That awful John Edwards book--I read it, alright

Being an insatiable reader and observer of human folly, I've read books about murderers, criminals, people with bizarre lives, people plagued with drug and alcohol problems who do terrible things. But rarely have I come away from a book with such a sense of disgust for all the major players in it. Although this book is penned by one of the most pathetic, Andrew Young, it still had the ring of truth, however self-serving. He never truly accepts or understands what kind of filth he was party to, especially in terms of why Mrs. Edwards got so angry at him and indeed hounded and villified him at times. Andrew, maybe one day you will get this...BECAUSE you aided her husband in having his affair! You are not innocent, no matter how much of a bootlicker you were to their family in handing their every need, an expensive lackey in a suit who would scrub the kitchen with his tongue if it would advance the Edwards' (and hence the coattailing Young's) prominence in political society.
Now, I have worked in politics myself and I know how dirty it is. That is one reason I got out. It's no shocker that many (not all) politicians are very spoiled and need attention. But to "gaslight" (make her think she is the crazy one, after the title of an old film) Mrs. Edwards by pretending that her husband was faithful when he wasn't and to go to such great lengths to cover your own participation in it, is really sad. Is the big house in NC worth it? Having lived in a big house with a socially prominent liar myself once, I know it isn't. Not to you, not to your wife, not to the kids you have a duty to raise right, and not to Mrs. Edwards. No one here has the courage of their inner moral convictions, or listens to their intuition, etc. The winner in this whole pathetic tale? Rielle "Lisa Jo Druck" Hunter, a silly user of men who squandered any talent she had and coaxed a lonely and attention-seeking politician into bed and her bank account. Keep those direct deposits flowing, John Edwards!