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John and Elizabeth Edwards Getting Divorced?
Politics Daily ^ | October 1, 2009 | Emily Miller

Posted on 10/02/2009 2:27:16 AM PDT by Zakeet

Elizabeth Edwards is threatening to divorce her husband, John, after learning of allegations he had committed adultery with more than one woman, the National Enquirer is reporting.

According to the Enquirer, the allegations are in a book proposal by former Edwards aide Andrew Young in which he says he falsely claimed to have fathered Rielle Hunter's 19-month-old daughter, Frances.

Edwards had an affair with Hunter during the 2008 presidential campaign. According to The New York Times and other reports quoting sources, Edwards is considering declaring he's the little girl's father, which he has previously denied.

"Elizabeth was read portions of Young's book proposal, and she flipped out," a source told the Enquirer. "What really pushed her over the edge is Young's allegation that John had other affairs with women on the campaign trail. Elizabeth basically told John that if she found out that was true, she'd have to divorce him because then he'd be a 'serial cheater.'"

The Enquirer has another source that says John Edwards is denying the allegations, telling his wife, "Young's book is a pack of lies."

The paper reports that Elizabeth Edwards' divorce threats include taking half of their joint $53 million worth and going public with political secrets in open divorce court.

"Elizabeth knows every dirty little secret in her husband's political past. She's been his confidant for years, and she's always kept quiet. But now she's prepared to reveal all his secrets in open court," a source told the Enquirer.

Elizabeth Edwards has stage four metastatic cancer, which her husband said was in remission when he had an affair with Hunter.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: edwards; elizabethedwards; lovechild; msm; riellehunter; scandal

The National Enquirer is reporting ... and MSM is ignoring

1 posted on 10/02/2009 2:27:16 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

LOL, the scum that keeps on scumming.


2 posted on 10/02/2009 2:29:51 AM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: Zakeet

LOL at Rielle who probably thought she was the only one John was fooling around with.


3 posted on 10/02/2009 2:30:18 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
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To: Talisker

Most dems I know are a bunch of sluts.


4 posted on 10/02/2009 2:31:55 AM PDT by TLEIBY308 (Keep yer powder dry and watch yer top Knot.)
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To: Zakeet

Something else for the SRM to ignore.


5 posted on 10/02/2009 2:33:09 AM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Zakeet
This one goes in my circular file.

I could care less what the ambulance chasing Breck Girl does or who he does it with. I don't care whether he gets divorced or not. He is a major league scum bag and not on my GIVEADAMN list.

6 posted on 10/02/2009 2:48:11 AM PDT by Voter#537 (Barack Insane Obama-Wrong Place Wrong Time. Replacing Jimmah as worst CIC Ever)
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To: Zakeet

Nothing he’s done until now was worth divorce court? Is she serious? I think the only one who didn’t know this already is Rielle, and she can’t get half of $53 mil, stupid woman. We really need to find some people to run for public office who can stay off the pages of the National Enquirer. What a bunch of pathetic human beings these people are.


7 posted on 10/02/2009 2:54:27 AM PDT by athelass (Proud Mom of a Sailor & 2 Marines! All safely home from deployments, Thank You Jesus!)
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To: Zakeet

In the olden days, Reille Hunter would have been approached by Playboy Magazine for a major spread when her 20 seconds in the limelite had faded. I’m reminded of the incredibly ugly “church secretary” that brought down “Reverend” Jim Baker about 20 years ago.


8 posted on 10/02/2009 3:01:41 AM PDT by RushLake (Liberalism--Terrorism financed by your tax dollars.)
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To: athelass

THE DLS is that the press has known about this all along. As long as Edwards was a player, he was safe. Does the SRM hold to the same standards for Republicans and why not?


9 posted on 10/02/2009 3:03:34 AM PDT by Thebaddog
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To: Zakeet

People better start realizing that marriage is ordained by God, and they better start taking it seriously. You’re not some kind of cultured monkey or ape, no matter what any nitwit wants to tell you. You are made in his image and you carry his breath of life. That makes you a moral person, and you are responsible directly to him, not something some scientist tells you. When you disrespect your marriage, you disrespect God. You don’t mess around on your or your husband. Period.


10 posted on 10/02/2009 3:08:47 AM PDT by csense
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To: TLEIBY308

“Most dems I know are a bunch of sluts.”

A jilted group no doubt who will ride every c**k they can find. Most appear to be the type who believe shaving underarms and legs is optional. They hate conservatives because they hate moral absolutes and being made to feel guilty for their promiscuous lifestyles. They hate life because every man they find to agree with them morally/politically wants to sleep with other men.


11 posted on 10/02/2009 3:26:49 AM PDT by johncocktoasten (Practicing asymetrical thread warfare against anti-Palin Trolls)
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To: Thebaddog

Republicans could make hay with these things. If only Republicans could run someone who *HAD* family values...


12 posted on 10/02/2009 3:29:44 AM PDT by chadwimc (Proud to be an infidel ! Allah fubar !!!)
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To: Zakeet

Wow, couldn’t see that coming.


13 posted on 10/02/2009 3:29:47 AM PDT by ottbmare (I could agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.)
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To: Zakeet
Elizabeth Edwards won't get a "cancer victim" pass from me. She is one angry wack job.

She has been going on chat rooms and masquerading as a black woman, and then trashing the woman who was having an affair with her husband.

For months now, Elizabeth, who is said to be talking to a divorce lawyer, also has been sniping at Hunter - painting her as a blackmailing gold digger - in blog comments where she uses the pseudonym "Cherubim," according to a source who knows Elizabeth. Though "Cherubim" has recently described herself as an African-American woman, the source insists, "It's Elizabeth. She's used 'cherubim' as a password. Look at the gravestone of their son Wade: It's an angel holding a boy." Her husband, on the other hand, is a skunk liar who came very close to being President because the MSM covered his a$$.

A pox on all of them.

Moreover, there is no way that ambulance chaser and his vindictive wife deserve any of the wealth they have.

They didn't earn a penny of it. They stole it from doctors, nurses, and health care workers that they sued into to oblivion.

14 posted on 10/02/2009 3:31:39 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: Zakeet

What a loser.


15 posted on 10/02/2009 3:32:59 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Zakeet

Is Elizabeth still “terminal”


16 posted on 10/02/2009 3:37:56 AM PDT by Artie (Why are methadone addicts the happiest people on earth?)
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To: Zakeet
I am no supporter of Elizabeth Edwards, but marvel at how miserable her life seems, at least from the public info about her.

Not so long ago she was a millionaire who may have ended up a First Lady.

Now she has stage 4 cancer and a putrid husband whose personal indiscretions that will affect his and her children drips out into the public like drops in a Chinese water torture machine.

Her personal life, like her cancer, just continues to get worse.Just proves how life can change quickly.

17 posted on 10/02/2009 3:39:35 AM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: Lawgvr1955

I admire your defense of Elizabeth Edwards.

I, on the other hand, have no sympathy for her or her husband. They made millions off of the suffering of others, drove medical expenses throught the roof, lied, cheated, etc. All for their vanity and quest for power. She was in on it with him. Along for the ride if not a defense.

If this was a Republican, the MSM would do a 24/7 hit job. But it was these disgusting liberals, so its hands off.


18 posted on 10/02/2009 4:28:27 AM PDT by whitedog57
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To: Zakeet
Who will State Media tar & featehr, John Edwards or the book writing snitch Andrew Young?

Same with David Letterman's admitted affairs, the bad blackmailing producer will get the scorn, not the lying, cheating latenight talker.

19 posted on 10/02/2009 4:28:55 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: johncocktoasten
Most appear to be the type who believe shaving underarms and legs is optional.

And it's right there in the Bible, too!

Book.... uhh... Chapter..... uhhh... I'll get back to you on that.

20 posted on 10/02/2009 4:30:39 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Zakeet

That “Loving Couple Act” Elizabeth and Eddie put on before the cameras was nauseating.

She and her cancer were being used to advance his political ambitions.

She was stupid for allowing that—although she clearly loved the media spotlight as much as Eddie did.


21 posted on 10/02/2009 4:49:52 AM PDT by Liz
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To: RushLake
I’m reminded of the incredibly ugly “church secretary” that brought down “Reverend” Jim Baker about 20 years ago.

Yes, Jessica Hahn....what a dog...


22 posted on 10/02/2009 4:57:00 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: Zakeet

This horrible domestic drama is almost a metaphor for modern America.

We have a married couple who rapidly amassed wealth and status; accessorized with the requisite number of children, presenting the perfect “American Success Story”.

Over the course of a few years, the loss of a son and Elizabeth’s cancer diagnosis must have sent the Edwards into a tailspin of grief.

Sadly, it seems, the tragedies did not bind them together. So what were the influences and motivations that plunged these people into self-destruction and narcissism? What could have prevented this debasement? Did they even consider the harmful effects to their children and each other?

Sadly, we have all witnessed similar destruction caused by adultery and immorality - in our own families and friends. The difference being that the National Enquirer has not printed all the gory details.

Time for John and Elizabeth Edwards to grow up, think of their children, get better advice and go into seclusion. A church might be a good place to start.


23 posted on 10/02/2009 4:59:45 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Never give up- Keep Up!!!)
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To: Zakeet
$53 million

I just a regular guy fighting for the poor and common man.
24 posted on 10/02/2009 5:30:27 AM PDT by Notasoccermom
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To: Zakeet

I’ve lived in NC for almost 15 yrs. I have heard several people say it was common knowledge that he was a philanderer. These comments were made to me back when he first ran for the Senate.


25 posted on 10/02/2009 5:41:12 AM PDT by Calm_Cool_and_Elected (Who is John Thompson?)
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To: whitedog57
I admire your defense of Elizabeth Edwards.

I wasn't defending anyone, simply trying to point out the quick slide that a person's life can take . All that glitters is not gold as the saying goes.

26 posted on 10/02/2009 5:50:24 AM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: Zakeet

Elizabeth Edwards KNEW he was having an affair and STILL HELPED him in running for PRESIDENT!!! She is an ENABLER and Power Monger.


27 posted on 10/02/2009 5:58:40 AM PDT by Ann Archy
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To: Zakeet
I hear Kate is available


28 posted on 10/02/2009 6:03:02 AM PDT by McGruff (Go rogue baby, go rogue!)
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To: Zakeet

She reminds me of Camilla Parker Bowles.

ugh


29 posted on 10/02/2009 6:14:11 AM PDT by indylindy (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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To: Zakeet
I believe the National Enquirer has reported on the George and Laura Bush impending divorce on more than one occasion, too. And I don't remember the MSM jumping all over that one.

Still, I can hardly blame Elizabeth Edwards if she chooses to dump the scum. I hope she takes him to the cleaners in the settlement.

30 posted on 10/02/2009 6:19:23 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Artie
Is Elizabeth still “terminal”

Yep. I heard she only has 40 more years, at best.
31 posted on 10/02/2009 6:19:53 AM PDT by Overtaxed Patriot (America needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.)
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To: Zakeet

>> She’s been his confidant for years, and she’s always kept quiet <<

We knew all along that Liz was a co-conspirator in John Boy’s sleezy career as an ambulance chasing millionaire and as a political demagogue. And now we learn she was equally complicit in concealing his morally reprehensible private life.

In other words she shares his guilt, and I say she deserves absolutely no sympathy — cancer to the contrary not withstanding.

Moreover, the disgrace and tragedy these two evil-doers have bequeathed to their three mutual children and to John Boy’s illegitimate daughter are virtually beyond description, beyond understanding. Eternal damnation would seem too kind a fate for this couple.


32 posted on 10/02/2009 6:21:19 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Zakeet

Does this mean that she wouldn’t divorce hm if it was only one woman?


33 posted on 10/02/2009 8:05:22 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: Erik Latranyi

That picture is worth three hours of aerobic exercise.


34 posted on 10/02/2009 8:06:33 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: Zakeet

Maybe John can on the Letterman show and apologize for...oh wait


35 posted on 10/02/2009 8:08:06 AM PDT by diggerwillow
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To: diggerwillow

Is CBS bringing back 'I've got a Secret' from the 50's?

Maybe the Blackmailing Producer was just scouting opportunities for the show...:)

36 posted on 10/02/2009 8:15:27 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Life, Liberty and the Department of Happiness)
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To: libertarian27

Oops - wrong thread
(got to watch my tabs)


37 posted on 10/02/2009 8:16:22 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Life, Liberty and the Department of Happiness)
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To: SkyPilot

Agreed. Talk about two scumbags who deserve each other....
Whew.


38 posted on 10/02/2009 8:16:42 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: McGruff

You bad McGruff!!!!


39 posted on 10/02/2009 8:19:08 AM PDT by Springman (Rest In Peace YaYa123)
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To: Springman
Hey, I didn't say she looks like


40 posted on 10/02/2009 9:09:57 AM PDT by McGruff (Go rogue baby, go rogue!)
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To: sodpoodle
You hit the nail on the head.
41 posted on 10/02/2009 12:10:42 PM PDT by Route797
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To: chadwimc
Republicans could make hay with these things. If only Republicans could run someone who *HAD* family values...

So sad and true. The next generation will have to do better.

42 posted on 10/03/2009 3:29:54 AM PDT by Thebaddog
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To: Erik Latranyi

Maybe some plastic surgery, botox (especially in her missing chin) and photoshop can do wonder’s for Reille as it did for Jessica?


43 posted on 10/03/2009 3:38:33 AM PDT by RushLake (Liberalism--Terrorism financed by your tax dollars.)
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