John Edwards/Rielle Hunter affair; the continuing saga

[Lord Undies]

I didn't know Edwards was straight.

[Wretched Excess]

I didn't know Edwards was straight.

rielle could be a dude, but that would make the baby hard to explain.

[Miss Mia]

I didn't know Edwards was straight.

rielle could be a dude, but that would make the baby hard to explain.

adoption

[Wretched Excess]

I didn't know Edwards was straight.

rielle could be a dude, but that would make the baby hard to explain.

adoption

she was pregnant.

[Miss Mia]

I didn't know Edwards was straight.

rielle could be a dude, but that would make the baby hard to explain.

adoption

she was pregnant.

seriously.  Pillow under the clothes and adopt.  No one's going to ask to actually "see" her/his belly. 

[Wretched Excess]

this story is beginning to get independent confirmation.

Guard Confirms Late-Night Hotel Encounter Between Ex-Sen. John Edwards, Tabloid Reporters

 A hotel security guard told FOXNews.com he intervened this week between a man he identified as former Sen. John Edwards and tabloid reporters who chased down the former presidential hopeful after what they're calling a rendezvous with his mistress and love child.

The Beverly Hilton Hotel guard said he encountered a shaken and ashen-faced Edwards — whom he did not immediately recognize — in a hotel men's room early Tuesday morning in a literal tug-of-war with reporters on the other side of the door.

"What are they saying about me?" the guard said Edwards asked.

"His face just went totally white," the guard said, when Edwards was told the reporters were shouting out questions about Edwards and Rielle Hunter, a woman the National Enquirer says is the mother of his child.
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A former campaign staffer, speaking on condition of anonymity, told FOXNews.com he wishes he were "more surprised" to hear reports Edwards was visiting Hunter. "I'm definitely upset by it. I wish I was more surprised, though."

[Miss Mia]

"I wish I was more surprised, though"


 

[Wretched Excess]

"I wish I was more surprised, though"


 

yeah, that's just about all you have to hear, isn't it?

[Lauri]

good thing Silky Pony already made all his millions .. his public life is done now.

[Wretched Excess]

good thing Silky Pony already made all his millions .. his public life is done now.

oh, so having a love child while his wife is battling incurable cancer would disqualify him from going back to being an ambulance chasing, doctor destroying, science perverting malpractice attorney?

[Lauri]

good thing Silky Pony already made all his millions .. his public life is done now.

oh, so having a love child while his wife is battling incurable cancer would disqualify him from going back to being an ambulance chasing, doctor destroying, science perverting malpractice attorney?

well, he can still practice law as a private citizen i suppose... but being a public servant, yeah, that's pretty much over for him.

although, it was over years ago when his home state didnt like him or want to vote for him.. and neither did the rest of the country

[Wretched Excess]

good thing Silky Pony already made all his millions .. his public life is done now.

oh, so having a love child while his wife is battling incurable cancer would disqualify him from going back to being an ambulance chasing, doctor destroying, science perverting malpractice attorney?

well, he can still practice law as a private citizen i suppose... but being a public servant, yeah, that's pretty much over for him.

although, it was over years ago when his home state didnt like him or want to vote for him.. and neither did the rest of the country

yeah, but how long was that?  his "career" as a public servant was only 3 minutes old when he interrupted it to become a candidate for president (sorta like the guy that they appear to be ready to nominate this year).  so, there's a real chance that the act of conceiving the love baby actually lasted longer than his effective career as a public servant, and should therefore take precedence.

[DixieBelle]

Not that he ever had a shot, but can you imagine if he had beat Hillary and Obama to the top? Or if he was seriously on the short list for VP?

He just confirmed every bad vibe I ever got from him.

I'm just going to say it, I really think he's a shallow bastard who probably got tired of dealing with his sick wife. And, I imagine he's probably stuck on himself (see the I'm So Pretty primping video) who thinks he can bag any babe he wants.  Wouldn't surprise me if this wasn't the first mistress.

[Wretched Excess]

it's definitely becoming more prominent in the MSM . . . he'll be calling a news conference soon . . .

"I did not run away . . . . into that men's room . . ..  "

[DixieBelle]

Nat Enq. ran with this months ago and everyone poo-pooed it. I was hoping for another media outlet to confirm it. Apparently the Nat. Enq is relentless

Anyway, it was like a picture suddendly coming into focus when I saw this story and realized it's real. All of the things Edwards has done make a little more sense now. Especially the interaction between John and Elizabeth and her prominent role in his campaign (or rather, her loud mouth).

[Lauri]

good thing Silky Pony already made all his millions .. his public life is done now.

oh, so having a love child while his wife is battling incurable cancer would disqualify him from going back to being an ambulance chasing, doctor destroying, science perverting malpractice attorney?

well, he can still practice law as a private citizen i suppose... but being a public servant, yeah, that's pretty much over for him.

although, it was over years ago when his home state didnt like him or want to vote for him.. and neither did the rest of the country

yeah, but how long was that?  his "career" as a public servant was only 3 minutes old when he interrupted it to become a candidate for president (sorta like the guy that they appear to be ready to nominate this year).  so, there's a real chance that the act of conceiving the love baby actually lasted longer than his effective career as a public servant, and should therefore take precedence.

hmm.. interesting point.

if, and that's a big if, obama chooses the silky pony, its over for them... Edwards is a used goods and has a track record of not getting elected.

i think obama will need ovaries to balance his ticket..    

[Chris_]

good thing Silky Pony already made all his millions .. his public life is done now.

oh, so having a love child while his wife is battling incurable cancer would disqualify him from going back to being an ambulance chasing, doctor destroying, science perverting malpractice attorney?

Most likely, but it's the perfect resume-enhancer for a Democrat politician.   

[Lauri]

good thing Silky Pony already made all his millions .. his public life is done now.

oh, so having a love child while his wife is battling incurable cancer would disqualify him from going back to being an ambulance chasing, doctor destroying, science perverting malpractice attorney?

Most likely, but it's the perfect resume-enhancer for a Democrat politician.   

thats pretty sad....

one of the talking heads on radio today was saying, "ya know, George W. Bush has not once, NOT ONCE, shown a bad character while in Texas OR in the White House. he hasnt fooled around on his wife, he kicked an alcohol issue and he's apparently a pretty good dad, son and brother. he doesnt change his mind and vacillate between decisions. he makes up his mind and sticks to it and people call him an idiot.

"but Clinton and Obama are "geniuses" merely because of their party persuasion.. and nothing else. Hell, lots of us could be Rhodes Scholars if we'd been given the shot at going to school in Europe... but most of us cant. and look at what an immorale SOB Clinton has continued to be.. to this day."

the whole thing was bang on... GWB can never be looked down on for his character or morals. the press has tried so hard to get him ousted from the White House, and they will not stop even he's left.. but they can't come up with anything - they cant even get impeachment off the ground, and how many times have they discussed it??

[Willow]

good thing Silky Pony already made all his millions .. his public life is done now.

oh, so having a love child while his wife is battling incurable cancer would disqualify him from going back to being an ambulance chasing, doctor destroying, science perverting malpractice attorney?

Most likely, but it's the perfect resume-enhancer for a Democrat politician.   

thats pretty sad....

one of the talking heads on radio today was saying, "ya know, George W. Bush has not once, NOT ONCE, shown a bad character while in Texas OR in the White House. he hasnt fooled around on his wife, he kicked an alcohol issue and he's apparently a pretty good dad, son and brother. he doesnt change his mind and vacillate between decisions. he makes up his mind and sticks to it and people call him an idiot.

"but Clinton and Obama are "geniuses" merely because of their party persuasion.. and nothing else. Hell, lots of us could be Rhodes Scholars if we'd been given the shot at going to school in Europe... but most of us cant. and look at what an immorale SOB Clinton has continued to be.. to this day."

the whole thing was bang on... GWB can never be looked down on for his character or morals. the press has tried so hard to get him ousted from the White House, and they will not stop even he's left.. but they can't come up with anything - they cant even get impeachment off the ground, and how many times have they discussed it??

endlessly, since he "stole" the election in 2000.

[Wretched Excess]

apparently ann coulter called edwards "faggy" on an AM talk show today . . . 

that girl, I swear.  you can dress her up, but you cannot take her out.

[Chris_]

JOHN EDWARDS AFFAIR: CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED

NATIONAL ENQUIRER reporters Alan Butterfield and Alexander Hitchen filed a criminal complaint with the Beverly Hills Police Department on Thursday, July 24, charging that hotel security acted unlawfully while the reporters were trying to question the former senator.

Edwards now could be contacted by police to give an eyewitness account of what occurred.

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Uh oh.   

Can you believe this douchebag thought he should be President?   

[Wretched Excess]

I think we handled the criminal complaint here.

[Chris_]

oops.  move, pls.

[Wretched Excess]

oops.  move, pls.

I live to serve.

[Wretched Excess]

I love the british press

Sleaze scuppers Democrat golden boy
Gotcha: Senator John Edwards, whose wife has cancer, has been caught in a sex scandal that ends his vice-presidential hopes



SCRATCH John Edwards off the list of potential vice-presidential candidates. The former White House contender, who had been hoping to get the nod from Barack Obama, is in the midst of a full-blown sex scandal.

Every supermarket shopper knows that the preternaturally youthful former senator for North Carolina may have fathered a love child with a film-maker while Elizabeth, his saintly wife, is dying of cancer. There are sensational new details on the National Enquirer website, although most of the media have done their best to ignore them.

The tabloid magazine cornered Edwards, 55, leaving a Los Angeles hotel where Rielle Hunter, his alleged mistress, and her baby were staying, at 2.40am last Tuesday. He ran down a hallway and dived into the men’s bathroom. A hotel security guard confirmed the encounter. “His face just went totally white,” the guard said.

The story has been bubbling away for months, but so far there has been not a word about it in the mainstream newspapers, even though Edwards was John Kerry’s running mate in 2004 and has been tipped for a prominent job in an Obama administration – if not vice-president, then attorney-general or antipoverty tsar.

Edwards volunteered recently: “I’m prepared to consider seriously anything, anything [Obama] asks me to do for our country.”

He can stop waiting by the telephone. News of the “gotcha” rapidly circulated on the internet via the Drudge Report and has been buzzing on the blogs. The Enquirer’s story appears to be well sourced.