Brace yourself. The Edward's thing is gonna get worse if he's the father.

[Liberal_in_LA]

Why else would there be payments to the so-called father of the baby? Both the 'father' and the mother are living very well with no means of support.

[Neshanic]

1. Wait! You are saying things that are reported in a TABLOID!

You can't believe that stuff. I mean really how could that be even plausable? :sarcasm:

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. ha ha. Looks like we'll be paying more attention to tabloid tales now.

They had the goods on Edwards.

[Neshanic]

4. They were talking about this whole fiasco on Datalounge for weeks, but here

if someone even mentioned it, there was Hell to pay for the unfortunate poster.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. I know! I brought it up and got a verbal whipping.

[avaistheone1]

5. Last week's Globe cover story was that Obama has a love child.

I am not saying that in sarcasm. That is what it said.

So how do you like those apples?

Are you buying that story too?

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. I'm not going by tabloid.. I'm going by facts: 1. He's visiting the baby, 2. Another man associated

with the campaign just happens to be the father of a baby born to edwards mistress. 3. Both mistress and said "father' are receiving payments. The non tabloid news is reporting these facts now.

[Neshanic]

10. Like I said earlier, I was skeptical, but when the photos came out...

but again, cherry picking morals, stances on the sanctity of marriage, telling gay people that he's torn about us being able to marry...you are not only in the wrong orchard, you are on the wrong farm.

[regnaD kciN]

17. I'm not...

...but lots of people will... :-(

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Edwards is no longer a candidate for anything.

He's a private citizen (probably permanently). Nothing is going to get "worse," except maybe for him and his family.

It's time for everybody else to walk away.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. True but Edwards is a young man, he has time to run for Prez in 8 years. Would be nice

for dems if his rep wasn't dragged thru the gutter.

[orleans]

15. but he was and all this shit was going on.

olbermann said (basically) for awhile the race was between hillary and edwards and can you imagine what would have happened if he had been the nominee?

that's what i keep thinking (even before olbermann said it)

i feel like: how dare he risk jeopardizing our party at such a desperate time in this nation's history.

you want to shrug and walk away from him, go ahead.
i think he's a fucking dick!

[EC]

6. If there is an agreement between them it's not illegal, provides

care for the child and the woman doesn't seem to be unhappy. So who is there that can force John Edwards to reveal or concede to anything? Sounds to me like something good came out of a bad situation.

[LisaL]

7. He claims he is not the baby's daddy.

[Neshanic]

11. He also lied.....ALOT.

[CookCountyResident]

14. Riiiiiiighhhhhhht....

Then why was he dodging the reporters and cameras until 2 in the morning at the Beverly Hills hotel? If there is smoke???

He could have just issued a denial that night and walked away.

Instead he hides in a closet?! C'mon.

[waiting for hope]

12. He has offered to take a paternity test -

Not good enough for you?

[Neshanic]

13. Yes, if it is checked by two separate labs.

[SoCalDem]

18. Mom better not throw out any dirty diapers..

There's a trash man out there who'll happily give it to the Enquirer..and they'll eagerly pay a lab to do the test..

Edwards was on TV saying he would gladly take a test..

checkmate!

[woo me with science]

19. Yep, he's only dragging it out with the continued denials....

He's either an incredibly self-confident moron, or he has been a Republican plant all along. :tinfoilhat: :scared: :rofl:

[Dreamer Tatum]

20. What's worse than cheating on your wife?

Denying your own child by paying another man to claim it.

Pathetic.

If Edwards wasn't the father, he would have had proof of it yesterday. It would have made plausible his story that it ended in 2006, and we would not be talking about this anymore.

He is most assuredly the father, and his entire future now hinges on the whim of his ex-mistress. I wonder how much coin she's going to cost him over the next, oh, very long time. Edwards has created a very special sort of hell for himself.