National Enquirer Enters The 2008 Presidential Race With Edwards Love-Child Story

The National Enquirer has gone political in their most recent issue, alleging that John Edwards has fathered a love-child with a filmmaker who once worked on a series of webisodes for his One America Committee. Rumors of the affair between Edwards and the filmmaker, a 43-year-old divorcee named Rielle Hunter, have been denied by both parties.

Now, as the Enquirer has published photos of a clearly pregnant Hunter, she has gone on the record confirming that she is pregnant but denying that Edwards is the father. She claims that the biological father is Edwards operative Andrew Young, a married man who confirms both his extramarital affair with Hunter and that the baby is his. Hunter, who lived in New York, has recently relocated to a gated community in North Carolina near Young and his family. But, the Enquirer claims that Hunter is privately telling friends that Edwards fathered the baby.

Comments

[fraziersview]

Small minds talk about people.
Medium minds talk about issues.
Large minds talk about ideas.....­..How big is your mind????????

[Researchguy66]

Edwards-people, Please-Ple­ase-Please do not take the bait. There's no way of knowing where this came from. May have been Hillary, Obama, Biden, Richardson hoping to sip into third...no way of knowing. Keep focus on the Edwards agenda. Spread hope. Let the others wallow in the mud.

[Zhonni]

All those associated with the National Enquirer should be ashamed of themselves!!!

We don't have any need for useless rumors!!!

[Kalima]

Ok!
Now all of the ME crowd who don't believe in God can
you at least open your minds to a child named Youssif?
A liitle boy playing ball in front of his house,was
doused in gasoline and set on fire by three guys in
masks.His injuries are unbelievab­le.A CNN woman
producer brought his story to the attention of CNN.
They organized treatment and travel for Youssif
and his family.The­y are in the U.S.now and he has
started the first few surgeries to restore his face.
You don't believe in God,O.K.
Cynics that you are,can you not at least in this time
of giving,spare a little time to hear his story?
I did and it is inspirational.
I have problems with links from CNN but hope
you take the time to follow up.
I won't say Merry Christmas but Happy holidays
to all of you and your loved ones from Tokyo.
Impact your World at;

http://edition.cnn.com/specials/2007/impact/index.
htm

[IkeChicago]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey has apologized to Barack Obama for any unintentional insult he committed by raising the Democratic presidential candidate's Muslim heritage while endorsing rival candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Kerrey sent a letter to Obama on Wednesday, lauding the Illinois senator's qualifications to be president and saying that he never meant to harm his candidacy. Kerrey told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that he sent the letter on his own and had not spoken to Clinton or her campaign about the comments he made Sunday in Iowa.

"What I found myself getting into in Iowa — and it was my own fault — it was the wrong moment to do it and it was insulting," Kerrey told the AP. "I meant no disrespect at all."

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the senator accepted Kerrey's apology, sent to the campaign in the mail and via e-mail

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jw9LxLiKitL3w_Vmj9UvflHDyFlQD8TL2LJG0

What are we to make of this apology, is this another of the Clinton tactic, Smear and Apologize, Smear and Apologize, Smear and Apologize. Did Bob Kerry get caught up with the Hillary Clinton campaign, was he asked by the Hillary people to slam Obama, or did he just get carried away. Is this apology genuine or is it directed by the Clintons.

[LCRover001]

Boy oh Boy are the Richies getting nervous.

Not only have they black balled Mr. Edwards by continuing to speak only about Hill and O, but now they are trying to pin him to an unmarried pregnant woman that worked on his campaign. What is the slimmest about this trash is that the parties involved have already told who the father is. Oh but some "friends" of hers tell that Edwards is the father. The Desperation is showing. The elitist of this nation can not stand Edwards. He made his fortune by defending those who could not afford to fight the rich and powerful. He talks of an America that panders to the people not the corporations. He is a threat to all the dirty work the corporations have been able to get done the past 7 years through their puppet GWB. Does anyone really think they are going to let all that money go to waste. This syndicate that has pulled the strings of GWB isn't going to take a chance Edwards is gaining momentum it is time to take him down a notch or two. What beter way than a sex scandal. I mean the people will not stand for that. A president gets a Hummer and he is raked over the coals the next guy has done things that no saine person can deny deserve impeachment and there isn't ever talk of it. True or not all they have to do is plant the seed and it will take on a life of its own from there. Tell a lie enough and it will become true, even bad ones.

[ProfessorVP]

Implying that since Matt Drudge is not a person of high quality (an understatement!), therefore whatever he puts out is a lie is plain silly. Saying that the National Enquirer plays to an audience of supermarket shoppers and therefore cannot be believed is flawed also; hey, wasn't Judy Miller employed by The Times, although really working for Dick Cheney?

I saw the video Rielle Hunter made of John Edwards, and the dude was obviously drunk. This would explain why he didn't know or care that the Clinton machine was spying on him.

[glitzqueen]

Oh, and ...

Breathes there a thinking man or woman who could seriously believe a guy who has Elizabeth Edwards would feel any urge to shop around?

[glitzqueen]

For all you need to know about this piece of smarm, see: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1007/The_Clintonite_who_owns_National_Enquirer.html

The corporate media -- including this rag, a propaganda tool for investment banker and would-be Clinton Treasury Secretary Roger Altmann -- will continue doing everything they can to destroy John Edwards, because he's the one candidate who really will upset the plutocrats' apple cart after their 30-year run of robbing everybody else.

Please, Arianna, don't dignify defamatory lies with space on these pages -- particularly with scandalous images that the ignorant will process as reality.

[Tator]

I am a Libertaria­n/Conserva­tive from North Carolina. I know Edwards to be just another elitist, but this story is not right.

I do not believe it for a minute. I believe the child is indeed not Edwards and the original story months back about the affair was bogus also.

Edwards is a socialist and and elitist, but he is not a Slick Willy.

[partyofone]

Why is Huffpo reporting a false allogation by the Nationla Enquier as News? Aren't you just helping to spread viscious lies intended to damage Edwards and sabotage the democratic process?

Drudge posted this cover for days with "DEVELOPING" and no details. I thought Huffpo had higher standards.

There are FALSE rumors circulating on ALL OF THE CANDIDATES. How do you choose which FALSE RUMORS to headline and which to ignore?

I"M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HUFFPO. Credibility is earned you know.

[IkeChicago]

Something smells about this story, why did Andrew Young step up and claim to be the father. Here is my argument, a married man would deny, deny, deny, he would demand DNA, RNA, CAN, VNA and every test know to man, before accepting responsibility. Andrew Young is covering for someone, he should have kept his mouth shut and the story would not have passed the smell test.

Andrew Young, you should have kept your mouth shut, with your admitting to being the father, you just cast more suspicion on John Edwards.

[Kalima]

Just when you think that people couldn't be any
more morally corrupt,someone puts out a story
like this.
Has it ever been this tacky?
Is this Hollywood or politics?
It is hard to know where one starts or ends.
America is crazy!

[buddhistMonkey]

The National Enquirer is screwing with the wrong guy. John Edwards can, and probably will, sue them into oblivion, and he rarely loses his cases.

[MRb1000]

Where are all those Hillary hit people now! Most likely hiding because they know where this stuff came from Hillary. Yeah laugh now and you will pay later!!!!!