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Edwards, Busted (Media Blackout continues)
Slate ^ | 7/23/08 | Mickey Kaus

Posted on 07/23/2008 6:18:52 AM PDT by teddyballgame

Edwards, Rielle Hunter, Busted: HuffPo 's Sam Stein, who got the story rolling, appears to be vindicated. ... P.S.: Always trust content from kausfiles! Never trust content from Jerome Armstrong. ... P.P.S.: Will this be the first presidential-contender level scandal to occur completely in the undernews, without ever being reported in the cautious, respectable MSM? That's always seemed an interesting theoretical possibility--a prominent politician just disappears from the scene, after blogs and tabloids dig up dirt on him, but nobody who relies on the Times, Post, network news or Mark Halperin has the faintest idea why. If this is that case, it will have come along sooner than I would have thought. ... P.P.P.S.: But it's hard to believe the MSM can ignore the story now. Don't think Obama will! ...

Update: Nothing yet. You'd think MSM reporters would resent being played for chumps by Mudcat Sanders, et. al. ... 8:09 P.M. link

(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2008electionbias; adultery; bastard; breckgirl; edwards; huffpo; itsjustsex; johnedwards; lovechild; riellehunter
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To: teddyballgame

41 posted on 07/23/2008 6:49:28 AM PDT by laotzu
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To: teddyballgame

this would only be news if he was named VP hopeful. but this story pretty much squashes the chances of that. so this story kind of killed itself.


42 posted on 07/23/2008 6:50:22 AM PDT by thefactor (the innocent shall not suffer nor the guilty go free...)
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To: teddyballgame
Edwards is completely irrelevant to national politics, and no one cares.

He's not in office, and there is no possibility of him being in office.

It's just not news.

43 posted on 07/23/2008 6:52:40 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When He rolls up His sleeves, He ain't just puttin' on the Ritz)
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To: MplsSteve
When the reporters ambushed Edwards upon leaving the room, he ran into a basement bathroom and remained holed up there for 15 minutes until hotel security was summoned to escort out the reporters.

If true, there are pictures, right?

I guess this confirms the rumor that Edwards is bi. ;)

44 posted on 07/23/2008 6:55:01 AM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (If given a choice between a POW and a POS, I'll take the POW.)
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To: teddyballgame

The MSM can’t keep this story from Elizabeth.


45 posted on 07/23/2008 6:55:42 AM PDT by umgud
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To: kittymyrib

I’ll believe a National Enquirer headline before I believe a NYTs one.


46 posted on 07/23/2008 6:56:35 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Jim Noble
It's just not news.

News takes many forms. To me, the news is the treatment this story will get from the MSM, if it is covered at all.

Of course, I'm still a bit skeptical of the reporting since it is the NE.

47 posted on 07/23/2008 7:00:15 AM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (If given a choice between a POW and a POS, I'll take the POW.)
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To: Jim Noble

You’re probably right. Edwards didn’t carry his home township when he ran for Veep.


48 posted on 07/23/2008 7:01:15 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: laotzu

Oh...my...she bears an unfortunate resemblance to Camilla Parker-Bowles.


49 posted on 07/23/2008 7:02:57 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: teddyballgame; All
The hussy in question:

Story here:
http://tinyurl.com/627m9s

Click here to read our original report on the Edwards love child scandal from December 2007.
http://tinyurl.com/25utml

50 posted on 07/23/2008 7:04:32 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an old keyboard cowboy, ridin' the Trakball in to the Sunset...)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

The Beverly Hilton. Once owned by Merv Griffin and home to the Golden Globe awards and other events. It is slightly more affordable than The Beverly Hills Hotel which is the one of the cover of the Eagles album Hotel California. That one is probably the most famous hotel in the LA area and costs the earth.


51 posted on 07/23/2008 7:04:36 AM PDT by xp38
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To: teddyballgame

This sucks. Imagine if this had happened 2 months from now with Edwards on the ticket.


52 posted on 07/23/2008 7:04:39 AM PDT by montag813
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To: teddyballgame

Extra-marital affair? Love child? RAT resume enhancers!


53 posted on 07/23/2008 7:05:12 AM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: teddyballgame
It doesn't matter. Obama is going to pick either Kathleen Sebelius, Claire McCaskill or Bill Richardson. My bet would be Richardson....

Or maybe Mike Huckabee :)

54 posted on 07/23/2008 7:06:58 AM PDT by Artemis Webb ( OBAMA/HUCKABEE '08)
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To: Polyxene

Cheating on his terminally-ill wife? my goodness — who would believe it of a Dem?


55 posted on 07/23/2008 7:07:28 AM PDT by Malacoda (A day without a pi$$ed-off muslim is like a day without sunshine.)
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To: teddyballgame

Politics aside, I wish this story wasn’t true.

You’ve got two people in a long-term marriage and a wife who has probably terminal cancer. A husband who has a mistress with a baby is just disgusting and I wouldn’t wish this on any woman, liberal or no.


56 posted on 07/23/2008 7:09:39 AM PDT by Kieri (Midwest Snark Claw & Feather Club Founder)
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To: Polyxene

I just want to see the NE photos of Edwards scurrying like a cornered ferret. Contrary to popular opinion - I think any political ambitions for him are over. Cheating on a dying wife? He’ll never get another female vote in his life.


57 posted on 07/23/2008 7:10:16 AM PDT by teddyballgame
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To: xp38

Must be in that “other” America Edwards told us about.


58 posted on 07/23/2008 7:13:12 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: xp38

i read this story last night but didn’t note which hotel it was. my husband took the red eye out from DC last night to CA and arrived at the Beverly Hilton late last night, basically he only missed this little episode by 24 hours! how funny had he been able to witness the scurrying!


59 posted on 07/23/2008 7:13:24 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: gate2wire

Maybe he wasn’t hiding. Maybe he soiled his armor.


60 posted on 07/23/2008 7:14:22 AM PDT by Barb4Bush (I sure don't like it but I guess I'm going to have to vote for McCain)
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