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John Edwards stories: 227 news summaries

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Palin Ignored Leno's Crack
on Bristol

Comic joked that
John Edwards was babydaddy; no ruckus

Jun 14, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A late-night comic cracking a joke about an adult man getting an underage Palin daughter pregnant? Sounds like perfect fodder for the former vice-presidential candidate's outrage... except there was no outcry, points out Alan Colmes' Liberaland. Back in September, Jay Leno joked that the philandering John Edwards had something to... More »

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John Edwards • pregnancy • joke • Jay Leno • David Letterman • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin

Interview

 Edwards 
 Responds 
 to Critics 

She agreed to book before affair surfaced

May 11, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards responded today to the critics who’ve been lambasting her for releasing her tell-all book, telling Matt Lauer she’d agreed to write the book before John’s affair surfaced, and hadn’t intended to write about it. She said that during John’s presidential run she’d... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • Matt Lauer • Today show • extramarital affair

Edwards Staff Planned to Sabotage Him

Affair rumors inspired 'doomsday' scheme
if he led Dems

May 10, 09 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Suspicious that John Edwards was having an affair, several of his campaign staffers drew up a “doomsday” plan to take him down if he seemed likely to win the Democratic nomination, George Stephanopoulos blogs for ABC News. Most staffers dismissed the rumors, but a few close advisers saw the... More »

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John Edwards • Democrats • affair • sabotage • campaign • Democratic nomination

OPINION

 Stand By Your Man (So You Can Drag Him Through Mud) 

Elizabeth Edwards exacted an 'exquisite' form of revenge against her cheating hubby

May 10, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Veronica Lario, the scorned wife of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, has much to learn from Elizabeth Edwards about revenge American style, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times. When Lario filed for divorce and publicly griped about his caddish ways, Berlusconi just turned the tables by demanding a public... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • Italy • adultery • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • Veronica Lario

 Edwardses Candid 
 in Oprah Interview 

Elizabeth and John talk candidly about their difficult year

May 7, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey’s interview with John and Elizabeth Edwards was intensely personal, reports the Huffington Post, particularly on their marital troubles. Referencing revelations in Elizabeth’s memoir, Resilience, Winfrey asked John if the book’s treatment of his affair made him uncomfortable. “I think that’s up to her,... More »

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cancer • John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • politics • Oprah Winfrey • affair • Rielle Hunter

(Newser) - Questioning Elizabeth Edwards’ motives may be a “modern sacrilege,” but Kathleen Parker is doing it anyway. Yes, she’s endured a lot, but she’s the one who dragged herself back into the public spotlight with her book. “Victimhood is a reliable insulator against criticism, but something... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • Rielle Hunter • extramarital affair • Kathleen Parker • book promotion

 Edwards Mistress 
 Wants DNA Test 

Love child could be exposed as John's

May 7, 09 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards’ trash talking of Rielle Hunter is backfiring—Hunter now wants a DNA test to prove John Edwards is the father of her baby, the National Enquirer reports. “Rielle is so infuriated by his and Elizabeth’s actions that she’s throwing her loyalty to him out the... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • sex scandal • affair • infidelity • paternity test • love child • illegitimate child • Rielle Hunter

OPINION

Edwardses
Can't Get Out of Their Own Way

With book, betrayed Elizabeth trades
privacy for payback

May 6, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards knew her husband’s run for president could implode the moment his affair with Rielle Hunter came out, but she played the loving wife role anyway. “It was hard to walk away,” writes Maureen Dowd of the New York Times. “Just as it’s... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • memoir • Maureen Dowd • infidelity • book • Rielle Hunter • extramarital affair • betrayal

(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards is taking married life day by day—or "maybe it's month by month"—she tells Oprah, in an episode to air Thursday. When asked whether she still loves her husband, she responds, "You know, that's a complicated question," the AP reports. "I wanted... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • infidelity • Election 2008 • Rielle Hunter

BOOK EXCERPT

 Elizabeth Edwards: 
 Road With John 
 Is Clear, But Long 

Memoir excerpt reveals reaction, recovery after John's affair

May 5, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Elizabeth Edwards memoir about coming to terms with her husband's disastrous affair, she tries to understand why he was "targeted” by videographer Rielle Hunter and why he fell for it. "I have come to understand his liaison with this woman, if I have, not as a substitute... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • memoir • book • Rielle Hunter • extramarital affair

Edwards Admits Feds Probing Hush Cash

Candidate may have paid off mistress with campaign donations

May 3, 09 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards is being investigated by feds looking to see if he illegally used 2008 campaign funds to hush up mistress Rielle Hunter, the former candidate told the Charlotte Observer, confirming an earlier report in the Edwards-happy National Enquirer. Hunter, hired to film the candidate, was paid $114,000 by... More »

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John Edwards • campaign finance • federal investigation • affair • political action committees • Rielle Hunter • campaign donors

Edwards Cost Clinton Dearly: Penn

Ex-senator's fall from grace touches off second-guessing

May 1, 09 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton strategist Mark Penn is kicking himself in the wake of reports that Elizabeth Edwards thinks her husband shouldn't have run for president, ABC News reports. If news of John Edwards' infidelity had forced him to drop out of the race, Penn said, “No question in my mind,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • Clinton 2008 • Mark Penn • political strategists • Iowa caucuses • Rielle Hunter • extramarital affair

 Edwards: I Cried, 
 Screamed Over 
 John's Affair 

New book reveals 'crying, screaming' reaction to news of affair

Apr 30, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards reveals her reaction to husband John’s affair—which she knew about nearly a year before the story broke—in her new book, the New York Daily News reports. “I cried and screamed, I went to the bathroom and threw up,” she writes in Resilience, out... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • presidential campaign • affair • memoir • Rielle Hunter

Edwards Tells Elizabeth 'It's My Kid': Enquirer

Concerned ex-lover will go public, Edwards cops to love child first

Mar 4, 09 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - John Edwards has come clean to his wife about the baby he fathered with ex-mistress Rielle Hunter, reports the National Enquirer (the publication that broke the news of the affair). Hunter has been “edgy” over cancer-stricken Elizabeth Edwards’ upcoming book, and the tabloid says John’s confession is an... More »

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cancer • John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • affair • love child • political scandal • Rielle Hunter

(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards will publish a short memoir in May that will deal in part with her husband's campaign-killing affair, Fox News reports. The book, Resilience, will talk about John Edwards' dalliance, "and how she experienced it," says Elizabeth's publicist, who declined to reveal other specifics. The book also... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • political scandal • Rielle Hunter

Daschle Plugged Sugar Daddy for White House Job

Mogul Hindery employed former senator at high pay; his limo service at root of tax flap

Feb 3, 09 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Health and Human Services nominee Tom Daschle advocated for an administration position for business patron Leo Hindery, Politico reports. Hindery gave Daschle a high-paying job (and the car service that led to tax questions), and Daschle suggested Hindery for a government role—maybe commerce secretary or trade representative. “It... More »

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John Edwards • Health and Human Services • taxes • Tom Daschle • Obama administration • Leo Hindery

 Biggest Media Gaffes of 2008 


Dec 23, 08 7:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Politico runs down a list of some of the worst media mistakes of 2008:
  • New Hampshire primary: Just about everyone predicted Hillary would lose by double digits, ending her campaign. Not even close.
  • McCain-Iseman: The long-awaited New York Times story alleging an improper relationship between McCain and a
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John Edwards • MSNBC • presidential primaries • media coverage • political coverage • Best of 2008

OPINION

'Unsexiest' Men Alive: Post-Election Edition


Dec 10, 08 7:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The Boston Phoenix drew up its  “Unsexiest Men” list in March, but the election season produced some new contenders, while others earned a reprieve.
  • John Edwards: The perennial Dem also-ran wasn't on the first list, but his very public dalliance earns him a spot after a recount
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Mitt Romney • John McCain • John Edwards • Mike Huckabee • list • Bill Maher • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • Joe Wurzelbacher • unsexiest man • Boston Phoenix

Emanuel
Pokes Fun at Stephen Colbert

And manages to zing Edwards, Lieberman, and Palin at charity

Nov 16, 08 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Emboldened by the election, at least one Democrat brashly took potshots at a satirist who relishes zapping politicians on TV. Barack Obama's new chief of staff Rahm Emanuel roasted faux newsman Stephen Colbert at a weekend charity function—but in a deft word twist managed to zing a number of... More »

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John Edwards • Joe Lieberman • charity • Rahm Emanuel • Stephen Colbert • The Colbert Report • Sarah Palin • President Obama

(AP) - John Edwards didn't have to dodge tough questions from an Indiana University audience tonight as he returned to the public stage three months after admitting to an affair. He addressed politics, poverty, and his hopes for America, but a subsequent question-and-answer session—featuring questions vetted in advance—did not raise... More »

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John Edwards • political scandal

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