John Edwards Admits Affair

ABC News is reporting that John Edwards has admitted his affair with Rielle Hunter, but he denies being the father of her child.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/08/1256745.aspx

I cannot help but feel sorry for Elizabeth Edwards, who has stood by her husband while he put his interest above those of her and his family. We shouldn't really be surprised; while Edwards was out talking about the "two Americas" he was building a multi-million dollar, 20,000 square foot mansion.

Now the mainstream media has finally been forced to acknowledge a story that they ignored for weeks.

Think of what could have occurred if this didn't come out now and Edwards was named as Barrack Obama's running mate; or more important, what if he had gotten his party's Presidential nomination while lying about this relationship. His political career should be finished. I can't imagine any women or any men with character ever supporting him again. His owns words now coming back to haunt him, as reported by the News & Observer:
What was John Edwards thinking when the National Enquirer story broke?
ABC News has not yet aired its interview with the former Democratic presidential candidate, but a celebrated speech by Edwards during the impeachment of Bill Clinton is interesting to re-read.
Here is Edwards on Clinton on Feb. 12, 1999:
I think this President has shown a remarkable disrespect for his office, for the moral dimensions of leadership, for his friends, for his wife, for his precious daughter. It is breathtaking to me the level to which that disrespect has risen.
Later, Edwards debated whether Clinton intended to obstruct justice when he talked with a White House employee:
We have a man who has just been confronted with this problem, who is political by nature. And do we really believe that the first thing he thought about is, "I'm going to go protect myself legally'"? I suspect the first thing he thought about is "I'm going to protect myself politically.'' He was worried about his family finding out. He was worried about the rest of the staff finding out. He was worried about the press finding out.

http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/john_edwards_in_1999

Maybe all of those people STILL driving around with "Kerry/Edwards" stickers on their cars will finally remove them.