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ABC News: Edwards admits affair; Update: Enquirer was “95 to 96% accurate,” says Brian Ross; Update: Edwards statement: “I started to believe that I was special”

posted at 3:02 pm on August 8, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Rielle Hunter is his lover — but the kid is not his son. Er, daughter:

In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 42-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.

Edwards also denied he was the father of Hunter’s baby girl, Frances Quinn, although the one-time Democratic Presidential candidate said he has not taken a paternity test.

Edwards said he knew he was not the father based on timing of the baby’s birth on February 27, 2008. He said his affair ended too soon for him to have been the father…

Edwards said his wife, Elizabeth, and others in his family became aware of the affair in 2006.

Edwards made a point of telling Woodruff that his wife’s cancer was in remission when he began the affair with Hunter…

Edwards today admitted the National Enquirer was correct when it reported he had visited Hunter at the Beverly Hills Hilton last month.

The former Senator said his wife had not known about the meeting.

Stand by for updates.

Update: Who forced him to finally ‘fess up? The Enquirer? Hunter? The Obama campaign? Other Democratic power brokers? Mickey Kaus? Who, I ask you?

Update: This would be a fine time to revisit Kaus’s list of five reasons why the media should cover the story, paying particular attention to number four to see just how big of a bullet the Democrats dodged here and to the end of the piece, which shrewdly anticipates the coming spin:

I’m assuming we’re reaching the next-to-final stage of the natural progression in cases like this: 1) Too horrible and shocking; it can’t possibly be true; 2) It’s not true; 3) You can’t prove it’s true; 4) Why are you trying to prove it’s true? 5) It’s disgusting that you’ve proved it’s true; 6) What’s the big deal anyway?

Update: A detail I initially missed but which I’ve now added to the blockquote: “Edwards said his wife, Elizabeth, and others in his family became aware of the affair in 2006.” Obvious question: If the affair ended so long ago that he couldn’t be the father of a child born in February of this year, what’s he doing sneaking out to a hotel late at night to visit his old girlfriend?

Update: Deceiver notes that Brian Ross of ABC was digging around on the story. Possibly (probably?) what happened is that ABC somehow confirmed it and went to Edwards with the evidence to give him a chance to respond before they went public. Result: A monster exclusive interview. If this is how it went down, Ross is an exception to the sort of elitism that kept big media away from a story broken by the Enquirer.

Update: People in the comments are seizing on him saying he didn’t love Hunter but that’s obviously designed to limit the injury to his wife. There are, after all, three ways in which Edwards is still potentially exposed here: (1) if it turns out he cheated while his wife was sick, (2) if he knew about money changing hands, and (3) of course, if he’s the kid’s father. If his hands are clean on those then he’s “only” guilty of something millions of other men are guilty of. If they aren’t…

Update: Actually, here’s arguably the most corrupt element of the whole story: “According to friends of Hunter, Edwards met her at a New York city bar in 2006. His political action committee later paid her $114,000 to produce campaign website documentaries despite her lack of experience.” Also, Ace wonders how dearly loved a man must be by his friends for it to be “possible” that they paid off his mistress on his behalf without so much as telling him.

Update: Good catch by Media Blog. Edwards says his family found out about the affair in 2006, but according to the December 25, 2006 issue of Newsweek, Hunter was still “under contract” with the campaign. Would he really have kept her on after he told his wife given the unbelievable awkwardness that would entail?

Update: Commenters are noting that they saved the story for Friday afternoon. Not just Friday afternoon, though — it’s also day one of the Olympics. I wonder how long ago Edwards ‘fessed up to ABC and what conditions he placed on the timing of the story’s release in return for the exclusive.

Update: Why is it so important to Edwards to have people think the affair ended in 2006 even though, per the Media Blog item above, that’s unlikely? Spruiell explains:

Elizabeth Edwards was diagnosed with incurable cancer in late March of 2007. Rielle Hunter’s baby was born in late February of 2008. That means that if Edwards is the father, he was definitely still carrying on the affair with Hunter after he knew his wife’s cancer was back.

Update: Another interesting bit about the timing: Obama’s just starting his weeklong vacation. Doubtless this announcement was coordinated with Team Barry to get it out there when it won’t be a distraction to the campaign. This way, when Obama comes back next week, it’s already old news. Unless, of course, the media finds new evidence on any of those three areas of exposure I mentioned above.

Update: A spin unanticipated by Kaus: After resolutely failing to do its job by investigating, the media — in the person of David Shuster — decides it’s a victim here too.

There’s going to be a whole round for the next 24 to 36 hours of all the staff members who were telling all of us in the media, ‘don’t go for this garbage, the story’s complete nonsense, it’s complete bull.’ Well now these people are going to have to come out and make their round of apologies, and in the same course of doing that, in terms of their apologies to us, they’re going to rip John Edwards apart for misleading them.

Update: No one around Edwards knew anything, of course. Not a soul. Except, of course, the family itself and those super-keen friends of his who “possibly” gave Hunter money completely unbeknownst to Edwards. Cue David Bonior, former Edwards campaign manager:

David Bonior, Edwards’ campaign manager for his 2008 presidential bid, said Friday he was disappointed and angry after hearing about Edwards’ confession.

“Thousands of friends of the senators and his supporters have put their faith and confidence in him and he’s let him down,” said Bonior, a former congressman from Michigan. “They’ve been betrayed by his action.”

Asked whether the affair would damage Edwards’ future aspirations in public service, Bonior replied: “You can’t lie in politics and expect to have people’s confidence.”

Question for Bonior: Why’d you dismiss Hunter as campaign documentarian?

Update: From the comments, Tanya paraphrases Edwards’s point about remission: “I nearly lost the love of my life, the mother of my children. By the grace of God she has been saved and returned to me, and I will cherish her for the rest of my… Heeeey baby, how you doin’?”

Update: NBC supplies a scandal timeline.

Update: The pile-on begins. Politico flags Edwards’s take on the Lewinsky scandal from 1999:

I think this President has shown a remarkable disrespect for his office, for the moral dimensions of leadership, for his friends, for his wife, for his precious daughter. It is breathtaking to me the level to which that disrespect has risen.

Update: NBC talks to an Edwards aide privy to the ABC interview and returns with this scoop. You’ve got to be kidding:

Edwards said he went to the Beverly Hilton, where the National Enquirer claims to have photographed him, to meet not with Hunter, but Bob McGovern, a friend of Hunter’s, the source said, adding that this was part of Edwards’ effort to keep the affair secret.

He needed to meet with McGovern, and rather than have coffee with him or call him he decided to arrange a suspicious late-night rendezvous at a hotel where his ex-mistress and the possible mother of his child happened to be staying? Good work, Silky!

Update: Here’s what the Enquirer said happened at the hotel, to refresh your memory. McGovern supposedly was the front:

Rielle had reserved rooms 246 and 252 under the name of the friend who had accompanied her from Santa Barbara, Bob McGovern. Rielle was in one room and McGovern was in another with her baby. This allowed her and Edwards to spend time alone, a source revealed.

Edwards went out of the hotel briefly with Rielle, they were observed by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER and then went back to her room, where he stayed until attempting to sneak out of the hotel unseen at 2:40 a.m. (PST). But when he emerged alone from an elevator into the hotel basement he was greeted by several reporters from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.

Update: Sounds like Brian Ross has been digging because he tells Politico the Enquirer’s story was — almost — totally accurate. Is it really almost totally accurate if they got the baby’s paternity wrong? Or is that one of the details they got right? Ross doesn’t say.

Also, Edwards may still make an appearance at the convention. Ahem.

Update: Bob McGovern, “Helpful Dude.”

Update: Here’s the statement he just released. Interestingly, he’s ready to call the Enquirer’s bluff and take a paternity test. Money quote follows. “Egocentric and narcissistic”? Our Silky?

It is inadequate to say to the people who believed in me that I am sorry, as it is inadequate to say to the people who love me that I am sorry. In the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic. If you want to beat me up — feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself. I have been stripped bare and will now work with everything I have to help my family and others who need my help.


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ahahahahaha

triple on August 8, 2008 at 3:03 PM

Is it news yet?

jgapinoy on August 8, 2008 at 3:04 PM

At last, those homosexuality rumors can finally be put to rest.

Now it’s on to the Vice Presidential nomination . . .

NoDonkey on August 8, 2008 at 3:04 PM

Hmm… ABC, huh? I wonder when the MSM will cover this story…

Beo on August 8, 2008 at 3:04 PM

Leno & Letterman can breathe easier now.

Coronagold on August 8, 2008 at 3:05 PM

Move along people, nothing to see here…

JimRich on August 8, 2008 at 3:05 PM

Is it news yet?

jgapinoy on August 8, 2008 at 3:04 PM

Snort!

At last, those homosexuality rumors can finally be put to rest.

NoDonkey on August 8, 2008 at 3:04 PM

How do you figure?

Darksean on August 8, 2008 at 3:06 PM

If the affair was over, and the baby is not his, then why the hotel visit?

mikeyboss on August 8, 2008 at 3:06 PM

he did have an affair with 42-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her

What’s love got to do with it?

jgapinoy on August 8, 2008 at 3:06 PM

Prepare the meatgrinder

LimeyGeek on August 8, 2008 at 3:06 PM

I’d like to see those DNA results, thank you very much.

Darksean on August 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM

Will he finally go away now?

How in the world did he think he could keep something like this a secret forever?

mesablue on August 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM

“How do you figure?

Darksean on August 8, 2008 at 3:06 PM”

I didn’t say the bi-sexuality rumors had been put to rest.

One alternative lifestyle at a time.

NoDonkey on August 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM

So take my strong advice…

Just remember to always think twice.

To think twice
To think twice
To think twice

a-WOOOOOO!

MadisonConservative on August 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM

There has been no paternity test so of course he’s absolutely certain its not his. Yeaaaaahhh. Riiiiiight.

Dr. Manhattan on August 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM

How low has the MSM sunk? It’s now official that they have been scooped, big time, by the National Enquirer.

I guess the MSM minds are not that enquiring, after all.

thirteen28 on August 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM

he did have an affair with 42-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.

But did he take her to Wendy’s?

Pasalubong on August 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM

Two words: DNA TEST!!!!!

I’ll volunteer to do it. I gots da skillz, y’all!

Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM

love how he waited until the first day of the olympics to “come clean”

russia starting a war today doesnt’ hurt either

triple on August 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM

What a scumbag. Nice knowing ya John. Time to go back to suing doctors now you piece of human trash.

Zetterson on August 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM

Doesn’t this now make him a more attractive candidate for the Democrats?

JimRich on August 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM

So if Edwards is not the father, then why did Hunter feel the need to live under assumed names for the duration of her pregnancy?

Slublog on August 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM

Announced right after Rush Limbaugh’s show ends. Hahaha. They’re so afraid of him.

ZRyan on August 8, 2008 at 3:09 PM

“There has been no paternity test so of course he’s absolutely certain its not his.”

I’m sure he’s written a check large enough so that he never has to find out.

NoDonkey on August 8, 2008 at 3:09 PM

So when will Jesse Jackson be there to counsel and pray with him a la The Clenis?

[channeling Jesse Jackson] “When in doubt, you should always pull out!”

Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 8, 2008 at 3:09 PM

What a swell guy - cheating on his wife while she has cancer.

pullingmyhairout on August 8, 2008 at 3:09 PM

I don’t believe him for a second.
I think he is just diverting attention from his teh ghey-ness.
/s

TheSitRep on August 8, 2008 at 3:10 PM

As Rush would say, this is a good thing for a Dem, he calls it “Democrat Resume Enhancement”

Brat on August 8, 2008 at 3:10 PM

The National Enquirer, of all publications, does the job the MSM won’t do.
Pretty sad isn’t it?

jencab on August 8, 2008 at 3:10 PM

John, you can come out of the Men’s room now…

maintenanceman on August 8, 2008 at 3:11 PM

So his wife - who knew about the affair two years ago - didn’t know about the visit to the Beverly Hilton last month…

One wonders if this “visit” might have been a “conjugal visit.” I mean, he SAYS the affair ended a long time ago… but then he ALSO said he never had an affair to begin with… it’s all so CONFUSING! /sarc

Beo on August 8, 2008 at 3:11 PM

a dem lied, his dream died.

unseen on August 8, 2008 at 3:11 PM

In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 42-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.

Giggitygiggitygiggity!

Spanglemaker on August 8, 2008 at 3:11 PM

John Edwards, chaser of
ambulances,
elected offices, &
skirts.

jgapinoy on August 8, 2008 at 3:11 PM

I’m bad, I’ bad, I’ really really bad.

Angry Dumbo on August 8, 2008 at 3:11 PM

This is just a distraction from the real issues.

Riposte on August 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM

Maybe Edwards couldn’t talk about it until after the Jerry Springer show aired the episode about him being showed the paternity test test.

indianaconservative on August 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM

I wonder if Wikipedia considers John Edwards to be a reliable source…..

What a jerk.

JohnTant on August 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM

hahahahhaahahahahhaa. The leftists and the media now have to report on this….hahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahhaha!

GogglesPisano on August 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM

Oh, not loving her makes it more betterer in the one of two Americas that Edwards lives in.

Not so silky now, are we?

tree hugging sister on August 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM

Come on people. He. Didn’t. Love. Her. How could it be a “love child”?

Sue on August 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM

So now we can him Skanky Pony

Kini on August 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM

test test = test results.

indianaconservative on August 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM

Does this story breaking hurt Hillary’s already miniscule chances of becoming VP? It is a rather unrefreshing reminder about the sleazy side of the Clinton legacy.

Zetterson on August 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM

“one-time Democratic Presidential candidate”
Really? When was he the nominee? In bizarro world?

Oh well, crush him and bury him like every other politician who failed to live up to impossible standards.

Next.

Dave Rywall on August 8, 2008 at 3:13 PM

John Edwards meet Gary Hart.

SillyRyno on August 8, 2008 at 3:13 PM

Doesn’t much matter, since he’s a Democrat.

petefrt on August 8, 2008 at 3:14 PM

Edwards made a point of telling Woodruff that his wife’s cancer was in remission when he began the affair with Hunter…

LOL, YEAH NOT LIKE NEWT BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!

Unreal.

benrand on August 8, 2008 at 3:14 PM

“This is not the light in the loafers, shady trial lawyer who I once knew!” - Barack Obama

NoDonkey on August 8, 2008 at 3:14 PM

Why has nobody questioned the timing yet?

I question the timing.

Beo on August 8, 2008 at 3:14 PM

The King of Pop weighing in…

She Was More Like A Beauty Queen From A Movie Scene
I Said Don’t Mind, But What Do You Mean I Am The One
Who Will Dance On The Floor In The Round
She Said I Am The One Who Will Dance On The Floor In The Round

She Told Me Her Name Was Billie Jean Rielle Hunter, As She Caused A Scene
Then Every Head Turned With Eyes That Dreamed Of Being The One
Who Will Dance On The Floor In The Round

[Bridge]
People Always Told Me Be Careful Of What You Do
And Don’t Go Around Breaking Young Girls’ Hearts
And Mother Always Told Me Be Careful Of Who You Love
And Be Careful Of What You Do ‘Cause The Lie Becomes The Truth

[Chorus]
Billie Jean Rielle Hunter Is Not My Lover
She’s Just A Girl Who Claims That I Am The One
But The Kid Is Not My SonDaughter
She Says I Am The One, But The Kid Is Not My Son

For Forty Days And Forty Nights
The Law Was On Her Side
But Who Can Stand When She’s In Demand
Her Schemes And Plans
‘Cause We Danced On The Floor In The Round
So Take My Strong Advice, Just Remember To Always Think Twice
(Do Think Twice)

She Told My Baby We’d Danced ‘Till Three
Then She Looked At Me
Then Showed A Photo My Baby Cried
His Eyes Looked Like Mine
Go On Dance On The Floor In The Round, Baby

People Always Told Me Be Careful Of What You Do
And Don’t Go Around Breaking Young Girls’ Hearts
She Came And Stood Right By Me
Then The Smell Of Sweet Perfume
This Happened Much Too Soon
She Called Me To Her Room

Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 8, 2008 at 3:15 PM

He had sex with that woman, but didn’t inhale, and didn’t have that sex with that woman that one time .

benrand on August 8, 2008 at 3:15 PM

Was this woman the cashier at the Wendy’s drive through?
Was he smitten by her ability to make change?

Kini on August 8, 2008 at 3:15 PM

Father of the Year!!!

Brat on August 8, 2008 at 3:15 PM

Scumbaggery at its best (or worst) yet again.

JonRoss on August 8, 2008 at 3:15 PM

What an idiot.

He is obviously the father of the baby.

He said the affair has been over for a long time.

So why the middle of the night visit to woman with whom he is no longer having an affair and a baby which he did not father?

I call complete Democrat style Bullcrap.

EJDolbow on August 8, 2008 at 3:16 PM

“Oh well, crush him and bury him like every other politician who failed to live up to impossible standards.”

True, how will we ever forge on without the likes of John Edwards?

I could make a better man than John Edwards out of a banana.

NoDonkey on August 8, 2008 at 3:16 PM

oh no, does that mean Edwards won’t be the Messiah’s next AG? damn, I was looking forward for him going after all those eevillllllll corporations.

Lance Murdock on August 8, 2008 at 3:16 PM

Kini on August 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM

I call him ‘dirty johnny’ now.

Brat on August 8, 2008 at 3:16 PM

Anyone else notice how he released this on a Friday?

Not so dumb.

The Ugly American on August 8, 2008 at 3:17 PM

All of you are so funny, except you Dave. Way to be a downer.

Cindy Munford on August 8, 2008 at 3:17 PM

To avoid jumping to conclusions, I think we should all wait until more John Edwardses come forward to verify this uncorroborated admission.

chriscoolc on August 8, 2008 at 3:17 PM

I’d feel sorry for Edward’s wife, but she afraid of the republican living next door.

Kini on August 8, 2008 at 3:17 PM

Just now on the radio Sean mentioned that Billy Jeff has come down on the side of monogamy in an interview with a Brit rag. It has to be the END TIMES without a doubt.

JonRoss on August 8, 2008 at 3:17 PM

My own wife is just getting over Stage 3 ovarian cancer. She underwent chemotherapy for six months, and went through hell. I stood by her the entire time and will continue to stand by her as she recovers.

Which is why I find what Edwards did here to be absolutely inexcusable and totally unconscionable. This is the ultimate selfish act of someone (I can’t even bring myself to calling him a man) who obviously cares only about himself and himself alone, despite what his own wife is having to deal with right now.

For his wife, this has to be beyond betrayal. This is a direct stab to the heart.

I never had any respect for Edwards and after this, I doubt that anyone else ever will.

Forget the “Silky Pony” jokes and all that. This is someone with no moral compass whatsoever.

He should be the leader of nothing.

He should never be permitted to hold any elected office ever again.

What he did here insults me to the very core, as it should any other person.

And if his wife stays with him after this, she is no better than he.

pilamaye on August 8, 2008 at 3:18 PM

A Friday afternoon bad news dump?

Who’da thunkit!?

Karl on August 8, 2008 at 3:18 PM

what’s this “love child” nonsense. the child is a bastard. Not a love child. John admitted he wasn’t in love. He had no intention of marrying the women. the child is a bastard. Let’s start using the correct meaning of words.

unseen on August 8, 2008 at 3:18 PM

Edwards made a point of telling Woodruff that his wife’s cancer was in remission when he began the affair with Hunter. Elizabeth Edwards has since been diagnosed with an incurable form of the disease.

Where’s thay guy from Cheaters when you need him?

Silky Pony’s lesson to America …..

Wife in remission from life-threatening cancer, OK to troll bars and start pounding babes on the side.

Wife gets rediagnosed with incurable cancer, keep it in your pants.

And this ambulance chasing lawyer wanted to be the moral barometer for all of us.

What a puddle of puke.

fogw on August 8, 2008 at 3:18 PM

If the affair was over, and the baby is not his, then why the hotel visit?

mikeyboss on August 8, 2008 at 3:06 PM

Exactly. The affair’s been over for months, I never loved her, the baby’s not mine — but I travelled across the country and arranged a secret midnight rendezvous with her and the baby in a motel room just for funzies? That makes a lot of sense.

AZCoyote on August 8, 2008 at 3:19 PM

Guess he’s not really gay afterall…not that there’s anything wrong with it.

LevStrauss on August 8, 2008 at 3:19 PM

Maybe Edwards couldn’t talk about it until after the Jerry Springer show aired the episode about him being showed the paternity test test.

indianaconservative on August 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM

I think that’s more Maury’s forte.

Someone certainly has some PR people working for them. Let the story slip out amidst the Olympics and South Ossetia…”Move along folks, nothing to see here…”

MB007 on August 8, 2008 at 3:20 PM

File this under “Yeah, riiiiight”

Since becoming pregnant, Hunter has lived under assumed names in a series of expensive homes in North Carolina and, more recently, in Santa Barbara, California.

Edwards denied paying any money to Hunter to keep her from going public but said it was possible some of his friends or supporters may have made payments without telling him.

Brat on August 8, 2008 at 3:20 PM

pilamaye on August 8, 2008 at 3:18 PM

My wife hasn’t had cancer, but to cheat on her would be no less dispicable and stupid. I wish your wife a swift and full recovery.

Beo on August 8, 2008 at 3:20 PM

I don’t guess this will be helping Michelle MaBelle’s children, either.

thebookkeeper on August 8, 2008 at 3:20 PM

Oh well, crush him and bury him like every other politician who failed to live up to impossible standards.

Next.

Dave Rywall on August 8, 2008 at 3:13 PM

Being faithful to your spouse is “impossible standards?”

EJDolbow on August 8, 2008 at 3:21 PM

Edwards made a point of telling Woodruff that his wife’s cancer was in remission when he began the affair with Hunter…

I guess that makes it OK eh John

pjf626 on August 8, 2008 at 3:22 PM

In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 42-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.

Phew! That makes it so much better - it coulda been a scandal if he did.

Buy Danish on August 8, 2008 at 3:22 PM

Wonder if Bill Clinton has called to congratulate him yet?

CP on August 8, 2008 at 3:23 PM

Oh well, crush him and bury him like every other politician who failed to live up to impossible standards.

Next.

Dave Rywall on August 8, 2008 at 3:13 PM

Sounds good to me.
These arrogant fools want to micro manage every facet of my life but feel free to cheat on their wives and children at will. They deserve whatever contempt heaped on them.

JonRoss on August 8, 2008 at 3:23 PM

“Wife gets rediagnosed with incurable cancer, keep it in your pants.”

Well sure, because John was thinking, “it’s only a matter of time before I’ll be a (sob!), swingin’ widower”.

Chicks love multi-millionaire widowers.

But he got too revved up and the soap opera didn’t go the way he planned . . .

At least he’ll always have John’s room.

NoDonkey on August 8, 2008 at 3:23 PM

Anyone else notice how he released this on a Friday?

Not so dumb.

The Ugly American on August 8, 2008 at 3:17 PM

And on opening day of Olympics and as war breaks out in Georgia…and after Rush has already signed off.

Brat on August 8, 2008 at 3:23 PM

Historians will look back at this time and point to when the old media establishment finally shattered.

Dan Rather helped dig the grave in 2004 and there are countless cases of malfeasance since then, but failure to even mention this scandal demolishes their credibility forever.

Props to ABC for finally investigating it, but the Enquirer and then the blogs owned this story from Day 1.

JammieWearingFool on August 8, 2008 at 3:24 PM

Wife diagnosed with cancer. Cute little children at home waiting for their daddy to come through the door. Daddy’s not coming home kids. Nope. Daddy’s a scumbag who made a fortune chasing ambulances and now has decided to forego his marriage vowes and damage his relationship with his children forever in favor of chasing skirts.

Zetterson on August 8, 2008 at 3:24 PM

Oh well, crush him and bury him like every other politician who failed to live up to impossible standards.

Next.

Dave Rywall on August 8, 2008 at 3:13 PM

Right, because NOT being a blatant hypocrite is an impossible standard if you’re a Dim.

AZCoyote on August 8, 2008 at 3:24 PM

edwards lied, MSM died…

unseen on August 8, 2008 at 3:24 PM

pilamaye on August 8, 2008 at 3:18 PM

Please don’t think badly of Mrs. Edwards if she stays with her husband. What you and your wife have gone through is horrible but you have obviously supported each other but Mrs. Edwards is going to have to do what is best for herself and her children, which may include staying with Mr. Edwards.

Cindy Munford on August 8, 2008 at 3:24 PM

… but said that he did not love her

Oh well, that’s all right then.

Just don’t make Elizabeth stand (sit in her wheelchair??) next to him at the press conference. She’s been punished more than enough already.

Rosmerta on August 8, 2008 at 3:24 PM

Did he want to get caught? Or is he just a retard? If he was going to arrange this little rendezvous, why at the Beverly Hilton while it was swarming with press instead of the Comfort Inn in Ardmore, Oklahoma?

Beo on August 8, 2008 at 3:24 PM

Edwards made a point of telling Woodruff that his wife’s cancer was in remission when he began the affair with Hunter…

That really doesn’t matter there Silky

dc84123 on August 8, 2008 at 3:25 PM

This just made my day.

Erockk on August 8, 2008 at 3:25 PM

jencab on August 8, 2008 at 3:10 PM

Indeed.

Ian on August 8, 2008 at 3:25 PM

Well, he is, after all, a slip and fall trial lawyer. He’s used to F’ing people.

I guess he’ll explain it away as wanting to be connected, in a obscene way, with his second America.

Kini on August 8, 2008 at 3:25 PM

What a puddle of puke.

fogw on August 8, 2008 at 3:18 PM

Yeap

JonRoss on August 8, 2008 at 3:25 PM

Oh, I agree, Cindy - I just don’t want her to have to suffer in public, the way so many of these women do. I would hope having incurable cancer would give her a pass on having to make public appearances…

Rosmerta on August 8, 2008 at 3:26 PM

She’s been punished more than enough already.

True dat. She must be going through some tough times right about now. How humiliating for her.

Matticus Finch on August 8, 2008 at 3:27 PM

Edwards made a point of telling Woodruff that his wife’s cancer was in remission when he began the affair with Hunter…

That really doesn’t matter there Silky

dc84123 on August 8, 2008 at 3:25 PM

Ha, I missed that on first reading. Sounds like he was celebrating?

Rosmerta on August 8, 2008 at 3:27 PM

Exit question: What does this do to attacks on McCain’s character vis-a-vis his divorce?

Keith_Indy on August 8, 2008 at 3:27 PM

Props to ABC for finally investigating it, but the Enquirer and then the blogs owned this story from Day 1.

JammieWearingFool on August 8, 2008 at 3:24 PM

ABC did not investigate this. Edwards came to them. This is edwards attempt to paint the story on his terms. Instead of producing a bastard, cheating on his critical care wife with a women he paid with donors cash to “service” him on an ongoing basis during the campign.

He had an affair that was “over” before his wife got sick again and did not produce a “bastard”

So Edwards choose to go to ABC, give his spin before the Enquirer could paint him as the no good for nothing lying scumbag that he is.

unseen on August 8, 2008 at 3:28 PM

94 posts in 30 minutes. I was looking at a quite Friday night but I guess not.

JonRoss on August 8, 2008 at 3:28 PM

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