http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/johnedwards/ en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:38:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410770/posts Rielle Hunter wants John Edwards to pay $17,910 a month in child support for her daughter, Frances Quinn Hunter, according to the National Enquirer. Private financial negotiations between Hunter and Edwards reportedly broke down last week when her demands for the 22-month-old child were more than the former senator and presidential candidate was willing to pay. Edwards has never publicly acknowledged that he is the girl's father, but did admit to an affair with Hunter at a time when his wife, Elizabeth, was battling cancer. Now, legal documents obtained by Radaronline.com appear to show communication between Hunter and her attorney,... Politics Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410770/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:38:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409041/posts Staffer once claimed to have fathered child of former candidate's mistress ABC News will air an exclusive interview next month with the man who once claimed to have fathered the child of former Sen. John Edwards' mistress, the network said Wednesday. ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff's interview with Andrew Young will air Jan. 29 on "20/20." Young was a longtime friend and aide to Edwards, the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004. Young will discuss his upcoming book, "The Politician," an account of Edwards' 2004 campaign and the Rielle Hunter scandal, the network said. Hunter's video production firm worked... AP via MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409041/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:33:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404952/posts When Rielle Hunter, the mother of John Edwards' love child,demanded more money in child support from the disgraced two-time Presidential loser, he tossed her and their daughter out on the street, sources tell the ENQUIRER exclusively! Top secret documents obtained exclusively by The ENQUIRER provide undeniable proof that John Edwards is the father of his mistress' love child - and show that she's asking for nearly $18,000 a month in support! National Enquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404952/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:16:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383397/posts John Edwards' $400 Haircut Tip Came From Obama Campaign 4:59 pm November 10, 2009 Remember John Edwards' famous $400 haircut? It was that story, leaked to Politico back in April of 2007, that helped bring down Edwards as a "man of the people" kind of candidate in his second bid for the White House. And where did that tip come from? The Obama campaign. Politico's Ben Smith, who initially reported the "hair apparent" story, writes that David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama's race for the White House, fesses up to the Obama campaign's role in leaking the story: I was... NPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383397/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:12:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364410/posts WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- While former Sen. John Edwards' political career may be over, 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's may just be starting, a Gallup Poll suggests. Edwards' favorable ratings dropped 27 points between July 2004 and January 2008. The decline was the steepest in consecutive polls since Gallup began using its favorable/unfavorable format in 1992, the Gallup Poll said Friday. The former U.S. senator from North Carolina was Sen. John Kerry's Democratic running mate in 2004 and ran for president early in the 2008 election cycle. He was rated favorably by 21 percent of respondents and... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364410/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:03:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349614/posts Former presidential candidate John Edwards is said to be ready to admit that he fathered a love child. But Hades may have a skating rink before his wife, Elizabeth, signs off on such a confession. A source close to Elizabeth Edwards says the former Senator's wife is sniping at former Edwards mistress Rielle Hunter via an online pseudonym. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/09/27/2009-09-27_john_edwards_exmistress_rielle_hunter_targeted_by_elizabeth_edwards_in_blog_comm.html#ixzz0SL2aaST3 Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/09/27/2009-09-27_john_edwards_exmistress_rielle_hunter_targeted_by_elizabeth_edwards_in_blog_comm.html#ixzz0SL2aaST3 As a grand jury in North Carolina considers whether Edwards misused campaign funds to cover up the scandal, Elizabeth still can't abide his former mistress, Rielle Hunter. Word is Elizabeth vehemently opposed the plan, now in... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349614/posts#comment Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:55:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345737/posts A federal grand jury is reportedly winding down its investigation into whether former senator John Edwards broke any laws when his political committees made payments to his former mistress, Rielle Hunter. But here’s a random question: why is Edwards, who quit the 2008 Democratic primary almost two years ago, still spending money from his presidential fund-raising accounts? Since January, the John Edwards for President committee along with a separate account, Edwards for President, have spent more than $625,000, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. That’s not much compared to compared to usual Washington standards (A House race,... Newsweek/The Gaggle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345737/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:55:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344932/posts The New York Times, of all news outlets, published a John Edwards mini-scoop Saturday (on its front page, no less), informing us the onetime Senator and presidential aspirant is “considering” owning up to the paternity of his putative love-child with Rielle Hunter. Telling the simple truth is evidently something politicians in this post-George Washington era have to “consider” – no cherry trees for our John, nor for his wife Elizabeth who, the Times further informs us, is reluctant for her husband to make this revelation. In her view, the old saw “the truth shall make you free” does not apply... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344932/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:27:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2344988/posts John Edwards Promised to Wed Mistress; Dave Matthews to Play Ceremony Monday – September 21, 2009 11:51am John Edwards promised mistress Rielle Hunter that he'd marry her once his wife Elizabeth died of cancer, Edwards' former aide alleges in a shocking new book proposal. According to a copy obtained by the New York Times, Andrew Young claims Edwards told Hunter that the ceremony would take place on a New York rooftop and feature an appearance by the Dave Matthews Band. US Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2344988/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:00:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2344449/posts The ickiest detail in The New York Times story on John Edwards? Well, according to the paper, a book proposal by former Edwards aide Andrew Young says the one-time senator, one-time Democratic vice presidential candidate once promised Rielle Hunter they would marry on a New York City rooftop with the Dave Matthews Band making a special guest appearance. (While bands love publicity, I can imagine the DMB cringing at this particular association.) If I knew my husband was making plans with a girlfriend for wedding No. 2 – after my death – he could cancel any festivities because he would... Politics Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2344449/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:15:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343781/posts The Edwards Drama Awaits a Denouement By NEIL A. LEWIS CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The story of the spectacular rise and fall of John Edwards, with its sordid can’t-look-away dimensions, is moving slowly but deliberately to its conclusion here in North Carolina. Mr. Edwards, the one-term senator who came close to being elected vice president in 2004 and ran a credible campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, remains largely secluded at his 100-acre estate here. But a federal grand jury in nearby Raleigh is investigating whether any crimes were committed in connection with campaign laws in an effort... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343781/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:43:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332534/posts SHE’S 87, STILL KICKING, and almost certainly still dieting, and the old bird has earned herself a scholarly biography the hard way; if Helen Gurley Brown’s journey from the outhouses and tent revivals of the Ozarks into the cocktail parties and four-color closings of the Hearst Corporation can’t make a corker of a story, nothing can. Bad Girls Go Everywhere, by Jennifer Scanlon, a gender and women’s-studies professor at Bowdoin, is a comprehensive report on HGB theory, which is in a revisionist phase. It rejects the earlier view, long held by giants of the women’s movement such as Gloria Steinem,... The Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332534/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 23:51:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328188/posts Potential readers should not be deterred by the vaguely Hallmarkish cover—and subtitle—of this book, both of which may be blamed on the publisher. I’m assuming that Broadway Books has a packaging-and-editing style all its own, because on page 88 it makes Elizabeth Edwards tell us something that “Edmund Wilson, the incomparable twentieth-century literary critic, said.” Perhaps someone at the firm felt that this would explain just exactly who Wilson was to a reader who didn’t know, but the effect is to be condescending and to diminish the impact of reading a senator’s wife who is well able to cite Edmund... The Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328188/posts#comment Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:17:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322378/posts Only one recently-wronged political wife—Elizabeth Edwards—has written a book discussing her ordeal. But in its segment today on "forgiveness," Good Morning America ignored John Edwards and his wandering ways. When it came to polyamorous politicans, ABC focused exclusively—surprise!—on two Republicans: Mark Sanford and David Vitter. The release of the Libyan Lockerbie murderer, the Manson murders anniversary and the re-entry into the NFL of Michael Vick were the jumping-off points for the segment. But when politics popped up, the only examples bore the GOP label . . . View video here. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322378/posts#comment Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:06:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320920/posts John Edwards and Rielle Hunter go on the Maury Povich Paternity Test Show to see who is the daddy! VIDEO YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320920/posts#comment Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:58:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317752/posts The National Enquirer is reporting what everyone already knew—that John Edwards is in fact the father of Rielle Hunter's child—and a North Carolina TV station says he may admit paternity. This news has been met largely with shrugs. Edwards is not only a failed candidate, he is a failed politician, with next to no influence among Democrats. Still, the news raises two tantalizing hypothetical questions: What if Edwards had won the Democratic nomination? What if he had won the presidency? First question first. It's easy to forget how close John Edwards came to being the Democratic nominee. When Edwards entered... Slate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317752/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:40:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315982/posts In an August 2008 interview with ABC John Edwards denies that he is the father of his mistress' baby. Edwards also says he is open to a paternity test. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315982/posts#comment Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:11:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315858/posts Former Sen. John Edwards (D) is expected to admit that he is the father of a child born by his former mistress. So ends one of the most shameful political story in recent memory, as it ends a career. Edwards - who ran for president in 2004 and in 2008 (and was John Kerry's 2004 running mate) - was supposed to be the Democrat's best hope (before Barack Obama), in the model of Robert F. Kennedy. However, as his wife battled inoperable breast cancer, stories began swirling during the 2008 campaign that the former Senator at a love-child with a... The GOPNation.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2315858/posts#comment Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:11:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2315576/posts Oh my: yes, John Edwards was and is indeed the father of the baby, Frances, born to Rielle Hunter. That, at least, is what the National Enquirer is reporting. Yes, really, a US Senator was not only cheating upon his cancer stricken wife, he then had a child by his mistress and ran to be US President while covering the matter up. He even got one of his aides to make claim to paternity. At the moment of course we don't actually know that John Edwards is the father of Reille Hunter's baby: we only have one report of a... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2315576/posts#comment Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:43:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2314736/posts Report: DNA Tests Proves Edwards Fathered Videographer's Daughter A secret DNA test proves former presidential candidate John Edwards is the father of the baby born from an affair with a campaign aide, the National Enquirer reported Wednesday. FOXNews.com Wednesday, August 12, 2009 A secret DNA test proves former presidential candidate John Edwards is the father of the baby born from an affair with a campaign aide, the National Enquirer reported Wednesday. The Enquirer, which last year broke the story of Edwards' affair with campaign videographer Reille Hunter and their alleged "love child," said the test was taken after Hunter tried... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2314736/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:57:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314618/posts BOMBSHELL WORLD EXCLUSIVE! John Edwards has secretly undergone a DNA test - and it proves he's the father of his mistress' love child, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively. Multiple sources confirm the bombshell development, and reveal lawyers for the disgraced presidential candidate are privately hammering out child support payments with his former lover Rielle Hunter. Edwards - who hotly denied he was the child's father when he publicly confessed his affair with Rielle on ABC's Nightline a year ago - has broken the news to his cancer-stricken wife Elizabeth, sources say. But The ENQUIRER has also learned that Rielle testified... National Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314618/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:55:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309637/posts RALEIGH, N.C. -- The former mistress of John Edwards arrived at a federal courthouse in Raleigh where a grand jury was meeting Thursday -- an appearance that comes as federal investigators examine the two-time presidential candidate's finances. Rielle Hunter walked into the building through a back entrance and holding a young child. Edwards adamantly denied during his confessional interview with ABC News last summer that he had fathered a child with Hunter, and he welcomed a paternity test. His wife, Elizabeth, has said while promoting her book that she doesn't know if her husband is the father. FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309637/posts#comment Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:20:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309543/posts Rielle Hunter, John Edwards' former mistress, went inside the federal courthouse in Raleigh Thursday morning. A grand jury is meeting in the courthouse. FBI agents escorted Hunter into a back entrance ... Edwards, a former U.S. senator from North Carolina and two-time presidential candidate, is under investigation to see if campaign funds were illegally paid to Hunter. There is also widespread speculation that Edwards fathered her child. Capitol Broadcasting http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309543/posts#comment Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:24:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2301623/posts It looks like Barack Obama has disappointed the DUmmies to the extent that they are now looking for a new hero. And who have they chosen? None other than an old hero, the ambulance chasing philanderer known as...John Edwards! Yes, unbelievably the Breck Girl now has strange new respect in DUmmieland as you can see in this THREAD, "John Edwards was RIGHT..." Too FUnnie! You sure know how to pick them, DUmmies. So let us now watch the DUmmies idolize their new/old hero in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, wondering if Edwards is still channeling... DUmmie FUnnies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2301623/posts#comment Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:51:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2300324/posts Last night during his national press conference, President Barack Obama maligned doctors as doing unnecessary operations based on greed, not the best interest of the patient. He said: “Right now, doctors a lot of times are forced to make decisions based on the fee payment schedule that’s out there. … The doctor may look at the reimbursement system and say to himself, ‘You know what? I make a lot more money if I take this kid’s tonsils out,’” Obama told a prime-time news conference. The president added: “Now, that may be the right thing to do, but I’d rather have... All-American Blogger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2300324/posts#comment Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:09:58 GMT