Now's there a picture of John and the love child

[Araxen]

Ouch...if this is true..

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/exclusive_john_edwards_love_child_photos/celebrity/65258

[book_worm]

1. If this is true it's a private matter betweens the parties involved.

[stray cat]

2. Brought to you by the ones who bring you "I have an Alien Child"

[mcctatas]

6. You're confusing "The Weekly World News"...

of batbaby fame with the Enquirer, home of celebrity cellulite and slander lawsuits;)

[hobbit709]

14. WWN is son of Enquirer.

The stories that were too whacko even for Enquirer, they ran in WWN.

[mcctatas]

20. I bow to your superior knowledge of tabloid minutiae

;)

[hobbit709]

31. I only know this because a friend used to work for the Enquirer

[polmaven]

63. The SON of the Enquirer?

Another LOVE CHILD? Who's the daddy? Inquiring minds want to KNOW!

[WinkyDink]

59. i'll give $20 if you can find an alien story in the NE.

[cliffordu]

99. I would rate that rag just below FOX snooze. Odd anyone would defend it...

[Jersey Devil]

3. Unrecognizable in the photo

And why would he be in a hospital gown with visible perspiration stains down his neck if the picture was taken in a hotel? Do they have delivery rooms in hotels now?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

4. If every baby I ever held was suddenly my "love child" I'd be in trouble, Sam.

[gateley]

5. Why does Edwards look so YOUNG in that pic with the baby? Just wonderin'. nt

[JI7]

98. i wonder if they took pics of him with Wade and altered it a bit

to fit into all of this.

[Avalux]

And "The Globe" has a story that Obama has a love child.

Please ignore this stuff.

[nc4bo]

7. Is that really him? The photo looks weird. nt

[AndyA]

8. Something isn't passing the sniff test here.

Why is Edwards all sweaty in the photos?

He is visibly perspiring, like he's been running or something.

And he's going to meet his mistress and see his baby in a hotel? Where there will be lots of witnesses? And he's going to stand there and let someone take his picture? I would imagine if Edwards truly were having an affair, the meeting would have happened in a less public place, and there would have been more control over who knew about the meeting, and who would be in a position to take photos of the meeting.

I'm not defending him, because if he did have an affair, he's a scumbag just like Vitter, Gingrich, McCain, and all the others. But it just doesn't make sense the he would be this careless. :shrug:

[Jersey Devil]

11. Sweaty and in a hospital gown

Why would Edwards wear a hospital gown covered in sweat to visit his "love child" in a hotel?

[Lucky 13]

32. That isn't hospital scrubs. Looks like just a blue t-shirt to me.

No idea why he'd be so damn sweaty. That doesn't make any sense.

[blondeatlast]

9. That's the damning evidence? Yaaaawn.... Can anyone give me faux outrage I can sink my teeth into? n

[SemiCharmedQuark]

21. Oh I bet you denied the damning evidence that proved Bigfoot existed too.

[marylanddem]

34. I LOVE the sideways Bigfoot film.

[blondeatlast]

39. Not true, in fact, I suggested that he change his hair conditioner

and look at the results--soft, shiny, manageable...

:rofl:

[nxylas]

74. But look at the curtains!

There are curtains in the background of the photo of the guy who sorta kinda looks like Edwards. And the empty hotel room they published a photo of also has curtains, albeit different ones. What more proof do you need?

[Frustratedlady]

10. That's not a new baby.

The impression they give is that he's just out of the delivery room.

Slow news day?

[Peregrine Took]

25. I think the photo is supposed to be in the Hilton hotel room as they magnify

the image of the blinds behind him which are Hilton blinds/drapes -whatever. The baby is several months old.

[rhombus]

12. If this is all they've got, Edwards can rest easy

The photo screams photoshop.

[tabatha]

Yes, absolutely photoshopped.

[Outlier]

58. If i were going to photoshop

If I were going to photoshop a politician in with his lovechild and put it in a tabloid, I would make sure he's not a kickass trial lawyer.

It is either true and it is his baby, or John Edwards now owns the national enquirer, or will shortly after the lawsuit.

[nxylas]

13. Why won't the MSM cover this?

© Every right-wing blog, about 5 seconds from now.

[polichick]

15. That's a pic of John and Elizabeth's first son I think.

[gateley]

24. That was my thought as well. Edwards looks so young! nt

[polichick]

29. I just tried to find the pics of young John with baby Wade...

There are some similar ones somewhere, but I haven't found them.

[CTyankee]

54. If that is a picture of Wade as a baby, this is going to be incredibly hurtful

to Elizabeth and John. If that is the case, then the Enquirer is more loathesome than I thought.

[smokey nj]

16. In that photo, he's not wearing what the "reporters" said he was wearing on the night in question.

"Said Butterfield: "Edwards was not carrying anything. He walked in alone. He was wearing a blue dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up. He was looking around nervously before he entered the hotel."

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/sen_john_edwards_caught_with_mistress_and_love_child_in_la_hotel/celebrity/65193

[thewiseguy]

17. For some reason I dont have a good feeling about this one.

[fasttense]

18. What a strange looking picture. It doesn't even look like Edwards.

Why is he so sweaty? Why does he look so young? Why is he holding the baby so strangely? Why in a hotel? Why does anyone use the Enquirer and Drudge as their source of information? Why does anyone really care?

Maybe someone has a secret agenda to discredit Edwards and stop his support of the Southern Poverty Law Center which has won suits against the KKK.

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

19. That horribly blurred photo is the best they can do??

Even a disposable camera could do better than that. I'd say that photo is every bit as authentic as the vocals on the Milli Vanilli album.

[Peregrine Took]

22. Who took the photo? Looks like a cell phone camera (blurry.) Could she

have taken it and sold it to the Enquirer? The article says they had a huge fight.

[DangerDave921]

23. Proof

I want "Blue Dress" proof before I believe.

Then again, who here initially believed the rumors about Monica and Bill?

[wyldwolf]

26. Looks like Scott Bakula

[Lucky 13]

27. I don't think that's hospital scrubs... looks like a plain blue t-shirt to me.

Say it ain't so, John.

[Abacus]

28. I have a very difficult time trying to conjure Edwards out of that photo

I'm not naïve enough to think the allegations are implausible, but that's pretty ridiculous "proof".

[TwilightGardener]

30. Weird-looking photos. Don't know what to make of it.

[DeepModem Mom]

33. Araxen, I was the object of a critical post with 30 or 40 recs after I posted in LBN...

the first mention of this story in the mainstream press -- and got of a number of highly critical responses to the post itself. So far, you're unscathed, but you may need to keep your flamesuit nearby.

[KittyWampus]

45. did you post this in the Presidential Election forum? This has NOTHING to do with that

[DeepModem Mom]

49. Thanks, cryingshame. I meant to note that I posted the article in LBN...

and I've edited that info in.

[KittyWampus]

35. It says something about the Opening Poster for posting this in the Presidential Election Forum

[ericgtr]

36. Coming from the enquirerer it must be true!

[Nye Bevan]

37. If he doesn't sue, it's probably true

Cool, I'm a poet and I didn't know it.

[spooky3]

44. oh, here we go again

I'm not going to repeat the whole conversation with another poster that made this same lame argument (or should I say McLame?).

It is very difficult to win slander and libel lawsuits if you are a public figure. If you don't know why, look it up on web.
It is costly, stressful and time consuming to file and pursue lawsuits.
When you are dealing with an org. like National Enq., they are pleased as punch to have the free publicity if you sue them. So suing them often rewards their bad behavior even if you win or get a settlement from them.
Edwards is smart enough to know all of the above.

It is a huge logical error to conclude that people don't file lawsuits even when they are absolutely in the right and the other party is in the wrong, especially in this particular situation.

[Nye Bevan]

48. Well he *could* make a statement where he says "that's a photoshop"

or "that's not me".

or "that's me with my first child with Elizabeth".

If he doesn't deny it then most people will buy it.

[JI7]

104. it's the fucking enquirer , why should he respond to anything and everything they print

[Born_A_Truman]

38. Fake photos..

I watched a show on PBS/Nova Science the other night about Hany Farid who has pioneered software to see if photos are fakes. One example he gave was the Kerry/Jane Fonda photo that came out during the 2004 presidential campaign and it was a fake. His software can tell if the lighting sources are different, even by the lights in the subject's eyes. The show used several examples from tabloids, but that one really stood out.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0301/03-fakeorreal.html

[gateley]

41. But I'm thinking that might be a real photo of Edwards with one of his kids -

Primarily because Edwards looks so young.

This proves nothing. Let's see some photos of him scurrying around the Beverly Hilton trying to evade the Enquirer staff. Gosh, didn't they take any photos of that?

This is bullshit.

[countingbluecars]

40. Check this out.

Looks like he is wearing the shirt he works out in. That would explain the sweat.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

43. New Enquirer Headline: Edwards caught exercising to look good for mistress!! Details inside!

[avaistheone1]

93. Good detective work.

The National Enquirer story is pure trash.

[BlueStateGirl]

42. That picture looks nothing like him. n/t

[Lisa0825]

46. If it is true, like it or not, it matters.

It doesn't matter so much to me, but it matters to enough people in this electorate that it is significant.

Here's what I don't get.... OK I understand that people cheat... people have affairs... some people even have open marriages... but to do this during a Presidential campaign ??? (if true of course) ??? That would be extremely stupid.

If he did in fact carry on an affair during his Presidential campaign, then I am really glad he did not win, and did not get chosen as VP (and I was an Edwards supporter before Obama). It shows a serious failure in judgement.

And by the way, I have the feeling it is true because the parties involved are being too quiet about it.

[MorningGlow]

52. Why?

He isn't running for president. He's no longer in Congress. Who. The. Fuck. Cares.

[Lisa0825]

53. I was referring to speculation

that people have made about him having a political career after this. It would severely affect his future in politics. Now if he does the Al Gore route and puts his energy into his causes instead, it shouldn't affect him there. But anyone who says this doesn't matter to pilitics is in denial about the electorate.

[MasonJar]

47. I hope he has not done this to the lovely Elizabeth.

[SuperTrouper]

68. My thoughts too...Elizabeth Edwards does not deserve this

the press is despicable

[Catherine Vincent]

50. The blurred photo doesn't look like Edwards. nt

[slick8790]

51. That doesn't even look like Edwards.

In fact, the blurry photo looks like some weird wax statue.

[FrenchieCat]

55. !

:boring:

Meanwhile, thousands of people are being laid off and many are losing their homes.

[WinkyDink]

60. Your point?

[JI7]

102. that it's a non issue

[chapel hill dem]

56. The Edwards supporters I know here in Chapel Hill are PO'ed at JE and even more PO'ed at

the folks that (allegedly) moved the money around. Lots of words of sympathy for Elizabeth and no one defending Edwards.

Strangely, I could not find anyone writing the story off as a cruel hoax.

FWIW, reporting from Chapel Hill, NC

[gateley]

61. Thanks for the report from the Hood -- interesting. nt

[blm]

76. moving to chapel hill soon ....

having a helluva time finding a house. :(

[mnhtnbb]

81. There is LOTS of property on the market in Chapel Hill. Are you looking to rent or buy?

[chapel hill dem]

87. PM me your specs and I will see if I know of any houses that may go for sale soon.

[blm]

115. go to NC state forum....

;)

[GoesTo11]

57. What is Edwards running for?

Oh, I remember. Nothing.

*IF* this story is true, it's still his personal life. What's important is his work for economic equity, etc.

[Blondiegrrl]

92. Seriously. Who gives a crap about some tabloid rag. And what

does this have to do with the general election?

[Outlier]

62. Could this be why

he dropped out of the democratic primary so abruptly. He knew he had been caught or the possiblity was there and he didn't want to win the nomination just to have this sprung in October.

His name has also been absent from any VP consideration. I'd like to be a fly on the wall in those vetting meetings.

[Hamlette]

64. he did not drop out abruptly, he lost. He's not on the short list because

Kerry thought (and has said) he was a HORRIBLE VP candidate and Kerry and Obama are kind close.

[Major Hogwash]

65. Well, I disagree. He did drop out rather abruptly, and I think he is still on the short list.

And I don't even make comments about this stupid "love child" story.
Let Rhandi Rhodes rail about it all she wants, I don't think it is even true.

But, then, that's just me.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

72. Edwards doesn't give a shit about what Kerry thinks.

He didn't drop out because of Kerry's opinion of him.

[blm]

78. Imagine this nation without Edwards' contributions the last 35yrs and then imagine

what this nation would look like without Kerry's contributions the last 35yrs.

Edwards SHOULD care what the most effective advocate for open government and the top warrior against government corruption thinks about him. Edwards certainly worried what the Bushprotecting Clintons thought of him for far too long.

And, of course, this reply is to YOUR characterization. I would bet that Edwards does care what John Kerry thinks of him more than you think. And I would also expect that Kerry likes Edwards more than the corpmedia would ever note.

[Hamlette]

106. I didn't mean to imply he dropped out because of Kerry

I meant, if I were looking for a VP I'd look at how he performed last time. And how pissed Kerry was at him. according to Kerry, he was not a team player, would not follow the script, was always going off message.

Now, I'm not a fan of talking points or rigid messaging but I think you might need to have some of it.

Him dropping out had nothing to do with what Kerry thought of him.

[karynnj]

108. I don't think Kerry has said anything publicly on JRE as VP

- though in March 2007, when asked about the 2008 candidates, he had kind things to say about Obama and HRC and added in that Dodd and Biden were running and said they were highly qualified. Of Edwards, he said nothing.

[rox63]

66. That doesn't even look like Edwards

More BS from Tabloid Central. :grr:

[saracat]

67. What garbage. The pictures don't even look like him! Why post such trash?

I guess this is the "new" DU! It used to be a rule not to link to such sources. Why not post the Globes"Obama Love child" story too? Since NE and Globe and the others have the same parent company? That must be credible too!!:sarcasm: BTW, the NE is in Barkruptsy hearings so they just may need this story to boost circulation and some seem hell bent on giving it to them by this kind of promotion.

[AspenRose]

69. That ain't John Edwards.

[AtomicKitten]

70. Whether this is true or not, I see a whole bunch of heartache for Elizabeth Edwards.

And that is so wrong. She deserves better than what the hyenas in the press are dishing up.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

73. that's EXACTLY what I am thinking. Edwards dropped out.. why bring this up?

It's HORRIBLE in my opinion.

True or not, in a just world people would stop buying the Enquirer.

He is not a candidate for ANYTHING at this point.

Why hurt Elizabeth in public? If it's true, John most likely already hurt her. The media shouldn't add to it when he isn't even running anymore.

[HelenWheels]

82. Big business wants to keep Edwards out of Obama's administration

He is one of the few democrats that they really fear, the rest seem content to turn a blind eye to all their law breaking and unethical BS. They don't want him to be AG and they really don't want him on the Supreme Court.

[karynnj]

110. See post 78, for a person who actually has fought

corruption. He and Obama together just passed legicslation to deal with KBR (Hallibuton subsidiary) claiming they are a Caymans Island company.

If they were scared of someone, it would be the guy who was a prosecutor and who had several effective investigations as a Senator. Edwards has never done that.

[crimsonblue]

71. The picture oh him holding the baby looked rigged to me...

Why is it blurry? It does not even look like Edwards to me. So what if it is the "same" shirt? Seriously, how hard is that to replicate? An $8 Walmart shirt, a little water, and a vaguely similar white guy with brown hair, and BAM.... you got John Edwards holding a baby.

[benny05]

75. Here's the Real Picture

(courtesy of TheBlaz at the Daily Kos)

[JI7]

97. hahahhahha

[Vinca]

77. For starters, the person holding the baby doesn't look like John Edwards.

The other photo, which has John's head, was probably photoshopped. The clothing doesn't make sense. Why would John Edwards dress in hospital scrubs to go to a hotel to see the "love child?" I'm not buying it.

[TheBigotBasher]

79. Well I hope peeps don't mind

My favourite picture of the love child of one of the Harriett Christian types and her new RNC lovers comes to mind again. (Well it did come from New York)

[Vinca]

113. LOL - Did they ever figure out what the heck that thing is??? nt

[mnhtnbb]

80. The whole thing looks photoshopped to me. Nobody holds a baby like that.

Especially a man who's had four children.

Big yawn.

[Unsane]

83. Poor Elizabeth. John Edwards is a scumbag if this is true.

[musicblind]

84. Don't worry. This is not true. Period. n/t

[INDIA]

86. All evidence proffered thus far says it's true. Has Edwards come out with any of his own? n/t

[Beaverhausen]

88. What evidence?

unnamed sources? Questionable photos? and how about the person who has claimed he is actually the baby's father?

[blondeatlast]

101. "It's been reported..." "Some people say..." If that's all this one has

(and this one has yet to post anything positive about any Democrat that I've seen), it has nuttin'.

[asdjrocky]

91. You're asking someone to prove a negative.

What a tool. You'd fit right in with the current administration.

[avaistheone1]

100. I think there are several freepers posting crap in various threads on this site.

Actually, I am very confident that is true.

I don't believe any of this National Enquirer John Edwards rubbish.

[blondeatlast]

94. Show it or stow it. GD/P is where the big kids play. nt

[karynnj]

111. In fairness, what is evidence for something NOt done?

[INDIA]

112. How bout "I wasn't there, here's my itenerary, I was with this person."

That should do it.

"Dems call on Edwards to address affair rumors"

Edwards' decision not to take questions about the alleged affair has allowed doubts to linger and political bloggers to speculate. The National Enquirer has reported he fathered a child with a former campaign worker and met with her in a Beverly Hills hotel last month. He made no response to the National Enquirer's posting on Wednesday of what it said was a photo of Edwards and his child. The photo was blurry, making it difficult for people familiar with Edwards to confirm it was he.

Two weeks ago, after the National Enquirer ran the story about the hotel liaison, he dismissed a reporter's question in Houston and used the "tabloid trash" line.

Edwards brushed off a Charlotte Observer reporter in Washington last week: "Can't do it now, I'm sorry."

His designated staffer for press contacts has not responded to e-mail requests for an interview.

http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1167499.html

[blondeatlast]

85. Post. Run. Repeat. It's getting old, Araxen. nt

[asdjrocky]

89. What a fucking joke.

And you are a joke for posting this crap. Wow, a picture of a politician holding a child. Gee, wonder if there are any of those out there of other politicians holding babies. By the way, he looks about 22 in the photo.

What is the point of posting this trash?

[asdjrocky]

90. Can we have pizza yet?

[blondeatlast]

96. It's a tad cold, but here's a leftover from about an hour ago:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=111555

[asdjrocky]

103. Pizza is like sex.

I'll take what I can get. Now if we could only slide this hit-and-runner in the ol pizza oven.

[truthisfreedom]

95. *Yawn.* Is it November yet?

[Mass]

105. Is there a reason to smear Edwards with a bad picture? Has he been quoted recently as possible

important role? Because, otherwise, I feel sorry for his family whether it is true or not. John Edwards is a private citizen now.

[PresidentObama]

107. And this proves? They look fake to me.

The spy photo looks totally phony. It's a wonder what you can do with computers and photoshop.

And all the proof they have of Edwards being in this hotel is curtains?

That's it?

[waiting for hope]

109. Is it Edwards?

Funny, the two NE hacks who are behind this story are reportedly "Photographers" - They really suck at their job.

Here -

Fill in the blank:

_________________ meeting _________________ in order to __________________ while covering ___________ and then

transfered _______________ into Swiss __________ ____________ . After that, everyone went to Starbucks for a latte.

[kskiska]

114. I remember the Enquirer back in the 50s

Its stock in trade were freakish photos of two-headed animals and gory accidents like Jayne Mansfield's death scene. I particularly remember a photo montage of a man who'd fallen onto the subway tracks and made the mistake of looking up to see how far away the train was and was decapitated.

They published few celebrity stories back then, only if crime-related, like Lana Turner's daughter murdering Johnny Stompanato.