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SEN. JOHN EDWARDS CAUGHT WITH MISTRESS AND LOVE CHILD!
July 22, 2008
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Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.
The married ex-senator from North Carolina - whose wife Elizabeth continues to battle cancer -- met with his mistress, blonde divorc?e Rielle Hunter, at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night, July 21 - and the NATIONAL ENQUIRER was there! He didn't leave until early the next morning.
Rielle had driven to Los Angeles from Santa Barbara with a male friend for the rendezvous with Edwards. The former senator attended a press event Monday afternoon with L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on the topic of how to combat homelessness.
But a months-long NATIONAL ENQUIRER investigation had yielded information that Rielle and Edwards, 54, had arranged to secretly meet afterward and for the ex-senator to spend some time with both his mistress and the love child who he refuses to publicly acknowledge as his own.
The NATIONAL ENQUIRER broke the story of Edwards' love child scandal last year, when Rielle was still pregnant and Edwards was still considered a strong candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Both parties denied the NATIONAL ENQUIRER report and a close friend of Edwards' came forward and said he was the father of Rielle's baby. But sources told the NATIONAL ENQUIRER a far different story - they revealed that Edwards was engineering a massive cover up of his shocking infidelity.
Sources came forward after that story appeared and told The NATIONAL ENQUIRER that Edwards and Rielle had met secretly several times, so that he could see his baby and continue his relationship with Rielle.
The NATIONAL ENQUIRER learned ahead of time that one such meeting was set for yesterday.
At 9:45 p.m. (PST) Monday, Edwards appeared at the hotel, and was dropped off at a side entrance. NATIONAL ENQUIRER reporter Alan Butterfield witnessed the ex-senator get out of a BMW driven by a male companion and stroll into the hotel.
Said Butterfield: "Edwards was not carrying anything. He walked in alone. He was wearing a blue dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up. He was looking around nervously before he entered the hotel.
"Once inside, he interestingly bypassed the lobby and ducked down a side stairs to go to the bottom floor to catch the elevator up - rather than taking the elevator in the main lobby. He went out of his way not to be seen."
Meanwhile, Rielle had reserved rooms 246 and 252 under the name of the friend who had accompanied her from Santa Barbara, Bob McGovern. Rielle was in one room and McGovern was in another with her baby. This allowed her and Edwards to spend time alone, a source revealed.
Edwards went out of the hotel briefly with Rielle, they were observed by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER and then went back to her room, where he stayed until attempting to sneak out of the hotel unseen at 2:40 a.m. (PST). But when he emerged alone from an elevator into the hotel basement he was greeted by several reporters from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.
Senior NATIONAL ENQUIRER Reporter Alexander Hitchen asked Edwards why he was visiting Rielle and whether he was ready to confirm that he was the father of her baby.
Shocked to see a reporter, and without saying anything, Edwards ran up the stairs leading from the hotel basement to the lobby. But, spotting a photographer, he doubled back into the basement. As he emerged from the stairwell, reporter Butterfield questioned him about his hookup with Rielle.
Edwards did not answer and then ran into a nearby restroom. He stayed inside for about 15 minutes, refusing to answer questions from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER about what he was doing in the hotel. A group of hotel security men eventually escorted him from the men's room, while preventing the NATIONAL ENQUIRER reporters from following him out of the hotel.
Said reporter Hitchen: "After we confronted him about seeing Rielle, Edwards looked like a deer caught in headlights!
"He was clearly surprised that we had caught him at this very late hour inside the hotel.
"Some guests up at this late hour watched the spectacle in amusement from a staircase nearby."
Meanwhile, Rielle's friend McGovern also refused to answer any questions from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER or offer any explanation for her meeting with Edwards.
The Edwards "love child" scandal drew international press attention after the NATIONAL ENQUIRER published a blockbuster investigation about the politician in our Dec. 31, 2007 print edition.
We reported that Rielle, a woman linked to Edwards in a cheating scandal earlier last year, was more than six months pregnant - and we reported that she told a close confidante that Edwards was the father of her baby!
Edwards denied the affair and that he was the father, and in a bizarre twist, a close friend of his, Andrew Young, said he was the father. Young, 41, was married at the time with three children. The NATIONAL ENQUIRER has learned he still is married.
Sources told the NATIONAL ENQUIRER exclusively that Edwards had engineered a massive cover up of the affair and love child scandal and that Young was taking the blame for his good friend. At the time Rielle had been relocated from the New York area to Chapel Hill in Edwards' home state of North Carolina, where she was living in an upscale gated community down the street from Young. Strangely, Young even had Rielle to his house for dinner with his wife and kids, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER has learned.
Young has been extremely close to Edwards for years and was a key official in his presidential campaign.
Rielle is a self-described filmmaker whose company was hired by a pro-Edwards group called One America Committee. She was paid $114,000 to produce videos for Edwards' campaign and worked with him on those videos.
After our story last December, reporters from other media outlets asked Edwards about the report during a campaign stop in Columbia, S.C.
Edwards responded: "The story is false. It's completely untrue, ridiculous," adding: "Anyone who knows me knows that I have been in love with the same woman for 30-plus years."
Rielle issued her own statement, saying in part: "The innuendos and lies that have appeared on the Internet and in the NATIONAL ENQUIRER concerning John Edwards are not true, completely unfounded and ridiculous."
But a source told the NATIONAL ENQUIRER: "Now that it seems to have blown wide open, Rielle may get her wish - all she wants is for John to marry her and for them to live happily ever after with their baby. She's tired of running and living a lie."
A representative for Rielle had no comment on last night's meeting with Edwards.
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/sen_john_edwards_caught_with_mistress_and_love_child_in_la_hotel/celebrity/65193 (http://www.nationalenquirer.com/sen_john_edwards_caught_with_mistress_and_love_child_in_la_hotel/celebrity/65193)
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<<But sources told the NATIONAL ENQUIRER a far different story - they revealed that Edwards was engineering a massive cover up of his shocking infidelity.>>
LOL. People are still shocked by shit like this? No kidding. Where they been?
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Holy shit, you've gotta be kidding me!
The National Enquirer?
What's next, the Weekly World News?
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Anything in the Edward's story parallel the dig about Gingrich?
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What dig?
If it came from the National Enquirer, I'd find it hard to believe. Hell, I give US magazine more credibility than the NE, and that's saying something.
I can't believe people waste their money on garbage like that, but then again we've all wasted money on some pretty stupid expenses, I'm certain.
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"If it came from the National Enquirer, I'd find it hard to believe"
Did you also find it hard to believe when the National Enquirer
broke the REVEREND Jesse Jackson illegitimate child story
or the Rush Limbaugh RX drug abuse?
So the source is the bad guy tonight? not the married with children
Democratic Senator whose wife has cancer and he's out banging a chick at a motel?
Lets see, once it comes out from another source then you'll run to some other lame
ass excuse like "ah whats it really matter?". But tonight it's the source. ::)
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If it came from the National Enquirer, I'd find it hard to believe. Hell, I give US magazine more credibility than the NE, and that's saying something.
Seems to me hints of this story first broke in the primaries when Edwards was still in the thick of things. Now the story breaks whjen he is in the thick of the VP hunt.
Back them it was suggested the Clinton's planted the story . Seems they are tight with the publisher. Perhaps the same is true now.
The roles of journalism are changing. So are the players. The NYT's is going broke and blogs are a force to be reckoned with and niews is packaged as entertainment. Bread and circuses.
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Lets see, once it comes out from another source then you'll run to some other lame
ass excuse like "ah whats it really matter?". But tonight it's the source.
If you have a credible source then let's see it.
It seems to me that your citing the Jesse Jackson and Rush Limbaugh stories only proves that this rag is engaged in trivialities and appears interested only in appealing to the basest appetites of its readers.
Frankly, I don't give a shit if Rush pops pills or if Jesse has illegitimates. It's sad yes, but I don't see how it's any of my business, unless it's my daughter Jesse is knocking up or if it's Rush's SUV alongside me on I-5.
That you would stoop so low as to dredge up a story from the National Enquirer in order to smear a Democrat speaks volumes as to your lack of character, more so than Edwards.
And I've NEVER EVER EVER liked Edwards.
You act like your surprised that a lawyer is a slimeball. What a shocker.
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Seems to me hints of this story first broke in the primaries when Edwards was still in the thick of things. Now the story breaks whjen he is in the thick of the VP hunt.
I missed it then, which isn't surprising being as I don't really follow the primaries a lot. Out of curiosity, who broke the original story? Was it a regular newspaper, a tabloid, a blogger? Just curious.
Back them it was suggested the Clinton's planted the story . Seems they are tight with the publisher. Perhaps the same is true now.
Anything is possible, but I tend to believe in something less(?) cynical: people buy the news for entertainment. This is just some kind of juicy little morsel being passed off as important news. It isn't, even if it's true. It's not like Edwards is sending graphic text messages to 16 year old House pages.
The roles of journalism are changing. So are the players. The NYT's is going broke and blogs are a force to be reckoned with and niews is packaged as entertainment. Bread and circuses.
All true. But I won't stop lamenting it, and I still expect better from the media. Freedom of the press is an important right (and duty) in a free society, but there are a lot of times that I'd like to drop the hammer on the whole bunch.
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"That you would stoop so low as to dredge up a story from the National Enquirer in
order to smear a Democrat speaks volumes as to your lack of character, more so than Edwards"
Oh yeah sure Fatman if Mitt Romney is the finalist for the VP for McCain and a story came out he
was having an affair and got caught at some hotel with the mistress while his wife was home
with cancer and the children, no that wouldn't be news! ::)
Oh but wait the New York Times ran a COVER story that IMPLIED
that McCain might have had an affair with a female lobbyist.
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Bigfoot kept a lumberjack slave?!?
f**k!
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Oh yeah sure Fatman if Mitt Romney is the finalist for the VP for McCain and a story came out he
was having an affair and got caught at some hotel with the mistress while his wife was home
with cancer and the children,
I could care less. I doubt that it would change my vote. And hypotheticals are meaningless in this discussion.
no that wouldn't be news!
I never said it wasn't news, I said that it wasn't IMPORTANT news, nor is it my business and I could care less. Evidently that tends to confuse you.
Oh but wait the New York Times ran a COVER story that IMPLIED
that McCain might have had an affair with a female lobbyist.
Again, for the third time, I could care less.
Though the NYT is a bit more credible than the NE.
Do you have that credible source yet?
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Bigfoot kept a lumberjack slave?!?
f**k!
Well it must be JS, it was on the newspaper rack at the checkout counter!!!
But don't knock the source, the story is more important.
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I missed it then, which isn't surprising being as I don't really follow the primaries a lot. Out of curiosity, who broke the original story? Was it a regular newspaper, a tabloid, a blogger? Just curious.
If memory serves it was broken by the Enquirer and followed by bloggers and online magazines like Slate. There was a lot of smoke for there not to be a fire.
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And the Christians for Less government attain a new record for stooping so low.
The sort of quality and quantity we have come to expect for scurrilous rumors.
What's with that "Breck" sh*t, C4U? Do you envy his hair?
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What's with that "Breck" sh*t, C4U? Do you envy his hair?
The "dittohead" monkey fu*kers have their own code language that Rush instructs them in.
Edwards is known as the "breckgirl" among the AM radio listening knuckledraggers.
Their envy goes well beyond his hair.
Personally I can't wait to see who the love child resembles.
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LAT Gags Blogs: In a move that has apparently stirred up some internal discontent, the Los Angeles Times has banned its bloggers , including political bloggers, from mentioning the Edwards/Rielle Hunter story. Even bloggers who want to mention the story in order to make a skeptical we-don't-trust-the-Enquirer point are forbidden from doing so. Kausfiles has obtained a copy of the email Times bloggers received from editor Tony Pierce. [I've excised the recipient list and omitted Pierce's email address]:
From: "Pierce, Tony"
Date: July 24, 2008 10:54:41 AM PDT
To: [XXX]
Subject: john edwards
Hey bloggers,
There has been a little buzz surrounding John Edwards and his alleged affair. Because the only source has been the National Enquirer we have decided not to cover the rumors or salacious speculations. So I am asking you all not to blog about this topic until further notified.
If you have any questions or are ever in need of story ideas that would best fit your blog, please don't hesitate to ask
Keep rockin,
Tony
That will certainly calm paranoia about the Mainstream Media (MSM) suppressing the Edwards scandal. ...
P.S.: Is the Times' edict a) part of a double-standard that favors Democrats (and disfavors Republicans like Rep. Vito Fossella and John McCain)? Or does it b) simply reflect an outmoded Gatekeeper Model of journalism in which not informing readers of certain sensitive allegations is as important as informing them--as if readers are too simple-minded to weigh charges that are not proven, as if they aren't going to find out about such controversies anyway? I'd say it's a mixture of both (a) and (b). This was a sensational scandal the LAT and other MSM papers passionately did not want to uncover when Edwards was a formal candidate, and now that the Enquirer seems to have done the job for them it looks like they want everyone to shut up while they fail to uncover it again. ...
P.P.S.: The Times apparently failed to get word of the ban to one of its bloggers in time to prevent her from shocking readers by saying she hoped the allegations against Edwards weren't true. ... 2:55 A.M. link
http://www.slate.com/id/2195914/#latedict (http://www.slate.com/id/2195914/#latedict)
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I totally fail to see what the Hell difference this would make about anything.
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"If you have a credible source then let's see it"
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August 8, 2008
John Edwards admits having an affair
John Edwards, the former Democratic presidential candidate, has admitted that he lied by
denying an affair with a former aide and conceded that friends and supporters might have bought her silence.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2525966/John-Edwards-admits-having-an-affair.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2525966/John-Edwards-admits-having-an-affair.html)
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The guy must be hard up she's ugly.
Now he'd make a good Dem VP choice.
Funny thing the the National Enquirer is a better at the press than the so-called press. Of course we all know that much of the press is bought and paid for by the Dem Party. Now that is just the kinda free speech the constitution guarantees us.
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What about this behavior disqualifies Edwards from the (vice) Presidency?
That he is admitting it?
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What about this behavior disqualifies Edwards from the (vice) Presidency? That he is admitting it?
Plane in my opinion lying to your own wife and children, cheating on your own wife and family,
carrying on an affair while your wife and the mother of your children fights a battle with cancer,
and lying to the public, disqualifies him or anyone else from the vice presidency. Some of course will
say it is a private matter and it is in certain ways a private matter, but whats not a private matter
is a person's judgement. And this exposes an aspect of John Edwards' of judgement. Besides exposing one's
character and judgement it could also open up possible scenarios where an elected official could become a
hostage of sorts to extortion schemes, bribery schemes, and not act in the best interest of the public.
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What about this behavior disqualifies Edwards from the (vice) Presidency? That he is admitting it?
Plane in my opinion lying to your own wife and children, cheating on your own wife and family,
carrying on an affair while your wife and the mother of your children fights a battle with cancer,
and lying to the public, disqualifies him or anyone else from the vice presidency. Some of course will
say it is a private matter and it is in certain ways a private matter, but whats not a private matter
is a person's judgement. And this exposes an aspect of John Edwards' of judgement. Besides exposing one's
character and judgement it could also open up possible scenarios where an elected official could become a
hostage of sorts to extortion schemes, bribery schemes, and not act in the best interest of the public.
Woah ,, I was not serious John Edwards lost my vote when he started dividing America into two . For me this is the cherry on the top of a revolting parfait.
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John Edwards on Bill Clinton Feb. 12, 1999:
"I think this President has shown a remarkable disrespect for his office,
for the moral dimensions of leadership, for his friends, for his wife, for his
precious daughter. It is breathtaking to me the level to which that disrespect has risen.".
http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/john_edwards_in_1999 (http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/john_edwards_in_1999)
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Grover Cleveland - let this happen too , but was elected anyway.
It wasn't Adultery tho , and he supported his child.