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Edwards: "I Did Not Love Or Knock Up That Woman I Was Cheating On My Wife With"

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YES AND NO Edwards, Hunter
Worst Friday news dump ever: "John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extra-marital affair with a novice film-maker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.

In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 42-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.

Edwards also denied he was the father of Hunter's baby girl, Frances Quinn, although the one-time Democratic Presidential candidate said he has not taken a paternity test." [ABC News]

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Ummm, it's not an "exclusive" if it's a note ABC News broke a story you didn't.

Posted by: Escapade on August 8, 2008 3:29 PM

The new media owes a lot of this sleuthing to Fortunate Son.

That's where I got the lead from, though I thought it was Denver Mavericks, not Dallas Mavericks.

Posted by: Rie11eHunter on August 8, 2008 3:31 PM

You didn't blurb the best part:
"Edwards denied paying any money to Hunter to keep her from going public but said it was possible some of his friends or supporters may have made payments without telling him."
Hah! I love it. As long as these people (whom he doesn't know) keep paying Rielle (whom he doesn't love) money (that he didn't authorize) there never will be a paternity test. At least he's done something right in this whole fiasco.

Posted by: westvillager on August 8, 2008 3:32 PM

Closure. Finally. Now, can we get Neel Shah to take secret spy photos of Michael Phelps screwing someone?

Posted by: BoHan on August 8, 2008 3:40 PM

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he said he loved you but he lied, Rielle. you been pumped 'n dumped.

Posted by: smashleigh on August 8, 2008 3:44 PM

I'm pretty sure Eric Montross is the father.

Posted by: neel shah on August 8, 2008 4:00 PM

Right. And he didn't inhale either. I'm surprised he didn't blame the Duke lacrosse team. If this went on since 2006 then it makes his wife complicit in the cover-up as she stood there smiling while John droned on about family values and love and whatever else popped into his little brain. And what were they doing? Passing around Rielle Hunter for the campaign staff's evening recreation? Tthey don't even know who the father is. I just hope the baby doesn't look like Barak Obama or Joe Biden. Who knows what happened after all those debates in the fall?

Posted by: WisconsinRules on August 8, 2008 4:09 PM

"worst Friday news dump ever" pretty much covers it. been carrying this around for months like so many of us getting for that small size 8 bass weejun loafer to fall on top of perma-boy's head, hopefully a few weeks before denver.

and now it has.

jesus. what was he thinking? trash your career, one of america's best women, a family, the trust of your supporters, etc...for rielle hunter!?! such a skank that she's been "immortalized" by overrated 80s literateurs jay mcinerney and brett e. ellis as allison poole?

my family's from north carolina and i'll never tell another soul about it.

fool.

Posted by: sailor on August 8, 2008 5:51 PM

Nice work on all of this, Neel.

Posted by: karion on August 8, 2008 7:14 PM


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