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What else can you say? He is an attractive man. I think we all secretly wondered if he had affairs. Well, now the whole world knows (from the National Inquirer no less) that John Edwards is a big ol’ cheater who may have fathered a child out side of his marriage and may have used influence and campaign funds to house his mistress in luxurious love nests.
Hoping to bury the affair in the opening Olympic ceremonies and the weekend, Edwards confessed to ABC News in an interview that ran on “Night Line” on Friday, August 8th. Good try, but this story has legs, John, and reporters are running with it. In a statement he released, Edwards continued to assert that he is “not the father of any baby.” Despite his denials, many people believe that Edwards did father a child with his lover.
The interesting angle on the story is how Edwards impacted the presidential race this year. What if he would have won the primaries? Democrats would be in a bigger tail spin than we already are with Obama. If he had not run, would Hillary be the party’s presumptive nominee right now? Clinton’s former Communications Director, Howard Wolfson, seems to think so and so does Larry Johnson of No Quarter. In his article, How John Edwards Helped Destroy Hillary, Johnson asserts:
If the story were known last December of John Edwards’ “egocentric and narcissistic” sexual “liaison,” as he calls it, with a woman he says he wasn’t in love, at a time when he says his wife was in remission from cancer (strangest rationalization for an affair ever recorded in human history), there can be little doubt that today the strongest, best qualified candidate, Hillary Clinton, would be the Democratic nominee.
Johnson assembled a record of Edwards’ negative attacks against Hillary and ends his article by saying that “For this, more than for his human failings, he deserves scorn.” I agree and will go one step further and throw some scorn on our media for ignoring this story and keeping their heads stuck up Obama’s ass.
GrlPatriot will be returning soon from hiatus. In the meantime...
Is the honeymoon coming to an end: Obama promises but supporters doubting he will deliver; another one bites the dust -- Obama backstabs the LGBT community (again).
Video Rewind: Hear Obama's copious "pro-equality" statements on the campaign trail, then read about the bomb he dropped to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). More on the DOMA story at Pam's House Blend.
Fired! Obama supporter caught wasting tax dollars, Obama fires whistle blower.
Obama fails on women's rights again and Daou speaks out: Let Women Wear the Hijab: The Emptiness of Obama's Cairo Speech
Obama kicks-off LGBT Pride month by reminding us he has done little for the LGBT community, while evil VP Dick Cheney trumps Obama on marriage equality (OMG!) ... Oh, and despite Obama's lying claims, it was actually Clinton who was the first POTUS to appoint gays to Senate-confirmed positions.
You Go Hill! Continuing her long-time support of LGBT rights, Sec. Hillary Clinton vows to fight for gay rights abroad and to offer partner benefits to US diplomats stationed overseas.
Another win for marriage equality: New Hampshire Gov. signs gay marriage bill making N.H. the sixth state to legalize gay marriage.
Marriage equality battle continues in Cali: California Supreme Court upholds Proposition 8, banning gay marriage.
Fired yet! Forked-tongued, NY Times columnist Maureen Dowd caught plagiarizing.
Marriage Equality in New Hampshire: NH Senate passes gay-marriage bill; allows clergy to decline to marry gay couples.
Rightwinger meltdown alert: McCains and ex-McCain aide come out to attend the conservative gay rights organization, the Log Cabin Republicans, four day convention in D.C.
Another win for marriage equality: Vermont passes gay-marriage bill.
It's unanimous! Iowa Supreme Court finds same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional.
Sen. Charles Schumer NY-D reverses anti-gay marriage stance and announces support, giving momentum to gay marriage in New York.
Vermont Senate OK's gay marriage bill, moves to House.
Some stimulus needed for Alatech: U.S. jobs threatened by cheap Chinese condoms.
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