Rush Limbaugh: John Edwards Affair is Elizabeth's Fault

Rush Limbaugh: John Edwards Affair is Elizabeth's Fault
It takes a pretty huge jackass to attempt to turn John Edwards into the victim after sleeping with Rielle Hunter and then covering it up.

Not to worry, though: Rush Limbaugh is up to the task.

On the August 12 broadcast of his national radio show, Rush Limbaugh said of former Sen. John Edwards' extramarital affair:

"I've got a theory about the motivations ... We know - we've been told that Elizabeth Edwards is smarter than John Edwards... Ergo, if Elizabeth Edwards is smarter than John Edwards, is it likely that she thinks she knows better than he does what his speeches ought to contain and what kind of things he ought to be doing, strategy wise? Could it have been her decision to keep going with the campaign? In other words, could it be that she doesn't shut up? That's as far as I'm going to go."

But it wasn't as far as he went.

Rush Limbaugh later added, "It just seems to me that John Edwards might be attracted to a woman whose mouth did something other than talk."

In case it wasn't clear what he meant, Limbaugh elaborated in a subsequent segment: "My theory, that I just explained to you about why - you know, what could have John Edwards' motivations been to have the affair with Rielle Hunter, given his wife is smarter than he is and probably nagging him a lot about doing this, and he found somebody that did something with her mouth other than talk."

Wow.

To sum up, the blowhard (who's thrice divorced, BT-dubs) believes that if Elizabeth Edwards channeled her inner Antonella Barba more often, John would never have strayed into the arms of Rielle Hunter. It's an interesting theory.

We could go on for pages about this, but instead, we'll turn it over to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. Follow the jump for his take on Rush ...

Published 8/14/08 by

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  • Wow, I am shocked that a person would write this about Elizabeth....She is after all smarter than John...she more than likely tell's him what to do...and John took the path of least resistance....I don't think it was meant to say that she is not...
    Anonymous 10/21/09 Reply
  • Wow, I am shocked that a person would write this about Elizabeth Edwards. This is a woman that has had four children, buried one, stood by her husband's failed political attempts at president, and is now, in the public eye, supporting her husband....
    Anonymous 10/26/08 Reply
  • What a jerk rush limbaugh is. With all of his drug problems and divorces, it's amazing how he could be an expert on ANYTHING. John Edwards has digraced himself and his family with this affair. I have supported John Edwards & his wife, but I support...
    Anonymous 8/19/08 Reply
  • This obviously shows why you have been divorced many times. Not only is it degrading to Elizabeth but to all women. As a woman, I can honestly say I would not even waste my mouth talking to you because you have a closed mind. That is sad. Just try...
    Anonymous 8/16/08 Reply
  • Poor old Rush Limbaugh is again suffering from attention-deficit disorder. Nobody's paying attention to him, so he'll go out and make any ridiculous, inflammatory statement he can dream up in that bloated pumpkin head of his so that he can be...
    Anonymous 8/15/08 Reply
  • I am not able to understand how this guy is making his living by talking to radio? This is not even funny or provokative - this is sick. Are there any people who really listen to him?
    I am not american and so I do not know - but I cannot believe...
    Anonymous 8/15/08 Reply
  • Do you really take anything Keith Overbite says as truth? It so happens I heard most of what Rush Limbaugh said and maybe he has a point. Maybe Mrs. Edwards does talk too much or show up her husband. I disagree with Rush however; it's still...
    MISSMOO 8/14/08 Reply
  • Ver4Ver you are exactly right!!! What a moron Rush is. Disrespectful idiot. I think he's losing him mind (dementia)
    Anonymous 8/14/08 Reply
  • Well there you have it...Rush 'Lame"baugh is divorced how many times??? Maybe if Rush did something with his mouth (lips and tongue included) other than speak with it; he might possibly satisfy a woman long enough to have her want to stay with...
    Ver4Veronica 8/14/08 Reply