It's Edwards, Again...

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It's Edwards, Again...
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Sun, 08-16-2009 - 12:32am

Whether it's true or not is yet to be seen, of course. 


I didn't know that it was National Enquirer that busted him about the affair... so maybe they're onto this, also.


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/13/report-edwards-admit-fathered-videographers-daughter/?test=latestnews


Report: John Edwards to Admit He Fathered Mistress' Daughter
The news comes one day after the National Enquirer reported that a secret DNA test proved his paternity.



WRAL says sources told the station Edwards' public admission could come before the end of the ongoing criminal investigation into whether his campaign illegally paid the woman, campaign videographer Rielle Hunter, to keep quiet about their affair.


The news comes a day after the National Enquirer reported that a secret DNA test proved Edwards' paternity. 


The Enquirer, which last year broke the story of Edwards' affair with Hunter, said the test was taken after Hunter tried to get financial help from Edwards for her 18-month-old daughter, Frances.


Hunter apparently agreed to testify to a federal grand jury investigating whether Edwards broke campaign finance law by paying "hush" money to Hunter and another aide who claimed paternity of the child. Hunter was spotted last week in Raleigh, N.C., entering a federal courthouse, where she spent nine hours.


Edwards adamantly denied during a confessional interview with ABC News last summer that he had fathered a child with Hunter, and he said he welcomed a paternity test. His wife, Elizabeth, has said while promoting her book that she doesn't know if her husband is the father.


Former Edwards aide Andrew Young, who made a similar courthouse visit while the grand jury was sitting last month, said in 2007 he was the child's father. Hunter said around the same time that Young was the father and the birth certificate does not list a father's name.


Edwards has admitted to an affair with Hunter that he says ended in 2006. That year, Edwards' political action committee paid Hunter's video production firm $100,000 for work. Then the committee paid another $14,086 on April 1, 2007.


Edwards, a North Carolina senator from 1998 until his vice presidential bid in 2004, acknowledged in May that federal investigators are looking into how he used campaign funds. Grand jury proceedings are secret, and the U.S. attorney's office in Raleigh has declined to confirm or deny an investigation.


Young hasn't spoken publicly since saying he was the father in 2007. 

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Wed, 08-19-2009 - 12:59pm
I think most of these politicians honestly feel they're invincible, and above the law. The arrogance some of them show is mind boggling. They think they're smarter than the media, and if, by chance, they're ever found out, they have the attitude that they can sweet talk their way out of most anything. Or at the least push the blame on someone else.....think Cheney & Scooter Libby. BTW, your siggy mentions the movie Being There. That is still one of my all time favorite movies. Anyone never having the privilege to watch it, please do. Talk about a satire on our political system.....wow!!!
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Wed, 08-19-2009 - 1:32pm
"I think most of these politicians honestly feel they're invincible, and above the law. The arrogance some of them show is mind boggling."



I totally agree. Makes it hard to vote for anybody, sometimes, because I know this, too. Sigh... I figure it's only a matter of time. I'm a bit cynical. ROFL! :D



Yes, we just got that movie at the library (wonderful source for free movies!) and thoroughly enjoyed it. So applicable all this time later, as to "real life." Just a real treat to see. ;)




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Wed, 08-19-2009 - 7:18pm

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Wed, 08-19-2009 - 8:24pm

There were far too many poor decisions on Edwards' part that I can't understand it--from the affair while his wife was sick, to his condemning President Clinton for the Monica affair to his running for president under a more moral platform to denying the affair to denying a child. Perfect hair, perfect appearance, perfect lies.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out, John. He and Blagojevich should open a disgraced politicians hair club for men.











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Thu, 08-20-2009 - 8:54am

Don't forget Newt Gingrich did it. Then he had more than enough to say about Clinton. Newt is a scumbag too. I'd NEVER EVER vote for his sorry butt. I feel bad for Elizibeth. Now, I'll admit I know of two woman who actually gave their DH's permission to have relationship with their close friends when they could no longer be a "wife"BUT their friend in return had to help with her care DAILY.

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Thu, 08-20-2009 - 9:15am

"This is so common"


I would want my DH to remarry but at least mourn for a year.


Edward's infidelity was so public.

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Thu, 08-20-2009 - 9:16am

"open a disgraced politicians hair club for men."


LOL

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