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[quietprofanity]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

I ... I ... just ... guh ...

Of all the politicians, he was one of the ones I would least suspect for this kind of thing, but UGH!!! SCUMBAG!

Poor Elizabeth ... that woman confronted Ann Coulter for him. She deserved better than that. :(

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[livinglaurel.livejournal.com]

GASP

WHAT

OHHHHH UUUUUUUUUGHGHGHGHGHG

[mojocat.livejournal.com]

it's rare when the Enquirer breaks a story, then makes the MSM eat crow for ignoring it since they were right all along.

this has been around since before the primaries; apparently Hillary held off on leaking it out of respect for elizabeth and the press coverage, which is p. classy

[mojocat.livejournal.com]

and the SPT had it on the 25th of July:

i lost faith in Edwards back in 04 when this happened:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/art...26498-2,00.html

"Kerry talked with several potential picks, including Gephardt and Edwards. He was comfortable after his conversations with Gephardt, but even queasier about Edwards after they met. Edwards had told Kerry he was going to share a story with him that he'd never told anyone else—that after his son Wade had been killed, he climbed onto the slab at the funeral home, laid there and hugged his body, and promised that he'd do all he could to make life better for people, to live up to Wade's ideals of service. Kerry was stunned, not moved, because, as he told me later, Edwards had recounted the same exact story to him, almost in the exact same words, a year or two before—and with the same preface, that he'd never shared the memory with anyone else. Kerry said he found it chilling, and he decided he couldn't pick Edwards unless he met with him again."

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

Creepy.

There's a similar story about another senator up for VP this year, but since I may have to cover this guy in the future, I'm not saying who.

[mojocat.livejournal.com]

hurr here's the first link

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/article736867.ece

"Maybe it's because the story was broken by the National Enquirer. Even so, the Enquirer seems to have the story nailed down pretty well. The tabloid first reported last October that Edwards had a relationship with a divorced woman named Rielle Hunter, and that she was pregnant. Edwards denied the report and another man came forward to say he was the father of the unborn child."

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

I think the Enquirer is kind of like the the Boy who Cried Wolf by this point. ("These two people were seen in the vicinity of each other ... THEY'RE DATING!")

Well, Sen. Clinton does have personal experience with this thing. If she did leak it, it would have had a high potential to backfire on her.

[dreamer-marie.livejournal.com]

And here we go again... It's none of anybody's business except the people concerned, but I'm sure that someone will find out that Edwards exceeded the speed limit while going to see his mistress, and everybody will be OUTRAGED over that.
Wouldn't it be smarter just to accept once and for all that politicians have sex lives that are just as complicated as the rest of us and try to find more interesting scandals?

Well ...

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

For the record, having been on the New Jersey Turnpike, I didn't get mad at Gov. Jon Corzine (or his driver or whatever) for speeding because I know on the Turnpike that's NORMAL.

But to answer the question, I know people have affairs or even just temptations for a variety of reasons. It's true, I'm not privy to the Edwards' homelife or anything like that. Maybe I was a little foolish for being surprised because it seemed like they had a strong marriage from the outside ... but yeah, I don't actually know these people.

Also, I recognize that if he does continue to have a future in politics (he hasn't been a senator for about three years now), this doesn't have any affect on his policies/plans. It's certainly not as bad as ... well, putting your unqualified lover on the state payroll (like Gov. McGreevey) or putting your mistress in a New York apartment on city tax dollars (like Mayor Guiliani).

But, I don't think I'm out of bounds by saying it SOUNDS like he did a really crummy thing. I mean, I've said in the past that celebrities have done crummy things before. Doesn't affect their art, and they're only human, but it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

Re: Well ...

[dreamer-marie.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry - I guess I still haven't gotten over the Elliot Spitzer hysteria. At first, it does sound like it's a crummy thing to do, but apparently Elizabeth Edwards knew about it. Maybe they have an open marriage? Maybe the kid really isn't his? Maybe the woman in question wanted a child really badly and Edwards discussed it with his wife beforehand and she was OK with it? Anyway, the media being all over it is not going to make things any easier for Elizabeth Edwards.

(It's cool.)

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

I ... don't think I get an open marriage vibe from this, unless they have some sort of understanding relating to her cancer, but I guess we won't really know until/if Elizabeth Edwards makes a statement.

I'm thinking he's telling the truth about the kid by this point, though, given that another guy came forward to say he's the father. I'm not really sure what a formal fall guy would do for him now.

Anyway, the media being all over it is not going to make things any easier for Elizabeth Edwards.

True, this is the first day, though. I'm thinking with the conventions coming up at the end of this month (and him not actively holding office) this won't drag on HUGELY long.

[sasha-bee.livejournal.com]

I can't believe he did that. What a dirtbag, and what a disappointment.