John Edwards Confesses

I gave John Edwards far more credit than he deserved.

Way back in October 2007, when rumors were circulating about Edwards having an affair, I defended him.

Here.

I called the reports "silly, concocted tabloid trash."

I wrote:

I don't for one minute believe that Edwards would cheat on his wife, especially given her health situation.

During their marriage, they've faced tragedies and challenges together. There's no way Edwards would do that to her.

I don't believe it.

I was so wrong. I was a fool to defend him.

Edwards is an admitted adulterer. He's a liar. He's selfish and cruel.

And according to the National Enquirer, he's the daddy of his former (?) lover's baby.

Edwards is the daddy of Rielle Hunter's daughter, Frances Quinn Hunter.

From the Enquirer:

Edwards made the belated admission to his wife in an effort to stop ex-lover Rielle Hunter from going public, sources told The ENQUIRER.

While Edwards has admitted to having an affair with Rielle, he has shamelessly denied fathering her baby, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary. Instead, one of his campaign workers, Andrew Young, claimed to be the dad.

But now, at least in private to his wife, he is finally telling the truth, sources reveal to The ENQUIRER.

The ex-senator sprang into action when he saw how upset Rielle had become over Elizabeth's forthcoming book, Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities, which will be published in May.

"Rielle has become extremely edgy, and John's been afraid she might go public before Elizabeth's book comes out so she can put her story out there first," the close source told The ENQUIRER.

"These concerns led to John telling Rielle that he had sat down with Elizabeth and admitted to being the baby's father. This is something Rielle had been pushing John to do for a long, long time because he initially told Elizabeth he was not the father.

I'm inclined to believe the report. The Enquirer has been right about this story from the beginning.

For a long time, I've believed that Edwards was lying about being the baby's father.

Maybe Edwards did confess to his wife a while ago but he certainly didn't come clean to the American people.

If he is the baby's father, then he flat-out lied on the record when he was interviewed by Bob Woodruff on ABC's Nightline, August 2008.

Edwards said he knows he could not be the father based on the timing of the baby's birth on February 27, 2008.

A grainy photo that appears to show Edwards holding a child was published recently in the National Enquirer, which claimed that the baby was Rielle Hunter's child Frances Quinn. Edwards said he couldn't make "sense" of the photo.

"I don't know if that picture is me," Edwards said. "It could well be. It looks like me. I don't know who that baby is. I have no idea what that picture is."

Pressed to clarify whether the child in the picture was Hunter's child, Edwards suggested that the tabloid may have digitally altered the picture, but also noted the frequency with which politicians hold babies. "Do you know how many pictures have been taken of me holding children in the last three years? I mean it happens all the time."

Edwards was asked again about the meeting.

"Are you saying you don't remember holding that child of Miss Hunter?"

"I'm saying you asked me about that photograph. I don't know anything about that photograph, I don't know who that baby is. I don't know if the picture has been altered, manufactured, if it's a picture of me taken some other time, holding another baby…I have no idea. I was not at this meeting holding a child for my photograph to be taken I can tell you that."

Sometimes the cover-up is worse than the original misdeed.

In this case, it's all so slimy.

What a fool I was to believe that Edwards actually possessed some degree of decency and honor!

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A paternity test really isn't necessary.


(Photo/The Tonight Show)