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Ex-Edwards aide to speak about sex scandal
AP via MSNBC.com ^ | 12/16/09 | Staff

Posted on 12/16/2009 1:33:00 PM PST by OldDeckHand

Staffer once claimed to have fathered child of former candidate's mistress

ABC News will air an exclusive interview next month with the man who once claimed to have fathered the child of former Sen. John Edwards' mistress, the network said Wednesday.

ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff's interview with Andrew Young will air Jan. 29 on "20/20." Young was a longtime friend and aide to Edwards, the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004.

Young will discuss his upcoming book, "The Politician," an account of Edwards' 2004 campaign and the Rielle Hunter scandal, the network said.

Hunter's video production firm worked for Edwards' political action committee before his second run for the White House, which ended in 2008. In an interview with Woodruff last year, Edwards admitted to an affair with Hunter but denied he had a child with her

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: adulterer; democrat; johnedwards; philanderer
If it weren't for Barack Obama, there's a chance that this guy could have been President, or possibly even VP. What a great joy that would have been to watch.
1 posted on 12/16/2009 1:33:01 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

Glad his ‘friend’ decided to stab the sucker in the back. LOL


2 posted on 12/16/2009 1:36:33 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

Wonder how many “Tiger Woods fathered my child” books we’ll have to endure.


3 posted on 12/16/2009 1:40:53 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: OldDeckHand
What a great joy that would have been to watch.

You know, that might have been better than what we have now.

A paternity scandal involving the President and his cancer-stricken wife would completely paralyze the Presidency, and he would have no power to push anything thru.

The only scandal involving the Grand Kenyan is his unconstitutionality, something no one cares about.

4 posted on 12/16/2009 1:44:20 PM PST 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: OldDeckHand

ABC like the rest of the MSM is years late on this story. In 2004 when Edwards was running for VP the MSM fell all over themselves talking about what a great family man Edwards was. Even in 2008 the MSM covered this up. There were all those stories about Edward’s wife with breast cancer and how great a marriage they had. The National Enquirer finally broke the story.

Now, years later, when it no longer matters ABC has decided to go on the air with this. Who cares anymore?


5 posted on 12/16/2009 1:45:23 PM PST by detective
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To: Huskrrrr
Wonder how many “Tiger Woods fathered my child” books we’ll have to endure.


6 posted on 12/16/2009 1:46:11 PM PST 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: OldDeckHand

It it weren’t for Edwards’s endorsement maybe Obama isn’t President. Remember how much the media trumpeted it? How big of a deal it was? How Obama basked in Edwards’ glow?

They all knew


7 posted on 12/16/2009 1:46:14 PM PST by jeltz25
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To: OldDeckHand

Also, I wonder how Edwards feels about endorsing Obama now that Plouffe has admitted that the Obama camp leaked the $400 haircut story to attack him.


8 posted on 12/16/2009 1:46:59 PM PST by jeltz25
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To: OldDeckHand

Imagine for a moment folks, John Edwards was considered a leading light in the dem fold, but he didn’t know how to pull out at the right time or use a condom. Wow, what a wunderkind!!!


9 posted on 12/16/2009 1:56:36 PM PST by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: jeltz25

I’ll bet 75% of the country has NO idea that John Edwards was CHEATING on his SICK WIFE and has a CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK with his paramour!!


10 posted on 12/16/2009 2:04:37 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

Some of these guys are far to creative to be unemployed. :0)


11 posted on 12/16/2009 2:06:41 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: OldDeckHand

So the liar is talking now because he is promoting a book and wants to make money.

Good grief.


12 posted on 12/16/2009 2:24:17 PM PST by rod1
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To: Ann Archy
"I’ll bet 75% of the country has NO idea that John Edwards was CHEATING on his SICK WIFE and has a CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK with his paramour!!"

I think that's probably accurate. If you have ever seen "Jay Walking" on the Leno show, you get a sense for how incredibly stupid and uninformed a sizable percentage of Americans seem to be.

I bet less than 5% of the country knows that Max Baucus tried to get his girlfriend appointed as US Attorney in Montana.

13 posted on 12/16/2009 2:35:53 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: Huskrrrr

you don’t have to endure them. Don’t buy them or when you hear one being discussed on TV...use the remote and shut it out of your life. That’s what we do.


14 posted on 12/16/2009 2:58:51 PM PST by cubreporter (.)
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To: OldDeckHand

Yup - it’s appalling how stupid people are, as if they are allergic to news and current events.

I was once at the hair salon, and my hairdresser asked another one whether she had heard about some news event. She said she hadn’t, then said about 3 times in a row, “I don’t watch the news. I DON’T WATCH THE NEWS!” You would have thought she was trying to ward off a vampire or something...


15 posted on 12/16/2009 3:31:46 PM PST by GnuHere
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To: jeltz25
Also, I wonder how Edwards feels about endorsing Obama now that Plouffe has admitted that the Obama camp leaked the $400 haircut story to attack him.

My understanding was that the Edwards story was widely rumored before it officially broke.

So... I've wonder if it wasn't a case of Edwards gratefully endorsing Obama because Obama didn't release more than just the haircut story.

16 posted on 12/16/2009 5:05:58 PM PST by mountainbunny (Mitt Romney: Would you buy a used car from this huckster?)
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To: OldDeckHand
If it weren't for Barack Obama, there's a chance that this guy could have been President, or possibly even VP. What a great joy that would have been to watch.

Edwards wouldn't have been taken down if it wouldn't be for the National Enquirer.

17 posted on 12/16/2009 5:55:28 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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I’ll bet 75% of the country has NO idea that John Edwards was CHEATING on his SICK WIFE and has a CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK with his paramour!!

Tabloid readers know all about it...:)

18 posted on 12/16/2009 5:58:14 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: OldDeckHand

My father used to say that the American people were smart UNTIL he saw Jay Walking!! He was SHOCKED and DISMAYED AT PEOPLE’S STUPIDITY!!


19 posted on 12/17/2009 6:15:38 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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