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I was thinking of how the

EmmaZahn — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:55:48 +0000

In reply to I tend to feel the narrative

I was thinking of how the death of their son changed the course of their lives and of the choices both made in coping with it. I did not see him as phony as much as zombie-like, just going through the motions.

Elizabeth always seemed more interested in him being President than he was. She is mostly getting a pass from the 'liberal' media but I would bet her role in putting her disintegrating family dynamics before the public is greater than his.

I see nothing funny about it at all.

I tend to feel the narrative

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:39:31 +0000

In reply to What a Greek tragedy the

I tend to feel the narrative is something more along the lines of Shakespeare comictragedy, not so grand. For me, he always had a sorta "phony" flaw that you don't see much in the ancient Greek tales, a certain something that requires a more humanist-oriented genre to portray. Ok, now that I think on it, he's certainly in Roman literature (hence Shakespeare used it.) But not Greek.

What a Greek tragedy the

EmmaZahn — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:42:33 +0000

In reply to John Edwards 2008 presidential campaign still spending, despite $2.1 million debt to taxpayers

What a Greek tragedy the Edwards' lives would make if only some playwright would see beyond the soap opera.