
Although it pains Political Nanny a bit to jump in on rumors about politicians' illicit affairs, she's interested to see where this one goes.
The National Enquirer is reporting (grain of salt, grain of salt) that they've finally uncovered evidence that the only plausible white, male Democratic candidate for the 2008 election -- John Edwards -- has been cheating on his dying wife with a sort of member of his now defunct campaign, Rielle Hunter. Not only that, the two made a little baby together. Awwww. Wait, ewwwww. Political Nanny is confused.
From Gawker:
Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught
visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a
Los Angeles hotel by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.
The married ex-senator from North Carolina - whose wife
Elizabeth continues to battle cancer — met with his mistress, blonde
divorcee Rielle Hunter, at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night July 21 -
and the NATIONAL ENQUIRER was there! He didn't leave until early the
next morning.
From the Enquirer:
Edwards denied the affair and that he was the father, and in a bizarre twist, a close friend of his, Andrew Young,
said he was the father. Young, 41, was married at the time with three
children. The NATIONAL ENQUIRER has learned he still is married.
Will the allegations stick? The last 2008 candidate accused of an affair was John McCain. Seems a press conference, a cozy relationship with reporters, a little distraction called "the Democratic Primary" and, maybe even, the truth took care of that.
Political Nanny will keep you posted. (She knows, you feel sick in your stomach right now, huh?)
Photo: Gawker