18
.... CatWoman May 2023 #20
Trump voters still support the orange turd just to own the libs. Meadowoak May 2023 #6
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they do not respect women jcgoldie May 2023 #8
We're not @ssholes. blm May 2023 #12
I think the answer you are looking for is yes Ray Bruns May 2023 #13
Edwards dropped out on 1/30/08, before his affair appeared Ocelot II May 2023 #14
I randomly bumped into Trump at the airport in Houston ca. 1995 or so JCMach1 May 2023 #15
So What We See RobinA May 2023 #17
I can easily believe that we've only see his "good" (i.e. less awful) side. ShazzieB May 2023 #35
I liked Edwards his first go around Johonny May 2023 #19
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Honestly? I didn't give a shit about the affair, that was just none of my business Warpy May 2023 #38
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yes edisdead May 2023 #46
he hates the same people they do Skittles May 2023 #47
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