As opposed to what?  Arranged child?
Anyway, it’s been mentioned a couple of times in the comments, but is there anything really to say about it?  Does anyone who reads this blog find him/herself disappointed by the idea?  I don’t think enough of Edwards to give him room to plunge in my estimation, even if it were true.
Am I missing anything here? I mean, the woman seems pretty flakey, so there’s potential amusement value, if you’re mean. Like I am.
Only this, that he’s so yummy-butch that even his bastards are fathered by another man.
Kee-rist, who knows? It may be. It may not be. I’d rather wait for some real information – and an allegation isn’t that.
Dan, remember, I always support your use of “faggot.”
Sort of puts all of his “But they attacked my cancer-stricken wife!” arguments in a new context, doesn’t it?
If this picks up traction, Edwards voters will peel away to Obama. Hillary! could do much worse in Iowa than is currently thought.
When the fuck did being unfaithful become a liability for a Democrat? I think Edwards leaked trying to steal Clinton voters. A couple more on he could be the first black woman elected President.
– Dan. Even if Edwards turns out to be a transvestite from Transyvania, I wouldn’t read the book. The guy is, and always has been, an empty suit. He’s Hillery without the pants suits, and brains. Just raw ambition posing as a huma being.
– Do something on the Hucklebee christmas ad dustup. It at least has some political meaning. Then we can post some politically topical (viable) comments.
– Edwards? Edwards who?
Andrew Young claims paternity, for the present.
“- Do something on the Hucklebee christmas ad dustup.”
Yeah, like why is he only running it in Iowa? Doesn’t he care about the rest of us?
Since the guy’s a pussy, does this make him a lesbian?
When you’re cheating on your dying-of-cancer-yet-stumping-for-you-anyway wife, that’s a whole ‘nother kettle of fish.
Not that Andrew Young, but still a married father of small children who works for the Edwards campaign. I’m calling bullshit on what seems all too contrived.
SarahW,
That puts Young on the hook forever for child support, even if it isn’t his.
The story is so amusing, it’s fun to make fun of, even if it’s not true. I, for one, will be shocked (SHOCKED!) if it’s true. And, prolly outraged, as well.
Why would they publish a story like this if
there wasn’t some grain of truth to it? John
Edwards was a well known sucessful trial
attorney before becoming a senator. If there
is no truth to the story then Edwards can sue
for slander.
I think it exposes him to ridicule no matter how the paternity question comes out. (see post at top of thread) It also keeps people remembering the alleged affair, that he maybe wasn’t so loyal to his wife when she needed him most, even if he isn’t and couldn’t possibly be father to the baby,
And then if he is, what a wondrous weak weasel to shush up his participation, in order to keep his shot at inventing forced health care on the masses.
Next day, no lawsuit. Is Edwards a slow pony, or a smart pony?
Nah, Stoo; although it might have sunk him in a paternity suit before the advent of DNA testing.
So long as he gets a test when the child is born and challenges his paternity after the birth of the child, he could get off the hook for support. The question of assumed paternity is off the table, as he can not possibly marry the woman. Or he might assume the mantle of “Dad” willingly, even if were not the father. I could imagine incentives for that course of action.
Cincere, the article notes as fact, only that the woman in question is pregnant.
They note another man claims paternity.
They do not say Edwards is the father, or even the likely father, of the child.
They just say the circumstances have raised all sorts of eyebrows and speculations. So there is nothing to sue for, no slander, since earlier press accounts linked Edwards and his alleged correspondent.
Edwards leaked the story himself to make himself appear less Nancy-boy… The weak little stratagem obviously didn’t work…
Shouldn’t JHoward be outraged?
Oh yeah? Oh yeah? Well I’ll have you all know I could make all kinds of illegitimate babies.. if I felt like it.
The Enquirer is fleshing out their report, and hilarity ensuses:
Having been despondent at the lost comedy gold opportunities associated with Marcotte’s departure from the Edwards campaign, I’m tickled with this development. Thank you, Silky. Merry Christmas to you too.
That Enquirer article is comedy gold. Truth is often much better than fiction.
BWAAA HAHAHA!!!
When reporters accosted Edwards to ask about his relationship with Rielle and Young, he denied being John Edwards, stating that Edwards was currently kibbutzing in “The Other America.”
By all that is holy I think I pulled a muscle laughing.
Once people start denying the existence of themselves, in person, it cannot get much better than that.
Stand by your man. Hasn’t this popped up in a democrat pres campaign before?
After reading the above article again and LMAO, again, I’m reminded of Mythbuster Adam’s great line:
“I reject your reality, and substitute my own!”
Sounds like it should be the moonbat motto.
Dang! Edwards is so rich he hired a surrogate father for his illegitimate child!
The day Edwards convinces the majority of voters that he should be president is the day I start looking for easily defended land in Wyoming or Montana. Having said that, AFAIK Edward’s doesn’t have a history of this, and the inquirer’s story is based entirely on a anonymous “friend” of the pregnant woman. Considering he has young kids and a wife dying of cancer, I would have hoped there would be some, or any, evidence that Edward’s was the father before releasing this version of the story.