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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:22 PM
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I call Bullshit. This is not Edwards!
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:23 PM
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1. 2855-7448
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:24 PM
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?????
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:06 AM
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27. .
Those are the numbers that correspond to "bullshit" on a phone keypad. You wanted to "call bullshit." Just being silly.
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Youphemism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:51 AM
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35. If it's all fake, he's done a terrible job of clearing it up...

The photos aren't proof at all. But it isn't good that he seems to have been placed at that hotel -- hiding from the press in a bathroom -- by more than one source, where this woman happens to be with her kid.

I don't pretend to know anything one way or another. But if nothing else, it doesn't speak well of Edwards' ability to work the press. The way it stands now, it looks like he's hiding out, trying not to get caught in a lie.

Given that sort of an approach to the press, it almost makes it a moot point whether the story is true. Obama couldn't give him a job as a school janitor, let alone a cabinet post until this issue has been completely aired out.

If this is a frame-up, then it will dwarf swiftboating and every dirty trick Karl Rove has ever played. Unfortunately -- kinda like the O.J. case -- it's not the evidence itself, but the behavior of the person accused that gives me pause.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:38 PM
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52. Why the fuck does he have to respond to ANYTHING these scumbags print???
Edited on Thu Aug-07-08 01:38 PM by cliffordu
If we were all worried about the slime job the MSM is doing on Obama the way we are about where Edwards might or might not have worn a condom, we'd all be better off.

NONE OF THIS IS ANY OF OUR BUSINESS.

consenting adults and all that.
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Youphemism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 02:30 PM
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58. He doesn't have to respond, unless he wants an Obama appointment...
Edited on Thu Aug-07-08 02:31 PM by Youphemism
The way the world works is that people lose votes when they're perceived to be lying or hiding something.

Two quotes from the movie "The American President" come to mind with respect to this situation:

"With all due respect, sir, the American people have a funny way of deciding on their own what is and what is not their business."

"People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand."

Obama has had to respond to many completely absurd accusations. It's not fair -- it's just life and, in particular, the life you accept when you go into politics.

I have no idea of what Edwards did and, like you, I don't care very much. I won't say I don't care at all, because there is a certain element of impulse control, judgment, and honesty involved -- the latter because Edwards himself suggested that being faithful was an important component of a public official.

The point is, given that Edwards is completely innocent, there is still a cloud over him. While that cloud is there, his chances for any sort of government appointment are exactly zero. He knows this and so far has chosen to let that cloud hang there.

There is far more circumstantial evidence to suggest there could be something to this story than there ever was to suggest Obama is a Muslim. And yet, Obama has spent a lot of time and energy clearing up that silly assertion because that's what guys who want a high government office do. That is what Edwards will eventually be forced to do, whether he likes it or not.

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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 04:48 PM
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61. You seem very enthusiastic to paint Edwards with this "immoral" brush
And getting your stances off of movies is odd, too.

It must be wonderful to be morally superior to even Presidential candidates.

I'm certainly glad you're not judging me.
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Youphemism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 11:47 PM
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73. I don't understand where you get your "painting" reference...

My point was that people who seek high positions in government are often expected to defend themselves from scurrilous charges.

As for movie references, would you prefer literary or historical references? A truism can be found almost anywhere -- just because it's in a movie doesn't mean it has no value. I guess I'm not the only one who makes judgments.

I was only making observations about the way things work. I don't think I said anything that isn't true. Edwards will need to clear this up before he has any political stock at all. That may not be fair, but it's true.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 07:59 AM
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90. Kerry chose to ignore the Swiftboat ads. Did that turn out to be a wise choice?
:shrug:
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beachmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 11:03 AM
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95. Kerry responded to the Swifts immediately. It was documented
in the Newsweek Election '04 book, that his campaign submitted evidence to the press disproving the lies, every day. What people had a problem with was that Kerry did not respond personally, in a press conference (well, he did respond in the spring personally, I am talking in August) until two weeks later.

A better comparison was the "Intern Affair" falsehood which was pushed by Drudge when Kerry clenched the nomination. The Kerry campaign killed that story and proved it was untrue.

In contrast Edwards has done NOTHING. No behind the scenes response, no official response. His press person did not respond to e-mails from McClatchy. We are talking Radio Silence from Team Edwards.
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:08 PM
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68. It's bogus. It is clearly Photoshopped.
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:23 PM
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2. are they KIDDING? I look more like Edwards than whoever they have in those shots,
especially the one with his 'child'
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:24 PM
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4. but the other one kind of looks like him
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pamela Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:40 PM
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17. The other one IS him, BUT, taken at a different time.
The caption on the second photo, the one where he is looking out a window, says that it was a photo of him taken previously. That's what makes the baby photo seem so fake. Identical sweat stains on an identical shirt in photos taken months apart? Damn, they don't even TRY to hide their sleazy tactics.
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:45 PM
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19. According to the NE "reporter," John Edwards was wearing a blue dress shirt
that night, not a sweaty blue t-shirt.

"Said Butterfield: "Edwards was not carrying anything. He walked in alone. He was wearing a blue dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up. He was looking around nervously before he entered the hotel."

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/sen_john_edwards_caught_with_mistress_and_love_child_in_la_hotel/celebrity/65193
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pamela Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:05 AM
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26. Good find!
I hope my post wasn't confusing. I'm not defending the NE. They are clearly trying to make the baby picture look legit by posting that second picture of John wearing a similar shirt. It confuses people because they think, "well, the baby picture looks fake but the other picture looks like him." But, if you read the caption under "Proud Poppa", the NE says the photo was taken in New York earlier this year after a workout at the gym.

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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:08 AM
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29. No, I wasn't confused at all. I just wanted to point out that the NE's "money shot"
contradicts their earlier "eyewitness" account of the night in question. I can't believe that they hung out at the hotel for hours and THAT photo was the best they got. Honestly I think the guy in the baby photo looks more like Harry Shearer than John Edwards.
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:06 PM
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66. Harry Shearer ! exactly. good call
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raincity_calling Donating Member (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 03:15 AM
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84. Compare this photo with hotel room photo
Notice the hair line in both photos. In the photo of John in the chair, his hair line that runs down the side of his face is essentially a straight line. In the hotel room it curves. I don't think it is the same person.

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Unsane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:24 PM
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3. Yes, it is.
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:25 PM
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6. how do you know?
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Unsane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:56 PM
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23. I have eyes.
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:28 PM
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12. so....you have proof?
please deign to honor us with your pearls of wisdom, oh, 'unsane' one
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:48 PM
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21. I realize you want to smear Democrats, but there are other places for that.
Go away now.
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Unsane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 03:42 PM
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115. going to apologize now?
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:12 AM
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33. Damn, you've convinced me---you did say those are pics of a really generic white guy
holding a really generic looking white baby, right? I'm confused...
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 10:59 AM
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48. I'm With You
Edited on Thu Aug-07-08 11:03 AM by otohara
The Enquirer would not take a chance being sued by one of the top attorney's in the country if they weren't positive about the man in the pic being John Edwards.

This rumor has been around for how long? Not that the pic proves the baby is his, but the woman in question has been flapping her lips about being in love with "John" to all her friends for a while now. Sound familiar?

Sorry your opinion is now cause for being insulted by other posters. I await for the insults to come my way now for agreeing with you. I remember when the Clinton/Lewinski rumors started, I couldn't/wouldn't believe them.





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ncliberal Donating Member (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 02:48 AM
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82. Do you believe this also?
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 02:17 PM
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107. My, My...
turns out The Enquirer isn't always wrong.

In regards to the Obama's - no I don't believe it.

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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 02:20 PM
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108. Bingo
I knew the truth would come out soon, the pressure was on and Edwards isn't a good liar when under pressure.
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EffieBlack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:24 PM
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5. And you posted this why?
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:27 PM
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10. And you posted your question, why? So, you want to be just like
THEM? and ignore any hint of impropriety? when it is one of our own? Ok if it is THEM?

Sounds just like Drudge or Fox - ignoring the Evildoer's crimes.
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:25 PM
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7. Whoever it is sweats a lot!!
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:28 PM
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11. you are a laugh riot
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 09:53 AM
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47. Looks like a design element, a "V".
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:26 PM
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8. lol finally a photograph is produced and it's shit.
Not unexpected though.
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:27 PM
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9. Looks like Beau Bridges sometime in the early 1970's to me
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countingbluecars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:29 PM
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13. The picture on the left might be.
It looks similar to this picture of Edwards exercising-hence the sweat. It even looks like the same shirt.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/25/guess-what-makes-both-mit_n_83313.html

The picture with the baby does not look like Edwards.

These pictures prove nothing.
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MrMonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:34 PM
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15. Both Edwards and the guy(s) in the pictures have a generic sort of looks
I doubt most people could recognize Edwards in a crowd.
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Blue Diadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 11:46 AM
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50. Good catch! The blue t-shirt does look the same. n/t
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:29 PM
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14. Bigfoot is always blurry, too.
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mrreowwr_kittty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:39 PM
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16. On another blog someone called him Blurdwards and what he's holding the blurby.
:rofl:
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PresidentObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:41 PM
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18. Looks NOTHING like him. The nose is bigger, hair is different shade of color, guy looks semi-buff.
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Beregond2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:46 PM
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20. Yeah, like a man with his ambitions
would pose for a picture with his mistress's baby. He'd have not gone near her as soon as he found out she was pregnant. This is ridiculous.
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DaLittle Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:50 PM
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22. FASCIST MuthaFuckas Just Trying to Take Edwards Outa VP Race With Pure BULLSHIT!
Edwards is their MOST FEARED OPPOSITION in the General and Will Ensure a TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOWOUT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY... UTTER NONSENSE... WHERE'S DA D N A? Fuck 'Em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :think: If Obama picks Corporatist Baygh :puke: or some other RIGHT WING DEM There's gonna be alot of D's that just say FUCK IT... NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE ASSHOLES... AND OBAMA WILL HAVE Proven himself 2 B ONE of the MOSt NOTORIOUS FRAUDS IN HISTORY! :PUKE:
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:03 AM
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25. Hasn't Edwards already taken himself out of the running?
Nobody fears Edwards.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 04:29 AM
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36. er, he never was in the vp running and no one is afraid of him.
now stop bashing the dem nominee. JE's voting record in the Senate isn't much more liberal than Bayh's.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 04:29 AM
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37. er, he never was in the vp running and no one is afraid of him.
now stop bashing the dem nominee. JE's voting record in the Senate isn't much more liberal than Bayh's.
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DaLittle Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:58 PM
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24. I FOUND SOME BULLSHIT CHECK THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT LINK IT'S BS!
Celebrity News
Digg It Digg It De.licio.us De.licio.us


JOHN EDWARDS AFFAIR: CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED

UPDATE: John Edwards' secret meeting with his mistress at the Beverly Hilton hotel has now become part of a criminal complaint. CRIMINAL COMPLAINT LINK JUST GOES TO A LIST THAT GIVES YOU BACK THE LINK FROM THE STORY THAT THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT LINK ARISES FROM!!! TOTAL FUCKING FABRICATION!!!!!!!!! :argh: :puke:

NATIONAL ENQUIRER reporters Alan Butterfield and Alexander Hitchen filed a criminal complaint with the Beverly Hills Police Department on Thursday, July 24, charging that hotel security acted unlawfully while the reporters were trying to question the former senator.

Edwards now could be contacted by police to give an eyewitness account of what occurred.

Hotel security tried to stop the reporters from questioning Edwards in the basement of the hotel at approximately 2:40 a.m. Tuesday, July 22 after Edwards came off an elevator and appeared to be attempting to leave the hotel unseen.

His secret mistress Rielle Hunter and her baby were upstairs, and Edwards had just spent hours with them in a secret rendezvous.

As Butterfield and Hitchen tried to question Edwards, he ran down a hallway and ducked into a men's public bathroom. The reporters attempted to follow him in and Edwards pushed the door shut from inside.

Hotel security showed up and intervened. The reporters charge that not only did one security guard threaten to break their camera but that security also violated several statutes of the California Penal Code, including false imprisonment and preventing a guest from entering land.

The ENQUIRER reporters were registered guests at the hotel, while Edwards was not.

Police recorded the criminal complaint and will turn it over to detectives.

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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:07 AM
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28. Not John Edwards. That's Dick Cavett. n/t
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:09 AM
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30. why am i thinking this is somehow related to his early dropout of the race?
Not saying whether I believe what the Enquirer is saying at all, just that there may be some people that don't want Edwards to be VP and will do anything to stop that.

In another thread there is talk about Edwards explaining this or else not being able to talk at the convention? I forget who started that thread, but, wow, this sounds serious stuff if true.

dirty politics afoot. who benefits?
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 06:43 AM
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42. But did he really drop out early?
By the time he suspended his campaign it had long been clear (to me at least) that he didn't have a chance of winning. Could that have had something to do with his exit?
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:32 PM
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51. some talk of that at this link:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6603017

didn't it seem odd tho, how he had promised to go the distance to the convention, to his donaters, then out of the blue quit without giving a good reason why ?

but too bad, altho I would never have supported Edwards for pres because of his IWR co-sponsorship, I think he has some good qualities that would serve the nation well in other ways.

I hope this story is not true, but whether it is or not, it's having a real bad impact on him and that's a shame if it's all made up. being the snazzy lawyer he is, I hope he sues the fucking drawers off of somebody for this if it isn't true. If it is true, that's too bad, but shit like this happens all the time. life is messy.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 11:42 AM
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102. Promising to take it to the convention is more campaign rhetoric than a serious promise
The fact is that when he dropped out, had done no better than third in any primaries or caucuses. You don't get yourself on the Wheaties box by only winning bronze medals.
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:08 PM
Response to Reply #30
69. Interesting. I always thought it was strange - just a week or two
after a solemn promise he would be in to the convention.
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GoesTo11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 05:02 AM
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86. I'm staying in this race = The check's in the mail.
It's never that great a surprise to hear this promise broken.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:10 AM
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31. "The photos everyone's been waiting for>>>>>" I've held my breath waiting for fuzzy photos
of a really generic looking white guy holding a really generic looking white baby; whew!

I'm so RELIEVED!
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DaLittle Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 06:32 AM
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41. FUZZY? How Fucking Bad A Camera (SPY CAMERA?) Would That Have To Be And How The Fuck DiD Those Assh
oles Get In Da Fucking Room To Take Such An "Up Close and Personal PIC? It IS Just Right Wing :puke: PROPHYLAXIS To Try and Keep Edwardds OFF Da TICKET!!!!!!!!!! :puke:
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:25 PM
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72. It would probably be illegal spying too ?
Unless the NE's now protected under FISA :silly:
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:14 AM
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75. Maybe not if the person who rented the room agreed.
Edited on Fri Aug-08-08 12:15 AM by WinkyDink
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:14 AM
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74. People are paid off all the time. hotel staff, drivers, relatives. Think "Frank Gifford".
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DaLittle Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:11 AM
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32. They Fucked W/ "His" Nose In PIC On Da RIGHT! OVERDONE "MAKEUP!"
I do not believe Edwards was out at 2:30AM w/ a tee shirt on... Unless he's out running he is always wearing a DRESSS SHIRT!
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:44 AM
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34. That was my first reaction
The picture with the baby doesn't really look anything like Edwards. This whole story is such a waste of time.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 04:38 AM
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38. Wonder why they're on Edwards' butt so much.
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DaLittle Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 06:28 AM
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40. Cause The RIGHT WING ASSHOLES Fear Edwards Getting VP Nod... Complete Blowout 4Dems W/ Edwards As VP
:think: :)
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 09:08 AM
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44. I don't know - I was registering voters last night and one guy told me...
...he wouldn't vote for Obama if Edwards was on the ticket.
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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 04:52 PM
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62. Edwards won't go for being VP again and Obama wouldn't ask him. n/t
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 05:11 PM
Response to Reply #38
65. Because They're
The National Enquirer and he ran for president...What could be more fun than that?
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Azathoth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 04:49 AM
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39. Photoshopped. The magic triangle sweat stain was a nice touch though n/t
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:16 AM
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76. It is interesting.
Edited on Fri Aug-08-08 12:17 AM by WinkyDink
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Nye Bevan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 08:52 AM
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43. Edwards: "Don't be ridiculous. Of course that's not me".

I'm sure Edwards will be saying something like that very soon, if the picture is indeed bogus.

He just needs to pick up the phone and have a 1-minute conversation with a friendly reporter.

Of course if he *doesn't* deny it, then most people will assume that it is a real photo.
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nxylas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 02:03 PM
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56. How about "the story is false"?
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beachmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 10:58 AM
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93. Oh, wait, he has NOT responded to this scandal, and is dodging reporters.
No response to the hotel story or the photos. His press person refuses to answer e-mails. Sorry, this is pathetic.
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cyberswede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 09:14 AM
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45. Is that baby supposed to be a newborn?
That baby doesn't look like a newborn to me - s/he looks more like a 3-4 month old.
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Phoonzang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 09:15 AM
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46. Captain Jack Harkness? n/t
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:44 PM
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53. .....
:rofl: :rofl: Do you know how few here will get that reference?:rofl:
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Phoonzang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 02:32 PM
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59. I suspect you're the only one.
I really didn't expect a reply. I'm pleasantly surprised. B-)
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nxylas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 05:20 PM
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117. Has Edwards ever eaten alien meat?
Sorry, had to ask.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 03:17 PM
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60. If so, he's not been well.
And some how I can't picture him getting himself into such a... domestic... situation, if you know what I mean.

Did you see Barrowman in "The Producers"?

I laughed my ass off when I spotted him. Damned fine voice though.
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:20 AM
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77. Maybe it IS an alien baby!
Didn't Captain Jack say on the show that he'd been pregnant once?

Maybe there was never a woman involved at all, and this is really more the Weekly World News's beat than the Enquirer's. :D
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Clear Blue Sky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 11:40 AM
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49. If it's all BS, he should be suing the crap out of the Inquirer.
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:48 PM
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54. I demand my public officials be monogamous!
Oh, wait. I actually DON'T GIVE A SHIT who he has relations with, as long as it's not illegal.

I don't know if that's him in the photo. I think it isn't.

But the odds are pretty good he has had sex with someone other than his wife.

Big deal.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 07:41 AM
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88. Why are those "odds pretty good"? And P.S. It isn't only an affair being attributed.
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 10:42 AM
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91. Statistics
The Monogamy Myth, authored by Peggy Vaughan:

"Conservative estimates are that 60 percent of men and 40 percent of women will have an extramarital affair. These figures are even more significant when we consider the total number of marriages involved—since it's unlikely that all the men and women having affairs happen to be married to each other. If even half of the women having affairs (or 20 percent) are married to men not included in the 60 percent having affairs, then at least one partner will have an affair in approximately 80 percent of all marriages.

But we need to take a closer look at the statistics on affairs to determine what they can contribute to an understanding of our sexual patterns. While affairs happen in non-marital, "committed" relationships as well as within marriage, most of the statistics deal only with "extramarital" affairs. These statistics began with Kinsey's reports in the 1940's and early 1950's. Kinsey's samples included 5,000 men and showed that by age 40, 50 percent of the men had experienced extramarital sexual intercourse. Kinsey's original samples of 6,000 women showed that by age 40, 26 percent of the women had experienced extramarital sexual intercourse. "

I don't understand your second point, "it isn't only an affair being attributed". You're referring to the fact that a child may have been produced?

Excuse me, but that's where babies come from.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:57 PM
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55. Is that Ray Romano? nt
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 02:27 PM
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57. John Edwards is a higly successful Attorney.
It would seem that he would know what to do with this trash.
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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 04:53 PM
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63. Why is he so sweaty?
And what about those pictures proves anything?

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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:22 PM
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70. He took a yoga class with Russell Simmons.....?
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AZ Criminal JD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 04:59 PM
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64. If it is B.S. why is there dead silence out of North Carolina?
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PresidentObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:07 PM
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67. He called it trash. He shouldn't have to answer to a source like the Enquirer.
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:29 AM
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79. He shouldn't have to
but if he wants to be in politics he will have to.
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beachmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 11:25 AM
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97. Actually, he has not responded to inquiries from his local paper, The Charlotte Observer.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/100/story/110798.html

You have to admit, his dealing with this scandal has been pathetic. This McClatchy story has now gone out to the wires and appeared in papers across the country. A statement would have helped.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/46637.html

The National Enquirer has reported that he fathered a child with a former campaign worker and met with her in a Beverly Hills hotel last month. He made no response to the National Enquirer’s posting on Wednesday of what it said was a photo of Edwards and his illegitimate child. Two weeks ago, after the National Enquirer ran the story about the hotel liaison, he dismissed a reporter’s question in Houston and used the "tabloid trash" line.

He brushed off a McClatchy reporter in Washington last week: "Can't do it now, I'm sorry."

His designated staffer for press contacts has not responded to e-mail requests for an interview.

No one answered a reporter who rang a buzzer at the gate of Edwards' Orange County home on Wednesday.

Friends and former staffers refuse to comment now, though they helped Edwards last fall by dismissing an October story in the Enquirer of a sexual relationship between Edwards and a campaign videographer when it initially broke.

"Sorry cannot help you on this one," wrote Jennifer Palmieri, a former top Edwards aide, in an e-mail Wednesday.


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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 11:44 AM
Response to Reply #67
103. Of course he shouldn't HAVE to. But it may be smart for him to do so, if
he wants to have a future in politics.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 11:38 AM
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101. Yes, this fake bullshit needs to be addressed immediately!!!!!
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:23 PM
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71. I spent over a half hour looking at Edwards pics on the InterTubes
And I couldn't find one picture where his jawline or hairline matched this.

Bogus as all hell, I say.

I've seen better pictures of flying saucers and bigfoot, and I believe in both of those! LOL!
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kristyt Donating Member (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:34 AM
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80. Looks Like Him To Me
What's it matter though?
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 07:36 AM
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87. The picture doesn't look the slightest bit like him.
Who would be fooled by this obvious fiction? Why, you'd have to be.... You'd have to be....

Oh.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:26 AM
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78. Thugs are scared he could be the next Attorney General.
Edited on Fri Aug-08-08 12:28 AM by GoddessOfGuinness
They'll do anything to discredit him.

And if this tabloid bullshit gets Dems riled and at each others' throats, it's even better.

How come nobody's talking about the "Obama Love Child" headline on the cover of that epitome of fine journalism, The Globe? :eyes:
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wisteria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 12:38 AM
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81. Why, that looks like the guy that lives next door to me! n/t
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bitchkitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 02:58 AM
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83. I hate genital politics.
I hate living here - what would it be like to live in a country that is not interested in what people do with their happy parts?
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 03:20 AM
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85. Jermaine Jackson, anyone? First off, the spy camera must be broken... Crap quality.
Second it doesn't look like him.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 07:54 AM
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89. the story made my "mainstream" paper today - the Hartford Courant
Not sure why articles on Giuliani having a mistress or McCain having one don't make the news...

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-edwards0808.artaug08,0,3321862.story

Edwards Must Address Allegations Of Affair, Democrats Say

By WILLIAM WEIR | Courant Staff Writer And McClatchy Newspapers
August 8, 2008

If former Sen. John Edwards hopes to speak at the Democratic convention, a growing number of Democrats say, he needs to publicly address National Enquirer stories that allege he had an affair with a campaign worker and fathered her baby.

"If there is not an explanation that's satisfactory, acceptable and meets high moral standards, the answer is 'no', he would not be a prime candidate to make a major address to the convention," said Don Fowler, a former Democratic National Committee chairman.

Democrats gather in Denver on Aug. 25. As the 2004 vice presidential nominee and a presidential candidate who won delegates this year, Edwards ordinarily would be locked in as a speaker.

"He absolutely does have to . If it's not true, he has to issue a stronger denial," said Gary Pearce, the Democratic strategist who ran Edwards' 1998 Senate race.
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beachmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 10:59 AM
Response to Reply #89
94. Note that it is McClatchy, the same news org that figured out
there were no WMD in Iraq before the war started. Edwards has NOT responded, and that is why this is becoming a problem.
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beachmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 10:46 AM
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92. If it's BS, then why isn't Edwards vehemently responding, threatening to sue NE?
Edited on Fri Aug-08-08 10:46 AM by beachmom
Why is McClatchy running articles on this now, quoting Edwards's former campaign manager, who says Edwards needs to come clean one way or the other?

Look, it COULD be nothing, but Edwards's lack of response (nothing officially OR behind the scenes -- we are talking absolute Radio Silence) does not look good at all.
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skipos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 11:28 AM
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98. Exactly! Bush vehemently responded to this AND threatened to sue!


Right?
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beachmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 11:54 AM
Response to Reply #98
106. Oh, please. The tabloids get a lot of stories wrong. But THIS story
has now hit McClatchy and the LA Times. It needs a response.
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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 11:04 AM
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96. oh the national enquirer
like anybody takes that scandal sheet seriously. It's rare that anybody bothers to respond to their smears. It's a waste of time.

Of course, being a lawyer, maybe Edwards will sue them for defamation and libel. Do us all a favor, put them down for good and save some trees.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 11:35 AM
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99. Edwards is an impressive attorney - I'm surprised he hasn't filed a lawsuit...
Edited on Fri Aug-08-08 11:37 AM by polichick
Seems like he could stop them if there's no truth to it.
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geiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 11:37 AM
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100. this was my reaction when i first saw the pix today....
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 11:45 AM
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104. Why are there so many people that buy this utter shite?
Can you all do the world a huge favor and leave?

Please?

Just go.

Leave.
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 02:23 PM
Response to Reply #104
110. Because it was true? n/t
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 02:26 PM
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111. Oh really? You know this how?
:popcorn:
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 02:27 PM
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112. Maybe because Edwards said it was true?
:shrug:
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 02:43 PM
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113. Uhm, he admitted it? nt
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 03:10 PM
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114. I stand corrected.
eom
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Milo_Bloom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 11:48 AM
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105. It's probably him.
and I probably still don't care about his personal life.

and I still wouldn't vote for a ticket with him on it for a million reasons outside of whatever goes on in his personal life.

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mckeown1128 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 02:22 PM
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109. Turns out it was him.... nt
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kristyt Donating Member (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 03:58 PM
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116. Yeah it was him
At least he looks happy and the kid will growup wealthy.

Not so nice to EE.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 06:11 AM
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118. I guess it's safe now to post this photo:
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