MSNBC: Edwards Admits to Affair...Says he's not the Father of Baby!!!

[Bullet1987]

I can't believe this! It's just now breaking on MSNBC!

[hisownpetard]

1. Oh, damn.

[LVjinx]

22. What was he thinking?!

[Bullet1987]

2. So much for Attorney General...DAMN Edwards!!!

[AllieB]

49. That would never stop a Repuke.

But then again, Dems are held to higher standards.

[trewsx11]

3. To think this assclown wanted to be Dem nominee

I never really liked John Edwards anyway. John Kerry made a HUGE mistake in choosing this clown as his VP in 2004.

[vanboggie]

7. Well I still think he'd have been best choice

I don't agree with what he did, but I still think he was honest in what he wanted to do for this country and the poor. I feel badly for Elizabeth, but if she can forgive him, I sure can.

[gateley]

21. I don't agree on your choice, but

Kennedy's, Roosevelt's, Johnson's, and whoever else's extramarital affairs didn't impact on their presidency. It wasn't until Clinton (and the RW media) that anyone would even delve in to a President's personal life.

My heart goes out to everyone involved (but being a woman, I have the softest spot for Elizabeth.)

[Jackpine Radical]

34. Easier to name the ones that didn't have affairs than the ones that did.

Carter, Nixon, probly Truman. Pretty well documented for all the others--Ike, LBJ, JFK GHWB... (I assume Reagan but don't have--uh--hard (ahem) data)...

[gateley]

46. Yep. Far fewer haven't that have. nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

28. If anyone who ever had an affair was automatically an "assclown"

This guy would be an "assclown", too.

[gateley]

32. Yeah, if we're going to start naming names, we'd have a LONG list! nt

[optimisticin08]

4. Thank goodness he wasnt the nominee

I hope Mrs Edwards shows us some true grit.I will be truly disappointed if we once again see a dutiful wife humilated standing beside a cheating husband. This is very sad.

[ginnyinWI]

9. She's known about it since 2006

Per ABC...so now that it's public, it probably won't change anything with her.

[optimisticin08]

18. Then that makes me very sad

Women have to stand up for themselves.I assume she decided to stay with him so she could go to the white house with him. I willcringe with embarrassment at the inevitable news conference where she says she still loves him.

[gateley]

29. She might just be a very forgiving, understanding person.

Forgiving someone doesn't mean you're spineless and weak :eyes:. You can't judge her, you're not in-the-know.

[ginnyinWI]

44. It all depends on their relationship, and how it is now.

We can't pre-judge because we aren't in her shoes. She has to consider her illness, and the kids, and what he's said about the affair to her, how they explain it in the context of their relationship, and what they agree it is going to be like going forward. Whether it was a one-time mistake or a recurring pattern. Only she can judge.

[elehhhhna]

dupe

[elehhhhna]

20. yeah! to heck with their kids!

huh?

[JuniperLea]

23. She's dying of cancer, fcol!

Have a little respect. She should do exactly as she wants to do with the last bit of time she has left.

[shadowknows69]

5. If there's a chance he's the kids dad he might as wedll admit it

The inevitable DNA test won't lie.

[gateley]

8. I was just thinking that. nt

[gateley]

6. Nothing has hit the tubes yet --

I just read a story the other day indicating his advisors were strongly suggesting he address this.

I'm so sorry to hear this.

[Eurobabe]

10. I am so disappointed

That is all.

Poor Elizabeth. :cry:

[bullwinkle428]

11. Avatar changed.

Very disappointed, is all I have to say for now.

Okay, I guess I'll add he timed the admission well - Friday afternoon news dump, and the start of the Olympics as well. Maybe it will lessen any impact on the Democratic Party in general...

[Peacetrain]

40. Do you mind if I borrow your avatar also..

I think a little support for Elizabeth right now would be just the ticket

[bullwinkle428]

53. Feel free! It's the best way I can think of to show support for

her at this time...

[Peacetrain]

42. Changed till Monday

~sigh~

[tokenlib]

12. Barack picked a good time to go on vacation....good for him...

Rather than compete for attention with this story--hope he gets to the beach quick! :)

[Alter Ego]

24. The only good response he can possibly have here is "No comment, private matter between

Elizabeth and John."

[az chela]

13. This makes me sick,I heard the rumors and didnt beleive it

and he says he didnt father the child as if that means shit.WHAT THE HELL ABOUT ELIZABETH AND THEIR KIDS

[ginnyinWI]

51. yeah it doesn't make it any less bad.

If he could have been the father it's the same offense. But it does eliminate that particular complication.

[elehhhhna]

14. goddammit.

Our neighbor, in the final stages of cancer, caught her husband in bed with our other effing neighbor...and decided she had better things to do than punish him or hold a grudge. She forgave him.

No doubt E has done the same.

[DevonRex]

15. Then he damned well better have DNA to prove he's not the father.

And just having the affair was the despicable part.

[JuniperLea]

39. Huh?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6609382#6609620

Aren't you being just a tad hypocritical?

[DevonRex]

52. No, I'm not. I'm pissed about it. I would also like to be a bit more

circumspect about how I react. But, in the very short time since this news broke, there have been several tidbits that have trickled out. Like the fact that he hired the woman for a job with a 6-figure salary. And the fact that he has admitted the affair but then says the baby isn't his.

At first all we had was the admission. So everybody thought the baby WAS his. Then he says it is NOT his. But if not, why on earth would he hire her for a job she's not qualified for that brings in a 6-figure income?

Not my fault the whole story didn't come out all at once.

And for a link to ANOTHER post of mine on this subject:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6609652&mesg_id=6609919

If you can't be bothered to go to that link, here's the text:

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JenniferZ (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-08-08 01:41 PM
Response to Original message
12. Oh hell. Just in this one thread, I've gone from being totally pissed
off, to maybe a bit more understanding, to totally pissed off again.

I should probably shut up now. *SIGH*

snip

This should save you some time following me around all over the place.

[DevonRex]

54. Crickets...

[DevonRex]

55. And here's ANOTHER post of mine on the subject.

link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6609477&mesg_id=6609809

And if you can't be bothered to go to the link, here's the text:

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JenniferZ (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-08-08 01:35 PM
Response to Reply #12
19. I'm disappointed and I'm pissed off about it. Elizabeth seems to
be harboring it well so far. I truly wish we could hear something from her so we would know how to react here at DU.

If it were me, I'd probably be kind of glad that people are angry FOR me. But then I'd probably want folks to be circumspect when commenting, too. After all, she has children to raise and they will always be 100% loyal to their father. And Elizabeth herself is probably still very supportive of John. Otherwise there would have been a break in their relationship by now.

You know how it goes. I can be mad at my husband and say foolish things but I don't want other people to say the same stuff because then I'd defend him. Illogical, but that's how we are about our families.

snip

Again, just so you don't have to waste time following me around.

[ronnykmarshall]

16. Someone call Maury!

[KingFlorez]

30. ROFL

[bahrbearian]

35. Before or after Jerry Springer?

[DevonRex]

37. Ok. I had to laugh at that. Even though I feel a little guilty about it.

You have a rapier wit, RKM. :)

[ecstatic]

47. roflmao

[Peregrine Took]

17. He's got to take a DNA test to put this story to bed (so to speak.)

[Chloroplast]

33. Really, the paternity of the child is not the public's business.

He's admitted he cheated and now it's for his family to deal with.

[DesertFlower]

19. i just heard.

i guess that means he won't be attorney general or any other cabinet post.

[KingFlorez]

25. Shameful

How can you be married to someone that long and have children, then cheat on them? I think it's really rotten when people do this.

[Eurobabe]

31. yeah and while she is battling cancer

lower than low. :eyes:

[PlanetBev]

26. Boy, I'm battin' a thousand...

I used to dream about Eliot Spitzer or John Edward being the AG.

I sure know how to pick 'em.

[Eurobabe]

27. What bugs me most about this is the blatant

fucking LYING. And the image of Mr. Family Man. I don't care WHO this was, cheating on a spouse is lower than whaleshit.

[gateley]

41. But they all lie, 48,

what else would you expect them to do? In the end, it usually catches up with them, but...they always lie first. So did I whenever I got caught doing something wrong.

What do you think JFK, Johnson, Roosevelt, MLK, and others -- would have done?

I'm not condoning it, the lying OR the affair, but it's to be expected when this shit happens.

[Eurobabe]

45. Our cupcake

never cheated on his. :shrug:

[gateley]

50. I know. (Another example of what an outstanding PERSON he is.)

But those that do, LIE about it when they first get caught. So although the lying is aggravating, it's almost a self-preservation instinct to give yourself time to figure out what the hell to do.

[hisownpetard]

56. How do you think their kids are going to look at him now - cheating on their mother, who's dying

of cancer?

Gonna be very hard to forgive him, when they grow up a bit and are missing their mother.

I've always thought that picture of John an Elizabeth sitting together was the personification of love and devotion.

This just totally sucks.

[Generator]

36. Yah know the Republicans terrorized the Clintons

and I have my own beef with the wasted energy of that AND of the wasted presidency of William Clinton due to his "needs."

But at least Bill waited on that (oh wait he was cheating before he was president too) but at least Hillary wasn't mortally ill. AND Dammit we deserve more from these candidates-they always put themselves first.

HOW ABOUT US-the people-the country-the future of the children FIRST for once?

MEN!!!!!!!!!!! YES I am blaming half the population. Tough shit. MEN. Always the dick comes first.

[GoesTo11]

38. Paternity denial doesn't add up

Why was he visiting her in the hotel - as admitted, and holding the baby as in the pictures (which, presumably, are real since this was the whole thing that got him to talk). Just catching up with an old friend?

Look, even though he had the affair, if he fathered the child I'd have more respect for him if he'd just own up to it and be a father to that child too.

This isn't a legal case to try to twist the facts with. Just let it all out, and take some time away from the public eye. Please.

[gateley]

43. Good advice. nt

[ecstatic]

48. Plus some fetuses take longer than 9 months

I had to be induced at 10 months... or at least that's what my mom claimed :shrug: