Edwards Love Child Pictures In This Week's Enquirer (PHOTOS)

The National Enquirer this week has several updates on the John Edwards/Rielle Hunter story, including pictures of Hunter's baby -- previously described as looking like "John Edwards in a onesie."

The day prior to Edwards bombshell admission to an affair on ABC's Nightline, Rielle Hunter and her 6 month old daughter, Frances Quinn Hunter, were flown out of the US onboard a chartered Learjet.


The private flight cost $50,000 and was paid for by Edwards' pals. The Hunters were the solo passengers aboard the eight-hour flight.


Destination: St. Croix in the Virgin Islands!


THE ENQUIRER tracked Rielle to St. Croix where our reporters discovered Rielle and the baby stayed in a luxurious oceanfront home owned by controversial trial lawyer Lee Rohn, another close friend of Edwards.

Comments

[Agentlady007]

Oh that little 'Frances' is so cute.

[sunny555]

I agree with all the people posting who say there was always something "disingenuous" about Edwards, but they wanted to believe in him. At least with Kerry, we knew what we were getting, like him or not. The phonies are the ones that truly frighten me the most, especially when they promote the happy family myth like Edwards did. I thought I had seen it all, but this man did more to lower my already very low opinion of politicians. This guy used his family in a way I had never seen before, not even by Clinton. We can't trust any of these guys. On the Republican side, I see shades of Edwards in Mitt Romney.. These good-looking, rich guys just have a sense of entitlement. Maybe I'm wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if something comes out about him down the road...the ones who tout their perfect families the most, are usually the worst.

[susanra]

I would definitely still vote for John Edwards! As would LetgoofmyEggo above.

Not all of us are sanctimonious, self-righteous non-forgiving people.

And yes, I do want to hear about any possible misues of funds. But we still have far to go in learning about the details of that.

We don't know that he misappropriated any campaign funds. We only know that he used PAC funds for videos which were recommended by a Hollywood independent director who directed such films as Swinger. The videos were the male director's idea.

I would still vote for Edwards. I strongly advocate his public policy proposals and I would like to see Edwards and other officials in the administration implement all of the progressive policy proposals.

[Agentlady007]

I think he wanted to meet me after this conception. Thank goodness, I was hoping his wanting to meet me was for purely professional political reasons. He reminds me opf my brother emotionally.
Gemini moons Women are attracted to the Gemini moon. He is also conceited. Loves to travel the world. His passin is knowing everyone on earth.

[KISSman]

God, I'd sure be pissed if I had been a die-hard Edwards supporter. What a creep.

[archim1]

Some comments suggest people are tired of this story, or thought it never should have been reported. In my view, it's important because, if Edwards continued the affair into 2007, he is guilty of a massive fraud on his contributors. When the rumors about the affair and baby surfaced in 2007, Edwards denied them and -- perhaps -- orchestrated a scheme to cover up the affair by enlisting an aide to claim he was the father and his wealthy friends to spend huge money to put Ms. Hunter and the "father" in swanky accommodations out of the public eye. Meanwhile, campaign cash continued to roll in. How many donors would have contributed if he had admiited cheating on his popular, sick wife while paying the flighty mistress he picked up in a bar $100,000 to run around with him? What Edwards allegedly did is no different than a company telling lies to hide bad news so it can attract investors -- a scenario that , when the truth comes out, results in litigation and criminal prosecutions. The possible legal consequences may be why Edwards feels he must claim the affair ended in 2006 (even if it didn't). That allows Edwards to defend his denials of the 2007 rumors as technically accurate (even if disingenuous) and potentially avoid legal consequences. When you add possible fraud to the fact that the lie could have destroyed Democratic chances for 2008 if Edwards had won the primaries, you have a significant and perhaps unprecedented

[CoulterIsASuccubus]

OK Enquirer. We get it.

Can we get back to Lindsay and her girlfriend now??

[Steamboater]

The baby looks like the son Edwards had with his wife e.g., same high forehead etc.

[kellygrrrl]

poor kid. why is this mother pimping her baby out?

[Cherubim]

When I seek clarity I read Ralph Waldo Emerson. To those of you, who like me are
John Edwards supporters, I wish to share with you Emerson's definition of a "Successful Life",
because it fits so truly John Edwards' life:

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

[impatient]

Yeah, I love that essay too. But Emerson built his construct on a blank canvas. He assumed that it didn't require much to leave the world a better place as long as you operated by the basic premise of "do no harm". I doubt very much that Edwards by any stretch of anyone's imagination can claim to have led a worthwhile life if this is what his actions have caused.

[Mort]

You think a life can't be worthwhile at all if someone cheats and loses trust? That makes him entirely bad and beyond redemption? If that were the case, slick Willy wouldn't have nearly the following he does. Everyone makes mistakes. It's part of being human. Most of us also do good things as well.

[susanra]

To poster above with the name 'inpatient':

What you say is completely absurd. Of course, John Edwards has led a worthwhile life!

I am astounded that you see yourself as judge and juror, and have such a narrow view.

[tenilla]

I did not want to post on this thread again, but please, please do not dare mention Ralph
Waldo Emerson on a National Inquirer/John Edwards thread.

Any healthy male of any age can "leave the world a bit better, ...by a healthy child..." Look at pictures of Edwards' younger daughter 4 years ago and now. She may be healthy, but she is not a happy child. The older daughter is losing her mother, and her father's reckless actions have made the whole family fodder for the tabloids. Through no fault of Cate Edwards, her privacy has been violated. Mrs. Edwards did not exactly help her children by authorizing the People magazine story with condemning interviews by her brother and best friend.

Instead of passively aggressively attacking her husband through People magazine, Mrs.
Edwards needs to see a good lawyer -- one who is not laundering money to pay off Rielle
Hunter -- get as much of the family assets as she can into her name and her childrens'
names. It probably is not legally possible, but if I were her I would want my brother to be
the guardian of the three Edwards children upon my death. John can spend the rest of
his miserable life listening to a homely, aging airhead babble about yoga and chanting.
(On the game show "Lingo", Rielle Hunter says that she is an actress who "likes to do a lot
of yoga and chant." "Bimbo" is too kind a word for her.)

[hmbgoblue]

It's a minor thing, I know, since the Enquirer seems to have gotten the big story mostly right, but really: "flown out of the US!" And where did they go? St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. Not the British Virgin Islands, but the US Virgin Islands. Last time I checked, it's still US territory. But I guess that would mess up the line about being flown out of the US. I certainly consider St. Croix as part of the US.

[Whatevah]

Please, for the love of god, stop covering this stupid, meaningless story.

[RedSt8r]

Not until the Ozzie & Harriet of Populism are exiled from public influence - forever.

[TX101]

But here you are, reading and posting. Ha!!

[wayne64]

Follow the money....Always follow the money.

[ladydragon]

Strywever

I agree 100% with what you say. I wonder why did this happen, he had already dropped out of the race; he did not do well when he was Kerry's running mate so i would say his political aspirations for higher office should be pretty much set aside. I just wonder who is trying to destroy his life, I would be willing to bet that this woman is behind all of this, there are so many ways to prevent pregnancy, she purposely allowed herself to become pregnant with a man who does not belong to her, I just don't see him leaving his wife for her even if she didn't have cancer, they just have too much history

[cblcar]

Let us not forget it takes two to get pregnant and clearly Edwards was too stupid and reckless think about wearing a condom. What a putz!

[Aesthete]

I'm not jumping to any conclusions about the paternity of the child without the appropriate DNA tests, which the child's mother refuses.

[Strywever]

Huffington Post, please knock this tabloid crap off! Really . . . I didn't mind reporting the story, but enough is enough. Now you're just joining the National Enquirer in the land of yellow journalism.

[AndrewMT]

Never thought I'd say this but John Edwards career is even deader than John Kerry's.

[Cherubim]

I think not. John Kerry was and is dull.
Being dull is a worst sin, than adultery.

[InfinteShibumi]

Not an "angelic" thing to say, Cherubim. Why must it be that being dull is worse than a cheat? I just don't get it.

[susanra]

AndrewMT,

John Kerry has a very productive, action-oriented, worthwhile career as a long-term U.S. Senator serving in the US Senate.

Or are you not aware that John Kerry is a US Senator?