Elizabeth Edwards' Harshest Critics: Are They Sorry Now?

Elizabeth Edwards,was a brave, couragous, woman. I don't care what she did wrong,
she went through a lot suffering with Cancer, and the way her husband treated her.
I had the high hopes, of John Edwards, becoming President, because he was or is
a smart man. But since he treated his FAMILY, as he did, he is no where close to being the person I thought he was. He disappointed a lot of people.
Elizabeth Edwards, did the right thing for her Kids. Those children have lost their Mother, forever, while John Edwards, can live on and continue, the hurtful things he does. He treated her so dirty. He don't even deserve to raise those children.
Elizabeth Edwards, you will always remain, a Beautiful lady in my eyes and you was a one-of kind Mother to your children. I will always remember you.
Rest in the arms of Jesus.

Have you seen someone who has cancer?Oh,I don't mean on tv, or sitting next to you. Have you seen a woman whose breasts have been removed? Have you watched someone vomit in the kitchen sink because they couldn't walk a step further? Have you watched the tears, the anger, the pain? I watched my sister do all of the above. Elizabeth deserves our respect for the fight she fought, for the Mother she was, for the friend and the sister she was. The rest of you political hacks make me ill. Leave her family in peace, leave her name alone and most of all walk a mile in her shoes before you make one more asnine comment!

I think that Elizabeth Edwaeds was a wonderful person. She continued to support in the political arena a husband that did not deserve her supoort. At a time when a Elizabeth Edwards needed her husband the most he humuliated her in the worse possible way by continuing his relation with his mistress and having a child with her. So, for John Edwards, I will say that if it barks like a dog, wags it tail like a dog, then it must be a dog. For Elizabeth Edwards children, my wish for them is that they know thier mother faced life challenges with dignity and grace. Rest in Peace Elizabeth Edwards.

As is true with most strong personalities, both sides of Elizabeth Edwards that have been portrayed are probably true. Human beings tend to have multi-personalities. I imagine she was aware of it too.

Whatever happened to "walk a mile in my shoes"? Unbelievable.

I actually had written a blog when Edwards was promoting her book on Oprah, with some of the same criticisms. I took it down for one day when I realized she was dying. After I saw the first eulogy, I put it back up, along with an explanation. Why did I write it if it was not relevant? I found her blame of the "other woman" over her husband ridiculous, her excuse for living in a 28,000 sq. ft. house laughable and her involvement in a $57 million dollar fraud against her husband's campaign supporters to be criminal. That did not change just because she was dead. However, I do feel great sympathy for the children she left behind who are grieving today for their mother.

It is always very sad when a family member or friend dies of cancer, however since Elizabeth admitted she didn't get Mammograms and an egg size lump was discovered in her breast she obviously didn't even go for papsmears. She could have done a great deal for women in promoting the annual mammograms and the consequenses of not doing so. This seems to be ignored.

Dealing with a diagnosis of advanced breast cancer is incredibly difficult, as is making decisons about treatment, and trying to keep yourself together emotionally. Doing all of this in the public view makes it harder. This woman needed her husband for support yet found he was having an affair. Give her a break, she had more than her share to deal with and did the best she could.

No one's happy about Ms Edwards' tragic death, but what we're seeing here is a magnitude above the usual post-mortem hoopla over a celebrity's passing. I'm certain beyond doubt that she was a wonderful mother, friend and scholar, but the unfortunate truth is that Elizabeth Edwards public persona deserves little more than an astericks in America's rogues gallery of political scandals.

Though as deeply sorry I am about her fight and loss to cancer, that doe not make me sorry for not agreeing wiht her views! Thats a cheap shot! Shes human and it a tragic loss, but we all have diffrences and opinions and I won;t be made to feel quilty for that! As a person she was fantastic, with views that were diffrent than mine. God bless her and I am sorry she is gone.