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Why the Press Is Ignoring the Edwards "Love Child" Story?
Slate Magazine ^ | July 23, 2008 | Jack Shafer

Posted on 07/23/2008 5:49:48 PM PDT by Kleebo151

Everybody had a good laugh last August when Roll Call broke the story about Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, getting arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for playing footsies in a toilet stall...

...But if Edwards had an affair and lied about it, shouldn't he suffer scrutiny akin to that of Craig? At least three-dozen daily newspapers in the United States published the Craig news the day after the Roll Call scoop, according to Nexis, but this morning not a single U.S. daily mentioned the Enquirer piece.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doublestandard; edwards; johnedwards; larrycraig; mediabias; riellehunter; scandals; slate
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To: Kleebo151


She kind of looks like Hugh Laurie (as Bertie Wooster) wearing a wig.
41 posted on 07/23/2008 6:38:16 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: afortiori

Look’s like a chick from a beer and shot joint in Buffalo, Same look you get from them when you tell them “get in the truck”


42 posted on 07/23/2008 6:38:31 PM PDT by reefdiver (Had Enough? Drill 4 OIL)
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To: All
This just in!! Pic of actual toilet!


43 posted on 07/23/2008 6:39:01 PM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: GregoryFul

Could be, but I still can’t bring myself to feel good about it.

If we revel in stuff like this, are we any better than the libtards?


44 posted on 07/23/2008 6:39:41 PM PDT by Laptop_Ron (Jindal/Palin '12)
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To: Dr. Sivana
For comparison:


45 posted on 07/23/2008 6:41:33 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Kleebo151

In all seriousness, if this is true, the Edwards family needs some help. Not from a phony Jesse Jackass type Reverend either.


46 posted on 07/23/2008 6:46:49 PM PDT by csvset
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To: Dr. Sivana

Gives ‘high mileage’ a whole new dimension.


47 posted on 07/23/2008 6:49:58 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: SuziQ

“Yeah, but all those women who watched Elizabeth on TV talking about her battle with cancer might not take to kindly to the thought that he’s schtupping the sexy blonde while his wife is likely dying.”


Agreed, SuziQ. Well, except for the “sexy” part. Maybe that’s just a really bad photo.


48 posted on 07/23/2008 6:50:09 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (If you don't vote, you don't matter.)
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To: Kleebo151

Someone needs to ask Elizabeth if she has any comments. The wives reaction usually will tell you volumes.


49 posted on 07/23/2008 6:55:37 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Kleebo151

Let me guess. Is it because all the news writers, editors, and publishers are Democrats? Could that be it?

This website and others like it, and talk radio, exist primarily because the news media is biased. And “journalism schools” are busy cranking out more graduates who are not only biased, but indoctrinated. So I would expect more alternative conservative news outlets in the future.


50 posted on 07/23/2008 6:57:54 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Boycott Washington D.C. until they allow gun ownership)
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To: chris_bdba

Right. The MSM is right on it. [sound of crickets]


51 posted on 07/23/2008 6:58:20 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Kleebo151

Now I know why Edwards is always spouting off about “Two Americas”. It permits him to have two lovers, two families and makes him a legend in his own mind...twice.


52 posted on 07/23/2008 7:02:09 PM PDT by miele man
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To: afortiori

Thanks for the side-by-side pic. The Breck girl and the Wreck girl.


53 posted on 07/23/2008 7:02:37 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: KC_Conspirator

Yes.. I can believe it. He is a POS. Always has been. I hope this goes on for weeks.


54 posted on 07/23/2008 7:04:10 PM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: Doc Savage
She must be able to suck the chrome off a trailer hitch because that is one UGLY kisser!

No, it's just an ugly expression on her face. I think she would be reasonably pretty if she smiled

55 posted on 07/23/2008 7:06:49 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Try a picture of Hugh Laurie in “House”. That might be even closer.


56 posted on 07/23/2008 7:08:55 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Boycott Washington D.C. until they allow gun ownership)
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To: Doc Savage

Here's a better shot of her

57 posted on 07/23/2008 7:09:54 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
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To: PapaBear3625
Nice picture - she looks like the before picture on one of those meth skank triptychs - before the teeth fall out.
58 posted on 07/23/2008 7:24:18 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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To: PapaBear3625

She doesn’t look like a lesbian, but the Enquirer seems to be right about things like this these days. Edwards’ feminine charms must have been too much for her to resist.


59 posted on 07/23/2008 7:29:29 PM PDT by Minn (Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
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To: Laptop_Ron
If we revel in stuff like this, are we any better than the libtards?

You have feel bad for the cancer stricken wife. But just like the Spitzer case, other than sympathy for the victim, let the Schadenfreude flow. This pompous ass has made a fortune in one of the most despicable ways imaginable, then blathered on and on about "two Americas".

Him taking himself out of the game with sexual improprieties would be the only public service he ever actually performed. Feel for his wife. Celebrate for your country.

60 posted on 07/23/2008 7:37:24 PM PDT by Minn (Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
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