John Edwards admits to affair, but denies the bastard is his
June 19th, 2009 by Scott Marks
After doing his best to moonwalk away from the press, John Edwards has finally admitted to what the National Enquirer has known all along: the former presidential candidate did have an affair. Rielle Hunter says that Edwards is the one, but he swears that Francis Quinn Hunter is not his son…er, daughter.
Edwards told ABC News that he lied repeatedly about the affair with 42-year-old Hunter (while his wife battled cancer) but said that he didn’t love her. Nice guy!
John Edwards’ mistress, Rielle Hunter
Certain that he isn’t the father, Edwards has yet to take a paternity test. He swears that it couldn’t be him because of the timing of the affair and the birth. This from the same man who told reportes in October 2007 that, “The story is false. it’s completely untrue, ridiculous.”
According to the Associated Press, “Edwards acknowledged the affair on Friday afternoon, traditionally a slow-news period even when the Olympic Games’ opening ceremonies are not preoccupying millions of Americans.”
Asked whether the affair would damage Edwards’ future aspirations in public service, David Bonior, Edwards’ campaign manager for his 2008 presidential bid, said: “You can’t lie in politics and expect to have people’s confidence.”
Since when? It sure worked wonders for Bill Clinton.
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National Enquirer not through with John Edwards
August 15th, 2008 by Scott Marks
From the folks that broke the Jesse Jackson lovechild story, literally caught Bill Clinton with his pants down and had, short of E!’s riveting nightly trial reenactments and the best damn O.J. coverage on the planet is about to hammer a few more nails into John Edwards‘ coffin.
Now that the ex-presidential hopeful has admitted to having an affair, it’s still remains difficult for many so-called “legitimate” news organizations to give the Enquirer its due. The Associated Press has finally decided to report that Fred Baron, Edwards’ national finance chairman, has been secretly sending his pal’s mistress/documentary “filmmaker” Rielle Hunter a little walking around money. The Enquirer brought us this story on August 4.
The New York Times once commended the “rag” for their superb coverage of the O.J. trial. In this article about lawyers possibly covering up the Edwards’ affair, the Times won’t even dignify the NE, writing off its dogged investigative coverage as “tabloid reports” and never once referencing the paper by name.
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