Posted on 08/08/2008 9:24:40 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
The Edwards on Nightline just concluded. It seems there were a few nuggets to be gleaned. Mr.Edwards was a victim, it seems of his own success. He was raised poor, then achieved local 'stardom' by age 30 - 31 years of age. Then he became a very young senator, then a young vice presidential nominee, and then on to become a presidential nominee. All of this went to his head (the one above and below his neck. Then he had a short trist in late 2006. He serviced Ms.Hunter, we are asked to believe, and immediately told Elizebeth. She was furious, but now their marriage is stronger. She is in his heart. He says he definitly did not father the child Francis Quinn Hunter. He is willing to take a paternity test, but he is only half of the provider of material for the test. When he takes the test, he will immediately tell Nightline producers.
He says he met in the Beverly Hilton with Bob McGovern, Reille and the baby. He met to try to secure this information which is now coming out. He provided a nonanswer to the question as to why he ran when confronted by the Enquirers reporters.
Edwards says he paid no hush money, nor asked anyone to pay hush money. When Woodward asked if he knew independent ABC sources confirmed that a Fred Barron had been paying $15,000 Edwards said he knew nothing of it. It was reported Reille is living in California in $3 million digs. He knew nothing about it. A sidebar interview with Mr. Barron reports that Barron was paying this at his own initiative, not that of Mr. Edwards and it was between Ms.Reille and Barron and would not be discussed again. So it seems clear that Ms.Reille Hunter has a tax problem, unless she has been paying taxes on these gifts she has received. Anything over 10 K is reportable as income. It also seems Mr. Andrew Young may have received income from Mr.Barron.
It was refreshing to see Mr.Edwards say what he did was nothing different than what, say, John McCain did many years ago, but he did not want to go there, bringing back to the TV watcher Edward's not-so-tangential reference to the magnaminity of Mr. Cheney loving his homosexual daughter, in the Vice Presidential Debates.
There were many nondenial, denials. There were a good many deflections to other subjects, as good lawyers are apt to be able to do.
All in all this interview seems to have created more questions than it put to bed.
Big claim againt NE by Baron...says the pic may be photo-shopped:
Baron added that Edwards decided to do the interview with ABC News after seeing the photo in the National Enquirer; it was a total fraud, according to Baron. The photo of Edwards is at least six months old; the photo of the baby is two-months old and the picture is potentially Photo Shopped into the picture of the hotel room, Baron said.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1257224.aspx
His mistress will stonewall the DNA test because he has already provided for her.
His children must be overjoyed with their newfound half sibling.
His mistress will stonewall the DNA test because he has already provided for her.
His children must be overjoyed with their newfound half sibling.
When Hannity interviewed the NE editor today, he mentioned that there was much more, including more evidence that Edwards was the father of the child. It will be interesting to see if Edwards actually goes through a paternity test.
The DNA question would put it all to rest. I would think Edwards would want that out there as quickly as possible, if he is not the father.
We need the National Enquirer to do the paternity tests and not anyone from the Edwards camp or especially anyone from MSM.
How can anyone believe anything this scumbag says? To begin with, he is a plaintiff lawyer.
Fixed it for ya.
Thanks for the report. I chose not to watch the lies.
Of course he knew about the hush money payment. The National Enquirer guy - who was on Hannity and Colmes - just said so. Said Edwards was IN CHARGE of the elaborate scheme to keep this story quiet.
Since Baron was the manager of Edwards campaign money - shouldn’t the FEC investigate possible misuse of Edwards campaign funds?????
If mistress hush money was paid out of campaign money, isn’t that illegal????
If $$$ was being paid to Andrew Young, why would that have even been necessary if Young IS the father? It seems if that were true, Edwards would have been GLAD for Young to go public and tell about being the woman’s baby’s daddy. Baron has admitted paying Young.
National Enquirer guy - says they have friends of Rielle Hunter who say that she is in love with Edwards and fully expects to “have him” permanently eventually.
She is just anticipating Elizabeth Edwards will not make it -— Enquirer guy says again....they are getting this from FRIENDS of Mz. Hunter.
Oh, Elizabeth, Elizabeth - come on, please.
Throw the shyster out!!! Kick him as far away from you as you can kick hm!!!
And Federal Elections Commission - DO YOUR JOB!!! Investigate the Edwards campaign finances!!!
I have been very impressed the the National Enquirers representative. They have seemed deliberative, calm, and reasoned. They seem to command facts which neither Edwards nor the MSM have refuted, not to mention the fact that they flushed him out of his rathole to profer an andmission of exactly what they accused him of doing last year. Now, new accusations, of fathering a love child, is, if Edwards is right, could stop the story dead in its tracts, if he had a legitimate DNA paternity test prove his innocense. I wonder why he is not jumping on getting that test done.
Nightline comes on here in 30 minutes and I'm going to watch it, so I'll give you my take when it's over. :o)
I thought it was interesting when Edwards said, “........when I told Elizabeth about the mistake...”
THE MISTAKE?
Not, “....when I told Elizabeth what I had done...”.
He referred to his mistress as “the mistake”. I wonder if he has an ability to see others as human.
I think NE is the “TRUE” MSM. I’ll betcha their circulation blows the doors off the so-called MSM.
let’s see the dna test results. wonder why andrew young and his wife went along with such a cover up and scam with children. Unbelievable. Poor kids all around.
Watch what he says when describing Elizabeth’s reaction when he told her.
It’s very detached and totally unbelievable. No mention of what a terrible time they went thru, how their relationship was affected. It was as if he had to make up a story about her reaction. It leads me to believe that he has cheated on her for years and she accepts it.
I hold no great political concerns for Elizabeth. She seems to be enabling him to ride it out. She seems like Hillary in one way, responding like Hillary.
However, on another level, I see Elizabeth's position as one with metastatic, anaplastic, terminal carcinomatosis and must be unimaginably worried about her children, especially the youngest two. She is soon to be dead and will leave those children with a proven narcissist,liar,self-absorbed father who may well have sired this baby. She must be worried about their upbringing. If she asked John to promise to do this or to do that, she must have a big question in her mind about whether he will do as she asked , for her baby's sake. As a parent I worry about something happening to me and how just the loss would affect my kids, and I have a great wife. How much more does Elizabeth worry about her kids lives when she is gone. That is a heavy burdon.
Did you catch what Edwards said about the paternity test? He said "IF they do one, I'll let you know what it shows." LOL Riiiiiight. I'm sure it will show that it's not him. He needs to have it done with an independent lab while the NE looks on to make sure there's no hanky panky going on.
John Edwards is the type of Democrat that makes me a conservative.
Edwards is a has been...so why is this important?
The ol' ambulance chaser was, indeed, the Democrat Party nominee for vice president. He was never a presidential nominee.
yitbos
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