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A Deceiver reader — perhaps responding to my annoyingly smug statement in my previous “John & Rielle” post that I know how to use Google, unlike 99% of the journalists in the U.S. — points out that you can find more information about the mysterious Bob McGovern via… Google. D’oh!

If you’re just joining us, McGovern is the gentleman who last week allegedly rented two rooms at the Beverly Hilton (and served as a one-man shuttle service) as a favor to John Edwards, Rielle Hunter, the baby girl who Edwards says isn’t his, and the veritable legion of National Enquirer reporters waiting outside. McGovern is also listed on the “board of directors” of Being Is Free, Hunter’s once-deleted, now-resurrected website. And he may be the “Bob” who Hunter once described as her “savior, healer of all healers.”

Who is this guy?

I think we might be able to find out. If you go to the Google cache of MargaretSweet.com, which is the site for an astrologer named, aptly enough, Margaret Sweet (who’s also a friend of Hunter’s), there’s a page called “Helpful Dudes.” But despite the plural, apparently there’s only one dude who Margaret Sweet considers helpful:

Robert (Bob) McGovern - Healer

Bob McGovern is an intuitive who has worked as a healer since 1988. He works with energy in the area of the emotional fields. He uses philosophy, psychology and the intuitive to find resolutions that move people back into alignment with the universe and into a place of peace, harmony and joy.

Bob uses the intuitive to help people with a variety of life issues, including relationships, career and health. His knowledge of the past and the future helps people find balance in the present. He is able to separate out surrounding negative energy, which allows people to have a clearer perception of their own options and choices. He works to empower people so that they can respond to the challenges of daily life with greater discernment and fuller understanding.

That really does sound intuitive, doesn’t it?

The “Helpful Dudes” page also lists McGovern’s Santa Barbara phone number and mailing address, which are current as of June 12, but I don’t think it’s good netiquette to give out that sort of info in blog posts. Although if you’re, say, a newspaper reporter and you have a few free minutes in your busy day, maybe you could click this link, call the guy up, and ask if he’s the same Bob McGovern who’s in the middle of this non-scandal? And if so, maybe you could see if he cares to comment on the whole non-situation? Just throwing that out there; I’m not a journalist and I’m not really sure how you guys do what you do. Sorry if I’m overstepping my bounds.

(8/2 Update: According to the 7/31 McClatchy story on Frances Quinn Hunter’s fatherless birth certificate, the baby was born in Santa Barbara. And the Enquirer says McGovern and Hunter drove to the Beverly Hilton from Santa Barbara. Is that what they call a corroborating detail? Also, as of today, the Google cache of the “Helpful Dudes” page has been updated, and McGovern’s contact info is gone. Did you already save a copy to your hard drive? I did.)

Anyway. Strangely, if you go to the “Helpful Dudes” page now, all you see is this:

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