Edwards Admits to Affair, Denies Fathering Child

[spicedogs]

 

The Associated Press
Friday, August 8, 2008; 3:06 PM

 

WASHINGTON -- Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is admitting to an extramarital affair but denies fathering the woman's daughter.

Edwards tells ABC News that he lied repeatedly about the affair with a 42-year-old woman but says that he didn't love her. He says he has not taken a paternity test but knows he isn't the father because of the timing of the affair and the birth.

ABC says a former Edwards campaign staffer claims he is the father, not Edwards.

Edwards was a top contender for the Democratic nomination for president. He placed second in the Iowa caucuses last January but dropped out of the race a few weeks later.

Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina, was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004. 

SOURCE:  Washington Post


  

Comments

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

Supposedly it was when his wife was in remission, but that really isn't the point.

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, his wife is in remission. So it is OK to have an affair. Honestly.

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

That's what I was saying. Pathetic.

[mythicfeline.livejournal.com]

Sadly, this has gone on since the founding fathers chased their slave girls around the plantation. We are just now beginning to make an issue of public officials fooling around. You need only go back to the [mostly male] press keeping shut about JFK's affairs in the White House to know things were different as little as 40 years ago.

This will never change. I think the only reason we aren't hearing about this with McCain or Obama is because for one, it's been partially covered with McCain. And two these guys have got their operations stitched up tight, especially now. It's possible they are flying straight, but Edwards' statement hit on a valid point, even if it sounds like BS. When you have people around you telling you you are wonderful, you begin to believe the hype and begin to believe you can do whatever you wish. And sadly with some men, it's not hard for some girl or woman to nail them. It's their biology and unless there is some sort of evolutionary change, rare is the man in such circumstances who will resist an offer to act on his urges if he thinks he can get away with it. In that sense you feel sort of sorry for the pathetic saps. Because they never think about the possibility someone might get pregnant or someone might get a disease until it's too late.

Sometimes we suffer from the overabundance of information. John Edwards' affair will affect my life by about 0%. It's the stuff I hear about the people right around me that disturb me.

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

Yes, that is very true.

I totally hear what you are saying about the male gender. It is sad they don't think of the consequences of their actions.

I really don't care one way or the other about Edwards, either. I just hate hypocrites.

[mooncove.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with MythicFeline. And, BTW, that picture of "him" with a baby may very well not be him. It's so blurry, you can't tell who it is, and he says it couldn't have been taken during his meeting with Ms. Hunter because that's not what he was wearing. If you want to hear the whole story in his words, here is the Nightline interview he did last night:

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5546322

Personally, I believe him, but even if he's lying (again), I couldn't care less about politicians' private sex lives as long as they're not persecuting other people for doing the same thing. And I don't blame them for lying about it; I would cuz it's nobody else's business. (I do want my campaign contribution back though!)