Friday, August 08, 2008
JOHN EDWARDS
Edwards Admits to the Affair
If you've got bad news, put it out late on a Friday*. Like, you know, admitting an affair when you've been insisting for weeks that the rumor was "tabloid trash."
But Edwards says he didn't love the other woman, which I guess makes it okay.
He denies being the father of her child, but hasn't taken a paternity test. Well, I guess we can give him the benefit of the doubt.
* UPDATE: A Friday. In August. Hours before the Olympics opening ceremonies. On a week when Brett Favre got traded. (Okay, that last one is huge news to me.)
We're going to hear a lot of, "this is between him and Elizabeth." Uh, as ABC notes, "His political action committee later paid her $114,000 to produce campaign website documentaries despite her lack of experience." If you gave to Edwards' PAC, you may want a refund, unless you intended to underwrite Edwards' mistress slush fund.
And one other point - he admits that he did indeed meet with the woman in question at the Beverly Hills Hilton last month, and Elizabeth didn't know he was meeting with her.
If the affair is over, and the child is not his, why is he secretly meeting with her around 2 a.m.? Just to chat?
ANOTHER UPDATE: The reaction over on Daily Kos runs the gamut, but this one left me howling. "He makes mistakes, too. Kudos to him for owning up to it."
You see, he deserves kudos for admitting the affair after about a year's worth of denials.
08/08 03:22 PM
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