Edwards Admits to Affair

Two words: character counts. Even John Edwards would agree. Here is his response to CBS News anchor Katie Couric on the subject of marital fidelity:

 

Of course. I mean, for a lot of Americans – including the family that I grew up with, I mean, it’s fundamental to how you judge people and human character – whether you keep your word, whether you keep what is your ultimate word, which is that you love your spouse, and you’ll stay with them. … I think the most important qualities in a president in today’s world are trustworthiness – sincerity, honesty, strength of leadership. And – and certainly that goes to a part of that.

It appears now that these hypocritical words uttered by the Dapper Douchebag Democrat will haunt him for the rest of his life. John Edwards has admitted to ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff that he *did* have an affair with novice filmmaker Reille Hunter. Take that, mainstream media! Now you finally have something to report, dontcha…

John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extra-marital affair with a novice film-maker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today:

In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 42-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.

Edwards also denied he was the father of Hunter’s baby girl, Frances Quinn, although the one-time Democratic Presidential candidate said he has not taken a paternity test.

Edwards said he knew he was not the father based on timing of the baby’s birth on February 27, 2008. He said his affair ended too soon for him to have been the father.

A former campaign aide, Andrew Young, has said he was the father of the child.

According to friends of Hunter, Edwards met her at a New York city bar in 2006. His political action committee later paid her $114,000 to produce campaign website documentaries despite her lack of experience.

And… in a futile attempt to look like less of an asshole, Edwards explains:

Edwards made a point of telling Woodruff that his wife’s cancer was in remission when he began the affair with Hunter. Elizabeth Edwards has since been diagnosed with an incurable form of the disease.

Yes, but we’ve since learned that the cancer has returned in an incurable form and, well, wasn’t he just caught leaving her hotel room in L.A. towards the end of July? 

The mainstream media now needs to make up for their lack of attention into this by investigating whether or not Edwards is indeed her baby daddy.

UPDATE: Statement Released from Senator John Edwards:

In 2006, I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs. I recognized my mistake and I told my wife that I had a liaison with another woman, and I asked for her forgiveness. Although I was honest in every painful detail with my family, I did not tell the public. When a supermarket tabloid told a version of the story, I used the fact that the story contained many falsities to deny it. But being 99% honest is no longer enough. 

I was and am ashamed of my conduct and choices, and I had hoped that it would never become public. With my family, I took responsibility for my actions in 2006 and today I take full responsibility publicly. But that misconduct took place for a short period in 2006. It ended then. 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. I only know that the apparent father has said publicly that he is the father of the baby. I also have not been engaged in any activity of any description that requested, agreed to or supported payments of any kind to the woman or to the apparent father of the baby.

It is inadequate to say to the people who believed in me that I am sorry, as it is inadequate to say to the people who love me that I am sorry. In the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic. If you want to beat me up – feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself. I have been stripped bare and will now work with everything I have to help my family and others who need my help. 

I have given a complete interview on this matter and having done so, will have nothing more to say.

Nothing more to say? We’ll just see about that…