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Home Front: Politix
Oops! Cross Edwards Off Obama's VP List
2008-07-22
LOL - consider the source, but they must have the goods to be this blatant. There are two America's one with Mrs. Edwards and the other with his mistress? Where were the MSM on this? This story's been out there for some time
Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.

The married ex-senator from North Carolina - whose wife Elizabeth continues to battle cancer -- met with his mistress, blonde divorcée Rielle Hunter, at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night, July 21 - and the NATIONAL ENQUIRER was there! He didn't leave until early the next morning.

Rielle had driven to Los Angeles from Santa Barbara with a male friend for the rendezvous with Edwards. The former senator attended a press event Monday afternoon with L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on the topic of how to combat homelessness.

But a months-long NATIONAL ENQUIRER investigation had yielded information that Rielle and Edwards, 54, had arranged to secretly meet afterward and for the ex-senator to spend some time with both his mistress and the love child who he refuses to publicly acknowledge as his own.

The NATIONAL ENQUIRER broke the story of Edwards' love child scandal last year, when Rielle was still pregnant and Edwards was still considered a strong candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Both parties denied the NATIONAL ENQUIRER report and a close friend of Edwards' came forward and said he was the father of Rielle's baby. But sources told the NATIONAL ENQUIRER a far different story - they revealed that Edwards was engineering a massive cover up of his shocking infidelity.

Sources came forward after that story appeared and told The NATIONAL ENQUIRER that Edwards and Rielle had met secretly several times, so that he could see his baby and continue his relationship with Rielle.
Posted by:Frank G

#8  LOL!! Too rich.

I've noticed that Sestak's been making the morning shows the last couple of days.
Posted by: Percy Spumble4268   2008-07-22 23:10  

#7  now I wish he had been the nominee
Posted by: mhw   2008-07-22 22:33  

#6  Kind of an old story.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2008-07-22 21:32  

#5  "To be with another woman, that is French.
To be caught, hmm, hmm, that is American."


-Monsieur Police inspector Andre'-
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-07-22 20:59  

#4  this is the best part:

Senior NATIONAL ENQUIRER Reporter Alexander Hitchen asked Edwards why he was visiting Rielle and whether he was ready to confirm that he was the father of her baby.

Shocked to see a reporter, and without saying anything, Edwards ran up the stairs leading from the hotel basement to the lobby. But, spotting a photographer, he doubled back into the basement. As he emerged from the stairwell, reporter Butterfield questioned him about his hookup with Rielle.

Edwards did not answer and then ran into a nearby restroom. He stayed inside for about 15 minutes, refusing to answer questions from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER about what he was doing in the hotel. A group of hotel security men eventually escorted him from the men's room, while preventing the NATIONAL ENQUIRER reporters from following him out of the hotel.


someone else noted that the sight of a potential DONK VP (and previous DONK POTUS candidate) hiding in the restroom to avoid the press is sooooo delicious. What an asshole
Posted by: Frank G   2008-07-22 20:18  

#3  look, when I said "prove it", it was a joke, k???
Posted by: Gary Hartpence   2008-07-22 19:43  

#2  Perfect! While his wife is here in Chicago with Lance Armstrong promoting a "stand up to cancer" event here in Chicago.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-illinoissportstod,0,4488986.story

Let me suggest a 10 in Lodge frying pan, Elizabeth, for starters and then move on to the really nasty stuff.
Posted by: Capsu78   2008-07-22 19:40  

#1  should've HT'd AOSHQ on this
Posted by: Frank G   2008-07-22 19:25  

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