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To: epicure who wrote (225035)	3/22/2007 11:10:17 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Yes they were Iktomi, I watched them and had tears in my eyes.. For them.. For they have been through so damn much.. I just wish people could understand.. And yes I get p!ssed about the coldness and cruelty of people sometimes, actually all the time.But I remain silent.. But I am human, and if the GOOD doesn't get pissed at the BAD sometimes, how can the GOOD prevail.? Take care, m

To: epicure who wrote (225035)	3/23/2007 8:41:03 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The Edward's announcement was very sad, and as you said, they handled it with real grace. That said though, it's got to affect his campaign. Do Americans want a President with a profound, ongoing family crisis to be also handling OUR crises? I think Edwards should withdraw.

To: epicure who wrote (225035)	3/23/2007 11:06:54 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

I totally agree with you. I had a friend who got her MA in creative writing while dying of bone cancer (she was 43), as well as continuing to raise her three children. It gave her final years purpose and meaning, and she was an inspiration to everyone around her. I have no idea why anyone thinks quitting the race (both literally and figuratively) is an admirable solution. But whatever the choice, it is an individual and family one and few people make it lightly. To accuse the Edwards of using a terminal illness for political gain goes so far beyond normal cynicism that we can only pity those sad people whose minds force them to live in such an unpleasant place. Dean Barnett wrote a column about his own cystic fibrosis and the Edwards' situation and concluded with this. THROUGH THE YEARS, I’VE COME TO VIEW SERIOUS and progressive illness as an ever constricting circle with oneself at the center. The interior of the circle represents the contents of one’s life. As the circle gets smaller, things that were inside get forced out. Some of these things are dearly missed; other items that were once thought precious get forced to the exterior and turn out to go surprisingly unlamented. At the innermost point of the circle are the things that really matter: Family, faith, love. These things stay with you until the day that you die. At the very end, because the circle has shrunk down to its center, they’re all you have left. But as we approach that end, we finally realize that all along they were what mattered most. As a consequence, life often remains beautiful and worthwhile right up until the end. The past several years for me have been a journey to what’s at the center of my life. ... The Edwards have begun their own journey of that sort. Whether they still find presidential politics at the center of their lives a few months from now is an open question. Regardless, the journey is theirs, and one would have a heart of stone to wish them anything other than good luck and Godspeed.