I've heard bits and pieces about John Edwards being confronted by news media coming out of a hotel after seeing his mistress this past week. Anyone else heard more?

I really feel sorry for his wife. Here she has cancer and has supported him and held her head high and now he does something like this?

I tried googling it and it looks like it's an affair that's been going on for a while.

Well, if it's true -- Shame on him!

Yep, I've heard about it too. If it's true it's totally disgusting.

i just found this National Enquirer link
<b>SEN. JOHN EDWARDS CAUGHT WITH MISTRESS AND LOVE CHILD!</b> - Celebrity News | Gossip - National Enquirer
I am not stating they are a reliable source...just posting because it has a picture of the woman (very unflattering)

Hard to know - the only source publishing anything about them is the Enquirer.

How often (if ever) has the Enquirer had the real true scoop - actually outscooping the more credible papers??? It just doesn't add up.

There have been little bits about this for months now - but always from the Enquirer. So I'm more than a bit leery of its authenticity...

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I'm reminded of the neighbor women with hair in rollers sharing gossip over the backyard fence. You 2 are a trip.

It's been on the news and I do think it's credible. It's terribly sad and terribly unfortunate... but I do believe it's true.

What I heard on the news was that he was seen leaving her hotel room in the wee hours of the morning. The reporters were staying at the hotel, and J.E. was not, so ultimately the security guards at the hotel had no responsibility to JE.

It is my understanding that they confirmed that it was JE who was there.

It's newsworthy only because he spent so much time painting himself as a devoted husband to his cancer-stricken wife.

But I'd say it's not a big story that needs to be on the news every night with all the salacious details exposed to the world. His wife is the victim of his infidelity and deserves to not have this overtake her life in such a public way. If he were still running, sure, it'd be a big deal. Given that he remains in the public eye and wants the confidence of the public, it's not out of the realm of 'understandable' for the public to have a right to some awareness if in fact he is still painting a picture of himself as a devoted and worried husband (and I don't keep up with him so I don't know if he IS doing this today).

Let the truth be known and then back off the story.

Well, if the National Enquirer says it, who are we to dispute it?

Heres a Fox News link
FOXNews.com - Guard Confirms Late-Night Hotel Encounter Between Ex-Sen. John Edwards, Tabloid Reporters - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum
I hope it is not true, I always sort of liked him.
just google and you will get tons of hits from sources reliable and not...I only put the National Enquirer link out there because it had the womans pic. He is such a handsome man, and the alleged "mistress" sure does look butt ugly (at least in that photo)

Fox isn't exactly an unbiased, credible news source.

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google it yourself and you can pick your source...I dont watch any cable news shows (DH is addicted to CNN)...I like Charlie Gibson and GMA...
I stand by my comment that I hope its not true

oh, I agree. I hope it's not. I don't know what to think about it, just pointing out the source. Of course, I'm not big on CNN either. I'm a Today show type, lol.

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Since John Edwards us no longer a Presidential candidate, but John McCain is, here is some interesting info on the candidate. Just Google McCain and infidelity and you will find lots more info:


The wife John McCain callously left behind | Mail Online

More articles:

"Until relatively recently, a self-confessed adulterer had never sought the presidency. Certainly, other candidates have been dogged by sex scandals. In the 1828 presidential election, John Quincy Adams questioned whether Andrew Jackson's wife was legitimately divorced from her first husband before she married Old Hickory. Grover Cleveland, who was single, fathered a child out of wedlock, a fact that sparked national headlines during the 1884 election (though he managed to win anyway). There have been presidential candidates who had affairs that the press decided not to write about, like Wendell Wilkie, FDR, and John F. Kennedy. And there have been candidates whose infidelities have been uncovered during the course of a campaign: Gary Hart's indiscretions ultimately derailed his 1988 bid, and in 1992, during the course of his campaign, Bill Clinton was forced to make the euphemistic admission that he "caused pain" in his marriage.

"But it wasn't until 2000 that McCain, possibly emboldened by Clinton's survival of his scandals, became the first confessed adulterer to have the nerve to run. Now, just a few years after infidelity was considered a dealbreaker for a presidential candidate, the party that presents itself as the arbiter of virtue may field an unprecedented two-timing trifecta.

McCain was still married and living with his wife in 1979 while, according to The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof, "aggressively courting a 25-year-old woman who was as beautiful as she was rich." McCain divorced his wife, who had raised their three children while he was imprisoned in Vietnam, then launched his political career with his new wife's family money. In 2000, McCain managed to deflect media questioning about his first marriage with a deft admission of responsibility for its failure. It's possible that the age of the offense and McCain's charmed relationship with the press will pull him through again."

McCain, who is about to become the GOP nominee, has made several statements about how he divorced Carol and married Hensley that conflict with the public record.

In his 2002 memoir, "Worth the Fighting For," McCain wrote that he had separated from Carol before he began dating Hensley.

"I spent as much time with Cindy in Washington and Arizona as our jobs would allow," McCain wrote. "I was separated from Carol, but our divorce would not become final until February of 1980."

An examination of court documents tells a different story. McCain did not sue his wife for divorce until Feb. 19, 1980, and he wrote in his court petition that he and his wife had "cohabited" until Jan. 7 of that year -- or for the first nine months of his relationship with Hensley.

Although McCain suggested in his autobiography that months passed between his divorce and remarriage, the divorce was granted April 2, 1980, and he wed Hensley in a private ceremony five weeks later. McCain obtained an Arizona marriage license on March 6, 1980, while still legally married to his first wife.

Until McCain filed for divorce, the Reagans and their inner circle assumed he was happily married, and they were stunned to learn otherwise, according to several close aides.

"Everybody was upset with him," recalled Nancy Reynolds, a top aide to the former president who introduced him to McCain.

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I had googled it before it was posted on here as a topic. I had heard it on the news and wanted to search it for myself. And I stated IF it's true it's disgusting.

Oh, for sure, when it comes to women, McCain is a total rhymes-with-trick. He doesn't even pretend he's not. He's a complete pig.

Aside from his personal issues with fidelity (which, IMO, is pretty much irrelevant), voting for McCain would be like voting for the days before women had the right to vote. He's very anti-women's rights.

Link

You linked a BLOG, for goodness sake! Since when is someone's blog real news?? This thread isn't about McCain anyway. It was asking a question about John Edwards and if the news of him having a mistress is true. I've always liked Edwards' wife and truly feel bad for her if this is true.

From a previous post about Sen. McCain:
Looks like you've already joined Kathy and me (and others) at the backyard fence, dear! Make sure you bring in the clothes on the clothesline when you come in. And I'll have us some sweet iced tea ready!

I love how you always make me laugh. You cite the National Enquirer as a source, but dismiss a blog as not real news? What a giggle!

Yes, a blog. From the New York Times, with links to support the facts and allegations. Or maybe, like John McCain, you're not quite familiar with how blogs work sometimes? Let me know if you need any help, I'd be happy to give you advice.

I thought this thread was about infidelity among politicians, so talking about John McCain's cheating and his related treatment of women was more than relevant. Of course, as always, you should feel free to block my posts. I would never block yours, because they're always so fun and lighthearted!

Or, you could always do like your chum and just delete your first post and the entire thread if you don't like the way things are going.

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Once again, you read what you want to read. Nowhere have I cited the National Enquirer. Someone did, but not me. And no, I don't need any help from you at all. The thread is a question asking about John Edwards. Obviously, you don't have the answer. And I've never deleted a thread (maybe you have?) and I certainly wouldn't start now. This is a board, for goodness sake. Why in heck would someone let someone like you get under their skin? My chum? Isn't that cute!!

I posted the link for the National Enquirer as an unreliable source, and purely to point out how fugly the woman is that John Edwards is allegedly fooling around with/has a love child with, not mom2twins2.
For the third time I will say I hope its not true.
please dont make it appear someone else did something you could pick on. It was me. And it was clearly stated the reason why I posted that particular link

My apologies for thinking you cited some support for your allegation of infidelity on the part of Mr. Edwards. After reviewing the thread, I see you didn't cite any support for that allegation at all.

Brenda, you are quite right. I shouldn't have commented on mom2twins2 providing tabloid support for this allegation when she actually posted it without any support whatsoever. Thanks for clarifying for me.

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Holy cow, do you have too much time on your hands or what -- digging back through almost 2 months of posts to find one where I commented on a news article about an actual interview with the first Mrs. McCain. You posted a "rumor" with absolutely no backup. What exactly was your point in posting if not to be able to tsk tsk over the back fence and get a rise out of people?

Some ppl sure do have too much time on their hands....lol that might include a lot of us, don't you think??

Ladies........please have all your souces completely in line before you post another word, won't you???

pick, pick, pick

Melissa

Fugly is actually too kind a word B. I mean... ICK. I just can't believe it looking at her. Impossible.

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I don't think she's ugly, but I do think that picture is ugly. As a person who has had only as many as four decent photos taken of me in my life, I can sympathize with her as far as the photo goes. She's no Linda Trip or was it Tripp?

But this is all unimportant since he's not running right now. I want to know who the other John is currently diddling.

Not really. He still may be in the running for VP (that is, until this 'mistress' thing came up). Probably Mr. O wants him far far away from him now.

John Edwards, Sam Nunn on Obama's VP List - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime

This unproven "mistress" thing....unless your standard of truth is the National Enquirer

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"Yesterday is but a vision, and tomorrow is only a dream. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a dream of hope." Anonymous

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Have the courage to be yourself.

Truth is a luxury conservatives and/or Republicans can't afford these days.

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Like with everything you can find more information/facts from the foreign media than here in the US.

you know what? That makes me so mad. It's 100% true. Doesn't matter if it's Fox, CNN, ABC, etc. We get filtered news about everything and it totally pisses me off. I don't want it filtered, I want it straight. When I need to know the truth about something, I go to BBC or any other news source outside the US.

whew. ok. had to get that off my chest. Return to topic ladies.

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Ummmmm.....while I enjoy the occasional gossip/trash mag, I did not read about John Edward's alleged affair and love child in any of them. I read about it on Foxsnews, MSNBC and CNN. Now, while I don't trust everything I read, and haven't a clue as to whether this story is true--give some of us some credit! We do look for information and news in other places besides the tabloids!

IF it's true, he should be ashamed (as should all men who commit adultery--yes, friends and neighbors that includes Fmr President Clinton) as this sort of thing does irrepairable damage to other people.
IF is NOT true--then all the media should be ashamed of themselves for propagating lies.

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And I assume presidential hopeful John McCain is on your ashamed list?

well, yes--I specified Clinton because most posters on here know that I'm a Clinton supporter (both Clintons!)


But, by the same token--I also think that if/when a rumor such as this is confirmed to be true, the media should leave the involved parties alone so as to allow them to work through the situation in whatever manner they see fit.

The general population can only speculate as to why a man (or woman) has strayed from their spouse. And who knows--maybe the errant spouse did it with the other spouse's blessing or knowledge. I don't know.

It's my opinion that Hillary knew Bill was diddling the interns (and other females)--and was more upset by the fact that the media found out and made a huge deal out of it. It's my opinion that McCain (based on what I have read) and his former wife had really drifted apart/disconnected and couldn't get along. And while the former Mrs. McCain didn't have knowledge at the time of what was going on, may have been relieved when the marriage was over...

Again, this is pure speculation on my part. In the perfect world--if one partner in a marriage was so miserable/dissatisfied that it lead to them to have thoughts of cheating, they would dissolve the marriage prior to cheating. But, we don't live in a perfect world.

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