John Edwards love child?

From Drudge. Think the repukes are desperate or what?

What a complete disgrace.

These ridiculous charges are just insane. The hate is blinding people.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1007/The_Clintonite_who_owns_National_Enquirer.html

What the tabloid's readers, in politics and out, may not know is that a key owner of the Enquirer is a prominent New York investment banker and one of Hillary Clinton's key backers, Roger Altman. Altman was an official in the first Clinton administration, and his name is often mentioned as a possible Clinton Treasury Secretary.

So get real.

The Drudge however will try to get you to think it by running stories about the clintons and the enquirer AFTER they run stories about Edwards. they're playing people.

... of Clinton. And who stands to get a position with Clinton's administration if she's elected. So get real.

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Oh please. I'm sure they'd say she is also an alien.

I may have to hunt you down.

That wasn't a bad song.

one song can get stuck playing in your head for hours and hours. :D

This is the first thing I've seen that makes me think Edwards might win.

The Enquirer article today along with the new Poll showing Edwards ahead in Iowa made me think the same thing.....John just might end up winning the whole enchilada!

This reeks of total desperation form the Right. They are scared shitless of John Edwards and they have nothing on the guy. I don't believe this for a second! And come to think of it, it is going to backfire really bad. John Edwards will get more votes from Caucus goers in Iowa than all of the Republicans put together...just watch...

and Gennifer Flowers, a story that broke right before the Iowa primary (or maybe NH). Of course, that story had Flowers standing before the press and a bit of tape. And of course Clinton went on to get the nomination and win in 02.

Please -- the Enquirer?

Mattie getting sloppy - he's pulling material from tabloids? :rofl:

Huckabee looks like he could produce a *Bat Boy* -- will Drudge do piccies of that too?

That Edwards was fooling around on Elizabath?

Isn't it true that they're close to the owner of the National Enquirer?

First they smear Obama as a drug dealing, dice throwing Muslim hustler, now they're finding pregnant mistresses for Edwards.

Keep it up, Clintons. Third party politics is starting to look real good right now.

It's also plain out stoopid to believe the Clintons had anything to do with this. Edwards damaged is terrible for Clinton. If he starts bleeding support do you actually believe those voters will go to Clinton? Of course not. They'll go to Obama.

Second, I wouldn't put it past the Clintons or the right wing hacks about who planted this story. I'm looking at all the angles. Why is this story coming out? Is it because they couldn't find anything on Obama so they went after Edwards?

To be honest, the Enquirer also did a story on another Giuliani mistress, so I guess you can say they're bipartisan.

Edwards damaged or out now would be terrible for Clinton. It's to her advantage to have the not-Hillary vote split for as long as possible. Therefore, this story did not come from the Clinton campaign. Full stop. "Considering angles" that don't make sense is not smart.

It's all about the empirical/factual evidence, consistent in its solidity that John Edwards IS the Democratic Party's Strongest candidate, beating ALL Republican Challengers by HUGE margins. The Clintons want to distract from this, so they want to push this story because it makes Hillary look weak... and the Republicans want to douse the Edwards fire NOW before the squeaky clean and beyond formidable Edwards gains early steam to power him to the nomination.

"The Corporation" knows all of this and is impetus is behind this foolish slander. The Corporate powers that be that have been running this country want to STOP EDWARDS NOW because they know that an Edwards Presidency represents the end of the road for their fascist scheme that has brought sooo much harm to America's working majority.

A working majority that will stand w/ John Edwards to defeat these powerful and nefarious entities.


Bottom Line... This ludicrous tale of fiction is one of the biggest stinking piles of BULLSHIT EVER CONCOCTED! :nuke:


John Edwards... On to the nomination AND The Presidency :woohoo:

John Edwards Love Child Scandal ...... Woman "linked" to candidate pregnant and hiding.

No words actually saying that the woman is having John Edwards' love child, which indicates it's a complete pile of hippo dung.
Hell, the Enquirer was more definitive than this about * being back on the bottle a couple of years ago. And why would the Enquirer really care about John Edwards at this stage in the game anyway, unless some paranoid right-winger spoonfed them this manure pile.

it can literally mean this:

Woman who knows Edwards, or in his inner circle, or ONCE in his inner circle (or Elizabeth's for that matter), has run away from a live-in boyfriend who has threatened her with violence. She is now hiding so her boyfriend can't find her. She is pregnant with her boyfriend's baby and afraid he will do her harm if he finds out.

Honestly. It could be THAT innocent.

That's what Hollywood stars do and they win all the time IF the story is demonstrably false in a court of law.

Edwards is clean as a whistle. You Clarkies can just stew about it. Ha!

because they can't prove it even though the story may be a lie. Notice I also used the word "demonstrably"... because cases need to be demonstrated to a jury or
judge. Edwards could easily represent himself and considering he's a topflight trial lawyer, it should be an open-and-shut case without further ado.

Since Edwards is a public figure, he would have to prove "actual malice." It's not enough to prove that it's not true, but he has to show that the Enquirer published it with the actual intent to cause him harm.

Celebrities are also public figures and they rarely win these types of cases. They sue because they are in the business of creating publicity for themselves and because it costs the Enquirer money, which helps keep it in check. For Edwards, it would be an ugly distraction. Far better to ignore.

In fact, it very rarely happens. There are a few famous cases, but they're famous for being the exception. It takes millions of dollars and years of fighting to win a case like this.

Then the supposed child's supposed mother is from Venus, right?

this really bugs me. Not because I have a high opinion of clinton tactics, but because the last thing Clinton wants is for Edwards to be damaged before Iowa.

Hillary desperately needs Edwards to do well to keep the anti-Clinton vote split.

and "they think" they are supporting a viable GE candidate!

yep...gotta go keep the anti -clinton vote split..yes siree..thats the ticket..to no where!

fly

and it ain't a Democrat

:)

I doubt if this story originates with the Republicans. Why would they attack Edwards now...unless they wanted to help Hillary. Hillary probably wouldn't plant this story as she has had a lot of negative feedback from dirty tricks used by her campaign staff. Obama seems unlikely. If it is discovered he's behind the story, he would be history.

I smell corporate America. They have a lot to fear from Edwards.

:wow:

oh what a tangled web we weave.

Did you see my PM to you?

The more people access this thread, the happier Drudge feels. Eeeww lookie, mo' money for him...

How funny! They call him a "fag" and then they accuse him of being a straying hetero. What lies the right wing stoop to to further their "morality".

I don't believe this story.

The National Enquirer story itself says she names the father through a lawyer, and that the father himself has acknowledged the pregnancy. The Enquirer story is really that a former Edwards staffer may have gotten this woman pregnant. It's like you take "Edwards" and "Love Child" and put that as the headline, but the actual story is the stuff in the middle. It's an Empty Scandal Sandwich. It's just the most ridiculous misguided bad gossip that amounts to nothing but a smear timed for Iowa.

How smart is it to libel a trial lawyer like John Edwards?

If JE loses any caucus votes from this here in Iowa, they will not go to Hillary they would go to Obama. To have even the slightest chance that it may come back to the Clinton's would just further damage their reputation with the voters. Hillary needs either Edwards or herself to win Iowa because if on January 3rd that 50% swings Obama it's his election to lose (at the moment ask again in a week and we may be looking at a new front runner in JE IMO) and Billary understands this. All that this story is, is exactly that: A Story concocted by National Enquirer to do what they do and that is sell the National Enquirer.

They're probably trash.

I agree with the many DUers who have said that it is highly unlikely that Hillary would be behind this. Much more likely a repuke plot to eliminate who they perceive as the strongest candidate.

Unadulterated. Almost textbook. Kind of boring and transparent, really, considering the "story" is really about a former Edwards staffer, not Edwards.

the primaries back in 02.

This whole thing reminds me of the timing of the Clinton attacks. Only this time, they have a lot less material to work with. Practically none, except to people who want to believe it and stir the pot with "musings".

Enjoy your stay! Thanks, ever so, for your contribution. }(

I think he took Men in Black a little too seriously:rofl:

They helped break Monicagate.

They helped break Monicagate.

nt

Neither Edwards nor Obama could get by with this behavior. Their wives are outspoken attorneys, neither of whom have the political ambitions that Hillary had. Neither of these guys would dare pull such a thing. They would literally lose everything they have.

nt

no one will believe this its the national enquirer. but it still lol worthy.

"woman linked to candidate pregnant and in hiding", which means a woman who someone has linked to Edwards may be pregnant about any other man, thus avoiding grounds for a lawsuit for libel.

This people are hillarious.

I am John Edwards'love child.

the National Enquirer. :dem:

I find it difficult to believe he'd do this in the middle of a presidential run (the "supposed" baby is still unborn).

Edwards is my guy, so IF this is true, it'd be heartbreaking.

Thoughts going through my mind: Who is this woman? Why would she come out with something like this if it wasn't true...it'd be too easy to disprove if it wasn't true?

The "story" is about a former staffer of John Edwards. The only thing about this gossip that concerns John Edwards is the salacious, entirely misleading, Drudge tabloid sexed-up headline.

Enquirer Excerpt:

(Emphasis mine)

The ENQUIRER has now confirmed not only that Rielle is pregnant, but she is also living in Chapel Hill, N.C. in a gated community, just a few streets away from Andrew Young, who has been a key official in Edwards' campaign.
Young has been in charge of looking after Hunter, according to sources, and she has been careful to stay out of sight during Edwards' campaign. A former Director of Operations for Edwards' campaign, Young's last official position with the campaign was North Carolina Finance Director.

He left that job about a month ago — nearly the same time Rielle relocated from the New Jersey area to Chapel Hill.

In a bizarre twist, Young, a 41-year-old married man with young children, now claims HE is the father of Reille's baby.

But others are skeptical about his claim and talk of a political cover up is heating up.

Reille, when contacted in person by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER, denied that she was Reille Hunter. Later, she hired a lawyer and issued a statement, saying that Young is the father.

But a source close to the 43-year-old divorcee says Rielle has told a far different story privately.

"Rielle told me she had a secret affair with Edwards. When she found out that she was pregnant she said he was the father."

after first reading this and found the quotes you just posted. We'll see what the press does tomorrow. I just fear it'll get into the mainstream media and create false impressions with voters.

He should, at any rate. He's basing his campaign around an attractive theme of "I Will Fight For You" and I happen to think he means it. To demonstrate that, he'll bat down this misleading garbage and disassociate himself quickly.

Personally, I wouldn't even toy around with libel when it comes to noted trial attorney extraordinaire, John Edwards.

I'm hoping the EmmEssEmm avoids this the way they avoided the Drudge "Kerry Intern Phony Scandal" in 2004. We'll see, honestly, by the time "Morning Joe" hits the air. The conservative blogs are already running with the meme. If given the opening, they'll frame this falsely, the way they did the "Al Gore Invented The Internet" meme.

The only way to beat it is to bat it down.

She is very eloquent and poised when she does, I remember her taking on someone else who is just as vile as the enquirer

if it's only tabloids covering it, it may be wise to let the story fizzle rather than drawing attention to the story, even with the story being false.

In reading more details, I find it amazing Edwards supposedly met her in a bar. Good grief. That makes it sound even more ridiculous.

white girl ergo no big story.

Now the black baby in Primary Colors, now that was funny yet pathetic.

The National Enquirer owners:
http://www.evercore.com/Team/index.php?charVal=65-72

Wikipedia
Roger Altman is an investment banker and former United States Deputy Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton. In 1993 Mr Altman returned to Washington DC to serve as the Deputy Secretary of the US Treasury, before resigning in 1994 because of a record-keeping scandal.

ALTMAN, ROGER
NEW YORK,NY 10128
EVERCORE PARTNERS INCORPORATED
10/13/2004
$2,000
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
10/13/2004
$2,000
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
NOTE: who DIDN'T he give to??? John Edwards

Adam B. Frankel, Evercore
Senior Managing Director
Adam B. Frankel is a Senior Managing Director and the firm’s General Counsel.
FRANKEL, ADAM B
OLD GREENWICH, CT 06870
EVERCORE PARTNERS/GENERAL COUNSEL
OBAMA, BARACK
VIA OBAMA FOR AMERICA
06/08/2007 2000.00
NOTE: who DIDN'T he give to??? John Edwards

Eduardo Mestre, Evercore
Vice Chairman (gave a grand to Lieberman in 1999, a grand to Bush in 2000, and $500 to Clinton in 2000, as well as the various Dems/Reps, and Barack Obama $2300 2007)
NOTE: who DIDN'T he give to??? John Edwards

Politico related here http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1007/The_Clintonite_who_owns_National_Enquirer.html

which of course would be a war with Iran.

but here is a site with some screen shots and a few details:
http://deathby1000papercuts.blogspot.com/2007/12/rielle-hunter-john-edwards-love-child.html

Pretty crappy for Edwards if true.

It isn't about Edwards. It's about a former Edwards staffer.

The Rielle Hunter "story" is and has always been about former Edwards staffer Andrew Young. "Edwards" and "Love Child Scandal" make nice anchors to eye-catching sexed-up gossipy stories, but the empty meat of the sandwich has nothing to do with the candidate.

It's as if people post links to articles they don't even bother to read. I don't get it.

On Edit: In the interest of clarity:

Enquirer Excerpt from original, web-published article, now taken down:

(Emphasis mine)

The ENQUIRER has now confirmed not only that Rielle is pregnant, but she is also living in Chapel Hill, N.C. in a gated community, just a few streets away from Andrew Young, who has been a key official in Edwards' campaign.
Young has been in charge of looking after Hunter, according to sources, and she has been careful to stay out of sight during Edwards' campaign. A former Director of Operations for Edwards' campaign, Young's last official position with the campaign was North Carolina Finance Director.

He left that job about a month ago — nearly the same time Rielle relocated from the New Jersey area to Chapel Hill.

In a bizarre twist, Young, a 41-year-old married man with young children, now claims HE is the father of Reille's baby.

But others are skeptical about his claim and talk of a political cover up is heating up.

Reille, when contacted in person by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER, denied that she was Reille Hunter. Later, she hired a lawyer and issued a statement, saying that Young is the father.

But a source close to the 43-year-old divorcee says Rielle has told a far different story privately.

"Rielle told me she had a secret affair with Edwards. When she found out that she was pregnant she said he was the father."

(including Roger Altman/very close ex-cabinet member and donor Clintons and Mestre and Frankel/Obama supporters) are execs at this POS rag. Sup-rise, Sup-rise, didn't find an Edwards donor/associate in the bunch.

This 'hit' has been so low, slimy, and calculated it appears Rovian. Maybe the worried 'front runners' are consulting Karl now.

I was holding out for Gore -- but, after this (and, because I do think Edwards is the best of the bunch) I'm gonna rally the troops (the 'team' I've been working with in every local/state/federal campaign since 1972 McGovern - yeah, it's a lot of people).

Advance copies are out. They already know it is not true. They have statements from both the mother and the father. The whole 18 month thing before and the pregnancy now has been between a fired employee of the campaign and a cameraperson whose contract was not extended.

Isn't it?

:wow:

health care, social security, wars in Iraq Afghanistan, Iran, world pollution, the national debt, illegal spying, veterans needs, workers rights, etc?

into smearing just like the enquirer, eh? Clinton stands to lose if Edwards is hurt before NH. His support will not go to Clinton. Of course, that doesn't stop people from smearing her with this. The Clinton demonazation is the gift that never stops giving.

DOWN WITH THE GLOBALISTS!!!11!

:popcorn:

And it's doubly rotten given Elizabeth's situation.