John Edwards has been caught with his hand in the proverbial cookie jar! ‘Mr. Poverty’ was caught visiting his mistress and love child at 2:45 AM this morning.
Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.
The married ex-senator from North Carolina - whose wife Elizabeth continues to battle cancer — met with his mistress, blonde divorcee Rielle Hunter, at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night July 21 - and the NATIONAL ENQUIRER was there! He didn’t leave until early the next morning.
That’s not the half of it! The National Enquirer has been secretly investigating reports of a possible Edwards love child for some time now. After receiving a tip-off that Edwards would be meeting with his mistress at a hotel, reporters got into position and waited.
This is what they observed:
At 9:45 p.m. (PST) Monday Edwards appeared at the hotel, and was dropped off at a side entrance. NATIONAL ENQUIRER reporter Alan Butterfield witnessed the ex-senator get out of a BMW driven by a male companion and stroll into the hotel.
Said Butterfield: “Edwards was not carrying anything. He walked in alone. He was wearing a blue dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up. He was looking around nervously before he entered the hotel.
“Once inside, he interestingly bypassed the lobby and ducked down a side stairs to go to the bottom floor to catch the elevator up - rather than taking the elevator in the main lobby. He went out of his way not to be seen.”
Meanwhile, Reille had reserved rooms 246 and 252 under the name of the friend who had accompanied her from Santa Barbara, Bob McGovern. Reille 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 Reille, was 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.
Senior NATIONAL ENQUIRER Reporter Alexander Hitchen asked Edwards why he was visiting Rielle and whether he was ready to confirm that he was the father of her baby.
Shocked to see a reporter, and without saying anything, Edwards ran up the stairs leading from the hotel basement to the lobby. But, spotting a photographer, he doubled back into the basement. As he emerged from the stairwell, reporter Butterfield asked questioned him about his hookup with Reille.
Edwards did not answer and then ran into a nearby restroom. He stayed inside for about 15 minutes, refusing to answer questions from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER about what he was doing in the hotel. A group of hotel security men eventually escorted him from the men’s room, while preventing the NATIONAL ENQUIRER reporters from following him out of the hotel.
Said reporter Hitchen: “After we confronted him about seeing Rielle, Edwards looked like a deer caught in headlights!
This has to be the greatest story of 2008! John Edwards has always been the biggest phony in America and this just further proves what a loser he is. His wife is at home with cancer and he’s out banging other women and having babies.
‘Mr. Poverty’, ‘Mr. Compassion’, ‘Mr. two Americas’ is BUSTED!
(via The Hot Joints)

The Silky Pony rides again..nice
$peciallist Tuesday, July 22nd at 4:55PM EDT (link)n/t
I guess
Brandon Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:00PM EDT (link)I guess in his “Two Americas” John Edwards gets 1 family per “America”?
- Brandon
McCain 08
Coldwarski
$peciallist Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:01PM EDT (link)The Phalse Prophet and the Silky Phony what a team
There's always a risk when you're holier than thou
Vegas_Rick Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:05PM EDT (link)’cause no one really is perfect. The Breck girl is finding that out now. Pretty funny on the surface, but you have to feel bad for his wife.
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photo
wsjreader Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:08PM EDT (link)We need photos!!
LOL
Chris Jones Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:14PM EDT (link)I guess so
If this is true - note: if - I'm actually disappointed in the man.
Moe Lane Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:17PM EDT (link)He has children, and a wife who doesn’t need this right now.
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a photo from a Brownback supporter
pilgrim Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:23PM EDT (link)It is a great advantage to a president, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know that he is not a great man.Calvin Coolidge
I expect and DEMAND that the photos
$peciallist Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:24PM EDT (link)be shown on Cable news…I want them Splattered all over the TV…
I give him first place in the Orange County Fair pig contest..oink
I'm kind of surprised it wasn't a dude.
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:25PM EDT (link)(Not that there’s anything wrong with that…other than the adultery part, of course.)
Thank God my guys didn’t nominate this guy! Even before this, I said all along that the one thing that would make me vote GOP was Edwards at the top of the GOP ticket. Now it looks like I don’t have to worry about him in the number two spot either.
Errr..."Edwards at the top of the DEM ticket" (n/t)
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:28PM EDT (link)Absolutely!
Mord Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:39PM EDT (link)If this were Romney or something like that, it would be on Primetime even before it was confirmed to be true or not.
I expect a ckicket symphony until it breaks on Fox or something.
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psst speciallist. over here
pilgrim Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:47PM EDT (link)If and I repeat IF you can find an Associated Press link to this comment then you are da man.
It is a great advantage to a president, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know that he is not a great man.Calvin Coolidge
Well, not bad for Mr. Compassion ROFLMAO<nt>
Rod_Patrick Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:52PM EDT (link)Bad news cycle for this to happen
Dave_in_Fla Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:55PM EDT (link)What with the Obamapolooza world tour going on.
“If they were merely incompetent, then at least SOME of their actions would have been to the benefit of the country.” - Joe McCarthy
Like larry sinclair? just asking <nt>
Rod_Patrick Tuesday, July 22nd at 5:56PM EDT (link)Jennifer Fitzgerald syndrome
stickler88 Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:02PM EDT (link)Yet again, pointless trivia gets more attention than relevant give-and-take with supposed Republican leaders.
I have seen ZERO interaction from the big names that have posted here.
It would seem they are using RS as a convenient place to drop off press releases and then scurry off.
This is still the discredited “top-down” model that didn’t work in the past and isn’t going to work now.
don't worry lib..
Pentagon16 Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:03PM EDT (link)the National Enquirer has reported on Obama’s affairs as well.
I am sure that in 2009 the press will follow Senator Obama in Chicago and find him knocking boots with somebody other than Mrs. “I am proud of my country for the first time”
It is inevitable with you libs.
“Small town folks get bitter after which they cling to guns or religion, or antipathy to people who aren’t like them, or anti-immigrant sentiment”- Barack Carter Obama
I read the comments
Rod_Patrick Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:03PM EDT (link)in your link and I’d say you’re genius, or should i say… you’re a naughty boy, pilgrim!
nicely done
Pentagon16 Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:05PM EDT (link)I like the cut of your jib sir!!
“Small town folks get bitter after which they cling to guns or religion, or antipathy to people who aren’t like them, or anti-immigrant sentiment”- Barack Carter Obama
nicely done
Pentagon16 Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:05PM EDT (link)I like the cut of your jib sir!!
“Small town folks get bitter after which they cling to guns or religion, or antipathy to people who aren’t like them, or anti-immigrant sentiment”- Barack Carter Obama
apparently you're lost
Streiff Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:10PM EDT (link)if you want to whine, hit the “contact” button at the masthead. Otherwise, comment on the story.
“A man does what he can and endures what he must.”
Thanks for the input, stickler88. N/T
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Really, do you have a link?
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:11PM EDT (link)I know that the tabloids have repeatedly reported on potential affairs with multiple politicians, but (and I know this sounds loony) I consider the Enquirer a bit more trustworthy than the other tabloids. After all, they nailed OJ and Jesse Jackson. I hadn’t heard them report anything on Obama, though.
Interesting this is the $100K+ consultant
Dave_in_Fla Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:12PM EDT (link)The aledged mistress is the one who got the $100K+ contract to make a film for the Edwards campaign that raised so many eyebrows.
“If they were merely incompetent, then at least SOME of their actions would have been to the benefit of the country.” - Joe McCarthy
Sinclair is a hoax. He was having dinner with Vicki Iseman at the time. (n/t)
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:13PM EDT (link)By the way, it isn't just "us libs."
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:17PM EDT (link)John McCain isn’t exactly immune from criticism in this quarter, you know.
Yeah, the Sinclair one's just not credible.
Moe Lane Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:20PM EDT (link)It’s not so much the gay sex as it is the crack cocaine use. You can hide being the sort of person who’d commit adultery. You really can’t hide for long being the sort of person who’d smoke crack. That is, in fact, the major reason why the phrase “smoking crack” is now synonymous with “saying or doing obviously insane things in public.”
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IF, and repeat, IF true, the Enquirer may have done Obama a
streetwise Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:20PM EDT (link)big service, if Edwards is on his VP list.
Andif true, I agree with Moe - I’m disappointed in him. I can’t stand him politically, but this really hurts people who don’t deserve to be hurt.
My dear fellow, a divorce almost 40 years ago...
Moe Lane Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:25PM EDT (link)…where everyone concerned remained friendly and supportive is rather different, don’t you think? Certainly there’s been no credible rumors of infidelity from the man since then.
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embarrased
RJD Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:27PM EDT (link)Until a publication other than the National Enquirer reports this, this story needs to be left alone.
It’s only funny (and sad) if it’s true.
side note: I will submit that the distinctions between the NE and other MSM outlets are becoming ever more blurred.
Can't resist a troll, Moe? You're really the RS Ironman. LOL!
Rod_Patrick Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:27PM EDT (link)The weird thing is, I respect Elizabeth Edwards more than I do her husband.
Moe Lane Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:28PM EDT (link)We’d cordially loathe each other, of course - she’s a progressive, and I’m a neocon - but I suspect that what convictions Edwards has comes from his wife.
And, of course, I wouldn’t wish terminal cancer on my worst enemy.
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2008-1980=40?
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:35PM EDT (link)And, no, I wasn’t referring to Vicki Iseman, which I take with a giant grain of salt.
I was referring to his previous marriage and his daughter thereby and his former mistress/current wife.
It seems that if his time as a POW, 35 years ago, should serve as a window into his character then his infidelity 29 years ago should as well. But that’s probably just me.
I'm not embarrassed
Dave_in_Fla Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:42PM EDT (link)Any more the Enquirer is a better journalistic organization than a number of other organizations, such as the New York Times. At least they have the guts to actually wait until they are able to prove the sordid affair, unlike the Times reporting that bogus story about an aledged McCain affair (someone told someone that someone told McCain that he might be looking like he is having an affair).
We will wait for pictures to show up, however this story is posted at the National Enquirer site, so they are out on a limb with the accusation, including the claim of photos.
How low the MSM has sunk, when the Enquirer is the paragon of journalistic integrity.
“If they were merely incompetent, then at least SOME of their actions would have been to the benefit of the country.” - Joe McCarthy
maybe right
Streiff Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:42PM EDT (link)Elizabeth Edwards is a voluntary combatant and no one undertaking adultery deserves much consideration.
“A man does what he can and endures what he must.”
The Silky Pony is riding nasty and maybe
phred Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:45PM EDT (link)right off the Veep list… of maybe not.
Liberalism: Equally shared misery.
Like the exaggerated lies of HuffPo, wow! <nt>
Rod_Patrick Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:47PM EDT (link)I'm pretty sure he rode right off it.
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:48PM EDT (link)After all, I don’t see picking an adulterer over Hillary appeasing the feminist wing of the Democratic Party.
I agree
tcgeol Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:48PM EDT (link)Its not a funny story and I sincerely hope it isn’t true.
We might be better to leave this until there is better proof.
Just your typical bitter gun- and God-clinger
I'd say it did us all a favor
Dave_in_Fla Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:48PM EDT (link)Removed any possibility that he will be a VP choice from this election, and likely killed all future political possiblities.
“If they were merely incompetent, then at least SOME of their actions would have been to the benefit of the country.” - Joe McCarthy
To which "lies" would you be referring?
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:49PM EDT (link)And as noted above, I wasn’t talking about Iseman.
Yeah crabcakes...it just you.
JadedByPolitics Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:49PM EDT (link)So John McCain having an affair and divorcing his wife and then marrying the woman is akin to John Edwards having an out of wedlock child with his mistress while his wife is having cancer treatments…..and I suppose it is relative to Barack (I am the cocaine king) Obama and his ADMITTED drug use….yeah that right there makes a great POTUS…and before you liberally say EVERYONE does it….you would be wrong so just skip the bs.
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HuffPo style, nice work from Krusty Crab! <nt>
Rod_Patrick Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:50PM EDT (link)Sure
SteveLA Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:58PM EDT (link)Maybe after Edwards “Love Child” graduates from College or something.
But I’m left with questions:
Would that be fair enough?
Will this teach the Democrats, the KOS Kids and Moveon.org to pay nicer…?
No….well then….bombs away!
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Competency over ideological purity
well hold on to your hat
Streiff Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:59PM EDT (link)if you think Barack Obama is going to get through this campaign without his own string of mistresses becoming public then I think you are mistaken. I’m sure they will have no probative value to you because infidelities by a Dem are hardly newsworthy.
The campaign season is still young.
“A man does what he can and endures what he must.”
Yeah
Goldwaterite Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:00PM EDT (link)For the duration of this story, there will be a sudden and convenient meme developing here that things that happened a long time ago and that may be described as having ended with “friendship” and “support” by those who have no direct knowledge of the actual circumstances just don’t pertain to things that are happening today. Oddly enough, this principle will not apply to anything else other than McCain’s infidelity.
Is it absolutely necessary that you excuse away everything in the service of the greater good, Moe? Can it not be acknowledged that two men made similar mistakes, regardless of party? Must these nonsense qualifications be added to every little bit of the news cycle in order to justify an attack on an irrelevant populist like Edwards?
Extremism in defense of liberty.
Sorry: almost *30* years ago. <NT>
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I never said "everyone does it."
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:01PM EDT (link)People who cheat on their spouses and/or leave them for another person (or, almost as bad, for “irreconcilable differences), especially when children are involved, are irresponsible and completely blameworthy. (And yes, more irresponsible and blameworthy than someone doing cocaine. Hurting oneself, while shameful, is much less so than hurting others.)
So, yes, Bill Clinton, John McCain, David Vitter, and now John Edwards have demonstrated the same substantial character defect and lack of integrity. Does that mean that they are all bad or irredeemable? Of course not, people change, but that doesn’t change the fact that infidelity is wrong and shameful.
Pretending that this is a liberal or conservative defect though, as our naive friend Pentagon16 seems to want to do, is ridiculous. This particular defect, unfortunately, cuts across the political spectrum.
(Fair disclosure: My parents divorced when I was a kid, so perhaps I feel more strongly about this than some.)
Actually, CrabCakes is one of our open Leftys.
Moe Lane Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:07PM EDT (link)We do have some, and he’s been around long enough to achieve regular status.
So ixnay on the Krusty Crab thing, ‘kay? I request this without heat in my voice.
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If Obama gets caught with a mistress, I'll condemn him for it too.
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:07PM EDT (link)But that’s a pretty serious charge your leveling at him without any evidence. Back when honor meant something, that kind of thing could’ve ended in a dual.
(By the way, when did it become OK to accuse a man of infidelity just because you disagreed with his politics?)
I'm not concerned with making them
tcgeol Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:13PM EDT (link)play fair, because it won’t happen. Leftists are known for their “creative truth” (normally known as lies) and the idea that the end justifies the means. I want us as conservatives to be as rough as possible and still be honest about things.
That means I don’t like accusations without proof, even if it is to our advantage, and the National Enquirer isn’t good proof.
Just your typical bitter gun- and God-clinger
So LIBERAL crabcakes doing coke hurts
JadedByPolitics Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:15PM EDT (link)no one else….what liberal hell are you living in (no reality)….people are dying everyday for cocaine to get to Barack Obama’s nose…from the people in Mexico on the border to the kids in the streets selling it for the kingpins…..your closed mind to the reality of drugs is quite quaint but quite dangerous quite like your imitation Christ Barack…..John McCain and John Edwards’ sex with other women did not kill anybody.
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does not destroy him is his own enemy
Why yes, Goldwaterite, there is [a bridge too far].
Moe Lane Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:20PM EDT (link)Should John McCain ever, say, try to get the USA to lose a war in order to get himself elected President, I’ll be the first to break with him.
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I didn't say that doing blow was OK.
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:21PM EDT (link)In fact, I believe “shameful” is the word I used.
But if you believe that doing coke in college (even including all the indirect harm done by drug smuggling) is nearly on the same level as breaking up a family with children to chase one’s own selfish lusts, then your moral compass is so far out of whack that you might want to turn that metaphorical ship of yours back toward Portugal now.
:smack: good one Moe!
JadedByPolitics Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:25PM EDT (link)…
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
You mean like Foley?
Dave_in_Fla Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:25PM EDT (link)And his indescrtion that was no different from previous representatives who had had similar occurances and had both remained in Congress, but been re-elected?
Yeah, I’m all for that “similar indicretions in the past” line. Although, I note it only is used when a Democrat is caught. When the Democrat party is running ads in FL-24 trying to tie Feeney to Abramoff, yet remaining silent on William Jefferson’s re-election, the argument leaves me just a bit cold.
And the left calls us hypocrites.
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no one died crabcakes for their infidelity but
JadedByPolitics Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:28PM EDT (link)to get coke to those poor college students people die and they do so everyday….so say what you will but I would rather my politicians boinking than blowing snow up their noses.
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Do you know the specific private situation
Vegas_Rick Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:31PM EDT (link)in John McCain’s marriage after he returned from Viet Nam? I didn’t think so. You are very judgmental for someone who knows squat about the situation. In your world, is the woman/wife never at fault?
I would think that the fact that he and his ex remain friends is telling.
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CrabCakes, that sounds like a threat
Vegas_Rick Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:35PM EDT (link)Oh wait, Obama doesn’t have the stones to meet McCain at a townhall, he sure doesn’t have the stones for..gulp..violence. Bwahahahahaha
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
I don't need to know the "specifics" when it comes to infidelity.
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:43PM EDT (link)And I find your implication that the woman might be at fault for her husband’s infidelity a bit offensive.
And I would hope they remained friends, they had three children together. If one won’t be man enough to stay faithful to his wife, the least he can do is try to stay on decent terms with her for the sake of his children. The fact that she did the same shows that she had quite a bit of character.
I'm glad you're offended
Vegas_Rick Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:50PM EDT (link)Because, in the real world, women are not perfect. They do not ALWAYS make perfect wives. They are not always faithful, especially when their men are overseas. Dear John ring any bells? I am NOT placing blame. I don’t know what happened. Neither do you.
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
Nothing a woman could do excuses infidelity.
CrabCakes Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:05PM EDT (link)If she leaves, then fine, date, remarry, have a blast. If she cheats, then the man can either leave or be the bigger man and try to make it work for the sake of his family. If he decides to stay, however, he doesn’t have the right to cheat just because she did.
(The same goes if the tables are turned, by the way.)
What if it's a dude, not a mistress? LOL!<nt>
Rod_Patrick Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:05PM EDT (link)Now Crusty Crab instantly becomes marriage counseling expert from women's lib too! Wow! LOL! <nt>
Rod_Patrick Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:10PM EDT (link)It's called having FUN...I know its hard to grasp
$peciallist Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:15PM EDT (link)n/t
Have Fun Rod...Cakes is cool with us
$peciallist Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:19PM EDT (link)n/t
I wasn't joking about the Crusty Crab thing. <NT>
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Good grief
stickler88 Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:21PM EDT (link)It’s people like you that continue to make conservatism a punchline rather than a serious answer, to anything.
Am I the only one who doesn't get the joke?
Flagstaff Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:22PM EDT (link)This is the National Enquirer folks. Let’s have some further confirmation by The Onion or Mad or The Daily Show, OK?
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Are you saying you don't believe in BatBoy?
$peciallist Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:27PM EDT (link)Or Bigfoot?
Special kind of creepiness
jonreagan Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:27PM EDT (link)Edwards’ creepiness quotient in this incident, on a scale of 1 to 10, is a 15. Meeting with a girlfriend in LA while his cancer-ridden wife is back in NC dying, is on a par with consulting one’s political advisors while a woman drowns.
I first saw this reported on Larry Kudlow’s show this afternoon; he threw it into a “debate” discussion between Steve Moore, and liberal Democrat (and actor of “Big Love” fame) Lawrence O’Donnell. I was blown away when O’Donnell said that he had reviewed the National Enquirer article, and that it was “very solid reporting”.
Not that I’m surprised–as a centrist who once voted for Democrats, I always thought of John Edwards as a George Wallace minus the racism. Just a two-bit little creep.
Lots of ramifications here:
1) Despite their new and laughable “unbiased” tag line, CNN has still not acknowledged this story (6:30 PDT).
2) This will take some of the oxygen out of Barry’s European “Victory Tour”, once the cable outlets decide to report it.
3) HRC supporters–who hate Edwards anyway for not making an endorsement during the primaries–will be ready to castrate Edwards along with Obama, as most of them really respect Elizabeth Edwards. Maybe they’ll recruit Jesse Jackson to help….
At least we know now why he was getting those $400 haircuts….
No....that's me..get it right
$peciallist Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:29PM EDT (link)n/t
Yeah! CrabHead really likes McCain but he's still in love with BO! LOL!
Rod_Patrick Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:33PM EDT (link)I smell some adultery going on here! ROFLMAO!
Yeah, Mr. Special List, I’m having fun here by just reading what the brokenhearted trolls are saying.
Dude your blowing it
$peciallist Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:38PM EDT (link)n/t
Put it on your business cards, streiff. <NT>
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I'm now *telling* you, Rod_Patrick. Stop name-calling. <NT>
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Bat Boy? Of course.
Flagstaff Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:50PM EDT (link)And he wasn’t just an ordinary Bat Boy, he was a VAMPIRE Bat Boy. Which he admitted as he used a conductor’s punch to put two holes in the big toe of his recently late sidekick, Rubin (The Boy Blunder), followed by two soda straws to help him drink Rubin’s blood.
Bigfoot is another matter.
Pluto, the Ninth Planet - Forever!
Says you. n/t
Vegas_Rick Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:59PM EDT (link)n/t
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
I'm not worthy LOL
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Vegas_Rick recommends for the debat it generated n/t
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“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
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“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
Before we even begin to discuss this,
wlrer Tuesday, July 22nd at 9:55PM EDT (link)shouldn’t we think about the source? The National Enquirer doesn’t exactly have stellar journalistic credentials. I think it’s wrong to level accusations of this magnitude based on the reporting of a ridiculous gossip rag. Think about this: If the National Enquirer reported the same situation with Bobby Jindal, would you believe it?
It's better than two bendy straws though the skull
Flagstaff Tuesday, July 22nd at 9:56PM EDT (link)to suck out your brains. (from The Fairly Odd-Parents)
I’m experiencing a beautiful Arizona sunset as I type.
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I don't think thats fair
Brandon Tuesday, July 22nd at 10:08PM EDT (link)We discuss the NY Times all the time, even their gossip crap about Vicki Iseman.
I don’t think anyone here will say that the Enquirer is less credible the NY Times, and I say that fully aware that they write stories about alien babies.
- Brandon
McCain 08
I understand
Goldwaterite Tuesday, July 22nd at 10:34PM EDT (link)Because Obama - like the sizable portion of active duty U.S. servicemen who support him, along with about half of the population of the U.S. - allegedly wants our nation to lose in Iraq, it is somehow a fine and virtuous thing to attack Edwards for doing something that McCain did while simultaneously excusing McCain based on the fact that his particular sin occurred 30 years ago (and will you discount his heroism as a POW based on the same chronological relativism, I wonder?). It is equally fine to respond to criticism on this point by changing the subject.
Extremism in defense of liberty.
Okey, Moe!
Rod_Patrick Tuesday, July 22nd at 10:56PM EDT (link)Didn’t get your warning on time.
I’ll be tender to Sir CrabsCake. But I can’t help it. His position on the issue of Edwards is really funny.
NOW WHY DO I CONSIDER MCCAIN WAS A BETTER MAN DURING HIS YOUNGER YEARS THAN THESE TWO TOP DEMOCRAT LEADERS:
Conclusion of 1-6:
Final Analysis:
McCain, over time, has established himself a very large happy McCain clan worthy of all his sacrifices and his continuing efforts towards the right path. McCain and Carol are truly the best of friends. Remember that Carol very much wanted to help McCain and Cyndi win during the 2000 primaries against Bush. And for the sake his friend and former husband, Carol threw the MSM under the bus.
Barack’s real strength of moral character cannot be proven yet!. He’s still 46 years old and he still has a lot of temptations to overcome in his life before we can truly say that he is really a good man. In addition, he needs constant supervision to check if the impact of “smoking cocaine” won’t haunt him in a damaging way.
I can assure you that McCain won’t repeat Bill’s disgusting behavior while at the WH. At 72, this man is the real deal.
As for Edwards? A Lovechild has no explanation. He’s really doing the so-called “Two America” thing as defined in some of the earlier comments in this diary.
Discussing other’s Fidelity and relationship issues is unfair. I believe that I might have been unfair to my Old Pal Mac in the above… because I was not privy to any of the things above. I wrote the above to counter all the HuffPo and MSM lies surrounding the blogosphere. What about Edwards? If lovechild exists, then the National Enquirer can rest its case. I would forgive him if he make a public admission of all his sins, like what McCain did in the case of his failed marriage.
Now, Mr. Moe. I’m now taking Sir CrabsCake seriously.
NOW I HAVE BECOME LIKE THE GOSSIP TALKSHOW HOST.
Again with the blue dress..
HairyTrueMan Tuesday, July 22nd at 11:02PM EDT (link)shirt.
Too bad he’s not the nominee, huh? Obama seems to be squeaky clean with the ladies.
This is a non-story.
Take the fork in the road.
John and alleged paramour
KBDay Tuesday, July 22nd at 11:02PM EDT (link)I’d say the golden boy was pretty much caught red-handed. I’d agree his VP options will take a big dive.
On the National Enquirer–I used to scoff at that publication, back when it ran stories about extraterrestrial babies.
However, in my opinion, there is very little difference between NE and others like the NYT, except the NE puts legs on the ground. That publication faces the same media liability as any mainstream publication–they certainly do not want to be sued.
If Edwards were a Republican, this story would be front page and center and sound bites galore.
If he does have a child as is alleged, by the other woman, that is an entirely different matter than a simple fling or one-night stand.
That said, his wife is likely of the mindset our Southern mothers raised us with–the marriage is the priority and you work your way through the problems.
What’s more troublesome is that his campaign narrative included a storyline of a very dedicated husband, one who was above reproach. He’d have been better off adopting a different approach.
Nah, it's only about 5% or so that actively want us to lose.
Moe Lane Tuesday, July 22nd at 11:03PM EDT (link)It’s just that Obama won’t dare repudiate them.
Hey, not my fault that he’s a moral coward.
Moe
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Actually, whether true or not this sinks Edwards' hopes of a Veep slot.
Moe Lane Tuesday, July 22nd at 11:07PM EDT (link)Which I personally ranked as low anyway, but people had at least talked about the possibility.
I will grant that it’s not an especially large story, although the salacious details will no doubt magnify its importance.
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He's drunk...on Tues?/Wed for eastcoasters
$peciallist Tuesday, July 22nd at 11:35PM EDT (link)Sleep it off..you can have a piece of Cake tommorrow
Very fitting indeed...
Goldwaterite Tuesday, July 22nd at 11:55PM EDT (link)… insomuch as that a point I made about the moral equivalence of sexual scandals has been answered with an unrelated point about Iraq. Were I talking to myself, at least I’d be certain of staying on topic. Being crazy has its perks.
Anyway, I have to disagree with you that general election candidates are under the moral obligation to repudiate immoral fringe views held by five percent of their supporters. I wouldn’t expect McCain to get up in front of the country and point out that God is not actually planning to kill off the majority of Americans and humanity in general by way of the Rapture, nor would I accuse him of moral cowardice for refraining to make such a speech. Similarly, I don’t expect Obama to get up on stage and explain to us all that those small number of Democrats who wish for American servicemen to be killed in Iraq are traitors. Neither party has a monopoly on such people.
Extremism in defense of liberty.
Edwards won't run for VP again.
HairyTrueMan Wednesday, July 23rd at 12:05AM EDT (link)One thing I know about The Left… they don’t give second chances. Even for VP.
The young’ins want something new. Something fresh.
They hate tradition. Old is bad, and young is good.
The Left hates experience and loves change.
And frig the learning of lessons.
Take the fork in the road.
And you were doing so well, Goldwaterite.
Moe Lane Wednesday, July 23rd at 12:06AM EDT (link)But then you had to equate evangelical / fundamentalist Christians with America-hating hard Leftists. Really, it’s like a blind spot for you people.
Ta.
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It serves them both right
nivlem Wednesday, July 23rd at 12:18AM EDT (link)I am so sorry, but living in Raleigh and
watching this “idiotic” couple try to
manipulate the public the way they have…it amazes me….
Any woman that would have an affair
with that wimp of a man deserves whatever she gets.
They manipulated the public from the
press conferences of her cancer to his
idiotic devotion to those that were in
poverty to the amount of money they hid
in real estate to relocate their neighbor.
This couple should never have gotten this far. You do not try to manipulate
the public in the absolute blatent way they have with his stupid “populist tour”
while you are building and protecting your 50+ million dollar mansion.
WHY IS THIS VALUELESS INDIVIDUAL STILL NEWS???
I hate defending the NYT
wlrer Wednesday, July 23rd at 12:34AM EDT (link)but I have to say I think it has a shred more credibility than the National Enquirer. The National Enquirer often completely makes up information out of thin air. It is no different from fiction. The NYT has a pronounced political bias, to be sure, but that is something quite different from outright fiction. Using a literary genre analogy, think of the NYT as historical fiction, and think of the National Enquirer as fantasy.
The Iseman non-story was shoddy and irresponsible reporting to be sure, but it was not a complete fabrication. The article was just wilfully blown way out of proportion. Not printing Senator McCain’s editorial is not the same as writing one for him and posting it under his name. Spinning Abu Ghraib as the handiwork of Rove/Cheney/Bushitler is different from manufacturing the whole incident.
I hate defending the NYT, but I think they are just a tad more trustworthy than the National Enquirer. Again, if the National Enquirer reported a story alleging that some Republican had done this, I think the reaction would be a bit different from some of our posters.
Drudge has jumped on the story, so perhaps it does have some credibility. I’m still not real confident about the National Enquirer’s journalism.
You scare me...
nivlem Wednesday, July 23rd at 12:36AM EDT (link)I hate to even pull the lever for McCain, but your over the tot p zeal
frightens me.
Get a grip.
We all have questions and disagreements…but you are doing more harm than good to anyone, including
yourself.
Do YOU know the specifics
Pi Over Three Wednesday, July 23rd at 1:10AM EDT (link)of the Edwards’ marriage? Didn’t think so.
I drive a car powered by hydrogen - C8H18 to be exact.
You people?
Pi Over Three Wednesday, July 23rd at 1:20AM EDT (link)I’m offended!! Don’t lump us all together; not every agnostic libertarian has EDS (evangelical derangement syndrome). You just don’t hear christian bashing from the saner ones.
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I actually only meant trolls, Mason.
Moe Lane Wednesday, July 23rd at 8:01AM EDT (link)Sorry if I was unclear about that.
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The NYT?
Pi Over Three Wednesday, July 23rd at 10:00AM EDT (link)You mean like the “solid” reporting they did on McCain’s affair with a lobbyist? The one that turned out to be a total fabrication?
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My bad.
Rod_Patrick Thursday, July 24th at 1:21PM EDT (link)You’re right. I was drunk that night.
And so were my buddies. And I allowed my black foolish buddy to comment in my behalf. My mistake. I re-read the last comment (if was my buddy Ivan who finished it; didn’t see the final outcome because I had slept already.) and it was so awful because these are those things that should have been kept unsaid.
I (in behalf Ivan - the foolish dog) should have never written those statements, especially on the personal life of McCain. I, like the rest of you, should have respected McCain’s appeal not to go there. After all, he’s running for president and not sainthood.
I didn’t exactly know why I really got mad to Crabcakes’ opening comment. There was something in it that really ticked me off (and my buddy, Ivan). Crabcake’s comments is full of double intendre with innuendoes about McCain’s past.
Yeah, there’s no explanation for the name-callings that cluttered the flow of thoughts in CrabCakes’s comments. Please accept my apology to Moe and the rest of RS guys. But I won’t
I regret all the comments I’ve made here and I would be pleased if RS technicians could remove them in this diary. Our friend nivlim is correct in saying that it did more damage than good.
This will be my last comment. I will pay the my own self-imposed penalty: I won’t make any comments for 1 week(?). But I hope you guys allow me to continue to read your posts and comments.
FWIW
Flagstaff Saturday, July 26th at 4:18PM EDT (link)Fox News has confirmed the facts of the Enquirer story, but not its claims.
One might think that if the claims aren’t true, a high-powered lawyer like Edwards would already be threatening a big-money lawsuit. Unless, of course, he’s a real gentleman and was just helping the lady with some delicate late-night legal advice.
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