John Edwards admits to affair with Rielle Hunter
August 8, 2008 | 1:00
pm
So much for that speaking engagement at the Democratic National Convention. John Edwards is admitting to an affair with Rielle Hunter, AP reports:
Edwards told ABC News that he lied repeatedly about the affair but said that he didn't love the woman. He said he has not taken a paternity test but knows he isn't the father of her child because of the timing of the affair and the birth.
Uh, wow. So, if he doesn't love the other woman, that makes it okay? And he said this to the media? Out loud?
Okay, we've heard enough about John. Here's my question:
Tell us why below.
-- Amina Khan
We'll all know who the daddy is when the baby starts looking like her parents. If the baby has a big, gummy smile , we'll know. You know, how John Edwards sometimes smiles so big his upper gums show and he looks like a mule.
Posted by: LauraJ | August 16, 2008 at 02:43 PM
This news was disturbing. I also have some medical problems. Had husband walk off leave twice, divorced now. I am disappointed in John Edwards. Also, Ms. Hunter and her friends think just because John said or did something to provoke it that it is okay to take another womans husband. No one has respect for marriages anymore. I have been on both sides of that fence. It is never okay to take what belongs to another especially if they are married no matter how you try to justify it.
Posted by: Donna | August 13, 2008 at 02:25 PM
i know it's hard to tell the truth about things of that nature but when you're in the position that he's in you must tell the truth about everything ,No one put you in that spot but you so when the questions come you must come clean
Posted by: ed miller | August 11, 2008 at 03:59 PM
I am a breast cancer survivor. For now. None of us who have had the disease know if or when it might return. Would I vote for John Edwards for any political office? No. Why? Because of soladarity for women who have gone through this disease and still face it every single day and every waking hour of your life. When you undergo treatment for breast cancer, your body changes and your sex life is never the same. Also it is harder for you to maintain a slim youthful figure than it has ever been in your life. But unless I am mistaken, we all take marriage vows that are for better or worse.
Posted by: Sharon | August 11, 2008 at 11:19 AM
Get over yourselves people. John Edward is a good man who did a bad thing. I can almont guarntee he is not the first person to make a mistake or to lie about it. What goes on between John and Elizabeth Edwards is really none of our business. Only the two of them know what is best for there marriage. Leave him alone!!!
Posted by: Jacque | August 11, 2008 at 10:21 AM
He is a lawyer and a politician well versed in the art of verbal deception. These guys do not fess up until like Clinton, they are exposed. Who in their right mind would vote for this guy ?
Posted by: Scott | August 11, 2008 at 08:46 AM
Typical liberal media bias....if this was a Republican, the story would have been presented to the public immediately....this BS about "no credible evidence available" to run the story is hog wash.....anyone who believes that this was not a cover up by the liberal media is living in fantasy land!!!!!
The guy lied over and over again to the media....how do they feel about that? I want to know.
The real story is "John Edwards is a liar and cheated on his wife who is terminal with cancer"
How do the liberal media folks even sleep with themselves at night? It must be hard (overtime) for them to constantly report (or not report) bias stories and not be able to ever admit their mistakes. Instead they reported about how "BAD" the Enquirer is!
They are just fooling themselves....
OH the liberal media orgy..........
Who is going to ask John the tough questions now? Or will the story just melt away like so many others!
Posted by: pureh2o | August 11, 2008 at 12:09 AM
Even in admitting his affair, Edwards couldn't help but lie when he said he did not father the child.
Not WRIGHT for America calls it "lying about lying", appropriate! www.notwrightforamerica.com
Posted by: Gypsy Man | August 09, 2008 at 11:42 PM
The Bush's are certainly quite a moral example for the nation - who cares that GWB was an alcoholic cokehead whose father bought GBW's way out of military service and who, although he is practically illiterate, somehow managed to graduate from an Ivy League school. For crying out loud, he can't even talk! The whole Bush clan has been involved in corruption and scandal after scandal and claim as close family friends the infamous Bin Laden family - purveyors of oil and hijackers of airplanes that rammed the Trade Center on 9/11.
Laura Bush also caused an accident that caused the death of a person whose car she ran into when she ran a stop sign at age 17.
Their moral leadership is exactly what has caused the economic and social regression of this country during the Bush administration. It's all about greed at any cost.
Posted by: Sophie | August 09, 2008 at 02:58 PM
Yeah right, Shayla. Nothing immoral nor indecent about countless deaths of innocent Iraqis. Bush might not have personally willed their deaths, but he had to have known that destabilizing their government would cause the ensuing chaos and carnage, so he's still responsible.
BTW, Chris and others. The "Mainstream media" DID cover the story as far as decency and verifiable sources would permit. In the absence of real evidence, reputable media have a responsibility not to endlessly repeat and/or reprint rumor and inuendo. Once verifiable facts came to light, they were quickly reported. I guarantee that no reporter or news outlet would have shunned this story due to personal or institutional political leanings. It's too juicy, and consequentially, profitable.
Posted by: mrsetarcos | August 09, 2008 at 06:54 AM
I feel so badly for Elizabeth Edwards. That woman has gone through so much. She lost a son in 1996. She has battled breast cancer since 2004. And while she was trying to get better, her slimey, creepy, scumbag of a husband has an affair with the Video Bimbo, who is waiting in the wings to marry Edwards once Elizabeth is gone. She is cold, real cold, and so is John Edwards for disregarding his family, his morals and his political career for a roll in the hay with this blonde bimbo. In 2007 Elizabeth was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. She says she will stand by her philandering, no-good sleaze of a husband, but what choice does she have? She is DYING. What kind of heartless B*stard goes out and has an affair while his wife is trying to battle cancer? An egotistical, selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed LYING CHEAT, and THAT IS WHO JOHN EDWARDS along with his STUPID MISTRESS, MISS BIMBO DOG-FACED HUNTER.
He might have a political career, but I doubt he will win over the Women's votes after this. He will NEVER HAVE MY VOTE.
Posted by: Jewel | August 09, 2008 at 03:53 AM
Why an interview? What possible truths will the public hear from someone who has lied repeatedly? His priority is himself, so his wife, his mistress, and his baby daughter will all suffer in his efforts to win public sympathy. ...And yet he continues with his charade even after being caught recently at the home of the woman he doesn't love with the baby he doesn't have. His cover-ups and rationalizations will never end because he has gotten himself too caught up in a complex web of lies. The public is not as stupid as he may think. His political life is over as well as his personal one. I don't think he will recover from this because he is still making the same mistakes. He doesn't get it.
Posted by: Jane | August 09, 2008 at 02:35 AM
Hmmmmm. Doesn't love her, yet is intimate with her, doesn't love his wife and family enough not to have sex with her.
Posted by: Mari | August 09, 2008 at 01:28 AM
It's that vast right-wing conspiracy again. These Democrats, especially the ones on the verge of a national election, just keep getting tripped up by those dastardly Republicans again! They just can't seem to let well enough alone now can they? It's not the politicians, but the fact that they are getting caught doing exactly what they pontificate the rest of the society not to do! It's such a shame that the current President has no buried secrets of cheating on his spouse. Because you know no matter how hard they try, they can't seem to find anything immoral or indecent about this President now, can they?
Posted by: Shayla | August 08, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Whether its a democrat or a republican, we must consider that these are men of power with money...and it is easy for a woman to get attracted to these qualities. ..if a woman have self respect ,she can say no!!!!!!!! but shell give herself,too
so it is a two way thing not realizing the consequences that
other people will get hurt.
Posted by: addi holmes | August 08, 2008 at 09:39 PM
Disappointing.
Posted by: ann | August 08, 2008 at 09:22 PM
And he says this is not his baby? And he says the affair was over in 2006? What the hell was he doing in her hotel room at 2 in the morning? If Edwards' lips are moving, HE'S LYING!!!!
Posted by: Einsteinsear | August 08, 2008 at 09:20 PM
I wonder how long we're going to have to hear about this? I suppose we are going to start hearing all about how McCain dumped his first beauty queen wife after her serious disfiguring accident, too. It just is really tiring..........
Posted by: jillbryant | August 08, 2008 at 09:18 PM
F.D.R., J.F.K., Clinton--they did it
so whats new, and they were PRESIDENTS.
Go, Go, Go Edwards
Posted by: tony sacco | August 08, 2008 at 08:46 PM
ummm...errrr... so whats the big deal just cause his wife has cancer and is dying, he cheats around...no diff than Bill Clinton doing it with an intern under the roof of the Whitehouse. Just cause he would lie and be deceitful to the one he committed his life to does not mean he wont be willing to always put the country first and give everything to something that means nothing to him except power and stroking his ego. I mean he made his money sueing for medical mappractise and then after making millions he is somehwo for the litle guy...yeah nothings up about him...lets elect him...LMAO what a fool...what a fool we are to be doped into thinking ethics an morals were a part of his character and decision making...
Posted by: tucker | August 08, 2008 at 08:45 PM
Rob (2:00 PM), you're right on! For some, like myself, this news is a huge disappointment. Not because I lean to the left, but one, because a family is probably in an even scarier place right now and two, because it's just more fodder for the simple minded, self-righteous majority who think one party or the other has the market cornered on lack of character or morals... or the decency to lead. Look around people... in case you haven't noticed, it's gittin' serious out there. Mean-spirited, petty and hollow comments have marked our political commentary for way too long. So much of what you say is hurtful and divisive. If you take any pleasure in this news you're pathetic and your attitude is a threat to our country. We better find a way to blend our differences and unite as one or China and the rest of the world is going to do it for us. Be the change you want to see in the world or do the rest of us a favor and go away.
Posted by: DonJ | August 08, 2008 at 08:31 PM
John Edwards never had a political career. He ran for Senate, served one term and quit. He ran for President and lost. He ran for Vice President and lost. He ran for President again, likely to stoke the egocentricity and narcissim he confessed to in his statement, and lost. He was never a politician (in this context, the term is not perjorative) and he was certainly never a statesman. He did work hard to get where he is, which is an obscenely wealthy, spoiled, self-centered fat cat who uses the poverty of his childhood as currency while spending enough on luxuries for himself to feed several truly poor familes.
Posted by: Laura | August 08, 2008 at 08:22 PM
I'm from North Carolina and even meet this LOSER once. Once was enough. This pretty boy did not do one single meaningful piece of legislation while in office. He started running for President the day after he bought his senate seat years ago. We didn't see him in our state for months on end. He basically bought the senate seat with his own money the first time. He even tried to buy his own way to the presidency but the rest of America was wiser than voters in my state. He may have gotten away with the affair under different circumstances. But to throw away his marriage vows WHILE HIS WIFE IS DYING is just HORRIBLE and UNFORGIVABLE. He needs to leave the public life for good and pray for forgiveness from his family. Karma John. Karma.
Posted by: Rick | August 08, 2008 at 08:10 PM
I find it interesting that the country gets so involved and offended when a man cheats on his wife but the current President's lying about everything from WMD's and outing CIA agents (which puts them in harms way - no she was not a desk jockey) to wire tapping gets barely a mention. Infidelity is a private/family issue, who cares.
I care more about troop casualties and getting the hell out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Posted by: Christie | August 08, 2008 at 08:07 PM
Right on Sophie. We have the latest outrage by Bush about getting us into Iraq on a forged CIA letter and people are concerned about Edwards' affair? Who cares? Male polititians can't keep it zipped, but we give them a pass when they lie their way into war??!! Outrageous.
Posted by: Sandy | August 08, 2008 at 07:49 PM