WTF??? Perez Hilton is breaking a damn story that John Edwards has

[acmavm]

a pregnant mistress??????

Someone called and told me that just now (because they KNOW I'm voting for Edwards).

Anyone else heard this shit??/

[MadBadger]

1. This is yesterday's news...from the National Enquirer.

[William769]

2. Who is Perez Hilton?

[ncabot22]

5. He bills himself as the Queen of Gossip

or something like that. I've seen his website a couple of times. Just typical gossip...boring.

[William769]

8. I have saw the threads concerning Edwards & the enquirer.

I just stayed away from them.

BTW, Thanks for the answer.

[joeybee12]

10. Well he "scooped" that Britney was pissed Putin got Time's Person

of the year, and not her. He can eb amusing...I think he just links to everything.

[bunnies]

17. ...

has a show on VH1 or something.

[loveangelc]

29. He runs gossip blog perezhilton.com

believe it or not he is pretty influential. He gets millions of hits a day. He has also outted a few closeted celebrities. But he is not "breaking" this story its from the Natonal Enquirer. Unfortunately it seems to making its rounds on the gossip blogs, I saw it on Oh No They Didn't earlier...:-|

[K Gardner]

3. This has been posted here a dozen times since yesterday, please do a search.

It has also been fairly well debunked.

[acmavm]

14. Well point me to some frigging dunking because I'm really pissed off

right now, and not at Edwards.

What the fuck is going on? Why now? Who's at the damn bottom of all this? I will have a really hard day at work tomorrow so I need the ammo to shoot down a couple of people who will hunt me down like a fox in the English countryside.

[Donnachaidh]

4. it's crap from the Enquirer.

Posted ad nauseum by the Hillbots.

[Cameron27]

12. Were they posted by Clinton's supporters?

I saw two threads with this story, and neither of the OP's were supporting Hillary.

[ccpup]

19. seriously?

were they posted by "Hillbots" because the Posts I saw weren't by people necessarily considered ... well, you know, "Hillbots"

:shrug:

[asdjrocky]

6. Enough!

[acmavm]

16. Don't you friggin' tell me enough. I want to know what the fuck this is all

about. And just so you can pull your tidy whities out of the bunch you seem to have them in, I AM AN EDWARD'S SUPPORTER. I damn well want to know what all this is about.

And I have a suggestion as to what you can do with your ENOUGH!

[jkshaw]

20. Take it easy, acmavm

This a comment board, not a neighborhood pickup basketball game.

[acmavm]

28. This is a political website. I asked a question that's important to me for

reasons I've specified. And I want info, not a bunch of people giving arrogant orders telling me what to do.

[whatdoyouthink]

21. Well if your a "Supporter"?

Why are you spreading this lie? I Mean The National Enquire...Marshinas would land here first...or maybe there here? Dressed as Certain polticians...now thats a thread!

[acmavm]

27. Speading??? I want to know what it's about. I can't come here and ask?

You and you buddy what's his bucket need to back off and learn your place.

[asdjrocky]

24. Then do yourself a favor and do some research before you post something stupid.

Nuff said?

[acmavm]

25. I am doing research nimrod. I joined this place years ago for, amongst

other things, POLITICAL INFORMATION. Years ago Jackson. Not last November.

Who are you, we have a King of DU now.

'Nuff said or do I need to break the message down further for you?

[asdjrocky]

31. Are you kidding me?

If you've been here for so long, it seems you'd be a little more "up" on things. I mean, simply checking for dupes could have asked your question. But shouldn't you know that? I mean, since you've been here since Jesus was a boy.

Now, I'm going to ask you nicely, pleas don't call me names. I wasn't trying to be rude when this started, I am just trying to put an end to a dumb story. I did nothing to deserve your irrational attack, so please, work out your personal issues elsewhere.

What you posted was stupid, it was an obvious dupe, and a simple check of the news would have shown you that this story came out last October, and it's total crap.

Being an "Edwards Supporter" and having been here for so long, how is it that you don't know any of this?

[acmavm]

32. I don't care what you think. I don't care what you think I should have done.

And I really don't care what you think I should post. But I am curious about one thing. Who ever told you it was up to you to decide what should be fit to post? Who appointed you post monitor?

And really get this one straight, I am not answerable to you. I don't have to explain myself, justify what I know (or in this case what I don't know), or ask you forgiveness for coming here to find out what I want to know.

This is my last rebuttal to you. As is said, I am not answerable to you.

[asdjrocky]

35. When did you decide it was up to you to tell people to learn their place?

You're rude, ill mannered, and uninformed. Of course you're not answerable to me, but you are answerable to yourself, and your peers. If not, then tell me how you live in the world with your attitude.

I think you may well be the dumbest person I've ever seen here. Don't even know what everyone here has known for 24 hours.

[acmavm]

39. Dumbest person? Look in a mirror. And I don't read tabloids. Apparently

you do.

And again, who the hell cares about what you think? The unbelievable ignorance of your first post telling some Enough! puts you at the top of the list of clueless posters.

And you haven't answered my questions. Who appointed you boss? Is it the voices in your head? Well, they're lying to you.

[asdjrocky]

46. Okay-

I'm going to take a deep breath here, and try to be a decent person.

The reason I said "enough" was simple because this had been talked to death over the last 24 hours. It's like Mark Penn saying cocaine over and over again, it sticks with some people. I had had enough of it, so I voiced that opinion. I really wasn't trying to personally attack you, or tell you what to do. Sorry.

To be fair, if you had come off a bit differently with me, I might have done the same with you. I never look to make enemies around here, but I do think the way you came back at me was a little over the top. I'm a big, and I mean big Edwards Supporter, anyone here will back me up on that, and perhaps I was a bit defensive. You should know it's rude to tell someone to "learn their place" and don't be suprised, if they are rude right back at ya. It's also rude to call someone a nimrod, or say their panties are in a bunch.

Now you tell me you've been here a long time, and that indeed in commendable. In my real world job, I work with a lot of people that have not been doing it as long as I have. For those people, I give them a little slack, because most good people learn in time, and the ones that don't, just have a problem getting along with others, and they fall by the wayside.

Let's have a truce here, there's no need for name calling.

[acmavm]

48. Truce. Just so you know, this IS where I come for info. And I work with

a bunch of nutjobs who think Bill O'Reilly never lies and knows everything. The aren't bad people, they are just not very well educated. And very very persistent. And I have to argue with them all by myself. And I don't want to go walking in tomorrow and hear someone talking about something like this and not know what's going on. And the easiest way to find out what the deal is is ask here. And believe me, I will ask.

And again, I am not all that familiar with Perez Hilton. I don't read the National Enquirer. Or anything like that.

[asdjrocky]

51. Good to maybe meet a friend here then.

Trust me, I don't go to O'Reilly, or any of those other sources for my information. When I hear rumors, I do my best to debunk them, that, I assure you, is the only reason I know this is a fake story. And I've found, in my limited time here, that DU can be invaluable for the informations it provides, so I can't heckle you for coming here to get the straight pop.

The last thing I ever intend to do is block dialog. The first thing I intend to do is defend my candidate at every turn, until he proves me wrong. Again, I apologize if I came off too strong.

[Elidor]

36. Who are you? The message board police?

He doesn't pass the quiz because he hasn't read the same stuff you've read? acmavm is an excellent contributor to this board, but even that's irrelevant. Plenty of people come here to learn how to debunk rumors, and we're not all around on the same days. His question is valid, and the energy you've spent slamming him would have been better utilized telling him what you know about it.

You're over the top here.

[asdjrocky]

41. Whatever-

I said one word and that person came at me like a bat out of hell. Aren't we supposed to check ahead of time, to be polite, and make sure we are not posting a dupe? This has been talked to death here, it's like Mark Penn repeating the word cocaine, just to keep it out there.

He or she has gotten exactly what he or she deserves. If someone is such a great, and long time poster, they should know the right thing to do, then not be surprised, and rude when they get called on it.

Take a close look, and we'll see who's rude here.

[Elidor]

59. This forum moves very fast

And some of us don't have the luxury of keeping up with it all, all the time. Additionally, dupes are a fact of life.

[acmavm]

55. Thank you so very much. I was truly shocked when I heard this. And the

phone call came from someone that I 'argue' with because she supports another candidate. She's a dem, but not an Edwards supporter. So at first I wondered if it was even true.

Like I posted elsewhere, I tried to go to that guy's (Hilton) website but my old dinosaur computer refused.

Thank you everyone who provided me info on this. And tomorrow I'll brace myself for the next go round with the politically ignoramusii that i work with.

[Windy]

33. My guess .... another Hill fan

just seems that way. They like to keep the dirt in the forefront... if it starts to die down, they bring it up again. And not just on DU.

[Cameron27]

42. I didn't expect that from you.

I don't recall any threads about this started by Clinton supporters, as a matter of fact this one and another were started by two Edwards' supporters. I'm quite sure there are plenty of nasty Obama and Edwards supporters spreading sleaze all over the internetz.

[Windy]

44. I didn't expect the type of dirty behavior Clinton and her team have participated in. n/t

[Cameron27]

45. I didn't expect the ugliness out of Obama's camp either.

[Windy]

56. There has been no ugliness... maybe a discussion of the issues and the differences between them

Obama has not resorted to dirt and gutter politics.

[tekisui]

7. He has also reported that Castro has died 5 or 6 times.

[AlCzervik]

9. "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead"

does anyone ever check for dupes---no.

[MNDemNY]

11. Yes, he knocked up Chelsea.

[ElizabethDC]

13. Perez didn't break the story, he's just reporting the National Enquirer story

also, FWIW, Perez is an Obama supporter.

[acmavm]

18. Then Edwards needs to do a Carol Burnette and sue them for millions.

Billions. What the fuck ever.

[Bitwit1234]

15. I heard that he had a love child. So why can't the bashers get it right

does he have a pregnant misstress or does he have a love child. Damn they make em up fast don't they.

The republicans are being flushed out with all their correctedness so what do the republicans do try to be fast and furious with the Democratic candidates...lies lies and more lies.

[mmonk]

22. Pregnant? Love child?

The credibility of these attacks is questionable since there is starting to be variations.

[acmavm]

30. Yeah, I went and looked at some and I've seen a picture of some blond

I need to be pointed to the stories debunking this please. I mean links that aren't sleezy from the National Enquirer or this Hilton piece of trash.

Believe me, tomorrow will be a long day otherwise.

[Beaverhausen]

37. This story is a day old already-actually months old

and it was debunked in October - by the woman herself. Stop spreading this crap.

[acmavm]

40. I can come here and ask whatever I want. I don't bury my nose in

the National Enquirer so I don't ever hear crap like this.

Now run along and find someone else to needlessly annoy.

[Adelante]

38. Here

http://mediamatters.org/items/200712190010?f=h_latest

[acmavm]

53. Thank you. These people are shameless. And I forgot all about McCain's

supposed love child.

What is wrong with this country? And what the hell is Don Imus doing back on the air. He's as unscrupulous and dirty as he is ugly.

Holy smokes. Secret sources my ass. Someone needs to make these people pay so that we don't have to tolerate this shit in American politics anymore.

[AzDar]

23. I, too, carry his love child.....

:rofl:
Perez posts the screaming headline " Castro Is Dead!!" ( I presume he is Cuban) at least 3 times a month.
Gotta wonder who's behind these attacks on JRE, though...the man's wife is gravely ill and he has young children, so it's more than just 'dirty politics'.
Cui bono?

[acmavm]

43. I am not familiar with Perez Hilton except that he had something to do with

the Trent Lott resigning because he's gay story. And I heard that here on DU first, not elsewhere. So I knew I could come here for info. Whether our self-appointed post monitors like it or not.

But you know, my first thought was who would this benefit? And of course my mind went along the most obvious channels. But that was just stupid because I don't know any background on this story, this is the first I heard any of it. How could it have been going around for months?

[AlCzervik]

47. he's really awful and thats an accomplishment in that business, he's mean spirited

catty and assholish. I saw a "story" he did about year or so ago about Billy Joel's daughter, basically he said he said it must suck for that girl having a model for a mom when she is so ugly, now this girl is not in the public eye, she's just happens to have famous parents. It was beyond mean.

[acmavm]

49. Good grief. Is this clown 'popular' as much as a tabloid whore can be

called popular?

See, my computer is old and I can't go on a lot of sites. And in a way, I don't miss it. And I haven't upgraded because I don't get any of the viruses that my friends have gotten. It works fine for what I need. So I tried to Google and go on his site and my computer refused.

[AlCzervik]

50. he even has shows on vh1 now and then, i really hate celebrity gossip shit but

Perez Hilton and the assclowns at TMZ are just the lowest of the lows, true bottom feeders. Perez better get ready for the karma train.

[ShaneGR]

26. Perez Hilton is just a mean spirited gossip rag blogger....

Nothing more, nothing less, he's also an obama supporter if you read the stuff he says about Oprah.

[Madam Mossfern]

34. Hahahahahahaha

I thought there were lots of typos in the OP and that it was "Prez" Hilton-a contraction of Hillary and Clinton.

I think I need a drink...maybe so sleep.

[robinlynne]

52. yes 2 days ago. One of his campaign organizers is married, and apparently has a

lover who got pregnant. The mother says the baby is not Edwards', nor does she have any relationship with Edwards, but she does with the baby's father, who works for Edwards.

[AlCzervik]

54. gee just like the drudge story on Kerry having an affair, remember that?

Thank you for filling in those details, maybe now this will go away.

[PurityOfEssence]

57. As a poli-sci prof friend of mine says: "a critic is a eunuch in a whorehouse."

What a despicable gadfly. Nothing incenses someone like this like a balanced, happy and successful person who's part of a loving relationship.

[AzDar]

58. I love that quote!

:thumbsup:
Spot-on.