Just when I thought John Edwards couldn’t get anymore ego-centric, we get this Washington Post story that quotes a friend of his, Glenn Bergenfield.
“He knows he made mistakes,” Bergenfield says on the eve of Edwards’s trial, which is set to begin Thursday with jury selection. “But John thinks that the treatment of him is so unflinchingly horrible and that what he did is not so different from what others did — JFK, Clinton, the whole rogues’ gallery. We’ve had this conversation about his situation, and I remember he did compare it to Clinton. He said, ‘I did a horrendous thing, but I don’t know why I’m getting such an unforgiving treatment when you think of what other people have done.’ ”
Oh brother.
I think Edwards’ behavior was revolting but not criminal. I just don’t see the prosecution being able to prove its case.
