No, Fox News has not "confirmed" that he has a love child and had an affair.  Some mysterious "Guard" confirms that some Enquirer Reporters were in the hotel and that Edwards was confronted by them.  The Enquirer is such a credible news organization, isn't it?

Ah, the National Enquirer and FoxNews (GOPTV). A couple of real credible sources for information smears. How many times has the Enquirer been sued for libel?

I'm not saying I think this story is true or not, it's just the sources are very questionable.

It looks more like National Enquirer Stalking people Confirmed!

This blog post is a new low for TBC ... and that's saying something! From the FOX "News" article:

"FOXNews.com could not independently confirm the Enquirer's allegations." and "Hunter has said that the father of her child is former Edwards campaign official Andrew Young. The 41-year-old married father of three has also said he is the father."

Also,  the reason the LA Times is not allowing registered bloggers to blog on this issue is because The Enquirer is the only source!  Perhaps The Bakersfield Californian should have acted like the Times, and not Fox News, in this instance? 

This blog post is a new low for TBC

For now.

They'll top it by the end of the week.

Perhaps The Bakersfield Californian should have acted like the Times, and not Fox News, in this instance? 

That would take integrity.

Something TBC has been lacking for several years now.

I'll go you one better:  Turns out that Obama is actually the love child that cost McCain the election in 2000.

http://www.rightpundits.com...

Fox News knows that the rumor will mean fact to those that want to believe it, regardless of whether it is true or not.

I would not be surprised if they have a list of democratic VP candidates that they will try to hurt whether by truth, inuendo, or outright lies. Such is the M.O. of Rupert.

At any rate, even if the story is false, it successfully has eliminated him as a VP candidate.

What a shame that the news media has this kind of power to destroy.

I don't believe or disbelieve the rumor but what is hilarious is that the left acts like they were stung by a bee.

If this was a Republican you guys would eat it up. 

Condi/Bush anyone?

If this were a Republican it wouldn't be getting any play at all.

Get back to us when a media outlet with a reputation for fact checking instead of rumor mongering publishes the story.

but what is hilarious is that the left acts like they were stung by a bee

Nancy would prefer if the rumor was ignored by the left and allowed to fester and grow by the rightwing media.

The right hates it when the left fights back because the right can't counter with the truth or facts.

Does this mean some innocent child and mother gets dragged through the mud? Oh what fun!

RF, you know that's not true.  We all heard about McCain's black love child in 2000.

What is Edwards saying? Has he had anything to say about it? It's obvious this is big enough to require a reply.

Silence can be deafening......

NancyII,

If this story involved a conservative right-wing Republican, and it was TRUE and could be SUBSTANTIATED, then yes, I'd laugh my a** off. I'd rather know the facts, whether the person is left, right, or upside down.

Oh good grief TSM...even you should be able to see the hypocrisy on here.  Some are still flinging around the foibles of the right but hate it when the left gets busted.  Rumor or no rumor, you guys are the ones playing it up.  Re-read the responses...and whose commenting.

Nancy, who posted the original rumor?  Not the left...

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Replying only gives the rumor more airtime.

From the Fox report cited in the original post:

"Edwards this week has repeatedly refused to comment on the Enquirer report. Asked about it on Thursday at an event in New Orleans, he said: "I have no idea what you're asking about. I've responded, consistently, to these tabloid allegations by saying I don't respond to these lies and you know that ... and I stand by that.""

Nancy, you're right. We do hate it when the people we support prove they, too, are human. We're disappointed. It's sad that their personal lives provide so much fodder for gossip, left and rightwing, alike.

Noone~ well said! I promised myself after President Clinton to never "fall in love" so much with a candidate,that when their backside was exposed  that I'd be surprised again.We are voting for real human beings,not panaceas ,not "gods'.

RF, granted the left didn't post it here but you guys are continuing it.

Noone, I couldn't agree more.

Re-read the responses...and whose commenting

Those of us on the left are responding to it as it is, a rumor and are breaking it down with facts.

It's those on the right who are treating the rumor as fact.

Just look at the blog title and which new organization has picked up on the story.

I just wanna know what rightwing whacko has taken over posting this Californian blog. The last couple of posts have been rather less than impartial.

I've been watching too many Sophia/Estelle Getty tributes today and it's prompting me to say things like "TSM, What?  You can't read?"  I was talking about THIS blog and these bloggers.

Nancy, if it will make ya feel better, I will say this, if it is true, then Edwards is an ars. If it's true.

As for any Republicans I pick on, it is based on fact. Or at least the facts as I know them. LOL

There has been a lot of unsubstantiated rumors about George Bush such as Condi, or the alleged abortion. I believe those allegations less than I do the Edwards one. In Bush's case, however, there are LOTS of substantiated stuff I can batter him on instead. ;)

I am back today after a two week "vacation" and find myself wondering much the same noone....I do not call names, but the quality of this particular blog does seem suspect. 

Anti...once again we agree.  I have no problem with opposition  citing relevant facts as reasons for not wanting someone in office but all this *he had more affairs, he had a child, he divorced, she divorced*  stuff is hogwash.   Especially if it's just rumor.

Having said that and showing how principled  and high minded I am, I have to admit that after listening to the Condi crap and the McCain divorce on here, I wasn't about to let this one go by.  I ain't all THAT high minded and principled.

I've changed the headline of this post to read "Security guard confirms Edwards' late-night hotel encounter."

The guard didn't say anything about the alleged love-child.

Thanks to my colleagues for pointing this error out.

— Andrew Mockett

I don't believe the Condi/Bush stuff at all, however, it is a fact that McCain got divorced. LOL

I always feel sorry for the innocent family members who have their lives dragged through the mud.   The whole thing is sad.

catpaw has hit the nail on the head... the true victims here are the woman and her unborn child. She has already admitted to having an affair with a married man, just not Edwards, but rather a campaign manager for Edwards campaign. Basically, the rumors are saying she's lying to save Edwards. Yet logically I just can't see the campaign manager, no matter how much he believes in the candidate, torpedoing his own marriage by saying he had an affair and fathered the child, as one would have to believe if they believe Edwards is really the father.

McCain divorced 26 years ago and the left acts like it was yesterday.  They hold grudges longer than Sophias Sicilians.

Audrey, you certainly are right about the family.  You'd think politicians would give  more thought to the effects of their actions on the ones they love.  Apparently they just aren't able to do that.  Another reason (not that I planned to) for not getting into politics.  I don't want anyone digging into MY closets.

After rewriting the headline to make it accurate, I realized I had to do the same thing with the sentence in the blog post.

Here's what I changed:

Now Sen. John Edwards alleged late-night encounter with Enquirer reporters in a Beverly Hills hotel has been confirmed by FOXNews.

— Andrew Mockett

Divorces happen all the time. It was the circumstances behind the divorce that people question. And it's not like Bill Clinton's name doesn't pop up 8 years later, or Jimmy Carter's 25 years later, and neither of them are running for President. 

Unless the relationship compromises national security, like the John Profumo scandal of the 60's, I don't think it should be reported by the media.

These 9 day wonders misdirects our attention from the real problems facing America.  Too bad the press doesn't use more discretion in reporting sex scandals that happen in EITHER party.

Thanks for the headline correction and clarification. Far more accurate.

You are right Audrey. In Europe they laugh at us for even bringing sex into the foray, but we still have our puritanical roots.

I'm pretty sure had Clinton pulled his oval office stunt in the Arkansas Governor's Mansion, he would never have become President.

To McCain's credit, he did acknowledge that what he did to his first wife was selfish and immature. But those kinds of things go to loyalty and trustworthiness and will have an impact in many voter's minds. To tell you the truth, I probably would have voted for George I over Clinton had I known he would get 'comfort' from an intern. But I still think despite his personal failings, he left the country in good shape until the other George took the wheel.

You're getting there, Andrew, but again, the FOXNews article says, "FOXNews.com could not independently confirm the Enquirer's allegations." So the text of your blog is still inaccurate.

The current President is George III.

George Washington was George I.

George HW Bush is George II.

The current Madness is King George III.

AudreyB: What if the relationship doesn't affect national security, but still affects national business. Let's say, a congressman having an affair with a lobbyist for an industry overseen by a committee he chairs. Isn't that the public's business too?

Perhaps I should be more specific.  If the relationship has no bearing on the office he holds, or isn't illegal, it should be a private matter.

Audrey, public figures aren't entitled to the same right to privacy that you and I are. Look how much fun people had when the Republicans found out about Karin Stanford and Mr. Jesse (and baby makes three, in My Blue Hea-ven...). Repubs waited two months to make the news public - two weeks before Jesse's big protest bash on inauguration day 2001 was to take place (that bash sorta got itself canceled).

How many times has the Enquirer been sued for libel?

I never buy the Enquirer. The Weekly World News is much more entertaining.

How many politicians have cheated on their wives, had gay flings or engaged in "edgy" sex acts etc and not been caught.  Did their getting away with it make any difference in your lives.  No.  So why drag the ones to who are unlucky enough or foolish enough to get caught through the maelstrom of public opinion.

Edwards is a Democrat.  This will be a resume enhancement for him.

Had he been a Republican, it would have to have been a gay-sex scandal.

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That's the only plausible thing about the whole rumor.

James~ gee...that analogy seems awfully familiar..... 

I'm sure nobody *CURRENTLY* in Congress is guilty of that, Sage.

Oh no, Sage, not a local boy.