Reaction to Huffington Blog

I recently read a blog entitled "The Lies Of (And To) Elizabeth Edwards" on huffingtonpost.com. Its author, Lee Stranahan, essentially holds Elizabeth Edwards partially responsible for her husband's deception of his supporters while he was running for President. Stranahan says that since Elizabeth knew of John's affair and did nothing to alert the public of his infidelility, which is, of course, her civic responsibility, she is accountable to those deceived. Obviously, I disagree with Stranahan's opinion. To expect Elizabeth to "come clean" on her husband's actions and, in doing so, destroy his political career and attract an even more intense scrutiny of her marriage is completely unreasonable. She is in no way responsible to voters; her husband is. This is especially true regarding a matter as personal as her marriage.

I'm not agreeing with how the Edwards' handled this situation. If Stranahan wishes to attack John Edwards, I have no problem. However, it is not his place to assert that Elizabeth Edwards is somehow responsible to the public in sharing the most personal and difficult aspects of her marriage.