Keeping It Rielle

by Maureen Dowd - August 9th, 2008 - The New York Times

The stunning admission Edwards made to ABC’s Bob Woodruff, and in a written statement from Chapel Hill on Friday afternoon, was that he’s a narcissist.

He admitted that wallowing in “self-focus” out on the trail and thinking you’re “special” can result in a solipsism that “leads you to believe you can do whatever you want, you’re invincible and there’ll be no consequences.”

Auto-psychoanalysis by the perp. That’s really rich.

You have to give Maureen Dowd credit. She can be as sarcastic and belittling to liberal males as she is to conservative males. I don't know if this man hater can be as dismissive to fellow women. She has, nevertheless, written an article about the North Carolina egotist John Edwards that is worth reading. It points out the true story is about sex by a narcissist. I am curious. Is Rielle Hunter less of a narcissist? She has successfully gotten one former lover to write a book about her. Will Maureen Dowd write sarcastically about Edwards' lover? Or are women off limits?

The reality is that we still do not know all the truth. The mainstream press seems to be ignoring that the latest round of stories came out because Edwards was caught in a hotel with the lady and the child he swears is not his. He claims the affair ended in 2006. What was he doing in the hotel? He claims he is willing to take a test over paternity. The mother refuses to allow her child to be tested . . . to protect her child she claims. Is she doing this because she hopes that the two of them will still get together and Edwards has made it clear that will only happen if she protects him?

Stay tuned. Somehow I don't think this song has ended yet.