I’ve been a little busy but it seems that the National Enquirer (I feel a little dirty just typing that) has reported a story, now confirmed by Fox News (really need to wash my hands now), regarding an encounter former presidential candidate John Edwards had at a hotel with a woman they describe as his mistress and the mother of his child.
Here’s a little video on a reporter asking Edwards about it.
If this is true, it’s a real shame. His wife, Elizabeth, deserves better.
The LA Times has a rundown here on other blog reactions.
VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local 
Tabor’s right. Even if you do believe that a candidate’s sex life shouldn’t disqualify him from office, having an affair while your wife is dying of cancer is going to be a serious character issue for a lot of people, including myself. Obama must have recognized immediately that for the sake of the Edwards family and for his own candidacy as well, there’s no way he can select Edwards as his running mate.
While I have tremendous sympathy for Elizabeth Edwards, I didn’t get the memo that this topic should not be discussed.
mij – I Googled and still haven’t found anything where Hunter says that Andrew Young is the father. In fact, I found the opposite.
At the bottom of the current Fox News story it says :
“Hunter has said that the father of her child is former Edwards campaign official Andrew Young. The 41-year-old married father of three has also said he is the father.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,391426,00.html
Talk is cheap. I’m sure all participants would be willing to provide a DNA swab for the paternity test.
I question this story because in this age of cameras that fit in a phone smaller than a human hand I would expect to see some photo evidence of Edwards fleeing the tabloid reporters. They get Britney Spears everytime she hits a person with her car.
I think that this is a personal matter and should be left for the people involved to work it out and live with whatever they decide. The problem with most people is that they put politicians and musicians and actors on a pedestal. Why not treat everyone the same, regardless, of their station in life. Be a little more understanding and compassionate for one another.
Nicole,
So you NEVER judge your friends, co-workers or ANYONE for their behavior?
BTW Actors and Musicians get away with murder. hell, celebutards spend MINUTES in jail for DUI so don’t lump them in with politicians as some sort of victims of their own fame. No one is FORCED to be in the public spot light and it is not a secret what comes with fame, political or otherwise.
Don’t worry Vivian – it’s only tabloid trash. John Edwards said he’s only been in love with one woman for the past 30 years, and heck – they just renewed their vows last year. Why, if such a thing were true, you’d have to ask yourself what else in the hagiography/mythology of John and Elizabeth Edwards is not true. And that would be a lot of work that journalists would rather not do. So, relax and understand that it is categorically false, it’s just tabloid trash, and it’s not true.