Two Americas, Two Timer

The Breck Boy has been forced to 'fess up. While the ambulance-chasing slimebag lectures us on "Two Americas," he shtupped someone he met at a bar after paying her $114,000 to do a campaign spot while his wife dealt with incurable breast cancer.

The worst stench out of all this is how the National Enquirer had to break the story while the Lame Stream Media covered his ass, just as they have for the Obamessiah. You can bet if this had been a former GOP senator and Veep candidate, it would be like blood in the water at the shark tank.

Edwards is now relegated to the scrap heap of political relevance, joining Gary Hart on board the "Monkey Business," soon to followed by a permanent stay in Dante's Eighth Circle of Hell with the other corrupt politicians immersed in a lake of boiling pitch.

Le' Affair De John Edwards

Mickey Kaus has noted how hard the mainstream media is working to ignore John Edwards' affair with a campaign staffer.

Of course, he does have his work cut out for him if he's going to make up ground on that hero of the Democratic Party, Bill Clinton.




After reading this, I can manage a measure of sympathy for the man.

Senator Edwards’ lows seem to coincide with his wife’s silly, Drudge-worthy sound bites. Here’s a sampling of Mrs. Edwards sending her husband’s campaign into oblivion (dates listed are when comments were first reported):

- October 6, 2006: “[Hillary Clinton] and I are from the same generation. We both went to law school and married other lawyers, but after that, we made other choices. I think my choices have made me happier. I think I'm more joyful than she is.”

- April 11, 2007: Calls North Carolina neighbor “slummy” and “rabid, rabid Republican.”

- July 17, 2007: “[S]ometimes you feel you have to behave as a man and not talk about women's issues. I’m sympathetic – [Hillary Clinton] wants to be commander in chief. But she's just not as vocal a women's advocate as I want to see. John is. She’s just not as vocal a women's advocate as I want to see. John is.”

- August 6, 2007 : “We can't make John black, we can't make him a woman. Those things get you a lot of press, worth a certain amount of fundraising dollars.”

- October 4, 2007: “My classmates went to Vietnam, [Rush Limbaugh] did not. He was 4F. He had a medical disability, the same medical disability that probably should have stopped him from spending a lifetime in a radio announcer’s chair; but it is true, isn’t it? If he has an inoperable position that allows him not to serve, presumably it should not allow him to sit for long periods of time the way he does. I think this is a serious enough offense for the people who fund him, who buy ads and allow him to be on the air…”

On the other hand, maybe he's just part of that small, scummy subset of the population who dump their spouse after a cancer diagnosis.

Update: Just a reminder that the National Enquirer was recently purchased my Ron Burkle, a very wealthy friend of the Clintons.

At the time I wondered if he wasn't watching Hillary's backside. The Enquirer beat the "real news media" to a lot of scandal stories involving the Clintons back in the 1990's and wouldn't it be convenient if a friend of the family was making sure that those stories didn't appear at inopportune moments during Hillary's campaign. I didn't consider at the time that Burkle/Clinton might use the tabloids to attack Hillary's rivals. Look out Obama!

Update: I'm not the only one who smells a Clinton operation.

Edwards Taking a Page Out Of Bill Clinton's Book?

John Edwards having an affair with a staffer? Hey, it worked for Slick Willie in 1992.

A source close to the woman, whose name is being withheld by The NATIONAL ENQUIRER, says that she confessed to having an affair in phone calls and emails, saying that her work with Edwards soon exploded into romance. The shocking allegation — if proven true — could devastate the Democratic hopeful's campaign, especially because John's devoted wife Elizabeth is locked in a desperate battle with breast cancer.

"The affair started about 18 months ago," a friend says the woman confessed to her. "When they met at a bar, sparks flew immediately.

"She never expected it would turn sexual since John is married and is running for President. But it soon did — and she fell for him."

In one bombshell e-mail message provided to The NATIONAL ENQUIRER, the woman confesses to a friend she's "in love with John," but it's "difficult because he is married and has kids."

In another e-mail, she writes: "Last night and this a.m., he actually has amazed me. He is a great man. My heart is loud and my head is silenced."

Disclosed her friend: "She initially confided in a few of her closest pals that she was sleeping with 'a married man named John.'

"It became clear the married man was John Edwards. They got together whenever they could, mostly at hotels where Edwards and his campaign staff stayed."

The woman later spelled it out in a phone call to her pal and talked openly about having an affair with Edwards.

I guess it's time for the Breck Girl to resort to desperate measures.