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The Story Is Out

After months of being dogged by the National Enquirer, John Edwards admits to ABC that he had an extramarital affair.

By Mark Hosenball | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Aug 8, 2008 | Updated: 4:15  p.m. ET Aug 8, 2008

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  • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/16/2008 12:38:37 PM

    Comment: : HELP WANTED: Needed urgently! No EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. On the job training...Someone to run the WhiteHouse. Must be able to pose good for the camera, smile and convince large populations of youths and mindless ppl to side with him on no real clear issues..Professional appearance, young and clean cut only.... Must be able to snow the American public into thinking there is no REAL threats to America and that cut and running is the only way to run wars..Taxing America out the nose is optional..Multitasking a must...Must be able to approve large pay raises to congress and senate, while also taxing America on everything from paychecks to social security. Ability to shake hands with foriegn leaders and achieving nothing is also a must! Anti-American stance is preferred but willing to look past that if willing to pretend to care about Americans..Rate of pay is dependent upon shady back door deals in Chicago, and who you can bilk behind close doors...Company motorcade, helicoptor, airliner and lodgings paid for! If this sounds like you please apply at a Dem headquater near you! EOE

  • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/15/2008 10:13:03 PM

    Comment: What else should I enquire? Enquiring minds want to know...I better get on their site and get the latest true scoop on our candidates..Later Gaters

  • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/15/2008 10:12:48 PM

    Comment: What else should I enquire? Enquiring minds want to know...I better get on their site and get the latest true scoop on our candidates..Later Gaters

  • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 08/13/2008 6:16:39 PM

    Comment: The story is out????
    Its been out LMAO The National Enquirer's been reporting it for 3 months LMAO
    Where you been Newsweek?

  • Posted By: Average Jane @ 08/13/2008 8:22:34 AM

    Comment: It's a shame that Senator Edwards' sexual affair will obliterate all the good he's done as a politician, husband, and father. This affair should be strictly between Senator Edwards' and his wife. Let you who has not sinned cast the first stone.

    • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 08/13/2008 4:40:21 PM

      Comment: Miss Jane,
      Do you feel any ill feelings towards Edwards being that he has DENIED all accusations of this affiar for the last 3 months? Sad days in America when the National Enquirer is considered the standard for reporting these days. Even worse when the reporters we are supposed to trust in getting us the information cannot leave their own biasedness at home and refuse to break a story if it hurts their own agenda's. Atleast replace the headline of NEWS with "this reporters OPINION"

  • Posted By: mab9305 @ 08/13/2008 1:57:06 AM

    Comment: If I see one more thing about a politician's private life aired on public news I'm going to puke. Once aired that's all you here, you don't see anything about their job - that's sick. People are a certain way at work, and what they do when their NOT at work is NOT ANYONE'S BUSINESS EXEPT FOR HM AND HIS WIFE TO DEAL WITH. I have been cheated on and those involved were involved afterward and that was it - it wasn't aired around town. Same thing with Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinski - who cares - let Bill and Hillary deal with it - and leave them be. Americans are sick in the head - they thrive off this stuff, that is crazy - get a life!

    • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/15/2008 10:05:45 PM

      Comment: Chances are pretty good you are not a public figure that was running for President of the United States..They are in the camera for everything else, so you bet their private lives affect their public lives also...He shouldnt have been so stupid. Anyone who wants to be famous and in the spotlight should expect EVERYTHING to be in the spotlight...You cant just shut it off when you want!

  • Posted By: tsk_tsk @ 08/13/2008 1:04:58 AM

    Comment: Please note I AM NOT engaging in Male Bashing. From personal experience and the experiences of friends and loved ones this is just typical male behavior in the USA. Please don't take hold of the reins of your better judgement and common sense, especially when you are in the public eye and trying to make a great impression. Instead whip out your penis and use it in place of your brain. If he is the father of this women's child then let me also mention the following: In this day and age when we are trying so desperately to convince our young people of the many, many dangers of unprotected sex here comes John Edwards (a very public figure) having UNPROTECTED SEX. Way to go John! Do you think you could help us with any ot the other health issues we are trying to convey to our children? Too Bad you will never get to read this...it might have been educational for you. NEVER, EVER trust a politician!!

    • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 08/13/2008 4:41:17 PM

      Comment: Including Obama!!!!!

      • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/15/2008 10:01:12 PM

        Comment: Definately not Obama!

  • Posted By: shoedog1959 @ 08/12/2008 11:57:09 PM

    Comment: stupid stupid stupid, . whatever happened to the separation of church and state, because that is what this boils down to and it is none of our business, i absolutely cannot stand the moral majority who sit in judgement of this, they are a disgrace to this country, not john edwards.

    • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 08/13/2008 4:42:44 PM

      Comment: Please tell us how you feel about John McCain and his cheating on his ex wife again.... Please, do tell...........

      • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/15/2008 10:00:34 PM

        Comment: Ha ha ha...You ignorant boob...That ex wife of his deserves everything she got..SHE cheated on his ass while he was 'Living it up" in the Hanoi Hilton...Hell, didnt she become gimpy driving drunk from a party? Paybacks a b*tch...No sympathy for the ex Mrs. McCain here...

  • Posted By: okiedodd @ 08/12/2008 11:16:31 PM

    Comment: Hey ekoorb........unfaithfulness is dishonesty. Whether in ones private or public life.......dishonesty is not a positive attribute for the leader of the free world. You must be male.......LOL

  • Posted By: Laura M. @ 08/12/2008 11:05:40 PM

    Comment: Mr. Edwards you are a phony. I had wanted to believe in you as being a man who put his family and country before all others, but you disappoint on a very grand scale. Your pompousness and prideful nature have become a sad and distasteful tale of who is the real John Edwards. My heart goes out to your wife and family. You are a disgrace to them and to all who believed in you. Please go away.

  • Posted By: ekoorb @ 08/12/2008 10:14:25 PM

    Comment: Why do soo many people care? Its none of our business folks, what 2 consenting adults do behind closed doors - is their business alone!! The only person who should care is his wife! Apparently they have moved past this, so please move on too.

    So many people in this country cheat on their wives, yet get upset when politicians get caught. I say let only the politician who haven't cheated show up for work! DC will be completely empty!!!

    • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 08/13/2008 4:45:35 PM

      Comment: DC? You mean't DNC right? Check out all the cheating going on in the Democrat side of politics here lately. And these people pride themselves in telling us what is good for us instead of letting us make our own decisions. What a riot!!!!!

  • Posted By: chismes1 @ 08/12/2008 8:31:17 PM

    Comment: Shame, shame, shame... Mr.Edwards YOU ARE FULL OF CACA shshshshsh lier lier mentiroso haha you will stay in history like a low life pieceof shshshsht cheater...

  • Posted By: chismes1 @ 08/12/2008 8:26:26 PM

    Comment: shame shame shame Mr.Edwards, you are full of caca just like all of them bunch of liers.... I hope you pay for this, you will stay in history as a looser and low life cheatterrrrrrr :(

  • Posted By: JohnEdwardsExFan @ 08/12/2008 8:22:04 PM

    Comment: WHAT AN ABSOLUTE FRIGGIN' LETDOWN! AND I'M NOT EVEN HIS WIFE!

  • Posted By: thmsmam @ 08/12/2008 6:00:50 PM

    Comment: JOHN EDWARDS I USE TO HAVE ALOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU BUT YOU HAVE ONE HELL OF A NERVE TALKING ABOUT BILL CLINTON YOU ARE SUCH A DEMON AND ELIZABETH WHAT ARE YOU THINKING HE WILL NEVER BE TRUE TO YOU, HE'S LINING UP SOMEONE ELSE NOW --SHAME ON YOU JOHN EDWARDS YOU DON'T EVEN RESPECT YOURSELF.

    • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 08/13/2008 4:50:44 PM

      Comment: Wouldn't you agree since his wife is still with him after this affair she has very low self esteem? Seems to me the lack of respect for herself all lies on Edwards wifes lap. Why is she still with him? I'm sure the lure of living the good life and having everyone kiss you azz has something to do with it.
      BTW...you don't really believe the only time he got caught is the only time do you?

  • Posted By: mto55 @ 08/12/2008 12:59:18 AM

    Comment: He is still a fine man with much to offer tis nation!

  • Posted By: Diogenes 08 @ 08/11/2008 11:20:46 PM

    Comment: Go easy on Edwards, he didn't cause the death of his girlfriend like Ted Kennedy did in Massachusetts

    • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 08/13/2008 4:58:53 PM

      Comment: Where were you when the Kennedy's endorsed Obama again? Sitting quietly until opening you mouth didn't hurt your favorite politician........Nuff said

  • Posted By: whattodo @ 08/11/2008 11:15:47 PM

    Comment: the dems lie about sex while the repubs steal our money and no one is revolting. at least in the 60's we helped bring an end to that war. where is the outrage.

  • Posted By: whattodo @ 08/11/2008 11:13:58 PM

    Comment: the dems lie about sex and the repubs steal our money. I'd rather the the sex scandles than the money thiefs

    • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/12/2008 1:59:39 PM

      Comment: Ha ha..Well If Dems lied about sex, wouldnt they lie about your money to?

  • Posted By: myvoice63 @ 08/11/2008 3:20:35 PM

    Comment: Geez, men...they are sooo dumb. Did he not learn anything from Bill Clinton's experience? If lying is his knee-jerk reaction to this issue, then I think we should thank our lucky stars he's not a presidential candidate.

    • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/11/2008 8:59:25 PM

      Comment: Its a Dem trait...Lie Lie Lie...If that doesnt work Lie about something that someone else lied about.

      • Posted By: mto55 @ 08/12/2008 1:03:17 AM

        Comment: And you tell all of us that you wouldn't be liying your false teeth out if you were in his place! But am sure your reply would be you wouldn't be in his place? Then who's lying??

        • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 08/13/2008 5:01:31 PM

          Comment: So you do endorse people lying if it is for a good reason? Obama voter, correct?

        • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/12/2008 11:02:34 AM

          Comment: HaHa... Im not in his place, I have NEVER cheated and never will!...Seems some ppl just wished it happens to them huh?

  • Posted By: PublicSchoolTeacher @ 08/09/2008 11:51:16 PM

    Comment: I don't think this is an issue of being Republican or Democrat. There is an old saying that "there is no such thing as an honest politician." That's for sure! So many of them are lying lowlifes! When I do choose to vote, I always feel like I'm voting for the lesser of two evils! IE, we never have many good choices! This is about people who lie and cheat. Edwards and Clinton have a lot in common- both are Southerners who can lie with a "sweet smile" across their faces. They both denied any wrongdoings. They are both people with low morals. I normally vote Democratic, but these types of behaviors are just an embarrassment to the party. I will always vote for the best candidate, no matter what their party. The scariest thing is that according to statistics, 3 out of 4 married men cheat, and these results just are based on the married men who have ADMITTED to cheating in the surveys, so the statistics are probably even higher. Unfortunately, men like these just add leverage to the old adage that men think with their *icks and not their brains!!! Pretty pitiful.
    As for Rielle, she ought to just go by the nickname "Ho", because even if it wasn't Edwards who fathered her child, supposedly it was a married political aide, so she is just a sleaze who chooses to sleep around with married men. She looks ridiculous, too. It takes 2 to tango, and she knew he was married, so they are both lowlife scumbags. Elizabeth Edwards deserves better than her so-called husband. He says he only loves her in his interview, points to his heart, and says "she's always in here" and he's always thinking of her.
    Wow- I wonder if he was thinking about her while he was screwing around with Rielle. What a phony, smiley, moron. His dumb-looking smile is reminiscent of Bill Clinton's (argh!!!)

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 08/09/2008 3:10:26 PM

    Comment: John McCain: Vicki Iseman is going to Surface an be your Undoing..Too

    Lets see the National Enquirer Pursue you, because The NY Times is going to make it their Business to find this Woman and we will have (2 Johns) to deal with....

    John Edwards and John "Semi-Senile" McCain...The (2 Johns)

    Vicki Iseman, Come out, Come Out, Wherever You are ???

    Vicki iseman...We'll all understand and you will be Forgiven an you can then Write a Book, do Talk Shows, like The View, do Exclusive Interviews, pose for PlayBoy or Penthouse and Top it all off with a Made For TV Movie !!!

    Come Out ....Vicki Iseman...We're all waiting and we'll all Understand.

    Vicki Iseman...You Beautiful Bleach Platinum Blonde you, just the way John McCain likes them too.

    Whoo Whoo !!!

    National Enquirer, Get Vicki Iseman an Make it a (2 John Affair)

    • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/09/2008 9:19:23 PM

      Comment: Your trying too hard to get some play. I got to the point with a few words, you drug it on and made yourself seem foolish.

      • Posted By: chismes1 @ 08/12/2008 8:42:46 PM

        Comment: that was great I am on the floor laughing my guts out !!! this is the best one hahahahahahahahaaaaaa

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 08/09/2008 3:10:00 PM

    Comment: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-and-the-marginalized/a-song-to-help-ind-vicki_b_92490.html

    John McCain is.... NEXT

    Lets hear Honest John Soundoff on this Indiscretion..The Hypocrite !!
    This may Truly be, The Year of the "2 Johns"

    1. John Edwards 2. John McCain & Vicki Iseman..Make it 2 for 2 John McCain...Please !!!

    A Song to Help Find (Vicki Iseman) Remember Her ?

    Get Ready for the (Vicki Iseman) Backlash, John McCain and I Hope its before the Election...

    I Know John McCain and Cindi McCain are hoping November gets here... SOON


    It has been exactly one month since the New York Times broke the John McCain/Vicki Iseman scandal, and since then the press has gone after Iseman with all the veracity and acumen of a dead hippo. What gives?

    Don't get me wrong -- I think that if John McCain had an inappropriate relationship with a lobbyist who looks like a Barbie doll that your sister gave a haircut to, it doesn't make him any less qualified to be president than I already think he is. That said, since any Democrat that is state assembly on up can't look at a woman other than his wife without the press going after her, I'd like to see the same crappy journalism help my team for once.

    Certainly isn't happening yet, and (Vicki Iseman) is probably sitting at home thanking Eliot Spitzer and Jeremiah Wright for making this news almost as old as John McCain, smugly patting herself on the back for being the only person in history to be a front page story in the Times with the self-control to not utter a peep. That, or some shadowy people have buried her in the desert.

    We wrote a song to help find out - enjoy!

    Shout-outs to Huffpost blogger Chris Kelly and 80's punk gods Husker Du for obvious inspiration.



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    Vicki Where Are You?

    A month ago when I first read your name
    In a television storm of counterclaims
    Certain that you'd surface soon enough
    To deflect the accusations, cry out how you've been misjudged
    The rumors faded out and that was that
    And everyone stopped wondering just where you might be at
    Now it's likely that I'll see your face
    On a box of milk at breakfast or a ship to outer space

    Vicki where are you, did they send you far away
    I don't want to argue, I just want to know that you're okay
    Vicki where are you on a rocket to the moon
    Vicki where are you, I hope you come home soon

    • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 08/13/2008 5:06:54 PM

      Comment: Rev Wright where are you, did Obama send you far away?
      A don't want a racist rant, just to know your still okay
      Rev Wright where are you, buried six feet deep?
      Please Rev let us know, before Obama chooses his veep!!!!!

  • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/09/2008 12:27:55 PM

    Comment: Another Dem lies again...Say that to the song "another one bites the dust"...Has a nice ring to it..

    • Posted By: ekoorb @ 08/12/2008 10:20:30 PM

      Comment: Oh please...the most kinky, perverted men I have ever met have been ones who also claim to be very conservative republicans. I wonder why? could it be that conservatives think of themselves as being above being caught? above being judged? hmm...didn't W lie about he reasons for war? a huge ass lie that has caused the death of our servicemen and women. I think we need to start thinking about how many people get hurt by lies. I think W wins....by default 'cus wat more can you expect from someone with dui...once a liar always a liar!!

      • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 08/13/2008 5:12:00 PM

        Comment: I was always brought up being told birds of a feather flock together.
        Kinky........You self admitted these are the types you associate with
        perverted........ Self admission

        Oh let me guess, your the democrat judge not the peer?

  • Posted By: Alamerica @ 08/09/2008 1:46:35 AM

    Comment: Edwards' crime highlights the demise of the Democratic Party. Not a single Democratic candidate in 2008 can be respected and trusted. The party shall soon be over.

    • Posted By: ngy460 @ 08/09/2008 2:59:59 AM

      Comment: same goes fo republican,party,,they had the finest man up there in history of the country since the original foundin fathas ,and they threw him uner the bus, and look what they put up there .(songbird ,wet start mc cain) . i cant vote fo democrat or 'publican, with what they got ,,,,sits this one out .if nobody knows why they calls him that ,y'll better be a lookin that up,its all available if y'all search.

  • Posted By: mbailiff @ 08/09/2008 12:50:26 AM

    Comment: Imagine this, in 2007 the story breaks that Edwards has had an affair and possibly fathered a child. The first group of voters in Iowa in 2008 are about to cast their votes for the nominee and they now have this knowledge about Edwards. It would have been a completely different race and the outcome could have been very different. There is the chance Obama could have won in a landslide or Clinton could have won in a landslide. We will never know what the outcome may have been if John Edwards had told the truth before the primaries. I would also like to know why the Washington Post, Ny Times, and MSNBC, Fox, CNN and all the other news entities did not do a little investigative reporting to find out if the Enquirer was full of crap or not. We are talking about someone who was running for the highest office in the land and the media ignored this story and focused on Obama and Clinton instead. Journalism is dead....and we should all apparently buy the Enquirer instead of the post for the true stories about what is going on in politics. It's a sad sad day!

  • Posted By: ajaxtheleast @ 08/08/2008 11:51:25 PM

    Comment: Be darned, I thought extramarital activity was a marrying preacher working past five oclock..

    But now that I know what extramarital activity is, and there's so much extramarital activity around, I'll be more than happy to help out and take some of it off their hands.

    • Posted By: ngy460 @ 08/09/2008 12:00:03 AM

      Comment: well thas right ! ,,BUT ISE WOULDNT WANT IT OFF THEY HANDS ,,WOULD WANT IT FROM SOMEWHERES ELSE ,(,them caps loks again ,)sorry,

  • Posted By: KYJurisDoctor @ 08/08/2008 11:02:35 PM

    Comment: Another LYING SACK OF SH*T POLITICIAN, THAT John "look at me preen for the mirror" Edwards! OsiSpeaks.com

  • Posted By: jimbo3800 @ 08/08/2008 10:41:45 PM

    Comment: I sure hope she didn't muss his hair while they were in the sack - that would be tragic for him!

    • Posted By: ngy460 @ 08/08/2008 11:12:14 PM

      Comment: now that depend on how tight she wrapped her thighs round his head.

  • Posted By: dr doug @ 08/08/2008 10:00:39 PM

    Comment: Well, at least unlike his Republican counterparts, Edwards had sex with a WOMAN!

    • Posted By: ngy460 @ 08/08/2008 11:45:09 PM

      Comment: thats right dr doug,, an how bout that big shin dig out at bohemian grove in northern california ,every years in july when all the high ups repuplicans and world leaders meet and they fly in pane loads of porn star MALE prostitutes to service them,, anyone dont believes ,,type in bohemian grove on google and verify it .

  • Posted By: eddieo @ 08/08/2008 9:54:54 PM

    Comment: Guess who is laughing in her sleeve at this one! Hillary? What better way to knock out a very possible running mate for Obama and position herself in the role.

    • Posted By: mbailiff @ 08/09/2008 12:54:48 AM

      Comment: I bet Hillary and Bill are livid and not laughing about this latest development. Hillary could possibly have been the nominee if Edwards had not been in the first race in Iowa. The primaries would have been very different if this story had leaked in October 2007. John Edwards has quite possibly screwed the entire democratic party and his decision to hide this affair has had far reaching consequences.

    • Posted By: Donna1000 @ 08/08/2008 11:12:27 PM

      Comment: I just wonder when the MSM will break the story about Obama's extracurricular activiities -- before or after the first Tuesday in November?

      • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 08/14/2008 12:57:06 PM

        Comment: Exactly what extracurricular activiities would that be? Keep Hope Alive LOL!

      • Posted By: ngy460 @ 08/08/2008 11:26:26 PM

        Comment: from what i sees on u-tube and google ,,it be hillary he been with.don know how trues it is but wouldnt suprise me

        • Posted By: ngy460 @ 08/08/2008 11:54:51 PM

          Comment: YO, Donna,, MSM be a medicine fo arthritus ,it is MSN whats you means ,, I knows cause i takes for my joints,an it work pretty good., (this ol man jes be a teasen,y'all)

  • Posted By: ObamaYesWeCan @ 08/08/2008 8:59:23 PM

    Comment: Also I can't help but feel that witch Hillary is behind this whole thing. It's not a coincidence that Obama's ideal VP picks are suddenly being offed one by one. They either publicly refuse to be a VP candidate or tarnished by some new scandal. It's obvious that Hillary is coercing them or ruining them in the process so Obama will have no choice but to pick her as his VP candidate. And you know what length those goddamn women will do when they're one heartbeat away from obtaining power.

    • Posted By: loriw @ 08/08/2008 9:33:39 PM

      Comment: Anyone who has seen my posts knows I despise the Clintons but really.....Hillary didn't exactly force Edwards to have an affair now did she. Let's place blame where the blame for this one should be- on Edwards himself. Edwards chose to have the affair and as Dr Phil says "When you choose the behavior you choose the consequences." Edwards consequence he chose when he had the affair is that he has now lost the chance at being VP. If more cheating husbands were faced with more consequences then perhaps they would keep their pants zipped. Women, the wives, that forgive and forget remove the consequences from their husbands and it allows the dogs to do it again and again. Does anyone who thinks that it's OK for these men to cheat on their wives ever stop to consider that sometimes these cheating men bring home to their unsuspecting wives some pretty nasty and even deadly STD's? Wow if you are already battling cancer how would you like a nice case of HERPES or HIV/AIDS on top of it? Do men ever think beyond their own selfish sexual needs? I bet Elizabeth could have used his emotional support as she went through her illness but wait where was the good Sen. Edwards??? oh, he was in bed "comforting" another woman!

    • Posted By: josemarti @ 08/08/2008 9:24:05 PM

      Comment: Guess who is leading Obama VP's search committee? The former head of Clinton's campaing, Ms. Soliz. She was "fired." She claims that she has not "spoken" with Clinton in months. Gotta wonder if the Clintons are not getting ready to drop a big one Obama in the next few days.

    • Posted By: josemarti @ 08/08/2008 9:19:28 PM

      Comment: Dear ObamaYesWeCan: We need to explore whether there was any connection between the other woman and the Clinton campaign.

  • Posted By: ObamaYesWeCan @ 08/08/2008 8:48:36 PM

    Comment: Who cares? Have you seen his fat sick wife? (not to mention she supported that ugly witch Hillary) Everyone else would have ditched that goddamn ugly women by now, so we really should be praising Edwards for having the strength to stay with her.

    • Posted By: PublicSchoolTeacher @ 08/10/2008 12:00:13 AM

      Comment: Another dumb post from another dumb reader.... I wonder how you look? Probably not like a model. Usually it is people with low self-esteem who have to put others down to make them feel good about themselves. Who cares how Elizabeth looks? He married her, made his vows and promised to love, honor, and cherish her for better or worse and be faithful. He broke those vows. He is really a lowlife to cheat on her when she needed his support the most. I'll bet with your stupid attitude, you don't have a wife or girlfriend, either. After all, who would put up with your obvious ignorance?

    • Posted By: xeyeldinTX @ 08/09/2008 11:55:50 AM

      Comment: Whoa, that is utterly uncalled for. He married her. Whatever your personal "in the eye of the beholder" opinion might be, he made the choice and therefore suffers the consequences. If he had told the truth at the very beginning I think people would be far more forgiving. It's the lying. Think what a difference making the statement from yesterday would have made had he made it a year ago. I don't think Hillary would have won, I think he - Edwards - would have done much better. He would have seemed a lot more sympathetic. But justifying his actions based on how you think his wife appears is utterly deplorable.

    • Posted By: loriw @ 08/08/2008 9:35:09 PM

      Comment: You are despicable.

      • Posted By: ekoorb @ 08/12/2008 10:27:43 PM

        Comment: Hmm...didn't McCain dump a wife with an illness for his current wife?

        Why do Americans get soo bent out of shape over unfaithful spouses? It's none of our business, now is it? Two consenting adults. His commitment is to his wife, not us. It is Mrs Edwards business, her embarassment - not ours!

  • Posted By: ngy460 @ 08/08/2008 8:36:54 PM

    Comment: hey,the man gotta get him some n**kie, he wife couldnt do it ,so he goes bar and gets him some ,what matter with that?,but that womans musta bee a ho for all the campaig workers,looks like ,, now thats takin care of yo own.

    • Posted By: PublicSchoolTeacher @ 08/09/2008 11:56:58 PM

      Comment: You are obviously a retard. If he needs his n**kie, he should go get a divorce, pay alimony and child support, and then he can get all he wants without putting his wife in danger of disease, etc. Marriage isn't supposed to be about lying and cheating. After reading a bunch of your posts, I'm wondering if there is a dictionary to translate the language you are using, because you're certainly not using Standard English! Or should I ask, is there a "DI*Ktionary" for you and your lovely language? I feel sorry for your wife if you are married with your dumb way of thinking. But then again, I am sure that you are NOT married.

    • Posted By: loriw @ 08/08/2008 9:36:22 PM

      Comment: IF you are for real, you are a real idiot.

      • Posted By: ngy460 @ 08/08/2008 11:21:24 PM

        Comment: now thas alright mama ,ise just an old uneducated negro war veteran,who been out in the world a bit,and knows the reality a bit ,bout whats goes on..tells you what ,theys mo married womans out there gettin em some extra ding dong than mans .an thats a fact.

        • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 08/14/2008 12:55:01 PM

          Comment: I do hope that you are not actually a black man, because if you are then you should know better than to do this. If you are not black, then your posts say alot about your character, ignorant bigot!

        • Posted By: loriw @ 08/09/2008 1:32:55 AM

          Comment: I would like to invite you to read my post above in response to ObamaYesWeCan. You might learn something.
          Just to be clear- married women who cheat on their husbands are just as disgusting as cheating married men.

          • Posted By: ngy460 @ 08/09/2008 1:52:40 AM

            Comment: yes,m that one y'all answered goes a bit far ,,i'se don never use profanity on here ,or vulgarity ,only to extent that what is realism ,and a bit spicy.sometimes .likes to joke an kid a lot ,and don neva wanna hurt nobodys feelins

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 08/08/2008 8:26:24 PM

    Comment: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-and-the-marginalized/a-song-to-help-ind-vicki_b_92490.html

    John McCain is.... NEXT

    Lets hear Honest John Soundoff on this Indiscretion..The Hypocrite !!
    This may Truly be, The Year of the "2 Johns"

    1. John Edwards 2. John McCain & Vicki Iseman..Make it 2 for 2 John McCain...Please !!!

    A Song to Help Find (Vicki Iseman) Remember Her ?

    Get Ready for the (Vicki Iseman) Backlash, John McCain and I Hope its before the Election...

    I Know John McCain and Cindi McCain are hoping November gets here... SOON


    It has been exactly one month since the New York Times broke the John McCain/Vicki Iseman scandal, and since then the press has gone after Iseman with all the veracity and acumen of a dead hippo. What gives?

    Don't get me wrong -- I think that if John McCain had an inappropriate relationship with a lobbyist who looks like a Barbie doll that your sister gave a haircut to, it doesn't make him any less qualified to be president than I already think he is. That said, since any Democrat that is state assembly on up can't look at a woman other than his wife without the press going after her, I'd like to see the same crappy journalism help my team for once.

    Certainly isn't happening yet, and (Vicki Iseman) is probably sitting at home thanking Eliot Spitzer and Jeremiah Wright for making this news almost as old as John McCain, smugly patting herself on the back for being the only person in history to be a front page story in the Times with the self-control to not utter a peep. That, or some shadowy people have buried her in the desert.

    We wrote a song to help find out - enjoy!

    Shout-outs to Huffpost blogger Chris Kelly and 80's punk gods Husker Du for obvious inspiration.



    Max and the Marginalized is the only rock band in the progressive blogosphere, and therefore the best one! They write and record a song a week and post them here. Go to their outposts on Facebook or MySpace for tour dates. Right click this and select "save link as" to download this song in much better fidelity than YouTube offers.

    Vicki Where Are You?

    A month ago when I first read your name
    In a television storm of counterclaims
    Certain that you'd surface soon enough
    To deflect the accusations, cry out how you've been misjudged
    The rumors faded out and that was that
    And everyone stopped wondering just where you might be at
    Now it's likely that I'll see your face
    On a box of milk at breakfast or a ship to outer space

    Vicki where are you, did they send you far away
    I don't want to argue, I just want to know that you're okay
    Vicki where are you on a rocket to the moon
    Vicki where are you, I hope you come home soon

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 08/08/2008 7:56:13 PM

    Comment: John McCain: Vicki Iseman is going to Surface an be your Undoing..Too

    Lets see the National Enquirer Pursue you, because The NY Times is going to make it their Business to find this Woman and we will have (2 Johns) to deal with....

    John Edwards and John "Semi-Senile" McCain...The (2 Johns)

    Vicki Iseman, Come out, Come Out, Wherever You are ???

    Vicki iseman...We'll all understand and you will be Forgiven an you can then Write a Book, do Talk Shows, like The View, do Exclusive Interviews, pose for PlayBoy or Penthouse and Top it all off with a Made For TV Movie !!!

    Come Out ....Vicki Iseman...We're all waiting and we'll all Understand.

    Vicki Iseman...You Beautiful Bleach Platinum Blonde you, just the way John McCain likes them too.

    Whoo Whoo !!!

    National Enquirer, Get Vicki Iseman an Make it a (2 John Affair)

  • Posted By: emmarcee @ 08/08/2008 7:48:10 PM

    Comment: and freaking Newsweek and time had much difficulty coming up with story, so the story had to come out through ABC. get it?

  • Posted By: emmarcee @ 08/08/2008 7:47:08 PM

    Comment: Poor politicians. They are under so much stress and they always have to look for a release.

  • Posted By: perumanian @ 08/08/2008 7:42:42 PM

    Comment: Very bad timing for Obama. This guy was sooo supportive of obama in SC. This just exposes how decietful politicians are behind their perfect mask. Barack comes to mind.

    • Posted By: josemarti @ 08/08/2008 9:16:03 PM

      Comment: Dear perumanian. Very good post. Great insight. Edwards seemed to be so squeaky clean. So perfect. People will be a bit more skeptical about Obama. They will want to look under the hood and when they do...they will find. Well you know....A poster of Che Guevara, a copy of Ellison's Invisible Man, a couple of chicken bones from Leon's in Hyde Park, a copy of Fanon's the Wretched of the Earth, and a couple of New York City subway tokens.

      • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/11/2008 10:12:13 PM

        Comment: and theyll find a food stamp too.

  • Posted By: perumanian @ 08/08/2008 7:42:20 PM

    Comment: Very bad timing for Obama. This guy was sooo supportive of obama in SC. This just exposes how decietful politicians are behind their perfect mask. Barack comes to mind.

  • Posted By: patshirey @ 08/08/2008 6:45:04 PM

    Comment: Yes, John Edwards finally tells the truth, what about the affair of John McCain, has he ever told the Truth?
    http://www.usvetdsp.com/mcaindiv.htm

    • Posted By: loriw @ 08/08/2008 9:39:39 PM

      Comment: I believe that McCain and his ex-wife have spoken openly and candidly about that. Does anyone recall that McCain has lied to the American people about it? I can't say I can say the same for Clinton or ,now in this case, Edwards.

    • Posted By: emmarcee @ 08/08/2008 7:44:25 PM

      Comment: how about your mom's affair. Did you get a paternity test?

  • Posted By: patshirey @ 08/08/2008 6:43:27 PM

    Comment: Sad, but lets not forget the affair of John MCCAIN, did John ever confess to the Truth? http://www.usvetdsp.com/mcaindiv.htm

    • Posted By: emmarcee @ 08/08/2008 7:49:50 PM

      Comment: It is not sad. The lady said it was great. But she is not sure if it was Andrew or John, one of them.

  • Posted By: Gimmeabreak78 @ 08/08/2008 6:26:40 PM

    Comment: Once again, we have another case of a politician using his wife to humanize him and make him credible to the voting masses, only to betray her in private. Sickening--regardless of political persuasion.

    • Posted By: loriw @ 08/08/2008 9:40:44 PM

      Comment: well stated Gimmeabreak78.

  • Posted By: josemarti @ 08/08/2008 6:22:35 PM

    Comment: Holly Roller: Why is it mostly Democrats who get caught up in these sex scandals? First it was Thomas Jefferson, then FDR, then JFK, and then Ted Kennedy, then Gary Hart, then Barny Frank, then Bill Clinton, then Pamela Anderson, then Paris Hilton, then that Governor of New Jersey, then the Mayor of Detroit. then Elliott Spitzer, then now Edwards. Who is next? I don't know who to trust anymore.

  • Posted By: josemarti @ 08/08/2008 6:11:24 PM

    Comment: All glory. All praise. All honors to Holly Roller. You were right again. How big of a blow will this be to Obama? Any idea why it is taking him so long to pick a VP? Any idea what he is really doing on his "vacation."?

    • Posted By: AskPlus @ 08/08/2008 6:44:50 PM

      Comment: Talking to yourself again Mr. Roller?

  • Posted By: Pedestrian Observer @ 08/08/2008 5:03:57 PM

    Comment: Is THAT what he meant by "standing up for the little guy"?

    • Posted By: emmarcee @ 08/08/2008 7:45:53 PM

      Comment: good one. I heard that about our NY governer. ex

  • Posted By: VirginiaHarris @ 08/08/2008 4:59:33 PM

    Comment: Sex and the Suffragettes

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  • Posted By: kapauldo @ 08/08/2008 4:33:37 PM

    Comment: Mad or Sad? John Edwards admits affair- what is your reaction? [VOTE] - http://www.thriveorfail.com/4b818

  • Posted By: misterharban @ 08/08/2008 4:28:29 PM

    Comment: This man could be the Democratic nominee. It could be October instead of August. Do journalists of any political persuasion understand the implications that giving this man a pass could have had on our political process? Does anyone care that similar journalistic lapses with regard to either of our current candidates could have disastrous effects? I doubt it.

 
 
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