The Truth

BY: DR. FOREST LEWIS

Remember when First Lady, Laura Bush had a skin cancer tumor removed from her right shin last November?

Mrs. Bush decided not to make a big announcement about the removal--saying that it was a private matter. I agreed with the First Lady's decision not to go public. After all, she is not an elected official. However, the socialists press didn't see it that way. Those in the media felt that it was incumbent upon the First Lady to tell them everything about herself. They were hopping mad at the First Lady's taciturn behavior over her health.

Mrs. Bush is a class act. She did not react to these narcissists. Eventually, the story fell off of the radar screen.

Most people know that John Edwards, the lawyer who made millions while chasing ambulances, is running for President. Most people know that his wife Elizabeth has battled cancer in the past. Those of us with a heart, only wish Mrs. Edwards the best in her fight against this terrible disease. Her fight against cancer in my opinion, like Mrs. Bush, is a private matter. Every chemotherapy treatment should not be splashed on the front page of every newspaper in America.

However, her husband, "Who is Running For President," has decided to make the health of his wife, "News." The skeptic in me emerged after hearing that John Edwards planned a noon news conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Mrs. Edwards stood by her husband's side and announced that her cancer had returned. Viewing the live news conference, I found myself asking, "Why Are You Holding A News Conference?" This is a private affair.

While I am sorry to hear this awful news--I felt myself getting angry at John Edwards who said that he planned to continue to "Run For President." Something isn't right, I thought. The man's wife's cancer has spread to her bone--and he seized the opportunity to say that he still planned to seek the democratic presidential nomination. Shouldn't his entire focus be on Mrs. Edwards health? Shouldn't John Edwards quit the campaign in order to be with his wife?

Something is terribly wrong with this picture. Elizabeth Edwards also said that she planned to vigorously campaign for her husband. So, why the news conference? That infernal question kept popping up in my conscious mind.

The skeptic in me says, okay, John Edwards is behind Hillary Rodham-Clinton, and Barrack Obama in the latest polls. Why not "Pull At The Heart Strings of Americans?" Go for the sympathy vote. Remember, this guy did some despicable things in the court room, as he amassed his fortune, "Chasing Ambulances."

With socialist democrats, you have to be fast enough to read the stitches on a football in order to figure out what they are up to. They are crafty little devils. Couple that with being "Shameless, And You Have A Composite Of A Socialist Democrat."

Asked how his wife's sickness would impact on his political future, Edward said that he would continue to campaign. However, in the same breath, he said, "Any Time, Any Place I Need To Be With Elizabeth I Will Be There--Period." Aw, what a loving hubby. I just don't know folks, I smell a rat. I think the socialist press has been used by John Edwards. I hope that his wife was not part of this deal. Personally, I like Mrs. Edwards. I watched as cancer took my loving grandmother away from us. You will never know the pain that a family has to go through, watching as this unsympathetic disease ravages the body of a once healthy individual.

No, I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone. However, if the Edwards are using her illness as a way to gain "Sympathy Votes," then I say shame, shame, shame on them.

I only wished that John Edwards had the common decency to deal with his personal affairs like this, behind closed doors. It is not the business of the socialist press what his wife's health status is. Nor is it yours or mine's.

We as a people have become too damn nosey in this country. We feel that it is our appointed duty to stick our big noses into the affairs of anyone. I find this to be very problematic.

But, I find it even more problematic when public people feel it necessary to "Broadcast In Bulletin Form," the health status of a loved one, to allegedly garner political points.

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