Edwards is doing well so Drudgey has a Nasty Rumor going around

[romantico]

Edwards must be doing somehting right because Drudge has a BIG story on his site about Edwards.

"LOVE CHILD SCANDAL!!PREGNANT WOMAN IN HIDING!!!BOMBSHELL!!!!"

One of the tabloids is reporting it.I hope John sues his ass!

http://www.drudgereport.com

[madeline_con]

1. HE MUST BE STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. I hope Elizabeth sues his a$$!

[ingac70]

3. If it is untrue...

The Edwards needs to sue The Enquirer, not Drudge,

Remember, The Enquirer was the one that scooped the Rush Limbaugh drug story.

[blogslut]

4. Let me guess

Now, I haven't been to eggman's site in three years but, I bet this is how he's got it diplayed:

Awful, cheezey siren gif

A link to a blurb

No actual source

More to come


Then it will drop off the page because Matt Drudge is full of shit

[ingac70]

5. He's got the Enquirer front page pic...

up, the headline is on that.

[blogslut]

10. Ahh, so he's come to a point where he has to link to tabloids now

How the mighty righty has fallen

[Lex]

6. That's about the sum of it.

nt

[OHdem10]

7. The Enquirer or Globe has one featuring Obama as

the other man --Oprah and Stedman on the outs.

If one is going to use Enquirer here, all is fair.

[romantico]

8. What really gets me

do they thnk Edwards is this dumb? Didn't they do somehting like this with Kerry during the Iowa caucus in 2004? Kerry had an affair with a woman? They knew it wasn't true but just wanted the lie out there to make people wonder? The story disappeared fast.There was no link or story anywhere, just one of those "We have it on good authority" and " An un-named source tells Drudge" or " A very reliable source who does not wish to be named". I could be wrong, but I thought it was a secretary of Kerry's or something.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. Yeah, Drudgery has been right so many times before

Remember the Kerry intern story that was supposed to sink his campaign?

[romantico]

13. Thats what it was

An intern! I knew I wasn't imagining it. Fact is, he had a negative story on every Democratic candidate sitting on it waiting for the right time. Today they released some new numbers and it was in Edwards favor and like clck work, well you know the rest of the story. I hope Huckabee or Romeny get caught in a bathroom bust within the next week.Of course, Drudge will remain completely silent on that one.

[LiberalHeart]

11. Note the Enquirer headline doesn't say....

...she's pregnant by Edwards. Just says she's linked to his campaign, preggers, and in hiding. The "love child scandal" could be about anybody, not necessarily Edwards. So let's hold up on that lawsuit till more is published.

[Buzz Clik]

14. I'm sorry, but there is no room for reasonable discourse in GD.

Please make your way to Environment/Energy or Science or someplace where mature, boring people hang out.

tsk tsk.

[dysfunctional press]

16. that's what i noticed too...

and it could very well backfire on them, since there's plenty of time for the truth before the caucuses, and if shown false- could give edwards some sympathy votes.

[Buzz Clik]

12. With Drudge, the odds are, at the very best, 50/50.

In this case, I'll be shocked if he's got it right.

[kskiska]

15. Didn't this same story make the rounds just a couple months ago?

Edwards denied it at the time. Here we go again.

Yep…published 10/13/07
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/10/breaking-news-j.html

[VolcanoJen]

17. Empty Scandal Sandwich

May as well bat this shit down as it comes in. The "story" seems to be about a former Edwards staffer fathering this woman's child. He's married, the "story" says he has admitted to it. The woman, through her attorney, names the former Edwards staffer as the father.

So the headline is "EDWARDS LOVE CHILD SCANDAL" when the middle is a completely different story. It's really "EDWARDS married staffer rumored to be the father of former Edwards videographer's baby in new LOVE CHILD SCANDAL.

An Empty Scandal Sandwich, if you will.

[Lex]

18. gawd, they are desperate to smear Edwards

if this is the story

[VolcanoJen]

19. Oh, absolutely

Although I'm sure people will scream Clintons on this one, it's just pure, unadulterated Rove. Practically textbook.

[walldude]

20. Have you people not learned how to read the Enquirer yet?

Look at the headline: John Edwards Love Child Scandal! Woman linked to Presidential Candidate!

Nowhere does it say that it's John Edwards child, I'm sure when you open the Enquirer there is a story about some pregnant woman that is either on his staff, is a distant relative, or has written a letter to John Edwards. You know... linked to him :eyes:

Drudge is slime...

[VolcanoJen]

22. Here's the text of the Enquirer article... taken down from their site

The story was up but now it's gone. As I posted above, the story/rumor is about a married former Edwards staffer, essentially. EDWARDS and LOVE CHILD are the anchors to the gossip, but the middle is empty. (Emphasis mine)

The ENQUIRER has now confirmed not only that Rielle is pregnant, but she is also living in Chapel Hill, N.C. in a gated community, just a few streets away from Andrew Young, who has been a key official in Edwards' campaign.
Young has been in charge of looking after Hunter, according to sources, and she has been careful to stay out of sight during Edwards' campaign. A former Director of Operations for Edwards' campaign, Young's last official position with the campaign was North Carolina Finance Director.

He left that job about a month ago — nearly the same time Rielle relocated from the New Jersey area to Chapel Hill.

In a bizarre twist, Young, a 41-year-old married man with young children, now claims HE is the father of Reille's baby.

But others are skeptical about his claim and talk of a political cover up is heating up.

Reille, when contacted in person by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER, denied that she was Reille Hunter. Later, she hired a lawyer and issued a statement, saying that Young is the father.

But a source close to the 43-year-old divorcee says Rielle has told a far different story privately.

"Rielle told me she had a secret affair with Edwards. When she found out that she was pregnant she said he was the father."

[walldude]

26. Bingo! Publicly it's someone else's baby but the Enquirer has

a secret source that claims in private she says it's Edwards baby... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: This is HUGH! I'm Series!

[in_cog_ni_to]

21. Elizabeth WILL NOT take this sitting down! SLUDGE printed his last BULLSHIT slime story.

What an asshole. SUE HIM ELIZABETH!


Also, can you imagine doing something like this to a woman fighting breast cancer?!@#$%^&^%$#@ What a piece of shit.

[davidinalameda]

23. Politics1.com is running the story now

http://www.politics1.com/

The new cover of the National Enquirer -- hitting the streets on Wednesday -- will feature a shocking scandal story about a leading Democratic Presidential candidate fathering a soon-to-be-born "love child." National Enquirer claims John Edwards had an 18-month affair with female staffer on his campaign, who is supposedly now six-months pregnant and in hiding. Edwards and the staffer reportedly are vehemently denying the story -- although the newspaper purportedly has interviews with friends of the woman in whom she reportedly confided about the Edwards details. The newspaper also claims to have emails and other evidence supporting the story. With Edwards' "good husband" image associated with his ailing wife, this story -- if it has legs -- has the potential to destroy his campaign. Yes, it's a tabloid newspaper -- but remember that it was also a gossip tabloid that broke the Paula Jones sex scandal story about Bill Clinton during the 1992 campaign. Stay tuned

[VolcanoJen]

25. Hi dwick!!!!!

Funny how the Village (Drudge rules their world) will look right past the Enquirer story (about a former Edwards staffer who is rumored to have fathered the baby of a former Edwards videographer) and roll will the EDWARDS LOVE CHILD gossip-crap.

Drudge still has "developing" up on his odious gossip rag... it's not developing, Matt. The rumors aren't about John Edwards, obviously. But he'll milk it until the morning teevee shows run with it, I'm guessing.

In other news... :hug: dwick :hug: !!

[NoodleyAppendage]

24. What? Is she going to give birth to Batboy or gay Bigfoot? Please.

Since when did the National Enquirer become a legitimate news source. Who owns the Enquirer?

J