Report: John Edwards Could Admit To Being Father Of Rielle Hunter's Child
The CBS affiliate in Raleigh, WRAL-TV, reports that sources close to John Edwards expect the ex-Senator and former presidential candidate to admit that he is indeed the father of his former mistress Rielle Hunter's child.
It's unclear exactly when he would admit this, but the station's sources said it could occur before the end of the current criminal investigation into whether Edwards illegally paid Hunter money from his campaign. The central allegation is that hush money was funneled to Hunter in order to keep her from revealing the affair.
Edwards admitted in the summer of 2008 that he did in fact have the affair with Hunter, but strongly denied that he was the father of her child. Hunter had previously stated that the father of her child was a former Edwards staffer, Andrew Young.
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Now that's a surprise. What next? Rush Limbaugh will admit to being fat and racist?
August 13, 2009 5:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, it would be newsworthy if Rush Limbaugh were to admit to those things.
August 13, 2009 6:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
ROFLMAO!!!!!
August 13, 2009 8:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
And we care about John Edwards and his sordid life because ... well, I guess I for one, don't!
August 13, 2009 6:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
We should care if only to remind us that as angry and frustrated as we are at the miasma of stoopid currently enveloping the the Republic, we still managed to dodge two worse fates: President Edwards and the agenda-crushing freakshow of Riellegate and President McCain and his spunky, intellectually hefty veep.
August 13, 2009 6:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
WORD!!!
August 13, 2009 7:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
This could be bad news for President Edwards.
August 13, 2009 6:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gee, I wonder how many people are surprised by this?
It's breathtaking to think of Edwards' willingness to jeopardize everything he claimed to believe in by continuing to pursue the Democratic nomination in 2007 and 2008. If he had won the nomination and then this came out, McCain/Palin would have won. Edwards clearly didn't care about that risk.
Also, if his story about when he informed his family about the affair is true, then his children got to watch Mommy and Daddy lie about this for over a year. What a valuable lesson for the children.
August 13, 2009 6:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why do the Edwards have to do everything in public?
Whatever happened to pride and dignity?
August 13, 2009 6:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
I've been wondering the same thing for a while.
August 13, 2009 8:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why would he even bother to speak of it this late? Does he have any future public ambitions?
What's Edward's motivation for such an admission? Or is the National Inquirer going to pay him for the story?
August 13, 2009 9:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tena! Where have you been?
August 13, 2009 10:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
If I woke up tomorrow with my head stapled to the carpet I wouldn't be more surprised than I am right now.
August 13, 2009 6:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Biden is the most boring Veep/candidate in quite some time. Here's to Joe!
August 13, 2009 6:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
He's got experience, he's a team player, AND he makes Obama look more presidential. What else could we ask for?
August 13, 2009 6:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, maybe I should've qualified my statement to refer to private life and lack of megalomania.
I didn't mean to imply that he doesn't have all the things you listed. Mea Culpa if it came across that way.
August 13, 2009 7:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, I agree with you... Just seconding what you wrote. I should've added "Word!" to make it clear.
August 14, 2009 11:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
Given what we already knew, Edwards has not just burned his political bridges, but also nuked them down to bedrock. I can't imagine anyone with any sense giving money are time to a candidate who was willing to go for a major presidential nomination with something like the Hunter affair waiting to come out. Whether or not the baby is his doesn't change this.
Acknowledging paternity (if he does in fact do so) is a matter mostly for the benefit of the child, who deserves to know who her father is. For the rest of us, it's a reminder of what a huge tragedy we ducked in not nominating Edwards, and a sad coda to Edwards' career.
August 13, 2009 7:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hear hear!!!
August 13, 2009 8:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, yes, thank goodness we didn't nominate Edwards, as he proved to be a major tool. Though he was right during the campaign about the foolishness of having the health insurance companies "at the table" in any serious push for reform. Sad to say, but Obama and the D's got played by the insurance companies, and may have waited too long to take this fight seriously, as Edwards promised he would from the get-go. (Though he never would have arrived at the get-go.)
The WH line on seeking "bipartisanship" remains a fool's errand, specially since it's conservative Dems who are the ones killing this sucka.
Anyway, a sorry state of affairs for Edwards and his wife and kids. And perhaps even sorrier if the funneling-of-money dealio lands him in court. As a defendant. What a shame.
August 13, 2009 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, who is to say that Edward's wouldn't have ended up having them at the table. We already see how transparent he was.
August 13, 2009 10:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Precisely. Ditto VivaAmerica.
I never bought his shtick of 2008 after the huge leftward lunge that was pure political calculation just as his running as a centrist in 2004, vote for the war, later mea culpa, etc proved to stretch too far to be taken seriously.
August 14, 2009 4:26 AM | Reply | Permalink
The fact that anybody still believes Edwards' "man of the people / take on corporate greed" routine is unreal.
The guy spent six years in the Senate as a blue dog. Never did a damn thing--progressive or otherwise. Then he runs for president as the firery, uber-liberal populist renouncing everything he ever did and people eat it up!
Edwards helped start the Poverty Center at UNC. He funded a scholarship for poor kids at Eastern Carolina U. As soon as he got out of the race, he cut ties and money to BOTH!! That should tell you all you need to know about Mr. Blow Dryer!
August 14, 2009 5:06 AM | Reply | Permalink
Who cares!
And way to push for health care reform, John, which you so ostentatiously claimed to care about. Please take yourself back off the stage.
August 14, 2009 12:26 AM | Reply | Permalink
Mr. Edwards has now joined the ranks of the many "do as I say and not as I do" ranks whose platform is deny, deny, deny, oops sorry, deny, deny, etc. I think that uniquely qualifies him to become the newest member of the GOP. Palin/Edwards 2012? Now that's a ticket!
My heart goes out to Elizabeth and his children. They deserved so much better than this whole sordid public mess. I wondered how much longer it would take Edwards to come clean when Ms. Hunter sported her baby around like the newest fashion accessory as she arrived at the courthouse in NC. Who brings a baby to a trial???? Oh, someone who wants to exploit said baby. Maybe that makes her a Republican, too!
August 14, 2009 8:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS!! FOR HILLARY!!!
!!!HILLMENTUM!!!!
August 14, 2009 8:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
One word: Pathetic.
This fool is in the wrong party. He is a repuke through and through. Pathetic.
August 14, 2009 9:44 AM | Reply | Permalink
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August 14, 2009 10:17 AM | Reply | Permalink
May say?
August 14, 2009 11:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
I love it when men admit to having sex, then without a DNA test say, "no the baby definitely isn't mine!"
Hello!?!?
August 15, 2009 4:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
Why couldn't it have been the liar John Edwards, and not his lovely wife, that got cancer?
Maggots like the senator don't deserve to breath the same air we do! Beneath his grin is a real b*stard of a man! Thank goodness his political life is over! I can only hope he gets on a high speed train when the engineer is texting his mistress!
August 15, 2009 7:50 PM | Reply | Permalink