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]

Geez. That's disgusting. When did this affair take place? If that staffer takes a paternity test and finds out it's not his, then Edwards better agree to take it!

I feel bad for Elizabeth.

[divka.livejournal.com]

All I can say is "ugh." >(

[saintofbodom.livejournal.com]

That's just wrong. Ick. I hate to say it, but I feel for the woman's child. Not knowing who to call daddy must really, really be hard to deal with.

And, yes, he'd sure as heck better agree to take the paternity test if the other man's isn't a match.

[cdsdame.livejournal.com]

Good grief, don't marriage vows mean ANYTHING ANYMORE? Sheesh.

[shalimar77777.livejournal.com]

Nothing to say except that I don't buy that the baby isn't his. And yes, it's pretty damn low to cheat on your wife who has possibly terminal cancer. :(

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

On the news tonight, they said he did say he'd be willing to take any tests necessary.

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

I know! Makes me so disgusted!

[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.

[shalimar77777.livejournal.com]

Meh...I'll believe it when I see it. It's one thing to say you'll do something and another to do it. If he's so certain that it's not his, he should've already taken a test because he has nothing to worry about.

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it! And why was he visiting the baby last month, if he doesn't think it's his?

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

Me thinks he may be guilty.

[shalimar77777.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and on top of visiting the baby, I saw pics where he was holding it! WTF? Now, the Enquirer isn't the most reliable rag in the world, but if they're running this they've done their homework and had about a million lawyers check this out. They don't want to get sued.

AND...supposedly they have bank records of him sending this woman $15,000 a month! $15,000 a month for a fling he supposedly didn't love? Uh, I don't think so!

[shalimar77777.livejournal.com]

IAWTC X 100,000,000,000,000

He's acting really shady about this whole thing. And of course, drop the news during the Olympic opening ceremonies AND on a Friday, so no one notices, right? Pfft!

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

Guilty as charged!

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

Since when does the Enquirer give a rat's ass?

Maybe he felt guilty? But, yeah, it sounds like he was keeping a love nest or paying for the baby he claims isn't his.

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

It's called, "I'll give you money and you will shut up, bitch."

[shalimar77777.livejournal.com]

ROFLMAO!

Where can I find a man like that? XD

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

I think in Washington, DC and North Carolina.

[shalimar77777.livejournal.com]

I think they've been following this for a while...

There are a few things that bother me about this whole thing.

#1: He had this in the background and he still went forward, took the money from his donors, and ran for president.

#2 He seems to keep trying to frame it that his wife's cancer was in remission when he did it.

#3 You guys know my politics, but more than anything this is about hypocrisy. I think that anyone that stands up, regardless of political party, and pretends to be some sort of saint/bulletproof person has to pay the price for being a liar and a cheat. That includes Larry Craig, Bill Bennett, etc.

I didn't even really have a problem with Bill Clinton's affair, just the way he handled it. Could've been done better.

See, I'm not a partisan hack! XD

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

I don't think so. She could publish a book and talk about what a lover he was and how he told her that he thought his wife was homey and would die soon and he would take this woman with him. Blah, bllah.

[shalimar77777.livejournal.com]

ROFLMAO - She'd get a big advance for that too. Sad.

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

Let's face it, as long as men have an electable penis, as long as they are powerful and have money, and as long as there are women who don't give a rat's ass whose penis gets in them, we will have this type of scandal.

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, this has nothing to do with partisanship. I'm a Dem and don't condone this at all. But, yeah, fooling around while running for Pres? So stupid. Gary Hart, anyone?

It doesn't matter if his wife was in remission or not. But the fact that she had been going through what she was just makes it that much worse.

Amen!

I loved Bill Clinton and was crushed to learn he had an affair. I was so angry with him for a long time.