This is actually quite accurate, since Edwards is undoubtedly an authentic dick.
Despite many people telling her it wasn't the best idea to sit down with Oprah Winfrey for an interview, Rielle Hunter - politician John Edwards' mistress - decided to do it anyway. Again displaying the kind of judgment that led her to the Silky Pony in the first place.
"I feel in my heart it's the right thing to do," Hunter said Thursday, especially now that "Johnny," as she calls him, has admitted paternity of their daughter, Frances Quinn. A DNA lab and a court of law would have done it for him, so he didn't lose anything by 'fessing up.
Hunter said she wanted to set the facts straight about who she is, and that while she understands the judgment that has been heaped upon her, she doesn't see herself as a home wrecker or gold digger, she told Winfrey. Since the facts are not in doubt, she obviously is a home-wrecker and a gold-digger, it isn't necessary for her to confess on national TV
"I have been unfairly judged," Hunter said, adding that she believes people reacted so negatively to her relationship with Edwards because "a lot of people bought into the myth of the marriage as being a storybook story, being so perfect and wonderful, and I destroyed it," she said.
While some have called her a gold digger, she "wasn't after him for money, fame, attention. I was never after him. I met him and there was a very strong connection and attraction," Hunter said. And as for the home-wrecking accusations, Hunter observed, "It's not my experience that a third party can wreck a home. A home is wrecked before a third party comes into the picture." They made me do it!
Winfrey noted that Edwards' former wife, Elizabeth, has said that Hunter approached Edwards and told him he was "hot." Hunter recounted their meeting as such: She said that she didn't even know who Edwards was when she saw him at a hotel in New York in 2006, but she did feel an automatic connection with him. When she and Edwards bumped into each other on the street when Hunter was on her way to dinner, she said, "He lit up like a Christmas tree, and I turned to him and said, 'You're so hot,' and he practically jumped in my arms. I said, 'I can help you,' and he said, 'I want your help, I need your help.' " Sounds like a porn script.
Hunter said she meant that she wanted to help him "see his authentic self" and "be more of his authentic self so people could see who he really is. My heart felt I could help him." She didn't know how she was going to accomplish this, she told Winfrey, but when he gave her the number to the hotel room he was staying in, she did call later that night. Hunter said she was aware that he was married, but didn't know anything about his relationship, and didn't see anything weird or wrong about going to his hotel room. Not weird anyway, sleazy adultery happens about a million times a day.
"He was very sweet, generous and charming," she said of the evening. "We had a very, very long conversation about helping. He wanted help -- he wanted to be more authentic and live a life of truth. He wanted to change his life." This line actually works? *boggle*
I suppose if you have a hundred million dollars, it does. Silly bimbo rationalization follows:
Several days later, Hunter said she realized she was in love. "This was very difficult. ... I [thought] about his wife and his children. It was very hard ... [but] the power of the love does override all of the issues and all the judgments that this is wrong."
She said Edwards "disclosed everything in his life," including that the Edwardses' marriage had had "problems for many, many years." The two had frequent, long conversations, she added, on a phone she purchased that looked his work phone.
John Edwards called off the affair at the end of 2006 after Elizabeth Edwards used the phone and called Hunter, but Hunter told Winfrey she never believed their relationship had ended. The affair continued when Edwards started campaigning for presidency.
"I followed my heart and I believe it was the right thing to do," she said. "Which is weird, I realize how weird that is. But I didn't make a commitment to Elizabeth. I wasn't the one lying to her. I was supporting him in his decisions. I knew he had a unique way of getting to his life of truth. I felt like I was supporting him and loving him until he got to where he needed to be."
By May 2007, Hunter was pregnant with Frances Quinn; the pair hadn't been using birth control, and so they both knew that a baby could happen at any time. When Edwards renewed his vows in July, Hunter said he knew that she was carrying his child.
"I wasn't seeing anyone else, and we both knew it was his child," Hunter said. And while his decision to renew his vows knowing that she was pregnant "crushed" her, she still didn't think less of him. There was a scurrilous rumor that the same thing happened to Catherine the Great.
Edwards offered Hunter support with whatever decision she made. Hunter said he never asked her to have an abortion or implied that she should do so. However, once photos emerged revealing that she was pregnant, Hunter agreed to make it seem as though Edwards' aide Andrew Young (also married) was the father of her baby, not Edwards.
The denial continued when Edwards sat down for an interview with ABC News in August 2008. At that point, he'd met his daughter, who was born in February, but he still denied knowing who she was.
"I watched it through a lot of tears, devastated," Hunter said. "Everyone who knew all the facts, said, 'please don't do that interview,' but Elizabeth really wanted him to. She said that 'you have to get out in front of it and speak the truth' but she didn't know the truth.'
It wasn't until after the interview that Elizabeth learned that the baby was Edwards', Hunter said.
At this point, Hunter is staying mum on her relationship with John Edwards, because her personal life needs "boundaries," she said. "He does see [our daughter] regularly," she added. "I still love him very much, [and] it's my experience that he loves me, and I trust him very much."
Barack Obama went off the TelePrompter in his speech to a Quincy, Illinois audience about Wall Street reform. After saying that Democrats dont begrudge success thats "fairly earned," Obama then ad-libs -- and reveals more about himself than he probably wanted:
Were not, were not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success thats fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point youve made enough money. But, you know, part of the American way is, you know, you can just keep on making it if youre providing a good product or providing good service. We dont want people to stop, ah, fulfilling the core responsibilities of the financial system to help grow our economy.
Wondering if that 5.5 million income he reported on his 2009 tax return is enough money?
Compare that to his remarks as prepared for delivery:
Now, were not doing this to punish these firms or begrudge success thats fairly earned. We dont want to stop them from fulfilling their responsibility to help grow our economy.
He should have stuck with the TelePrompter. The President doesnt get to decide when people have "made enough money." In fact, as the radio host notes, thats a statist point of view. Furthermore, the responsibility of an entrepreneur isnt to "grow our economy," core or otherwise. Its to grow his own economy. In a properly regulated capitalist system, the natural tension of self-interests create economic growth through innovation and efficient use of capital and resources.
Put simply, a free people work for themselves, not for the government. Barack Obama seems to have a problem understanding that.
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Is it even possible to say something that is more un-American? I don't care where he was born, he simply does not get this country. We would have been better off electing a Martian.
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Ummm, Obama is head of the Armed Forces, not the local SWAT.
He has the right to order around the MILITARY, what incompetent allowed this stupidity to happen?
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what incompetent allowed this stupidity to happen?
RJ, How many guesses do I get and why did you limit the description to the singular, surely there must be more than one....
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Who gave the order to call in the riot police on protesters? Word is that Secret Service from inside the venue and the presidential team pressured local law enforcement, who were against the idea. Local cops were overruled, Im told by various sources, including a few members of local press. Moore reported that she overheard Secret Service telling the riot squad to push them back, out of sight.
Who gave the Secret Service their orders? Via InstaPundit.
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As peace comes to the Mexican border, Barry's very own Sturm Abteilung parade in rebellious, riot torn Quincy, IL. How reminicent of Germany in the 1930's. Thank you Mr. President. That video is sure to play during the run up to the November election and again in 2012. Next time do it up Waco style, bring in tanks and the ATF.
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This ends up looking a lot more like Kent State than Waco.
Whether or not the Secret Service asked for this it couldn't have happened without their knowledge. And nobody said, "Are you out of your mind?"
Combine this with the herding of the press when protesters were removed from the White House fence and the collapse of the Michigan militia case you've got a president who's looking pretty paranoid and law enforcement that's looking like the enemy of the people crossed with Barney Fife.
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I find it interesting that the linked page uses the title 'Team Obama Calls Out The SWAT Riot Control Platoon To Confront Tea Party', but this was changed to make it seem like Obama personally took a time out so that he could order a SWAT team to deploy and...not really do much of anything, for the purpose of...uh...being a big jerk.
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but this was changed to make it seem like Obama personally took a time out so that he could order a SWAT team to deploy and.
The thing is, Gaz, the "team" would not have done so had they thought President Obama would have disapproved. I don't recall such things happening when previous presidents were in office. Both presidents Bush and Clinton were greatly inconvenienced by protesters, as I recall.
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I mean this: This video is scary. The people have the right to peaceably assemble. They were not breaking windows, lighting fire to property, or vandalizing. ERGO THERE WAS NO REASON TO CALL OUT A SWAT TEAM. Two cops WITHOUT weapons could have controlled that crowd. Someone up the chain needs to explain this to the public.
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Barry is a brilliand mind, a genius and national treasure. He would have never authorized or condoned such action. I blame the mostly Aryan Secret Service. Barry was SET UP! Just ask Leon!
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BO is waging war against Joe Plumber and granny. I'm surprised granny wasn't taken down and handcuffed and read her Miranda rights. Election day November can't come fast enough.
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Time to borrow a page from the Yippie playbook and add a little absurdist street theatre. Maybe Granny could serve tea to Darth Vader's phalanx. Or offer some extra Depends coupons she clipped from the Quincy Picayune-Tatler.
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Didn't Barry talk about creating a corp of citizen police across the country during his campaign? Is this next in heading towards Obama's socialist paradise?
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Two cops WITHOUT weapons could have controlled that crowd. Someone up the chain needs to explain this to the public.
The video I saw had some comments going back and forth between the cameraman and a local officer. The "crowd" was already under control -- was never OUT of control.
I'd put money on the responsible party being a local or state politician who actually believes the negative press about the Tea Parties.
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OMG I missed it earlier! Clearly BO wants to round up the elderly and retired. Why you ask? Ever see a movie called Solent Green? If Nabisco comes out with a new Protein Cracker we should have it examined by an independent lab.
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While this is profoundly stupid, it is not necessarily sinister. My former business partner was a Beverly Hills cop who was assigned to protect then President Clinton.
The Secret Service takes a notoriously extreme view to contingency planning, and the local police tries to be extra accomodating. It would not surprise me if the idea originated with the Secret Service.
My friend spent his time standing behind a bush outside a Hollywood estate. I asked him if he was protecting Bill from Monica. He responded he was protecting Bill from himself.
You're right. The SWAT probably felt stupid.
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Jeebus people get a grip. Whether its really SWAT or simply rank and file popo in riot gear, (which really isnt clear) its called crowd control. Further, to insinuate the O-Team instigated this is reminiscent of howls from provocateurs at a WTO protest. At times, Brietbart can really come off as a dipshit.
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Tanks are crowd conrol as well. In this case, it's not clear that SWAT was ever necessary. Is it common practice for SWAT to be 1st responders in such cases? This was done in order to further the narrative of the Tea Party being and extremist / racist organization, and was done with full and active support of some in the media that were present that day.
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Frozen Al, that story sounds believable to me. I had to help out with traffic control during one of President Clinton's visits to Phoenix.
The Secret Service got all agitated about an ancient abandoned car within view of the motorcade for some reason. One of my duties was to stand next to it. (There had been a tow truck brigade through the area earlier but for some reason they left that one alone. Maybe because it didn't have wheels, was missing a door, etc.) What I was supposed to do with the car, considering I was an unarmed civilian, was never made clear but they were very insistent that someone "secure" it.
I don't think Oblahblah demanded the SWAT response, but I wouldn't put it past one of the security detail he flies with.
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Is it common practice for SWAT to be 1st responders in such cases?
Rex, the answer to that question is no. Which means theyre just regular cops on routine assignment in riot gear. Local police dispatched for crowd control may not be as provocative of a headline but, in this case, its certainly more accurate.
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Yeah, for a "SWAT" team, they sure do lack all that fancy SWAT firepower. And why waste a highly trained asset on routine crowd control?
It's Presidential Security. My father in law worked a few of those details for the BPD. Secret Service runs the show. He said if they tell you they want something done, it gets done.
Brietbart give me a headache sometimes.
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I believe that the capability of phones and other devices to provide and immediately broadcast video is in the process of changing public life as we know it. Breitbart's $100,000 challenge will soon result in more fully staged incidents. Infiltrators will be filmed yelling epithets in false flag incidents to change public opinion. Pictures of the agent provocateurs will be tracked back to their actual identities swinging public opinion back in the other direction. In the end the truth will out as the pictured grandma's will like exactly like what they are to objective observers. Rathergate will be the norm.
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