In his lengthy and supposedly final apologia pro vita John Edwards, the former Senator admits his affair with Rieille Hunter but denies he is the father of her child. Note the language from lawyer Edwards: “I am and have been willing to take any test necessary to establish the fact that I am not the father of any baby, and I am truly hopeful that a test will be done so this fact can be definitively established.”
Como se dice? Why “hopeful”? Samples of the Senator’s and the child’s DNA are readily available. Am I missing something? Hot Air says Edwards is ready to take a paternity test. Given this language, I’m not so sure.
MEANWHILE: They let the lunatics out of the asylum. (via Deceiver.com)
QUERY: What happens to those people still driving around with “Kerry/Edwards” bumper stickers on their cars? [I've seen a lot of them in your neighborhood.-ed. Yeah, they've been on so long I don't know if they'll come off.]
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1. vb:The CNN pundits are asking how this will affect Edwards’ political future. Did he have a political future?
Aug 8, 2008 - 4:43 pm 2. Blenheim:The language is a little weird, but I think it’s intended to suggest that he has no control over Hunter. Of course, if you really believe that Hunter and Young are in hiding from the tabloids, you’d think a paternity test would be in everyones interest. Then again, so long as Hunter is getting paid off by the Edwards campaign, what incentive does she have to cooperate?
Aug 8, 2008 - 4:55 pm 3. Peter G:That Daily Kos article has a poll at the end, where one can vote yes/no on whether this story is “bunk.” The results so far: 84 votes cast, the % who think the story is bunk =100%.
I hope no one goes over to vote and reduces that percentage. I prefer to see it as the equivalent of a Saddam Hussein election result.
Aug 8, 2008 - 5:00 pm 4. MarkO:So, now we have the requested pictures and a confession only a lawyer from UNC law school could write. But, I really want to know why he was at the hotel with her until the wee hours if the affair is over and the kid does not stay in the picture.
And, he had sex with someone he didn’t love?
Aug 8, 2008 - 5:11 pm 5. whiskey:Edwards will probably still have a career. Men of course won’t like him but women will. They already do. His affair is “hot” and “sexy” and such. A powerful man with the “correct” politics and silky hair will always find women forgive them anything.
Edwards will not suffer much politically from this.
Aug 8, 2008 - 6:49 pm 6. Pajamas Media » Edwards Confesses Sexual Affair; Claims He Didn’t Father Child:[...] Roger L. Simon: Paternity and legal language [...]
Aug 8, 2008 - 7:01 pm 7. Golem:Edwards denies that the love child is his. He also says he doesn’t love Rielle Hunter.
Today on his radio show Larry Elder interviewed the National Enquirer reporter who broke the story and is still covering it.
The reporter said that Edwards is still lying. Edwards has declared his love for Rielle Hunter and is the father of her love child.
Aug 8, 2008 - 7:09 pm 8. srlucado:“…I am truly hopeful that a test will be done…”
Good Lord, what a weasel. How about, “I will be taking a paternity test tomorrow?” Well, no plans of doing anything like *that*.
Whenever people start talking about themselves in the passive voice, look out.
Scott
Aug 8, 2008 - 7:58 pm 9. Pinkie Ann LeBrainne:Rielle Hunter will refuse to let the baby’s DNA be tested.
Aug 8, 2008 - 9:14 pm 10. jvon:I imagine what will happen is that there will be a cash settlement, a condition of which is that the child never had a paternity test. This way he can continue to claim it isn’t his, and blame it on the woman (in public, at least) for refusing to submit to the test.
I will never understand why idealistic people decide that they should follow lawyers. They must not pay much attention.
Aug 8, 2008 - 9:41 pm 11. Dick Stanley:A little WD-40, applied judiciously (so to speak) should get those old bumper stickers off.
Aug 8, 2008 - 10:01 pm 12. cthulhu:“I am and have been willing to take any test necessary to establish the fact that I am not the father of any baby, and I am truly hopeful that a test will be done so this fact can be definitively established.”
What odd wording. I wonder if it’s clearer in the negative:
“I am not, and have not been willing to take any test necessary to establish the fact that I am the father of any baby….”
OK, so he’s willing to take any tests so long as the outcome is preordained? Somehow this sounds like something a sleazy lawyer might say.
Aug 8, 2008 - 11:49 pm 13. Anita Hope:According to the Investigator from the Nat. Inq. they also met in June at the Hilton, he stated last night on a
TV interview. It should be easy to trace both of their monthly get togethers as well as the other involved
man. I think our country has more important problems to continue so much space to a slimmy character, so
we need to stop hurting his wife and family and fill the front pages, the blogasphere, and TV, with real news
and the Olympics. A couple gets attacked on opening day, one is dead and one is in the hospital, American
Citizen’s, by a chinese nationalist, this is hardly mentioned till this am, WHY ?
Aug 9, 2008 - 7:38 am 14. Fred Beloit:I have a hard time envisioning this press conference:
Hunter: I am announcing today that I will not subject my baby and my husband to the ordeal of a test that is not necessary. He is NOT the father of my baby.
Press: Oh OK. We understand.
Aug 9, 2008 - 8:09 am 15. Lem:I have a little voice whispering in my ear.
Wasn’t the CW that the French, witch had Mitterrand mistress attend his funeral along with the widow, our cultural superior?
Didn’t they look down on us, along with the MSM over Bill and Monica?
I guess it’s like sort of Bentsenesk.
Senator Edwards, I knew Bill Clinton; Bill Clinton was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Bill Clinton
Aug 9, 2008 - 8:30 am 16. MarkO:John Boy has agreed to take any test that will “establish the fact that I am not the father of any baby.”
Not even an IQ test can do that. In fact, no test can do what he wants so he doesn’t have to take one. Read the words.
Aug 9, 2008 - 1:00 pm 17. Bob_R:Well, he has a lot of years ahead of him. Maybe some time around 2030 I’ll be willing to listen to what Johnny has to say. He might be able to do something constructive with his life between now and then. If McCain went through his divorce in 2006 he wouldn’t be a candidate now (and probably would have had the brains not to run). It’s the idea that we ought to elect them WHILE they are acting like fools that I mind.
Aug 9, 2008 - 6:04 pm 18. Barry Dauphin:Hey, one day the kid will want to know the identity of the father, especially if there’s a portion of a trial lawyer’s worth of inheritance to consider.
Aug 10, 2008 - 10:11 am 19. WadeZ:Peter G, if you look at the poll Kos only gives one reply Yes, you can’t vote Bunk No, I guess like true liberals they only give you one choice, theirs.
Aug 10, 2008 - 1:48 pm 20. FairestWitness:If this fiasco isn’t the epitome of a trial lawyer/politician, I don’t know what else would be. John Edwards can’t even tell the truth when confessing he’s a liar.
Aug 10, 2008 - 1:58 pm