JLF’s John Hood weighs in this morning on the John Edwards-Elizabeth Edwards-Rielle Hunter-Andrew Young-Fred Barron soap opera. Hood’s assessment of Edwards’ Friday night performance on “Nightline” is biting and accurate.
Did you watch Edwards’ Friday night appearance on “Nightline� My guess is that, programmed against the Olympics, it nevertheless drew some pretty big numbers. Viewers saw a glib advocate with a fool for a client. They saw a vain man mouth apologetic words but still attack others for “telling lies,†with feigned passion. They saw a weasel compare his dalliance with a campaign aide two years ago to John McCain’s admitted sins two decades ago – then said he wouldn’t make the comparison. They saw a hypocrite admit to narcissism, narcissistically.
In short, they saw a phony.
