EDWARDS ADMITS AFFAIR

Chris Jones — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:20:58 +0000

In an interview to air tonight on ABC, John Edwards admits to having affair and admits he lied about it.

In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.

He also acknowledges that his wife was unaware of his meeting at the hotel where he was confronted by reporters from The National Enquirer.

Edwards is denying the report that he paid Hunter any money to keep quite, but says it’s possible some of his friends or surrogates paid her money.

L.A. Times Blog Acknowledges Edwards Scandal By Posting A Link — Now That’s Brave

Chris Jones — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:53:14 +0000

I just love how all of the sudden the media is suffering an attack of conscience. 365 days a year the media act like soulless vultures feasting on every aspect of the lives of public figures — especially conservative ones. Facts have long been irrelevant, all the media has ever needed is a whiff of speculation for a front page story.

Remember the NY Times attack on John McCain? A couple of unnamed disgruntled former aides said that maybe he could have had an inappropriate affair with a lobbyist. No one saw an affair, heard about an affair, or caught McCain having an affair with the lobbyist, but the word of two former aides that it could have happened is all the Times needed for a front page story.

Some months later John Edwards, Mr. Poverty, Mr. liberal Democrat gets busted by reporters at 2:00 am visiting his love child and mistress. He runs and hides out in the men’s room until security can escort him from the building and no one in the media dares breathe a word about it. The L.A. times, NY Times, and every other media outlet is suddenly concerned with “getting all the facts” and not “rushing to judgment.”

Fox News interviewed the security guard at the hotel who rescued Edwards from the bathroom and he confirmed what the National Enquirer originally reported. Still the media remains silent, not comfortable that all the facts are in yet.

Give me a break! This is one of the most incredible examples of media corruption in history. It’s so obvious that the media is treating this with kid gloves, because it’s John Edwards. If this story would’ve been about Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, or anyone with an (R) next to their name this would have been front page coast to coast.

Finally the LA Times blog acknowledges the story not by posting it, but putting up a link with a caveat.

We have decided to post, on Top of the Ticket, an item and link to a Charlotte Observer report, quoting Democratic supporters of Edwards on the record as saying that they think he needs to address the National Enquirer report if he hopes to speak at the convention. While we have stayed away from that Enquirer report, because we couldn’t confirm it, this strikes us as a legitimate story — that on-the-record Dems, including a former Edwards campaign manager, are criticizing Edwards’ decision to stay mum on the topic and saying it might affect his credibility enough that he wouldn’t get a speaking slot at the convention. (Those speaking slots haven’t been decided yet, the party says.)

So the LA Times still refuses to cover the story, but acknowledges that Edwards may not be able to speak at the Democratic convention because of the story — the story they won’t cover.

I actually think the media’s continued refusal to cover the story is beginning to eclipse the story itself. John Edwards is being allowed a free pass for his abhorrent behavior and outrageous hypocrisy.

This clown is in the running for VP or Attorney General and he thinks nothing of cheating on his wife while she’s sick with cancer? Maybe it’s just me, but that’s sure as hell not change I can believe in.

(hat tip Jossip)

(image via Co-Ed Magazine)

Hey Media, Did You Forget That John Edwards Is Cheating On His Wife?

Chris Jones — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:43:43 +0000

This is day three and still no mention of the John Edwards scandal by the mainstream media. The media’s refusal to cover their left-wing golden boy is gonna end up being the biggest scandal of all. Larry “Wide Stance” Craig, but not “Cheatin’” John Edwards?

Craig got busted for foot tapping, Edwards got caught with his mistress and their bastard child and that’s not news? Come on people, don’t make me have to bring this up every day.

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