Way back in December we ran a couple of items about a woman named Rielle Hunter, who was alleged to have had an affair and a baby with John Edwards. (The “I talk about two Americas” guy, not the “I talk to your dead relatives” guy.) The story broke in the National Enquirer, which caused many people to dismiss it. This, despite the fact that the Enquirer has legitimately broken a lot of stories in the past, including Jamie Lynn Spears’ pregnancy at 16, Monica Lewinski’s infamous blue dress, Rush Limbaugh’s fondness for pills, Dog the Bounty Hunter’s “n-word” tape, and many others. They may be sleazemongers, but that doesn’t mean they’re always wrong.
And if their latest Edwards/Hunter story is true, boy oh boy:
Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.
The married ex-senator from North Carolina — whose wife Elizabeth continues to battle cancer — met with his mistress, blonde divorcée Rielle Hunter, at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night, July 21 — and the NATIONAL ENQUIRER was there! He didn’t leave until early the next morning.
Again, just in case you missed it, this is from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER. Oh, and this part is just perfect:
Rielle had driven to Los Angeles from Santa Barbara with a male friend for the rendezvous with Edwards. The former senator attended a press event Monday afternoon with L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on the topic of how to combat homelessness.
Here’s a great way to keep from being homeless: Get knocked up by a millionaire with presidential aspirations. He’ll make sure you’ve got a roof over your head and all your bills are paid, as long as you keep your mouth shut.
Read the whole story. I don’t know if it’s funny or sad, so I’m gonna say both. If Edwards spent half as much time covering his tracks as he does on his hair, he might not have gotten caught. Say hi to Gary Hart, John…
Great, somebody stole my plan!
hey, Rielle, it’s impressive enough you snagged a guy who has clearly wanted to be president for a while, so you had to KNOW this would come back to bite him in the ass. But, on top of all that - BONUS POINTS for the lovechild. Seriously.
And concerning other politicians, I just would like to offer some advice (because clearly some need it):
Don’t Be A Fool, Wrap Your Tool (especially when banging women who do not happen to be your wife.)
Edwards was an idiot as oh, snap, said for not wearing a condom. Is he Catholic? *duck* He’s a bigger idiot for getting caught. After all, how many of these guys don’t have a mistress? I’d be impressed to find a few that don’t, honestly.
“I don’t know if it’s funny or sad…”
Trust me. It’s hysterical.
Drove up with a male friend? Geez, I’ve been in some pretty sad and futile straights with women but I’ve never been the guy driving a girl I know to get laid by somebody else while I take care of her kid in a another room.
Unless he’s the man in her life now and she’s just meeting with Edwards to discuss by how much her hush money er, support payments should be increased. If that’s the case his evident emasculation is acceptable.
Sad for the senator’s wife and family, sad for everyone involved, really. In a kind of sad, sordid way.
Damn it, man! Didn’t you see the condition of his hair?!?
Cut the guy some SLACK, for Chris’ sake!
So his wife is dying? W-E-L-L, I guess the whole friggin’ world has to stop, huh?
He’s just a MAN, man. Da’ boy got NEEDS.
WWJD, muther-scratcher?
I’m certainly no a apologist for the Enquirer, but how friggin’ stupid would they have to be to deliberately slander a nationally known, and very successful (despite total douche-bag) trial lawyer?
If there’s nothing to this, he could (& would) sue them out of existence in a heart-beat.
My bet is he’s re-counting his (mis)steps to estimate how much evidence (pictures & phonecons) they might have against him.
I don’t see the problem here. A man’s got to get the poison out once in a while, and I’m sure his wife doesn’t want to take time off from her chemo and nausea to satisfy her husband. He was just trying not to inconvenience his wife.
I was gonna make a tin foil hat, Karl Rove connected conspiracy theory joke about all of this, but then I did a Google search. And they aren’t kidding. Scary people walk among us.
JOHN EDWARDS IS DONE!!!!!!!