Please, John Edwards …..
….. go away and count your money.
The story (broken on, ah yes, a Friday afternoon, though I’m not sure that it’s a smart strategy with this item):
John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.
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 loved only his wife, Elizabeth.
“Two years ago I made a very serious mistake,” Edwards said, blaming the prominence of being a vice presidential candidate. “All of which fed a self-focus, an egotism, a narcissism that leads you to believe that you can do whatever you want,” he said.
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. He said he would be happy to take one.
Links: Malkin (here, here), Hot Air (here, here), NewsBusters (here, here, and must-see snorter).
He has paid a massive amount of child support through his friends for a child he denies. Hush money, bribes, tax fraud?
Comment by Scrapiron — August 8, 2008 @ 11:19 pm