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?I think this president has shown a remarkable disrespect for his office, for the moral dimensions of leadership, for his friends, for his wife, for his precious daughter. It is breathtaking to me the level to which that disrespect has risen.?

By Ann Bartow

As you probably guessed or already read elsewhere, that’s what John Edwards had to say about Bill Clinton during Clinton’s impeachment trial. To quote Ani DiFranco in 32 Flavors:

Squint your eyes and look closer
I’m not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
And I’m beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday you might find you are hungry
And eating most of the words you just said

Edwards’ sex life doesn’t particularly interest me, but anybody who wants to be President better expect a lot of scrutiny, and it is very surprising that he didn’t anticipate disclosure of this aspect of his personal life. One requirement for having a private life is staying out of politics and show business, and of course even that is no guarantee, not even close.

–Ann Bartow

Full post as published by Feminist Law Professors on August 11, 2008 (boomark / email).