where's the John Edward's thread?

[VillageMama]

Yes, it's the aide who originally claimed HE was the father of Edwards' baby! I guess that friendship (between he and Edwards) is over....

It's my understanding that Edwards was paying the aide to claim the baby was his.

His wife deserves better. My heart goes out to her. (I don't believe she is dying, thankfully.)

Her cancer is incurable, so in a sense, she is dying. In fact, this child was conceived shortly after Elizabeth's cancer returned and was pronounced incurable.

John Edwards is a selfish, weak, vile scumbucket.

 

[Disney Doll]

And to think, at one time we thought this man could be President of the United States...

As far as his "announcement"... It comes as no surprise. I always knew that baby was his. if I was one of his children, I'd be embarrassed beyond belief...maybe the younger ones might escape some of the sordidness of this, but he has an older child as well, I believe...a daughter who is in her 20's if I am not mistaken. Can you imagione what an embarrassment this is for her?

As far as his wife is concerned...I would not want to be in her shoes. She's effectively dying...maybe not within the next month or two or even three, but, realistically, she is probably not going to live to see her younger children into their adulthood years, which means he will be raising them. So what does she do? Divorce him, uproot the kids, change their life, only to have their life changed again when she dies and they end up going back to live with him full time? Stay, with the realization that someday her husband's paramour will be raising her children as well as his "love child"??? How much sacrifice should she make for her children? And what about the lessons the children are learning from being involved in this train wreck? How does she reconcile all this? How do you teach your daughters self-esteem, self-preservation, self-confidence and self-worth so that they don't end up making the same mistake of involving themselves with and tolerating a lying cheating unethical scum because that's what they grew up with and watched their mother do???

Elizabeth Edwards is in a horrible position...I don't envy her....

 

[bettymae1121]

Sad to say, i'm not surprised the child is his.

 

[The Princess]

He's a scum!!!

 

[ZachnElli]

I am thoroughly disgusted by him and I actually kinda liked him. It seems as though he thinks we are all stupid and can't put 1+1 together. He has just acted like he is above all the voters. I feel so bad for Elizabeth. I understand her not divorcing him with incurable cancer, she's thinking only of her kids. So sad she has to put herself on the backburner it her last months/years when she has got to be suffering from horrible heartbreak caused by the man she married.

 

[Deb in IA]

Did he wait this long to announce he's the father, because his wife is closer to dying?

Apparently one of his former aides is releasing a tell all book very soon.

Yes, it's the aide who originally claimed HE was the father of Edwards' baby!

It's my understanding that Edwards was paying the aide to claim the baby was his.

Yes, Andrew Young, a former aide and himself a married father, is releasing a book in which he claims that Edwards offered to "set him up for life" if he claimed that that Rielle Hunter's baby was his.

Scum, slime, filth. That's John Edwards. To think that he could sit there and baldfaced LIE, and so terribly hurt the ones he loved the most.

And he was almost President.

 

[Aristocath]

This is not to defend John Edwards in any way...I am very disappointed in him and abhor what he has done and how he handled it all. But, I did read the New York Magazine article about the mess he got into and this article paints Elizabeth as much less of a saint than she is portrayed in the media. Apparently she often openly criticized John, referring to his parents as "hicks" and reminded him how much smarter she was than him. Sounds like we dodged a bullet with the both of them. And sadly, I was a supporter of his.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Yes, Andrew Young, a former aide and himself a married father, is releasing a book in which he claims that Edwards offered to "set him up for life" if he claimed that that Rielle Hunter's baby was his.

And let's not forget about the child. What's she supposed to think as she grows up, having a father who went through such great lengths to deny she is his? He said something like he hopes she understands and forgives him someday. Oh yeah, unfortunately, she'll understand.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Her cancer is incurable, so in a sense, she is dying. In fact, this child was conceived shortly after Elizabeth's cancer returned and was pronounced incurable.

I know. She and I had BC around the same time so I've followed her story. What I meant is that, although her cancer has come back in a distant location, she is not actively dying; in fact, she's trying to concentrate on actively living. With metastatic BC spread to the bones, the hope is that it can be treated more like a chronic disease than a terminal one. Fortunately there are some promising treatments either available or forthcoming and Mrs Edwards has said she'll take advantage of whatever is available as she feels good (is asymptomatic) and still has a young son to raise. Although I've read that in her case, it's estimated her prognosis could be anywhere from 1 to 10 years, as we all know with breast cancer, there are no hard and fast rules. My hope for her is that she can beat the odds and die at a ripe old age from something other than cancer (a long shot, I know - but I can hope ).

One thing I know if I were her is that I wouldn't want to spend these precious years fighting a big divorce battle with John. I'd feel that he'd already taken enough from me, I wouldn't give him any more. I don't know what she'll do but I'd bet she's just seeking peace at this point.

 

[Disney Ella]

This is not to defend John Edwards in any way...I am very disappointed in him and abhor what he has done and how he handled it all. But, I did read the New York Magazine article about the mess he got into and this article paints Elizabeth as much less of a saint than she is portrayed in the media. Apparently she often openly criticized John, referring to his parents as "hicks" and reminded him how much smarter she was than him. Sounds like we dodged a bullet with the both of them. And sadly, I was a supporter of his.

That is a good point. She could very well be a witch in private for all we know, although, of course, that does not justify his behavior at all. Even if it didn't occur to him that cheating on his ill wife was a pretty crappy thing to do, you would think the politician in him would realize just how bad this would look to the voters. I think you have to have a huge ego to think, "Sure those other guys got caught, but I'm smarter. No one will ever find out."

 

[DebbieB]

When will these idiots learn that when you are in the public eye, be it for politics, sports, movies, or anything else, the truth will come out eventually. The press are pretty much scum but when they smell blood they will find the truth. If only they were so diligent in matters more important than other people's love lives, but that is a whole different thread.

That is what baffles me. Do they seriously think they can keep things secret with the way the media is today? You had a governor who was seeing call girls, another who was in another country with his lover while no one knew where he was, Tiger Woods with a long line of mistresses. Do they seriously think a call girl or a cocktail waitress will be discrete? They risk it all for a cheap thrill. I think it's part of the game, see how much you can get away with.

John Edwards is in a class by himself. He got caught and then sat on national tv and denied there was any possibility the child was his. You got caught, just come clean!

 

[dis-happy]

I've vocally hated that guy since the day he sprung onto the front page of our state newspaper...obviously trying to make a name for himself in politics. He seemed so fake to me even then. Also wasn't too keen on his judgment as a parent that allowed his 16 year old to be killed, and then his refusals to let any media talk about it either.

He had such a chance to redeem himself IMO (or at least garner a little respect) if, when Elizabeth announced her terminal recurrence of cancer, he had said he was stepping back from politics in order to spend time with his family. One day those children will need him as their only parent and he needs to have forged a strong father bond with them, not spend 100 hour weeks working on a campaign.

Everyone always mentions his presidential run, but don't forget, he was only a chad or two away from becoming Vice President in 2004. Shudder.

 

[focusondisney]

Just want to add that again, the Enquirer had it right long before the main stream media caught on.. The tabloids get mocked alot but this is another example of why they aren't always bad. I'm willing to bet main stream media never would have reported on this if the tabloids hadn't started it.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Also wasn't too keen on his judgment as a parent that allowed his 16 year old to be killed, and then his refusals to let any media talk about it either.

Not familiar with the details of the accident...what did John Edwards do that "allowed" his son to be killed? Was Elizabeth Edwards not also involved in allowing it? And how can he refuse to let the media talk about it? I can see HIS refusal to talk about it, but how did he prevent the media from talking about it? (Or did he say it was a topic he wouldn't respond to questions about?)

Seriously...just wondering.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

He had such a chance to redeem himself IMO (or at least garner a little respect) if, when Elizabeth announced her terminal recurrence of cancer, he had said he was stepping back from politics in order to spend time with his family. One day those children will need him as their only parent and he needs to have forged a strong father bond with them, not spend 100 hour weeks working on a campaign.

Elizabeth has said she had no issue with him continuing in politics. She didn't want him to quit. I know she took a lot of flack from people at the time of her recurrence for being out on the campaign trail rather than "being at home with her son" - something I never got. It was her choice to continue so if she was ok with it, then why not just support her choice? To most people, running for office seems like a not so desirable life. But to those in politics, it is their life.

 

[Deb in IA]

This is not to defend John Edwards in any way...I am very disappointed in him and abhor what he has done and how he handled it all. But, I did read the New York Magazine article about the mess he got into and this article paints Elizabeth as much less of a saint than she is portrayed in the media. Apparently she often openly criticized John, referring to his parents as "hicks" and reminded him how much smarter she was than him. Sounds like we dodged a bullet with the both of them. And sadly, I was a supporter of his.

I think this was how she was portrayed in the recent book "Game Change" by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann.

 

[lillygator]

A writer in the paper today was trashing Elizabeth saying that she was exploitative by writing 2 books and going on Oprah about the whole thing. Elizabeth called the love child "it". Give me a break. If my husband had a love child with another woman I'd call an IT too! Can't the woman be angry????

yes, she can be mad but it is not the baby's fault.

I've vocally hated that guy since the day he sprung onto the front page of our state newspaper...obviously trying to make a name for himself in politics. He seemed so fake to me even then. Also wasn't too keen on his judgment as a parent that allowed his 16 year old to be killed, and then his refusals to let any media talk about it either.

He had such a chance to redeem himself IMO (or at least garner a little respect) if, when Elizabeth announced her terminal recurrence of cancer, he had said he was stepping back from politics in order to spend time with his family. One day those children will need him as their only parent and he needs to have forged a strong father bond with them, not spend 100 hour weeks working on a campaign.

Everyone always mentions his presidential run, but don't forget, he was only a chad or two away from becoming Vice President in 2004. Shudder.

 

[Deb in IA]

Not familiar with the details of the accident...what did John Edwards do that "allowed" his son to be killed? Was Elizabeth Edwards not also involved in allowing it? And how can he refuse to let the media talk about it? I can see HIS refusal to talk about it, but how did he prevent the media from talking about it? (Or did he say it was a topic he wouldn't respond to questions about?)

Seriously...just wondering.

I'm wondering too.

From what I remember, their son Wade was killed in a "freak accident" - apparently the Jeep he was driving was caught in a sudden strong gust of wind and it was swept off a mountainside?

 

[DebbieB]

Everyone always mentions his presidential run, but don't forget, he was only a chad or two away from becoming Vice President in 2004. Shudder.

The chads were 2000 with Gore/Liberman. Bush won in 2004 by a wider margin.

 

[java]

I think that Elizabeth Edward's is setting a bad example for her children. Letting them think that it's ok to be disrespected publically. It's ok to stay with a man that denied his own child. I feel sorry for those kids. It's 2 parents that have disappointed them.

Her "It's John's problem not mine" when asked about the baby is clearly the words of a woman in denial.