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purejuice ([personal profile] purejuice) wrote2010-01-28 11:39 pm

Wait a Minute....

...you're telling me John Edwards made a sex tape with a pregnant woman while he was running for president?

[identity profile] dcart.livejournal.com 2010-01-29 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
What?!!!????!?!?!?!?!?

[identity profile] purejuice.livejournal.com 2010-01-29 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/29/earlyshow/main6153925.shtml

i think this is rough, and i'm sorry.

[identity profile] dcart.livejournal.com 2010-01-29 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
This just goes so far beyond the idea that he was seduced by fame, power, and sycophants. This speaks to some seriously self destructive impulses.

[identity profile] purejuice.livejournal.com 2010-01-29 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
someone -- a former aid -- says there is a serious screw loose there.

[identity profile] fj.livejournal.com 2010-01-29 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Convinced of invincibility. It is really quite common once you have climbed up. It is what makes dot com millionaires think their second hare-brained idea will be a hit too.
Edited 2010-01-29 20:39 (UTC)

[identity profile] purejuice.livejournal.com 2010-01-29 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
i suspect the payoff is like a gamblers' high -- once you've hit the number, you will always do so again. because you're Special.