tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post5828760722233787313..comments2024-03-26T15:30:39.733-07:00Comments on Rainy Day Thoughts: Expressing Pain Through WordsRain Trueaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-71257182817941349912009-05-16T01:26:00.000-07:002009-05-16T01:26:00.000-07:00I have a lot of strange feelings about Celebrities...I have a lot of strange feelings about Celebrities writing books and getting them published because they ARE Well Known. This is her second book...I didn't read the first and I probably won't read this one either. I feel for her because she is in pain---on so very many levels. Underneath anger IS Pain....And that she is hurt by her husbands behavior is understandable, but....All your questions about WHY write this, etc., are good questions. That SHE can get it published when there are millions of women out there who have had similar things happen to them and THEY couldn't possibly get there books published, disturbs me and says things about the Commerce aspect of everything that is pretty disgusting. It is ALL "Selling Soap", isn't it? And the Domino effect on THIS particular selling of soap is quite extraordinary---Publishers make money, ALL the papers make money off of this story--it sells papers. Oprah makes MORE money--her Magazine publishes a transcript of the Interview she did with Elizabeth Edwards....Etc., Etc., Etc.<br />I remember nany many years ago Sammy Davis Jr. wrote a book called "Yes I Can"....it was a big success and then, many years later he wrote another book kind of exposing some of the untruths he told in the first book....Both books sold very well. Celebrity confessionals make money.....It is all Selling Soap, no matter.<br /><br />I do feel for Elizabethn Edwards facing terminal cancer and having her husband publically humilate her in such a low-life way--(Just my opinion here)....but, should she write a book about her feelings and be able to get it published? That is a whole other question. Anyone can write a book and if it helps them deal with whstever they are going through---Bless Them. But, getting it published?? As I said, your questions, especially where her children's feelings are concerned and where their more-than-likely half-sisters feelings are concerned...THAT is another whole kettle of fish. The Enablers are MORE than happy to help her with her book. It puts more dollors in their pockets, and it was ever thus. Where is the integrity? No Where.OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-75737313556119176402009-05-12T08:26:00.000-07:002009-05-12T08:26:00.000-07:00Until Rain brought the book to my attention, I was...Until Rain brought the book to my attention, I was unaware of it. Now when I visit book stores my focus is on what my grandchildren are reading.I am interested in what the popular myth for children is today.Should I be alarmed that kids as young as 10, boys and girls are reading about a teenager want to be vampire infatuated by a "good" vampire sworn off of human blood. She is infidel as she swings back and forth between a beautiful vampire and an American Indian whose tribe is at war with the bloodsuckers? There is plenty of books and movies to digest, I do not have time for Elizabeth's book.Diane Widler Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270246393901276648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-14335699653833126052009-05-12T07:19:00.000-07:002009-05-12T07:19:00.000-07:00I have purposely avoided reading anything about th...I have purposely avoided reading anything about this book and the affair. None of it is interesting to me. I guess there's a reason parts of our lives are called personal and private, I wish Elizabeth had remembered that before she picked up the pen.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-1221122419416736052009-05-12T06:35:00.000-07:002009-05-12T06:35:00.000-07:00There is no sisterhood of women as such in my opin...There is no sisterhood of women as such in my opinion. What there should be, but often is not either, is that a woman does not go after her friend's man or her sister's etc. but other than that, there'd be no adultery if there was the attitude that a married person was off limits to all other people. The woman who had the affair with John Edwards is not as pretty as Elizabeth. It's often not about beauty. In Edwards' case, I think he's just a man who needs constant stroking and no woman, not the 'other' woman or the wife could provide that for long enough.<br /><br />My feeling on Edwards was that he was using junk science to get huge awards for his clients and himself. He built that mansion on being the kind of lawyer I don't admire at all. If he would defraud that way (or convince himself of whatever suited him) how could I trust him anywhere else. I also didn't like how he supposedly was there for the poor (when a camera op) but living this royal life built on insurance premiums as well as suing companies for products that means we all pay for his house-- poor or rich.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-51114410115671689112009-05-11T22:13:00.000-07:002009-05-11T22:13:00.000-07:00If you'll recall, I voted for Edwards in the prima...If you'll recall, I voted for Edwards in the primary. As a "wronged" woman myself (now divorced since 1987), I longed early on for some sort of revenge. But, heck. I was a nobody so a tell-all book wasn't in the cards.<br /><br />I didn't see the Oprah interview. A male friend of mine who was in the Ford cabinet told me that almost all the powerful men he knew were womanizers. <br /><br />You gave me a lot of food for thought with this entry. Like Elizabeth, I used to excuse my husband's behavior because he was easily manipulated by beautiful women. I believed in the sisterhood; how stupid I was. <br /><br />I never read these kinds of books. I just feel so sad about the whole thing.Fran aka Redondowriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603407790426583209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-67896688529543470872009-05-11T13:32:00.000-07:002009-05-11T13:32:00.000-07:00I will never ever think about buying this book.
An...I will never ever think about buying this book.<br />And I do not care about whoevers sexual life.<br />Ask the journalists about heir sex-life and how often they do visit a bar. They do not write about their collegues, and own, immorality.<br /><br />As bloggers we should reveal this double morality;))TorAahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05044855607413895442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-60657967122808650322009-05-11T09:16:00.000-07:002009-05-11T09:16:00.000-07:00I am in complete agreement with you, Rain. I see ...I am in complete agreement with you, Rain. I see Elizabeth as a wronged woman seeking revenge. It is a selfish act because she is not thinking of the damage done to her children. Sadly, she has spoiled her own image as well as John's. <br /><br />This tawdry mess should never be made public unless it serves a good purpose. The time for that was when Elizabeth first found out about the affair and would have stopped John's candidacy.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.com