John Edwards, two-time Presidential candidate and John Kerry's Vice-Presidential pick in 2004, has been dogging a sex scandal for months, since December 2007, in fact. Now, as polls continue to show the former Senator as the most effective running mate for Obama (in terms of which states he helps pick up), his chances at a second nomination for VP is in serious jeopardy following these latest allegations...
According to the National Enquirer-- wait, stop. This is a serious story, being picked up by mainstream media, that comes from the National Enquirer? Well, it's not exactly trustworthy until you find out they're claiming they did their own reporting on this, following Edwards around and even attempting to corner him in a bathroom for a photo.
A team of ENQUIRER reporters caught the married ex-senator visiting his
mistress and secret love child late Monday night at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles hotel.
...Edwards got out of the passenger
side, walked around the front of the car and went in a side entrance
near the swimming pool. [A friend of both Edwards and his alleged mistress rented two rooms and, the Enquirer claims, stayed in one of the rooms alone so the couple could spend time alone.]
Edwards' advisers are "spitting mad and furious" that his late-night
escapades have made international headlines because it could derail his
chances of becoming Barack Obama's running mate. Edwards has not explained his whereabouts to any members of other
news media outlets who have been trying to follow up on the story.
His mistress, blonde divorcee Rielle, meanwhile... is "in despair" that
Edwards might cut off contact with her because their latest rendezvous
has been exposed in the media.
You may recall that this story came and went during the run-up to the Iowa caucuses. First, the love child allegations surfaced; soon after, they were "buried" when a close (married) friend of Edwards' came forward to say, "Hey, wait a minute. It was actually me." The story quickly vanished from even the conservative blogosphere, although no one seemed to believe it. We all acted like the detective does when a death row inmate takes a rap for somebody else-- he may have his suspicions but he's happy just to close the case and move on.
Word on the blogs is that, by the time you're reading this, most major media will cover it-- at least with reservations similar to the ones we voiced in the second paragraph of this post. We'll have more later on...
Via the National Enquirer.
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