Well, to many, it will be of interest because John Edwards easily could have been, might have been a President of the USA. So I think if someone wrote a biography in a scholastic way, for lack of word that won't suface (my aphasia) it would be worth writing, worth telling. The Monica Lewinsky scandal must be covered, and while her book flopped, she had a right and some said a "duty" to tell her side of the story. Ms Hunter will clearly fight for what she wants, her man, her daughter and now, their images. I do not think this book is about money or will sell well, except in paperback or in sale bin a couple years hence. It is about damage control, and now is the time. Maybe they'll make a few bucks but i doubt it will sell big )I hope not as the bad prosper).
I don't know the trial facts, but how is it money was being spent and from where? To keep her in grand style. I guess I might want to know what the charges were for John, the findings, and the laws that apply. This is a former US Senator and VP nominee, so, it is history, all that he did during his campaign.
But Rielle's book is about whitewashing, cleaning her image and exonnerating John, as she clearly loves him and is still in relationship with him. Look at the timing. I feel much will be lies and she is at odds with the one person who knows all, the Andrew Young who "took care."
The case and the facts were important, I did not follow much, but I was here, flipping through TV and saw this interview. All of life is gossip much moreso than fact. And maybe it is the high ground to say people and their lives don't interest me, but I have never met a person who wasn't interested in "gossip" about somebody, be it our skaters, Tiger woods, Bill Clinton, Barbara Walters, MJackson, family memebers, the neighbors. I'm sure such a person exists, but not in my -5 years. Refuses to tell her age, lol. Someone here will gossip for sure! It is very normal to be interested in other people, and before the printing press gossip wasthe news! Fact and fiction co-exist in every story! That is why censorship is a bad thing and must be fought. With journalism and fact checking we have come to feel there are higher standards but clearly not. The Evening news on ABC<CBS< NBC is 30 mins with commercials! and after that there are celebrity news/gossip and a game show or two for a full hour. So is journalism very yellow everywhere? Are we trying to dumb down America? (yes) Are we following or leading what is on TV for example? Following. Most of the celeb interviews (Queen Oprah) were never worth watching and I didn't, but I think 20/20 did a good job and didn't let Chris Cuomo back off. Rielle was fascinating in that she seemed to have no remorse about the people she hurt-at all. And villifying a dead woman. This happens but how unfair! As Olympia excellently put it, if she got around by broomstick, how cowardly to try to detroy the image of the dead woman who Rielle helped kill. Mrs Edwards might still be alive if she felt she had her husband of 30 years. The story is fascinating and facts according to Rielle were "fixed" in this interview. Her story is fact and fiction. My mother thought she was brave to tell the truth. AT her age, she is beginning to have poorer judgement and understanding is lowere, sadly for us both. But boldness does not equal honesty and a lot of people think she is some trooper for fact over fiction! SHe is that good a liar. Again, I wish a trained therapist or forensic psychiatrist interviewed her and ripped her apart. Cuomo was no match for the pretty sociopath next door. I have read an article about all that is NOT in her book. Her history, her family of origin, etc. She is not tyrying to help us understand her or why she did what she did. Like all soxiopaths she is trying to excuse all her actions by villifying others including Edwards. And to hear her say this book is for her daughter? Vomit meter 100 plus.
It is about making Rielle look better and John more palatable. With a sociopath/narcissitic personality (and I do have a degree but could not do dissertation ( I was crushed by life/still love skating tho)) they will do anything at different levels to get what they want, and they will not feel remorseful. John's cheating was because Eliz. was a "witch on wheels" and full of ambition, and used her cancer and children to keep John from Rielle and the baby. Imagine the chutzpah of Elizabeth to want her husband of 30 years as she fought cancer with small children!
So, There are stories worth knowing and looking at in depth becuae of what they teach us. mental health workers have told us there is an epidemic in the land that fuels most others. Severe narcisissm. Rielle Hunter was a nice case study of what the culture has become and is teaching people to me. Me, Me, I , I. A picture can say a thousand words, but an interview can fill in all the gaps. This subject overlapped with Sale in FSU because people recognized (and debated) the two world views. It is off season.
Should I do as I please no matter what suffering I cause another?
Should I live by the rules (Golden rules, Ten Commandments, you get the drift) and deny what I want when it clearly damages another?
I know how I have lived and have lost much doing what is right. I suspect Olympia and Toni (in this discussion and thru other threads) strive for the Golden Rule.
Chaos, havoc, mayhem and every pain imaginable happens when we live as selfish, ego driven, self satisfiers. So, we learn (I do a lot on skating sites about people). Since I'll never skate, I'm glad we have cafe thread, as GS has many bright people. I would encourage clean debate, but I don't own the site. Wherever open discourse is welcome, the truth often rises to the surface and most of us want the truth. (see canton thread for example re our FS passions!)
How does one spell sociopath? Does America realize we were watching someone who would be dxed by any psychiatrist or Phd? Fascinating interview, repulsive, yes, but oh so much to be learned. Since I get it, I won't buy the book. It is sad that TV has far worse ways to spend your time. I barely watch, and I have a hard time finding 8 movies a year to watch. Many factors I am sure. If you become a famous Alaskan photog or a winning sled dog racer, people will want to know about you (At least in Alaska, Lol). And that Toni is as you well know, human nature of 99 percent of humans!
So while it is deplorable, it is part of the dumbing down of America. Rielle is less interesting to me than say, MK, but MK never says anything about anything. Most skaters say nothing about anything and try to look vapid etc. So that is why Skaters like Sale, Chan, Moir, Bonaly, Harding generated long threads in their day, as they actually spoke their minds or did things that surprised us, i.e. humanoid mistakes.
