John Edwards admitted today that he had an affair with Rielle Hunter, a 42 year old campaign worker. Edwards denied these rumors while running for President. Elizabeth Edwards has been suffering with cancer however John Edwards made sure to mention she was in remission when the affair occured. She has now been diagnosed with terminal career.
The affair occured in 2006 and Edwards says he is not the father of Miss Hunter's baby because he the timing of the affair and the baby's birth don't add up. In other words it had more than 9 months since he had slept with her, according the John Edwards.
There are alot of sites that go into this in-depth, but this isn't going to be one of them. Edwards made a terrible decision by cheating on his wife. It probably has cost him any chance to run for office in 2012, or even to have a role at this year's Democratic Convention or any role in any future Democratic Administration. His political career is over. How this affects his marriage is between John and Elizabeth.
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2 days ago
The guy has always oozed sleeze, and this goes to prove what kind of person he is. Wife at home with cancer. Way to go John.
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Well, Elizabeth has known about this for a couple of years, so I don't see that it will affect their relationship, but yeah, his political career is over. Best he can hope for is to be some sort of outside strategist five or ten years from now. Really hard to believe he ran for president with this hanging over his head. Incredibly selfish of the man.
ReplyDeleteThat said, Edwards doesn't even win the week in the sex scandal contest, as a Republican state rep in Missouri has been charged with sexually assaulting a fourteen year old girl. He had been having an affair with her mother, and she was apparently there when her daughter was assaulted.
Of course a State Rep doesn't make big news, no one even knows who he is. However I did her about it as I was talking with some people yesterday. I hope this guy gets 25to life.
ReplyDeleteso thats why he spends all that mney at a beauty shop
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