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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*breathes and re-reads*
Bwhahahahahahaha!!!!
Tim Burton on August 8, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Could someone please explain to me why I should care about this, at least in the political sense? It sucks when people cheat, but … why are we even running with this story?
TheUnrepentantGeek on August 8, 2008 at 7:37 PM
If true my respect for Edwards increases. At least he is accused of cheating with a WOMAN. No NJ Governor “moment.”
MaiDee on August 8, 2008 at 7:42 PM
From Amanda Marcotte’s site in reference to Edward’s admission today:
My collie says:
Please. Make it stop. ROFLMAO.
CyberCipher on August 8, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Ditto: Why was he denying the affair in Late-2007 if his family already knew about it?
Edwards lies are so deep and convoluted that nothing he says can be believed.
I’m waiting for the two money trails to become clearer: First trail: The $115,000 (or so) that the Edwards campaign paid Hunter in ‘06 allegedly to produce web ads, which she never did. If Edwards had her paid this money out of campaign funds to help keep her quiet, or in line, or just because she was his girlfriend, he needs to be prosecuted.
Second trail: Again, the source of the money, allegedly $15K a month, to keep her quiet, or in line, or whatever. Again, if it turns out to be campaign-related funds, Edwards is in deep doo-doo.
seanrobins on August 8, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Outside of the really obvious reasons, which I won’t bother listing…
There is the matter of potential campaing finance fruad and funds misuse by Edwards, particularly in the money paid to his bit of crumpet in ‘06 when she was busy NOT making campaign videos.
seanrobins on August 8, 2008 at 7:49 PM
He’s still being egocentric and narcissistic if he thinks he can continue to lie his way out of having fathered the baby.
And did I hear that he is still denying that he was at the hotel the other week?
Incredible!
seanrobins on August 8, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Well what do you know? Wikipedia had to eat some crow! Somehow they forgot to mention how they locked his page!
Extramarital affair
Main article: John Edwards extramarital affair
In July 2008, several news media outlets speculated that Edwards’ chances for the vice presidency may have been harmed by allegations published in supermarket tabloid The National Enquirer that he had fathered a child outside his marriage and had recently visited the child’s mother, Rielle Hunter, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Edwards stated “I’ve responded, consistently, to these tabloid allegations by saying I don’t respond to these lies and you know that.”[70][71][72][73][74]
In an August 8 statement,[75] and an interview with ABC’s Bob Woodruff, Edwards admitted that he had an affair in 2006 but denied that he is the father of the child. He acknowledged that he had been dishonest in denying the entire Enquirer story when, according to Edwards, some of it was true, but said that the affair ended before the time of the child’s conception. He further said he is willing to take a paternity test. A campaign aide, Andrew Young, has stated that he, not Edwards, is the child’s father.[76]
IrishGirl17 on August 8, 2008 at 8:00 PM
There is only one Bastard here and it is John Edwards. May I add Arrogant to that Title that he so richly deserves. I feel sorry for his wife and family.
Neocon Peg on August 8, 2008 at 8:03 PM
Gossip.
The Race Card on August 8, 2008 at 8:04 PM
“Hypocrisy is a story; human weakness is not.” Part of Cyber Cipher 7:43
So I guess she is mad at the media then, right?
Cindy Munford on August 8, 2008 at 8:07 PM
Have you becoome obsessed with me now? Not a good sign. Not a good sign at all.
MB4 and Edwards much alike? Brothers maybe? I think that you must have fallen asleep during a lot of classes.
You are the weirdo who thought that Anthony Freemont was “wise_man’s” real name and that I must have somehow “hacked” into Hotair’s innards using my mind control ray or something, rather than being able to figure out or at least accept that Anthony Fremont is a FICTIONAL character from a TV show. Not being able to separate TV from real life, not a good sign, not a good sign at all.
Now I would say that is deluded. Profoundly deluded. You really need to have a professional do a complete workup on you. I hope your health plan will cover most of that otherwise you will just have to hope that Obama beomes President and is able to enact very comprehensive nation health care.
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 8:07 PM
John Kerry’s not so secret any longer MySpace entry:
Hi there fellow bloggers. My name is United States Senator John Forbes Kerry from the great state of Massachusetts. You can call me JFK if you want. I was born on December 11, 1943, although people tell me that I look at least 20 years younger. It’s probably my great hair and rugged good looks.
I graduated from Yale in June 1966 in the top 1% of my class. To earn extra money during the summers, I loaded trucks in a grocery warehouse and sold encyclopedias door to door. That is probably one of the reasons that I am so humble. Over my four years at Yale, I maintained a 96 grade average and received a 101 average in my senior year.
I am one of the most senior members of that grand and much loved and respected institution known as the U.S. Senate. Probably the only living Senator even a little bit greater than me is my dear friend Ted Moore Kennedy. I also have a very high IQ. Very high. At least 250 on a bad day. Much higher than that creep who stole the election from me. I know that he stole it because exit polls are never ever wrong.
I am also a great war hero. I set all kinds of records for heroism when I was in Vietnam. I was grievously wounded at least three times yet continued to insist on staying in the fight when lesser men would have given up. I won the bronze star with extra V’s for extra valor and the Silver Star for defeating a whole battalion of NVA with my bare hands.
Sometimes I feel like a had to carry all the water for those other ungrateful swiftboaters.
I sometimes like to chill out after a long day of serving the American people by having a double martini with my good friend Ted. We usually have a servant bring 21 double martinis. I get one and Ted gets one for each of his fingers and each of his toes. Contrary to what some of my very few enemies say I never marry women for just their money. They must also have a pulse. BTW, did I mention that I was in Vietnam? I was also in Cambodia, so don’t forget that!
I would like to think that I am open minded, honest, polite, heroic and trustworthy. And I appreciate the same qualities in others although I am realistic enough to know that no one else could come close to me.
Turn offs: other politicians who spend more on haircuts than I do. That is just not right.
Who I’d like to meet:
…other progressive bloggers. Other great war heroes who hate that damn S-T-U-P-I-D Texan in the White House and those lying sons of bitcher swiftboat bastardos whose pants are on fire! Cool people who live close to Washington D.C. so that we can get together, talk about you for about 30 seconds and then spend about 9 hours talking about me. BTW, did I mention that I was in Vietnam and Cambodia? Just one more BTW, if anyone has found my magic hat please return to me.
BTW viking01, the above was a PARODY so don’t get all upset and start imagining things and have another delusional cow.
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 8:14 PM
…their business is now public property because they treat your business like it’s public property. - Amanda Marcotte, as quoted by CyberCipher
That’s a funny way for a liberal Edwards fan to spin this. Don’t liberals believe that all property is public property? How did Ms. Marcotte feel about the Clinton health-care takeover plan, which included provisions for putting people in jail if they tried to have private conversations about their health with doctors?
I also liked Marcotte’s feeble attempt to declare Edwards’ affair “none of our business” because he’s not a “sanctity of marriage wanker.” So, to follow that thinking to its logical conclusion, Democrats should be immune to investigative reporting or moral judgement because they’re amoral scumbags, and only conservative Republicans can ever be criticized for moral failures, because only they have standards. Got that?
I can offer several reasons:
1. Three thousand Americans were murdered, in part, because Bill Clinton convinced voters that “character doesn’t matter,” resulting in a president who (literally) ignored national security to get BJs in the Oval Office. Experience has taught us that character is of paramount importance, and men who would risk their marriage, reputation, and political careers to indulge their sexual appetites are NOT the kind of men that should be entrusted with the defense of the nation. What kind of governance do you get from a man who cheats on his cancer-stricken wife, and angrily insults anyone who dares to question him, right up until he’s suddenly forced to admit his guilt? And this is the same sanctimonious jerk who premised his populist-socialist campaign on the idea that he, and his fellow government officials, are more morally suited to control the wealth of the nation than private citizens. Edwards needs to be pressure-cleaned out of public life, immediately and forever.
2. Edwards was one of the top contenders for the Democrat party presidential nomination this year. Voters would do well to mull over how much they trust a party that would put a creature like this in the top rank of presidential contenders. We are already learning that much of the party machine knew all about the Edwards affair. I personally don’t need many more reasons to vote against Democrats, but many of my fellow Americans will benefit from this - what’s the phrase? Ah, yes - “teachable moment.”
3. Edwards and Obama had very few policy differences. Obama explicitly runs on the premise that his superior moral judgment illuminates his prospective governance, to the point where not only does he refuse to discuss or debate policy proposals, but it’s immoral to even question him. Now we know Obama’s platform was enthusiastically supported by a guy who cheats on his cancer-stricken wife. It’s a meaningful data point.
4. The Edwards affair powerfully illuminates the incompetence and bias of the mainstream media, which frantically closed ranks to knock this story down. The media still holds tremendous political influence in this country. Edwards wasn’t even the party nominee - imagine what they’d be willing to do for Obama? The public should be given an opportunity to consider this before the next round of Obama halo photos hits the newspapers.
5. America doesn’t hold its legal profession in nearly enough contempt. A scandal that destroys a finger-wagging, arrogant, slimy trial lawyer will be very helpful.
Doctor Zero on August 8, 2008 at 8:16 PM
John Kerry’s not so secret any longer MySpace entry:
Hi there fellow bloggers. My name is United States Senator John Forbes Kerry from the great state of Massachusetts. You can call me JFK if you want. I was born on December 11, 1943, although people tell me that I look at least 20 years younger. It’s probably my great hair and rugged good looks.
I graduated from Yale in June 1966 in the top 1% of my class. To earn extra money during the summers, I loaded trucks in a grocery warehouse and sold encyclopedias door to door. That is probably one of the reasons that I am so humble. Over my four years at Yale, I maintained a 96 grade average and received a 101 average in my senior year.
I am one of the most senior members of that grand and much loved and respected institution known as the U.S. Senate. Probably the only living Senator even a little bit greater than me is my dear friend Ted Moore Kennedy. I also have a very high IQ. Very high. At least 250 on a bad day. Much higher than that creep who stole the election from me. I know that he stole it because exit polls are never ever wrong.
I am also a great war hero. I set all kinds of records for heroism when I was in Vietnam. I was grievously wounded at least three times yet continued to insist on staying in the fight when lesser men would have given up. I won the bronze star with extra V’s for extra valor and the Silver Star for defeating a whole battalion of NVA with my bare hands.
Sometimes I feel like a had to carry all the water for those other ungrateful swiftboaters.
I sometimes like to chill out after a long day of serving the American people by having a double martini with my good friend Ted. We usually have a servant bring 21 double martinis. I get one and Ted gets one for each of his fingers and each of his toes. Contrary to what some of my very few enemies say I never marry women for just their money. They must also have a pulse. BTW, did I mention that I was in Vietnam? I was also in Cambodia, so don’t forget that!
I would like to think that I am open minded, honest, polite, heroic and trustworthy. And I appreciate the same qualities in others although I am realistic enough to know that no one else could come close to me.
Turn offs: other politicians who spend more on haircuts than I do. That is just not right.
Who I’d like to meet:
…other progressive bloggers. Other great war heroes who hate that damn S-T-U-P-I-D Texan in the White House and those lying sons of #itcher swiftboat bastardos whose pants are on fire! Cool people who live close to Washington D.C. so that we can get together, talk about you for about 30 seconds and then spend about 9 hours talking about me. BTW, did I mention that I was in Vietnam and Cambodia? Just one more BTW, if anyone has found my magic hat please return to me.
BTW viking01, the above was a PARODY so don’t get all upset and start imagining things again and have another delusional cow.
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 8:18 PM
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 8:07 PM
Nah, you’re a typical coward who arrives late on threads to leave a petty ramblings which have become increasingly lengthy and overwrought! Get over it man! strange boy! whatever!
…..grabs fictional clip board, points MB4 to couch:
Tell us about your childhood.
viking01 on August 8, 2008 at 8:19 PM
I don’t really care who she’s mad at.
My collie says:
The double standard of reporting is the REAL issue here.
CyberCipher on August 8, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Im sure Rielle was pleased to hear publicly that Edwards didn’t lover her.
Edwards is school in the summertime. Nooooooo class.
Chuck Schick on August 8, 2008 at 8:21 PM
That mouse keeps roaring!!!
viking01 on August 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM
Little Billy’s clone.
Sleazy scumbag, Jr.
profitsbeard on August 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM
BTW, I am not buying the argument that “it’s a private matter, besides, all politicians cheat on their wives.” Anyone holding public office that cheats on his wife can be blackmailed. I don’t want people holding office that can be so easily manipulated.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on August 8, 2008 at 8:28 PM
“Typical coward”? You sound like you have regressed all the way back to early elementary school now and just when you had enough problems already.
Do you want me to post your delusional comment where you thought, and seem to still think, that a TV FICTIONAL CHARACTER, and a rather far out science fiction one too boot, was real and that I, little me, had somehow hacked into Hotair’s innermost secure personal info to reveal them to the world? Anthony Fremont is really not “wise_man” real identity! Anthony Fremont was a FICTIONAL CHARACTER ON TV and a far out FICTIONAL CHARACTER ON TV. Actually a Twilight Zone episode. Maybe you could be on the Twilight Zone, you would be a natural.
BTW, I did a screen shot of it and saved it.
Why do you keep stalking me. I only address you when you do.
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Yeah. After all - this is just a personal matter!/
wise_man on August 8, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Hmm… so you have to explain your actions ….. again.
wise_man on August 8, 2008 at 8:40 PM
WTF? Stalking? This is a message board with participants far more worthwhile (and less wordy) than your repetitive self.
Meanwhile:
Edwards is toast. The steaks are almost done. The potatoes are coming out of the oven and my wife says we don’t need any of MB4’s cheese!
Thanks anyway!
viking01 on August 8, 2008 at 8:41 PM
CyberCipher on August 8, 2008 at 8:21 PM
I hope you realize that I was agreeing with you. It is really the only story.
Cindy Munford on August 8, 2008 at 8:42 PM
You know, when I explained to you before that Anthony Freemont was a fictional character and not “wise_man’s” real name and therefor that I had not somehow, in some dastardly plot, hacked into Hotair’s innards, all you had to do was “man up” (I think that you will like that term) and say something like, “Whoops, my mistake, sorry.”, but no, you just had to, and apparently still have to, keep going. That’s called failure to take responsibility and at least borderline obsession. Not good.
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 8:45 PM
ROFLMAO! Still making friends everywhere you go I see.
TheBigOldDog on August 8, 2008 at 8:50 PM
It keeps going and going and going……
Our (my) information security company routinely helps put discontents in jail most of whom share your aggrieved loner profile. Typically those presuming others are obsessed with them or get testy once they realize others find them tiresome.
Ah, well! Dinner is served and I don’t wish to keep the wife and family waiting. It’s been real “fun.” Er, sorta!!
Happy Friday everybody else….
viking01 on August 8, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Sorry if I came across as terse and cranky. I can’t help it. I’m a POG (pathetic old geezer) - like McCain.
CyberCipher on August 8, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Well apparently viking01, whom I don’t think is a real Viking btw, is a very slow learner …. …again. I am not sure at this point if he even can learn, so I would suppose that it would be a waste of effort on my part to even try anymore.
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 8:55 PM
CyberCipher on August 8, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Not at all. Sometimes it is hard to read the tone of a person’s font.
Cindy Munford on August 8, 2008 at 8:57 PM
It is not my job to make you feel all warm and fuzzy. Get over it. I am not your momma.
Them that matters don’t mind and them that mind, don’t matter.
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 8:58 PM
You are just too funny!
TheBigOldDog on August 8, 2008 at 9:01 PM
You actually have your own security company when you can’t even separate real people from science fiction people and when you think that people are hacking into Hotair’s deepest innards. Amazing. Truly amazing. Do your clients know about this?
You think that you can “profile” me, or anyone for that matter, when you thought, and seem to still think, or just can’t ever take responsibility for your mistakes, that a science fiction Twilight Zone character is real and is “wise_man’s” real name and identity. You couldn’t “profile” your way out of a wet paper bag in a lifetime.
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 9:09 PM
On that we can agree!
*****
Well said by TheBigOldDog at 8:50. Short and sweet. Now he’s mad a you too!
And a quick salute to wise_man (8:40) also.
viking01 on August 8, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Since when in America are people put in jail for being discontented? What state in America is this? Do you actually testify before a judge to put people in jail? Does the judge know about your being unable to separate reality from fiction and your inability to take simple adult responsibility for your errors. If your mental conditions get out a higher court will have to toss everything that you were involved in, out.
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 9:14 PM
You’ll kindly forgive those who don’t keep a Twilight Zone character or other science fiction character roster at ready reference.
And my clients might find that out! Sob!!!
viking01 on August 8, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Keep digging!
viking01 on August 8, 2008 at 9:19 PM
Oh “TheBigOldDog” was mad at me from quite some time ago now and apparently still hasn’t gotten over it. But I think that he can at least separate science fiction shows from reality and, as far as I know anyway, doesn’t think that I have “hacked” into Hotair’s innermost personal info.
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 9:20 PM
somebody had an affair with this doofus? she must have low standards..or he paid her..either way.
therightwinger on August 8, 2008 at 9:20 PM
Keep not being able to separate reality from fiction.
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Is any further comment on my part really necessary? No. Case closed.
MB4 on August 8, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Barry Levine from the NE on H&C right now. She’s in love with him and expects to marry him. “She’s very much in it for the long haul.”
TheBigOldDog on August 8, 2008 at 9:34 PM
KP on too and she is funny. I love how feminist liberals women have no problem with liberal men cheating. His character (cheating) would only matter to her if she was considering him for marriage, not as President. ROFLMAO!
TheBigOldDog on August 8, 2008 at 9:36 PM
‘Battered
wife‘ girlfriend syndrome perhaps?wise_man on August 8, 2008 at 9:39 PM
LOL. Comment on your part is never necessary. Never was.
*****
Thanks for BigOldDog for the heads up on Levine on H&C.
viking01 on August 8, 2008 at 9:40 PM
great comment
funky chicken on August 8, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Thanks, funky chicken. I didn’t scan that part of the page. That was a really well made comment.
wise_man on August 8, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Maybe Edwards could give Obama a call….
drjohn on August 8, 2008 at 10:39 PM
This goes a long way to rehabilitate Newt Gingrich.
There really are “Two Americas”; one full of people who can do whatever they want and get away with it, and the one the rest of us live in.
iam7545 on August 8, 2008 at 10:44 PM
C’mon, guys! Edwards screwed up - big time!
Besides… It’s Friday night! Play that funky music, DJ!
Billy Jean
newton on August 8, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Clinton gone, Edwards disgraced, step on up Barry. You got next.
Mojave Mark on August 8, 2008 at 10:54 PM
HA HA HA … HA!!!!
But his hair is so shiny!
eanax on August 8, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Someone needs to find out where Edwards and Hunter were around May 27, 2007 give or take five days. His itinerary would be easy to discover. Hunter’s is tougher but still some enterprising individual may be able to determine if they were near one another. Whether or not Elizabeth was travelling with him at the time doesn’t matter given Edward’s character. He’d likely fiddle with his mistress even if Elizabeth was around. And what about his aide, Andrew Young, who’s claimed paternity?
Sensible Mom on August 8, 2008 at 11:10 PM
2 America’s and 2 families.
Chakra Hammer on August 8, 2008 at 11:23 PM
I just saw his Nightline interview.
He is SO still auditioning for Attorney General.
“Over? What’s over?”
Marcus on August 9, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Will this remove the veneer from the Plastic Banana DEMOCRAT PARTY Wannabe Candidate for President?
Nope.
Anyone who couldn’t/wouldn’t/didn’t see through this Phony Baloney Pony before won’t care about this now.
TheCulturalist on August 9, 2008 at 12:31 AM
He really believed he was silky
Kini on August 9, 2008 at 1:13 AM
After swallowing a bitter pillow, there’s nothing left to do. You’re just down and out.
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on August 9, 2008 at 1:17 AM
Still using the kinky angle, eh?
Silky Pony was so Horny
Silky Pony wasn’t lonely
Silky Pony pounded some baloney
Silky Pony was so horny don’t he!
Kini on August 9, 2008 at 1:18 AM
He got a purdy mouth when he says Guantanamoooo!
Kini on August 9, 2008 at 1:20 AM
Silky Phony
realitycheck on August 9, 2008 at 1:23 AM
Dude, did anyone else catch Nightline? I DVRed it and am listening to it right now and man is this guy a f-ing weasel. And while repeatedly saying the child isn’t his, and that he’d gladly take a paternity test (you listening Maury?) he was all over the place with deceptive responses to the line of questioning about the visit to the hotel and the photo of him holding the baby. Honestly, Allah has got to post that segment because I can’t even describe the insanity that went on. He rambled about how there are tons of photos of him holding a baby, it happens all the time. He stated that he doesn’t know where that photo came from or whether it was him, that he doesn’t “I have no idea who that baby (in the photo) is”, etc. etc. All of the weird dancing around, not giving a direct answer, seemed to be closing with a definitive statement… but then, he tagged on something that made it less definitive. I rewound just so I can get the quote right:
“I was not… at this meeting, holding a child… for my photograph to be taken.”
Before he stammered out those last 6 words, I was like, “oh, so he’s stating as a fact that he didn’t hold this baby at the meeting at the hotel”. But then he slyly snuck “for my photograph to be taken” on the end, so he’s essentially just saying “I didn’t pose with that baby for a photo” (read: “I’m not denying that it was me holding my lovechild in that hotel in that photo”). “Once a lawyer…” I guess.
Please, AP, post some highlights from Nightline, but especially this insane dance he does throughout the questioning about the child.
RightWinged on August 9, 2008 at 1:45 AM
Oh, and the other funny part from the Nightline interview was the fact that he must have attacked the Enquirer as a “Supermarket Tabloid” about a million times throughout the interview (okay, maybe it was like 10-20… but in like 10 minutes of interview, that’s quite a bit) when various allegations were brought up. This is hilarious, because it’s that “Supermarket tabloid” that actually discovered and broke the story over the past year, while he called them liars. Who the eff is he to keep mocking them, when HE has proven himself to have been the liar the entire time, and this “supermarket tabloid” reported at least part of the story accurately. Seeing as you lied, Silkster, why should we believe any of your denials while you mock this paper?
RightWinged on August 9, 2008 at 1:53 AM
RW, there weren’t “parts” of Nightline that were funny, the entire episode should be posted. There are “tons” of photos with me and babies (I’m an obstetrician) but if one were taken of me holding one in a hotel room, yeah, I think I’d have an explanation.
The icing on the cake was the last part where he had to admit that his running for office may be over, but he still could serve! Attorney General? Why, sure. There’s than narcissism and ego he was talking about. He really does think he’s the purdiest person in the room.
Marcus on August 9, 2008 at 1:59 AM
Reckless Hotheads, mocking your next Attorney General, while some junior staffer of Obama’s is sitting around calmly, writing down your names.
RushBaby on August 9, 2008 at 2:07 AM
I don’t know why so many people question the veracity of the N.E.
Does no one but me remember “Men in Black”?
TheCulturalist on August 9, 2008 at 2:21 AM
Hey Rielle,
I’m going to have to throw you under the bus, tell people I didn’t love you, say the affair ended before my wife’s cancer came back, and you’re going to have to back me up, or at least stay quiet; otherwise, the payments might stop.
misterpeasea on August 9, 2008 at 3:09 AM
What does Ted Kennedy have that John Edwards wishes he had??
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An ex-wife and a dead girl friend.
MB4 on August 9, 2008 at 5:45 AM
An ex-wife and a dead girl friend.
MB4 on Aug 9,2008 at 5:45AM.
MB4: MB,I’m perplexed,I thought the car killed the
girlfriend,are you sure? haha. :) :)
canopfor on August 9, 2008 at 6:05 AM
Hang tight John, stiff upper lip and anything else appropriate…
Your only concern is that it’ll be a slow news week with Obama in Hawaii, unless they catch him body surfing without shorts.
Johnny Mc’s new celebrity ad doesn’t have the same bite without Paris. No fun there!
That’ll make things a little tougher for you but consider this; multiple similar events by the Georgia lizard hasn’t hurt him one bit!
My answer; nothing!
J_Gocht on August 9, 2008 at 8:04 AM
Anybody find a photo of Andrew Young? I’ve been looking but no luck.
Blake on August 9, 2008 at 8:06 AM
Consider this…
Nah, fergetaboutit…!
Olde news?
J_Gocht on August 9, 2008 at 8:36 AM
Love Tour, exciting and new
Come Aboard. The Enquirer is expecting you.
A Love child, life’s sweetest reward.
Let the BS flow, it floats back to you.
Love Tour soon will be making another run
The Love Tour promises something for everyone
Set a course for LA,
Your mind on a new romance.
Love won’t hurt anymore
It’s an open smile from a friendly whore.
Yes LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It’s LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! (hey-ah!)
Love Tour soon will be making another run
The Love Tour promises something for everyone
Set a course for LA,
Your mind on a new romance.
Love won’t hurt anymore
It’s an open smile from a friendly whore.
It’s LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It’s LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It’s
LOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
It’s the Love Tour-ah! It’s the Love Tour-ah!
TheBigOldDog on August 9, 2008 at 8:54 AM
I’m glad Johnny-boy waited until Liz started feeling better before he went about spreading the love around.
What a slimey, smarmy, shifty so-and-so. The Joel Osteen of politics.
abcurtis on August 9, 2008 at 9:43 AM
You forgot step #7 - call in “spiritual advisors”, put on a big show for the public, and “repent”. Then Johnny-boy can go off and start his own mega-church since his political career is pretty much DOA anyway. We can always use two smiling preachers.
abcurtis on August 9, 2008 at 10:04 AM
And who said the Bible is irrelevant today?
abcurtis on August 9, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Oh yeah? Since when?
Is Bonior serious or just plain stupid? Politicians have been lying and covering their tracks since the Republic was founded.
Besides, Bonior needs to cut Edwards a break. After all, it’s Edward’s private life, it’s about sex, it wont affect his duties, and everybody does it.
So show your fake outrage someplace else, Mr Bonior.
abcurtis on August 9, 2008 at 10:18 AM
J_Gocht on August 9, 2008 at 8:04 AM
J_Gocht on August 9, 2008 at 8:36 AM
A special foreces guy stooped to the level of alphie, and KP, from last night’s H & C.
Sad, very sad. You can’t even acknowledge that your guys screw around, like the conservative ones do, without excusing it, moral-equivalencing it, and especially the media, who are your biggest whores.
I don’t hold your political or other ideology against you J_Gocht, but you certainly have a better brain than this.
Yes, I know KP wrote an article. Must have coffe before reading it, and comparing it to her H & C debacle.
Entelechy on August 9, 2008 at 10:30 AM
I feel sorry for Hunter’s child too. Nobody is man enough to come forward and be her father and take responsibility for her. That’s sure to mess her up later in life.
abcurtis on August 9, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Also, J_Gocht, McCain’s ex wife has proven that story false, and will do so again this year. Don’t repeat it because I know you are smarter than that. This is no excuse for McCain or others’ issues. It’s just not the thread for it. The media will certainly ‘take care’ of the Republicans, no doubt whatsoever.
Entelechy on August 9, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Hunter’s family is now calling for a paternity test. They seem sure that the baby is his. This is hilarious in that if Edwards lied once again, his future is even deader than I thought.
Blake on August 9, 2008 at 10:41 AM
This was what - almost 40 years ago? What affairs has McCain had since? The alleged lobbyist affair - nobody’s seen any proof. You can bet if it had some smattering of truth, the MSM would be on it like a chicken on a june bug - all over it.
Besides, how long do you plan to hold a four decade old affair against McCain? Looks to me like he’s gone and sinned nor more.
abcurtis on August 9, 2008 at 10:44 AM
McCain and his first wife had not seen each other in seven years. She had a horrible accident that left her crippled. He returned after 5 1/2 years of captivity, tortured, bones broken, teeth knocked out which also left him crippled. It’s unfair to compare him to Edwards.
Blake on August 9, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Just tryin’ my best to give my olde buddy Johnny E. a morale boost.
Did ya notice I actually got moral spelt correctly?
J_Gocht on August 9, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Well, he’s going to need it after the paternity test results.
Blake on August 9, 2008 at 10:57 AM
J_Gocht, my sincere apologies to you - I misspelled “special forces”. Coffee in order now. It’s just a little after 8:00 here, but no excuses, I own it.
We’re good J, because your service in the special forces puts you on an extremely high pedestal with me. You can mess up a lot and I’ll still value your service, and your intellect to have been in that special service. Also, you are very polite and don’t turn obnoxious.
p.s. many have a challenge with differentiating moral from morale, on the spelling alone.
Entelechy on August 9, 2008 at 11:19 AM
And to your point J_Gocht, it is a travesty for all involved, especially for all the children and Mrs. Edwards, but not to be excused by anyone for political reasons. The same for the other side, if it happens.
Entelechy on August 9, 2008 at 11:20 AM
Entelechy, if you weren’t so beautiful, you’d be cute and very smart too! ;)
J_Gocht on August 9, 2008 at 1:21 PM
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