The Edwards Drama Awaits a Denouement [About to Admit He Lied Continuously]

New York Times ^ | 9/19/09 | Neil A. Lewis

[Yaelle]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The story of the spectacular rise and fall of John Edwards, with its sordid can’t-look-away dimensions, is moving slowly but deliberately to its conclusion here in North Carolina.

Mr. Edwards, the one-term senator who came close to being elected vice president in 2004 and ran a credible campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, remains largely secluded at his 100-acre estate here.

But a federal grand jury in nearby Raleigh is investigating whether any crimes were committed in connection with campaign laws in an effort to conceal his extramarital affair with a woman named Rielle Hunter. At the same time, Mr. Edwards is moving toward an abrupt reversal in his public posture; associates said in interviews that he is considering declaring that he is the father of Ms. Hunter’s 19-month-old daughter, something that he once flatly asserted in a television interview was not possible.

Read more at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/us/politics/20edwards.html

[Yaelle]

"Ah lied the first time when Ah told you Ah didn't sleep with her. Then Ah lied the second time when Ah said Ah DID sleep with her but could NOT have fathered her baby because the timing was all wrong that one day. Well, Ah am here to tell you that Ah did sleep with her, for many months, and Ah am the father of that little Mini-Me. Aint she cute?? But remember, mah wife was in remission for MOST of the time Ah was cheatin' around on her. At least 52% of that time she WAS really in remission. Well, OK, maybe only 35% of that time. But you see, Ah have taken FULL responsibility of the situation now that there has been discovery in this case and potential jail time for me, Ah have done the right thing and come clean. The buck stops with me, and Ah would have made a decent and honest President if only Ah could have explained this better.

"But remember, Ah did absolutely NOT employ my staffers and donors to cover for me and send money to Rielle. Come on! You know Ah would NEVER do anything that dishonest and sleazy."

[Frantzie]

Edwards engaged in fraud and possible criminal behavior but the NY Slimes spins it to protray Edwards as a victim.

[pepsionice]

The real question...was there anything that he didn’t lie about?

[OldCorps]

Very accurate translation from politco speak.

[volunbeer]

In other news.......

Water is wet.

[Yaelle]

I hope he gets the perp walk. Is there ANY chance someone with his money will serve time or even get a conviction in SC?

[Yaelle]

And he wanted to be our latex salesman President!

[pissant]

LOL

[JrsyJack]

With everything about ACORN, Obama’s lies, and our selling out Eastern Europe going on page 22A, why does it not surprise me that this tabloid trash news goes above the fold on page 1. Edwards was a 1 term, ambulance chaser scum bag that ran for President, why does news that he is a habitual liar surprise anyone.

[AnglePark]

I’m more shocked these days when a politician tells the truth.

[dr_who]

Everybody already knows he lied. His political career is toast.

[gibsosa]

The truly sad part, is the boneheads out there that even listen to this shyster, w/out having their bullshit meter just peg out immediately.

[kjo]

Another story the liberal media tried to hide.

[nufsed]

I’m thinking of subscribing to the Inquirer. They busted the guy coming out of the hotel.

[Frantzie]

Probably not. He lied about everything. His wife is just as bad. I know she is sick but she is a slimy lawyer like Spitzer’s wife.

I like Gov Sanford’s soon-to-be ex-wife. She took the kids and left him.

[50mm]

It's not his baby. No resemblance at all.

[Rebelbase]

Silky Pony looking like he’s been rode hard and put up wet.

[silverleaf]

“The notion that Mr. Edwards is the father has been reinforced by the account of Andrew Young, once a close aide to Mr. Edwards, who had signed an affidavit asserting that he was the father of Ms. Hunter’s child.

Mr. Young, who has since renounced that statement, has told publishers in a book proposal that Mr. Edwards knew all along that he was the child’s father. He said Mr. Edwards pleaded with him to accept responsibility falsely, saying that would reduce the story to one of a political aide’s infidelity.

In the proposal, which The New York Times examined, Mr. Young asserts that he assisted the affair by setting up private meetings between Mr. Edwards and Ms. Hunter. He wrote that Mr. Edwards once calmed an anxious Ms. Hunter by promising her that after his wife died, he would marry her in a rooftop ceremony in New York with an appearance by the Dave Matthews Band.”

Guilty. Of suborning perjury. He should be out of the practice of law. The article also says he tried to get his aide to find a doctor who would falsify a DNA report.

And GUILTY of being the lowest scumbag a woman can imagine being married to. Picking the band to play at his next wedding? The picture of Elizabeth Edwards is alarming. She is obviously very very ill and may not be much longer with her kids. She has that sad end look. What a mess to leave for her children.

[Frantzie]

It was sweet justice that they nailed this smarmy little sh*t ambulance chaser who destroyed honorable doctors lives to line his own pockets. Ditto his stupid lawyer wife.

[FTJM]

"Mrs. Edwards, who is battling cancer"

They can never mention Elizabeth Edwards without mentioning that she has cancer. She should just change her name to Elizabeth "Battling Cancer" Edwards. She was involved in the sham all along, power at any cost.