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- Edwards Admits to Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate
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  In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her. Edwards also denied he was the father of Hunter's baby girl, Frances Quinn, although the one-time Democratic Presidential candidate said he has not taken a paternity test.
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- Girl dies after horrific pool injury
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  Republicans mocked John Edwards as an ambulance chaser for suing the pool company in this case. Yes, that's right - the GOP is pro-pool-sucking-intestines from children and pro-life.
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- John Edwards: In His Own Words
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  It’s time to end the game. It’s time to tell the big corporations and the lobbyists who have been running things for too long that their time is over. It’s time to challenge politicians to put the American people’s interests ahead of their own calculated political interests, to look the lobbyists in the eye and just say no.
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- Edwards To Ask Americans To End the War in Iraq
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  Stepping up his antiwar stance, John Edwards said yesterday that he would call for Americans to "raise their voices" on Memorial Day against the Iraq war and would say that patriotism required supporting the troops by bringing them home. Mr. Edwards said in a telephone interview that, in a commencement speech to be delivered today at New England College in Henniker, N.H., he would call on Americans to "come together and speak out in a way that will end the war."
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- Edwards' rich-man ways weaken his message
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  John Edwards is right. There are two Americas: one for the rich and another for everyone else. He lives in the former and campaigns in the latter, and sometimes he forgets where he is.
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- On poverty, Edwards faces old hurdles
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  Advocates and researchers praise Edwards for focusing on an issue they say too many have shied from over the years. "It's so refreshing," said Peter Edelman, a former aide to Kennedy who quit the Clinton administration in protest over its welfare overhaul and now teaches at Georgetown Law School. "It's a wake-up call for a lot of people in this country."
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- Despite public support, NPR's Diane Rehm and Time's Karen Tumulty claimed "backlash" against Edwardses
  Posted by newscloud from Media Matters
  On the March 30 edition of National Public Radio's The Diane Rehm Show, host Diane Rehm asked Time national political correspondent Karen Tumulty if she was "surprised" by "the sort of backlash" in response to the decision by Elizabeth and former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) to continue his preside...
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koroth comments on:
Edwards Admits to Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate

Absolutely Edwards should resign. He should go back to his law practice, but hopefully this time not one that scams people.

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11:45 pm 8/12/08
mummypapahitendra comments on:
Edwards Admits to Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate

its so shamful he is now going to fight presidential seat at this time news like this so shocking. i think he should quit now.

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9:58 pm 8/12/08
koroth comments on:
Edwards Admits to Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate

True enough. Is Edwards done with politics? Clinton certainly isn’t.

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7:01 pm 8/10/08
wmurray8 comments on:
Edwards Admits to Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate

Oral sex in the Oval office is not appropriate but for any ex-politician who is not holding office it is no ones business but the parties envolved.

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6:52 pm 8/10/08
koroth comments on:
Edwards Admits to Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate

How about this, if it affects the public, then it’s the public’s business. If a Clinton or an Edwards decides to do his intern/mistress on the White House lawn, in broad daylight, then I think that becomes public business.
If they keep it highly discrete then maybe not. Still, one would think that a man wanting to be president of the US wouild have enough brains to realize that a great many people are offended by adultery in their politicians. Maybe their views should be tolerated? Or even respected?

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5:25 pm 8/10/08
wmurray8 comments on:
Edwards Admits to Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate

"Is it the public’s business? I guess that depends on how their actions effect their job in office. While I don’t think we should have TV cameras in their bedrooms, ther rest of their lives are public, like it or not". I agree but only to the extent they are representing the public.

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4:44 pm 8/10/08
koroth comments on:
Edwards Admits to Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate

Hey guys,
This is an interesting issue for a few reasons. While I agree with Kathy that the sex lives of Pols shouldn’t be under the microscope, there are some things to consider.
Blackmail – Engaging in adultery is blackmail bait and is a stupid thing to do. This does speak to a lack of character. But then, I always though Edwards was character and ethics free.
More on Character – Republicans are flayed in the media when their "character" slips. I think Dems should get the same treatment. Or they should both be treated with a little more respect. Maybe this will help us hold our media to a higher standard? Nah…
Edwards is right that adultery is one of those things that reveals character, but what really reveals it is how a Pol, or anyone, stands up to the fire and how they recover from it.
And the story does reveal the hypocrisy of the mainstream media. It’s another nail in the coffin of their credibility that the Enquirer, of all papers, could run this story and give it legs. Especially since it would be front page news with certain other candidates.
Is it the public’s business? I guess that depends on how their actions effect their job in office. While I don’t think we should have TV cameras in their bedrooms, ther rest of their lives are public, like it or not.
Public or not? It … depends. How’s that for a hard and fast answer? ;)

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3:45 pm 8/10/08

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