National Enquirer Wants Pulitzer Prize: Chris Vaughn

It is a great piece of journalism that The National Enquirer did in breaking the John Edwards scandal. I guess you can find true gems of reporting in the National Enquirer, between the celebrity bikini shots and fad diet advertisements, but if they are calling themselves a "magazine" and not a "newspaper" can you fault the Pulitzer Prize selection committee for not considering them? Rules and Standards are there for a reason, and I don't fault the good Pulitzer Prize folks one bit. Now, that being said, credit should always be given where credit is due. Maybe some sort of award recognition should be bestowed on magazines like The National Enquirer, The Globe, and maybe even Weekly World News (I'm always up for a good Alien Abduction story from Weekly World News,) but until such an award exist I guess The National Enquirer will just have to except the thanks of a grateful nation that they were the journalistic watchdogs that let America know about John Edwards and his great moral failings.
 
Now, let's see just what The National Enquirer has to say about Lindsay Lohan's anorexic beach body being seen out with former reality t.v. star Jon Goslin and Andy Dick at the Octo-Mom's Beach Blanket Birthday bash for Paris Hilton.

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Edwards Comes Clean: Chris Vaughn

What do you think John Edwards sees when he looks into the mirror every morning? Do you think he sees a man almost totally without character or moral compass? Here is a former U.S. Senator, former Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate, who seems to be without a drop of personal integrity. He could, without apparent reservation, lie to his wife, his children, and the American electorate about not only his adulterous affair with campaign staffer, Rielle Hunter, but also about having a child outside his marriage with this woman. What does he see in the mirror every morning?
 
If we could look past his moral failings, will the child he fathered and denied be able to? I seriously curious as to what type of ego he must have to think that he could possible have kept all of this secret from the American people. How many people were willing to help him with this charade? We all know that his former campaign aide, Andrew Young initially was on board with perpetuating this deception, which has me wondering about his moral character, too. I just scratch my head at all the players in this twisted morality tale of modern politics.
 
Well, I don't know if the upcoming book from Andrew Young had anything to do with John Edwards FINALLY deciding to proclaim his paternity of his child. I do doubt that he did it out of a sense of duty to accept personal responsibilty for what he had done. I doubt that he wanted to come clean for the sake of his terminally ill wife. I am fairly sure that he didn't do it for the honor of his former mistress Rielle Hunter. I think in same very small way John Edwards did it for himself. I think, in the very dark recesses of his mind he thinks that by coming clean about all of this, it might very well help his chances at a political return in 2012. Yep, I think John Edwards is doing a Mea Culpa so that the American people MIGHT give him another look as a possible President of these United States. I wonder just WHAT this guy sees in the mirror every morning?

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Pat Robertson's Devlish Comments on Haiti: Chris Vaughn

I must be honest, I'm always amazed and perplexed by some of the totally stupid things that religious men sometimes say. The fact that Pat Robertson, a self-proclaimed Man of God, would tell his followers that the terrible catastrophe that befell the people of Haiti this week just smacks of the wronged head and warped view of Christ's message that this man has. I'm not too sure if Mr. Robertson every ponders the question 'What would Jesus do?,' but it's clearly obvious that he gives very little thought to what Jesus would say to his followers at a time like this.
 
I think most people in the world have been touched by the massive destruction that has occurred in Haiti, and at the loss of life that has swept across Haiti as a result of the earthquake. The lives lost weren't just those of the Haitians, but of those from many different parts of the world whom where in Haiti to help lives of the citizens on that island. People with humanitarian goals were living and working there to help the people who live in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, and it is truly a disservice to their loss, and their memories, for a 'Man of Faith" like Pat Robertson to say some ludicrous nonsense about pacts with the devil being at the heart of the earthquake that ravaged this island.
 
Maybe if Pat Robertson would take a moment to reflect on just what true people of faith and conscience would say and do at a time like this for his fellow man, he wouldn't be babbling on about superstitious mumbo jumbo, and would just embrace to true call to offer words of comfort and hope to a people who need it most right now.

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