Edwards Suffers Political Downfall From Affair

Edwards Suffers Political Downfall From Affair

Saturday, August 9, 2008 9:14 AM EDT
The Associated Press
By PETE YOST Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senator. Vice presidential nominee. Leading presidential candidate. Political outcast.

It was a rapid career ascent for John Edwards. Then it all came crashing down when the North Carolina Democrat on Friday admitted that he had an extramarital affair, though he denied fathering a daughter with the woman.

The revelation shattered the family-friendly image he had cultivated and drained the reservoir of sympathy he had built up when he campaigned side by side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth.

The political damage is so severe that Edwards, mentioned as a possible running mate to Barack Obama, is not expected to show up at the Democratic convention this month in Denver.

Edwards admitted in shame to the affair in 2006 with a videographer as he prepared to launch his White House campaign. Acknowledging a sex scandal he had dismissed as "tabloid trash" only last month, Edwards said he had told his wife and family long ago, but "I had hoped that it would never become public."

"I am and have been willing to take any test necessary to establish the fact that I am not the father of any baby, and I am truly hopeful that a test will be done so this fact can be definitively established," Edwards said.

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Yeah... the baby is your's too breck boy... quit lying and take it like a man... then shut the fuck up and go away.

I like how he said it ended in 2006. The question no one has asked him is what the hell were you doing in her hotel room in the middle of the night just last month?

King Leonidas wrote:I like how he said it ended in 2006. The question no one has asked him is what the hell were you doing in her hotel room in the middle of the night just last month?

He's a filthy liar, plain and simple. And what did I say?

Pale Rider wrote:Yeah... the baby is your's too breck boy... quit lying and take it like a man... then shut the fuck up and go away.

Edwards Ex-Mistress Rules Out Paternity Test; Strange Behavior Leaves Many Unanswered Questions in Edwards Affair


Saturday, August 09, 2008

The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter.

Rielle Hunter's lawyer, Robert Gordon, says his client is a private individual who is not running for public office and that she wishes to maintain the privacy of her and her daughter.

"Rielle is therefore making no statement now or in the future," Gordon said in a statement. "Furthermore, Rielle will not participate in DNA testing or any other invasion of her or her daughter's privacy now or in the future."

Hunter's decision means that the issue of who the father is remains an open question, leaving one more question unanswered.

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She rules out a paternity test. That makes it easy for Edwards to say he'll take one and look like he's not lying anymore while at the same time preventing a test that will let everyone know the real truth.

Funny how the MSM isn't demanding to know all of the details like they usually do when it's a republican scandal.

If Edwards had a "R" behind his name the media would be howling about a coverup on this, but since he's a "D", he gets a free pass.

King Leonidas wrote:If Edwards had a "R" behind his name the media would be howling about a coverup on this, but since he's a "D", he gets a free pass.

You know that... I know that... I think the whole damn country know's that. The filthy, stinking, ultra biased, liberal, shit bag, MSM is a fucking JOKE KL.

So if the babe says it aint his, and he claims it's a campaign workers, then Breckboy was getting sloppy seconds.....

Southern Man wrote:So if the babe says it aint his, and he claims it's a campaign workers, then Breckboy was getting sloppy seconds.....

It's his... why they even try and pass these lies off is beyond me. Give me a break.

John Edwards: More Human Than Human
Former presidential candidate and son of mill worker, John Edwards, announced last week that he had a "liason" with a member of his campaign staff. It took great courage for Edwards to admit that he did something "wrong" after he was caught red-handed doing it. He only kept it a secret this long in order to protect his wife and kids from shame and embarrassment. If the sensationalist neocons at the National Enquirer had cared as much about Edwards' family as he does, he'd still be banging Reille Hunter in total secrecy.

But don't worry - although he had a "liason" with Hunter and possibly fathered a grandson of a mill worker, he doesn't love her. That would have been like "cheating" on his wife, and he's not a slimeball, you know. He's a human being, and human beings make human mistakes. In fact, the more such mistakes John Edwards makes, the more human he is. Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson, and John Edwards are probably the most human people on Earth right now.

Compare them to George W. Bush. If the Shrub ever cheated on his wife, he's probably not cheating on her RIGHT now, and that only proves how inhuman he really is.

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