Today former cover girl and presidential candidate John Edwards admitted that he is in fact the father of Rielle Hunter’s 2-year old daughter. However, it is being reported that Edwards needed proof first.
So he asked former aide Andrew Young to perform above and beyond the call of duty.
The results? Conclusive. The diaper was full of shit, just like her father.
Edwards’ mistress was seven months pregnant when he dropped out of the dem presidential race in 2008. Not a word about his affair in the media at the time. I wonder what Obama has in his past that the media mavens have decided isn’t newsworthy?
John Edwards, the aptly named ‘Breck Girl’ or ‘Silky Pony’ (my preference)is the most completely phony politician I have ever seen. In 2007-08, when I would read an article where some person was commenting about potential presidential nominees and they said they thought Silky had a chance because his “Two Americas” really resonated with the proles, I would stop reading the article and determine that the person praising Silky was an idiot and really needed to be kept away from sharp objects. Silky -get back to chasing ambulances, bottom fishing in hospitals and wheeling in your plaintiffs for your 40% cut from the lawsuit lottery.
….and now the tabloids are saying he’s at it again. My goodness…..thank you, National Enquirer, for ensuring that this guy would never, ever infest American politics again.
“The results? Conclusive. The diaper was full of shit, just like her father.”
Profound statement, couldn’t say it better myself!!!!!
Terry wrote: ” Not a word about his affair in the media at the time. I wonder what Obama has in his past that the media mavens have decided isn’t newsworthy?”
My understanding was that the media didn’t know about the affair during his campaign. If they didn’t pursue it after he dropped out, perhaps that was because it was then not as significant……..and out of respect for the battle Elizabeth Edwards was waging against her cancer.
If so, I think the media should still have reported it then, despite my sympathies for Mrs. Edwards.
I think if there was anything to find about Obama, it would be found and made public – or if it is found in the future, will be made public then. This doesn’t appear to be a case of the media ignoring something.
Better for the media to at least be sure of facts before rushing to report them, unlike, oh, that despicable rumor that received coverage, promoted by the Bush first run for the presidency where his campaign circulated the false rumor that McCain had fathered a child out of wedlock with a black woman. There are Republican hands that are not any cleaner than Edwards.
Didn’t the media get scooped by the National Inquirer? Seriously, folks, no bias, they didn’t ignore it, nothing to see, move along… Now if you want to talk about something newsworthy, how about that memo about Booosh and the National Guard…
Dog Gone, the AP assigned a team of reporters to ‘fact-check’ Sarah Palin’s book. Do you know how many people AP assigned to ‘fact-check’ Obama’s books?
Zero.
You trust the media to do their jobs. I don’t, and I have good reason not to. The National Enquirer knew that Edwards was having an affair, knew who the woman was and knew it was his baby. The NY Times, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN all missed it.
Was the NYT sure of its facts when it ran with a story on the front page that John McCain was sleeping with a lobbyist based on the testimony of a disgruntled former campaign aide? (Who later denied he said any such thing.)
The establishment media has no problem running cover for certain people – it was well known among the golf media that Tiger Woods was banging like a screen porch door while they upheld his image as a solid family man. My understanding of campaigns is that the media / politicos are around each other 24/7 and there are a number of things that happen that don’t get reported. Remember that Newsweek had the Lewinsky story and made a ‘news’ judgement not to run with it. Then it got leaked to Drudge – and well, you know the rest.
I don’t think it’s important to run something about a candidate that isn’t relevant to their character or their serving in office. But when Silky Pony goes all in on what a compelling man he is – standing by his cancer stricken wife while he continues to run for President for the other America, the press has a constitutional duty make the voters aware of it.
Behold the next Amy Weinhouse. Poor girl doesn’t stand a chance.
Dog,
We’ve got a bridge in New York and some prime land in Florida to offer.
DG,
My understanding was that the media didn’t know about the affair during his campaign. If they didn’t pursue it after he dropped out, perhaps that was because it was then not as significant……..and out of respect for the battle Elizabeth Edwards was waging against her cancer.
What Badda said.
Better for the media to at least be sure of facts before rushing to report them, unlike, oh, that despicable rumor that received coverage, promoted by the Bush first run for the presidency where his campaign circulated the false rumor that McCain had fathered a child out of wedlock with a black woman. There are Republican hands that are not any cleaner than Edwards.
Politicians playing dirty tricks on each other? Oh, my stars.
I tend to ignore most of the background noise about pols’ personal lives during campaigns – even among pols I don’t like, like Edwards. But if you honestly believe this story popped up to the media’s complete surprise, think again. If the Enquirer got it, it’s most likely they got it because it reached its shelf-life inside some major media organization.
As to the media’s selective use of confirmation and reporting of fact? We encountered that during the ’06 campaign, when the Strib published hatchet job against Alan Fine, painting him as a domestic abuser without bothering to tell the reader that the charge was never proven, and was expunged, and that Fine’s then-wife went on to rack up a record as a real domestic abuser herself. When I pressed Strib writer Rochelle Olson on why those key facts were left out, she said it was an editorial call because of lack of space – which I showed to be a risible excuse. Oh, and neither the Strib nor any other media bothered to tell the reader that Olson had a lively social relationship; Ms. Olson was regularly seen at Keith Ellison’s press conferences gabbing away with Mrs. Ellison.
Trust the media to give you the whole, real, unvarnished truth? Wake up. You’re better off trusting the tooth fairy.
. . . that despicable rumor that received coverage, promoted by the Bush first run for the presidency where his campaign circulated the false rumor that McCain had fathered a child out of wedlock with a black woman
I know quite a bit about this story. I researched it heavily a few years ago.
There is no evidence — none — that the Bush campaign was behind the rumors.
Let me repeat that. There is no evidence — none — that the Bush campaign was behind the rumors.
Obviously some group that didn’t want McCain to get the nomination was behind the rumors. McCain is a controversial figure. He has and has had political enemies. These enemies were not necessarily part of the Bush campaign. There is no evidence — none — that the Bush campaign was the source of the rumors or that they knew which group was spreading the rumors. Zero evidence. Zilch. Nada.