Bad day for the Democrats

John Edwards get caught cheating on his wife, who is currently battling cancer and Rober Wexler gets caught defrauding the governement.


Interesting Z10 missed these stories.

 

Got a reference on that.

 

gets

*sigh*

And your source is The National Enquirer. (Didn't they once make a compelling case for the UFO Diet?) You working for VN now?

 

I generally don't post from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER...

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/sen...ss_and_love_child_in_la_hotel/celebrity/65193

 

http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2008/07/john-edwards-af.html


National Enquirer alleges John Edwards affair; blogosphere readies salt shaker

National Enquirer claims it caught John Edwards with alleged mistress Rielle Hunter and love child at Beverly HiltonBarack Obama's VP shortlist might have gotten shorter: The National Enquirer yesterday published a story claiming it had caught John Edwards meeting with an alleged mistress and illegitimate child. Then again, the Enquirer hasn't been able to produce quotes, photos or even eyewitness accounts. And the mainstream media seems to be ignoring it, for the most part.

TalkLeft, among others, hopes it isn't true. And thus far, the claims don't seem to have hurt Edwards politically — although the Corner has something worth noting:

...after first seeming to take himself out of the running, he put himself back in the race two weeks ago, telling NPR, "I'm prepared to seriously consider anything, anything [Obama] asks me to do for our country."

But yesterday — the day the Enquirer story went live — the Rocky Mountain News reported, "former Sen. John Edwards told a Denver audience Tuesday that now he's plunged into a new kind of campaign, 'to end poverty as we know it in a generation.'"

Wonkette, in its own way, expresses exhaustion at the thought of another Edwards story:

The important question is not “Why is John Edwards cheating on his wife who had cancer?” We know that answer: He’s a Democratic politician. They have affairs with ladies. The important question is “Why do we have to hear about this again now?”

The answer is “Because a tabloid caught him with the mistress and the baby at a hotel!” A love child? Jesus! Bill Clinton must feel a million years old tonight. Joe Klein, too.

Pajamas Media plays savvier-than-thou:

Oh, one last thing, for those of you who say it’s The National Enquirer, how do we know it’s true? I suggest you Google the “National Enquirer and OJ Simpson.” They broke most of the important stories on that case. In general, these days they’re vastly more reliable than The New York Times.

But Outside the Beltway interrupts, "Indeed, the Enquirer breaks legitimate scandals all the time. But they run with all manner of nonsense too — they just don’t care so long as they sell papers." It goes on:

Edwards has been widely touted for another run as vice president, although I can’t see why he’d want to go through that again, especially with his wife in ill health. Certainly, those facts would make the scandal worse, if true. Frankly, I hope it isn’t.

 

This story has far more substance than the Enquirer's UFO scoops. This woman worked for his campaign. When the story first emerged, one of Edwards' cronies volunteered he was the dad, although he was married and still is and had no apparent connection to her. What was Edwards doing meeting the woman at 2 AM in a hotel by himself?

This is the kind of story that is tough for mainstream media to handle, as it is clearly a personal matter but, as we learned with Clinton, these types of incidents can be very revealing of character. Luckily, the media have a standard for what to publish and what not to. If it is a liberal democrat, it is a personal matter that is not relevant to his public duties and therefore can be safely ignored. If it concerns a republican, it is highly relevant of the utter hypocrisy of the man and thus is a legitimate news item.

 

You have no problem quoting from the huffington post and daily kos but the enquirer is a problem for you?

Please.

 

Let's see. How many times has McCain cheated on his wives? Anybody keeping count?

 

This is probably true. Edwards is a sick fucker. Ever see photos of him and his daughter? The wife is in the background while the daughter has the girlfriend pose.

 

How many lawsuits against National Enquirer for false claims compared to lawsuits against HuffPo?

LOL.

You ain't too bright....

Probably get all your "news" from Fox and National Enquirer.

Too freakin' funny...