Posted on 01/29/2010 6:47:20 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
Ex-Edwards Aide Andrew Young Speaks Out
Watch Bob Woodruff's exclusive interview on "20/20"
Friday, Jan. 29 at 10 p.m.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
I have little sympathy for liz edwards........she focused on her goal, instead of her family.....she had cancer and instead of focusing on her children in this crisis she focused on being first lady. she lived in denial while the whole country knew he had fathered another child with a slut. she bitterly clings to the life she wanted. very sad to be her, but she put up with that loser husband of hers and she wanted to foist him off on all of us. no, I have little sympathy for her.
Categories:John Edwards
'Energized' Bunny
A rich and weird Lloyd Grove story on the nonagenarian heiress who was John Edwards' last benefactor says she's "energized and amused" by the scandal surrounding him, and offers this detail on the financial backchannel that began by a chance acquaintance between a friend of hers and Andrew Young:
In 2007 and 2008, at the height of his crusade against the “Two Americas,” Mrs. Mellon secretly gave Edwards a total of $700,000 for his personal use—paying required gift taxes of up to 45 percent—at the behest of Young, who was acting as Edwards’ bag man. Young told her that the senator had an urgent “personal need,” according to a knowledgeable source. Bunny Mellon’s friends say Young didn’t reveal that the so-called “need” apparently was Edwards’ sex partner, New Age videographer Rielle Hunter, the mother of his love child—and they claim Mrs. Mellon was shocked, shocked, when she finally learned the truth.
According to two sources close to Mrs. Mellon, her suspicions weren’t even aroused by the unusual method of payment: She was advised to write bank checks for “furniture,” made out to Bryan Huffman's Monroe, North Carolina-based interior design business. Huffman in turn endorsed them over to Young, who then got the money to Edwards.
“She loves intrigue,” says a Mellon confidante. But she came to despise Young, who persisted in shaking her down, even after she told him the well was dry because she was having “liquidity issues.” According to the confidante, Young cheekily suggested that she take out a mortgage or perhaps sell some of her priceless paintings, to meet the "need." It was at this point that Bunny Mellon had enough. She phoned Edwards bitterly to complain.
"She's very angry at Andrew Young because of his aggressive solicitations of funds," says a confidante, "but she remains friends with John Edwards."
UPDATE: Title improved with pun, thanks to a reader. Posted by Ben Smith 02:56 PM
Didn't she kind of admit in the interview that they felt the end justified the means. She put up with it for the money and power they expected to gain if Edwards became president. I don't think she would have put up with it had they all just been regular joes.
****she put up with that loser husband of hers and she wanted to foist him off on all of us.****
You nailed it;)
Like when we serve our signature casserole and don’t tell the family that we left it out overnight!!! It tastes bad, smells suspicious, it may be spoiled, but we spent a lot of money on the ingredients - sorta like an investment. LOL!!
I have trouble with anyone who throws f-bombs to volunteers and innocent parties. We all lose our tempers; however, if we do, it should be followed by quick and sincere apologies.
This whole situation is an embarrassing trainwreck for them all. Just goes to prove.....character matters.
Maybe not a monster, Liz, but you did marry
a) a Democrat
b) a trial lawyer
c) a sociopath
and you were happy with at least two of the three as long as it kept you in high cotton. You know that old saying about dogs and fleas, Liz?
Exactly, that’s why I’m having trouble viewing her as a victim. She was in it for the ultimate gain.
One good thing about the selection is that John Edwards won't have any say in it.
One of her children should try to get that money back.
Yes it was true and no he never apologized. He also ripped Bauchmann and Palin.
I meant the Rielle chick is butt ugly, Elizabeth is very lovely.
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