Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on August 08, 2008, 10:21:01 AM
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Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate
In ABC News Interview, Edwards Says He Cheated, but Did Not Father Child
By RHONDA SCHWARTZ and BRIAN ROSS
August 8, 2008
John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.
In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-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.
A former campaign aide, Andrew Young, has said he was the father of the child.
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.
Edwards said the affair began during the campaign after she was hired. Hunter traveled with Edwards around the country and to Africa.
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. Elizabeth Edwards has since been diagnosed with an incurable form of the disease.
When the National Enquirer first reported the alleged Edwards-Hunter affair last October 11, Edwards, his campaign staff and Hunter vociferously denounced the report.
"The story is false, it's completely untrue, it's ridiculous," Edwards told reporters then.
He repeated his denials just two weeks ago.
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.
Since becoming pregnant, Hunter has lived under assumed names in a series of expensive homes in North Carolina and, more recently, in Santa Barbara, California.
Edwards denied paying any money to Hunter to keep her from going public but said it was possible some of his friends or supporters may have made payments without telling him.
He said he would ask questions about any possible arrangement.
In ABC News Interview, Edwards Says He Cheated, but Did Not Father Child
By RHONDA SCHWARTZ and BRIAN ROSS
August 8, 2008
John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.
In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-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.
A former campaign aide, Andrew Young, has said he was the father of the child.
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.
Edwards said the affair began during the campaign after she was hired. Hunter traveled with Edwards around the country and to Africa.
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. Elizabeth Edwards has since been diagnosed with an incurable form of the disease.
When the National Enquirer first reported the alleged Edwards-Hunter affair last October 11, Edwards, his campaign staff and Hunter vociferously denounced the report.
"The story is false, it's completely untrue, it's ridiculous," Edwards told reporters then.
He repeated his denials just two weeks ago.
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.
Since becoming pregnant, Hunter has lived under assumed names in a series of expensive homes in North Carolina and, more recently, in Santa Barbara, California.
Edwards denied paying any money to Hunter to keep her from going public but said it was possible some of his friends or supporters may have made payments without telling him.
He said he would ask questions about any possible arrangement.
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In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.
Oh, Ok, cool then
Post by: K Frame on August 08, 2008, 10:23:14 AM
Juicy as all hell, though.
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on August 08, 2008, 10:23:50 AM
Also, apparently the National Enquirer sometimes gets it right.
Post by: BridgeRunner on August 08, 2008, 10:25:04 AM
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In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.
Oh, Ok, cool then
Well, yeah. Plus, it's totally cool to cheat on a spouse who had cancer *last* year. Marriage vows only count when your spouse is actually currently receiving cancer treatment. Duh.
Post by: K Frame on August 08, 2008, 10:25:24 AM
It will likely have little to no bearing on his political career going forward. Congress is in recess. It's going to flare for a couple of weeks, but it's going to be forgotten by the time Congress comes back into session.
Were this coming out and he was still hard in the running for the Democratic nomination, yeah, it would be political section fodder.
Post by: Manedwolf on August 08, 2008, 10:40:34 AM
Post by: Tallpine on August 08, 2008, 11:10:14 AM
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Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter
I don't get it ... aren't you supposed to chase the young girls 18-25
Post by: ilbob on August 08, 2008, 11:15:32 AM
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Post by: Manedwolf on August 08, 2008, 11:39:17 AM
Post by: Ezekiel on August 08, 2008, 11:40:00 AM
But Barry would name Hitler as VP before Hillary.
Post by: charby on August 08, 2008, 11:42:03 AM
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Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter
I don't get it ... aren't you supposed to chase the young girls 18-25
...and she really isn't all that attractive either, maybe if she was a smoking hot 44 year old I might pity him some.
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on August 08, 2008, 11:42:18 AM
Post by: Ezekiel on August 08, 2008, 11:48:38 AM
Ha, damn she's good.
Yeah.
The Clintons are truly amazing: but I do not think it will make HER acceptable to Obama.
Post by: seeker_two on August 08, 2008, 11:49:23 AM
Post by: ilbob on August 08, 2008, 12:03:27 PM
If he'd just gone on TV with Barbara Walters & his wife, admitted to the affair, and discussed the definition of "is", he'd have won the Oval Office in a landslide....
I think it would be tough for someone to pull that off again. The sheer audacity of what Bill and Hillary pulled off got them through it. I don't think even MSNBC would fall for it this time.
Post by: BridgeRunner on August 08, 2008, 12:39:45 PM
I think it would be tough for someone to pull that off again. The sheer audacity of what Bill and Hillary pulled off got them through it. I don't think even MSNBC would fall for it this time.
I dunno. I was shocked at how many of my liberal associates still yearn for the heady days of the Clintons' breaking down the barriers against liars and fornicators of all kinds.
Post by: Silver Bullet on August 08, 2008, 12:42:07 PM
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if you are going to ruin your life and a promising career over a bimbo, why not choose a nice young cutie?
Older women are sexier.
Post by: Boomhauer on August 08, 2008, 03:03:39 PM
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if you are going to ruin your life and a promising career over a bimbo, why not choose a nice young cutie?
Older women are sexier.
Couger/MILF
Although this Hunter woman doesn't look that good...
But compared to Elizabeth? I don't know...
Post by: alan2 on August 08, 2008, 03:11:20 PM
Post by: Gewehr98 on August 08, 2008, 03:17:26 PM
And, as a subtle reminder to all here on this very public website, we have younger readers and forum members.
"Mommy, what does WTF and MILF stand for?"
Not here.
Closed.