Well this should turn out nicely.

filed a criminal complaint with the Beverly Hills Police Department



On the case.

Creative, but he won't have to say a thing.

Because two adults engaged in consensual acts gets the pseudo-cons all damp in the crotch.

Is the Smoking Gun there with the complaint? Inquiring readers wanna know

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For everyone who has been saying that this is fake, because there are no other witnesses, no pictures or video, and has not been confirmed by another news source, here is an interview with the security guard who escorted him out confirming everything.

Bonus: Edwards campaign worker says he is disapointed but not surprised.

/But but but it is the FAUX NEWZ!!!!!11!!!11

My current conspiracy theory;
This was a set-up to make sure Edwards won't be in the running for VP.
Any other truly strong VP candidates will also find themselves embroiled in controversy shortly.
Leaving only Hil.

Thar can be only one!!

Given the number of reporters who supposedly saw this and didn't have their cameras handy, how are people not filing this under the same category as the "whitey" BS?

this would have been actually interesting in 2004, or hell, even several months back when he was still running in the primary. But these days who really gives a flying fark about the guy...

JonQDoe: Given the number of reporters who supposedly saw this and didn't have their cameras handy, how are people not filing this under the same category as the "whitey" BS?

More specifically, the Enquirer claims to have sent MANY reporters to the place in advance, and not ONE of them took a single picture even with a cell phone?

Really?

That's your story, Enquirer?


Go back to sighting sasquatch.

JonQDoe: Given the number of reporters who supposedly saw this and didn't have their cameras handy, how are people not filing this under the same category as the "whitey" BS?

The article from Faux News says the Enquirer has turned down their requests for pictures, which indicates that such pictures do exist. They're either holding out for big bucks, or saving them for their print edition.

Though very pretty, Edwards is irrelevant.

IMHO.

I'm so disappointed to see this kind of action by a sitting US Senator.

Ace Frehley's Ghost: I'm so disappointed to see this kind of action by a sitting US Senator.

Ditto, especially one who heads such a powerful committee. How can this distraction not affect his work?

The photos will come in future editions. If we don't see them in a month, I'm classifying this as 'whitey part two.'

At this point, the WaPo, NYT, networks, and (since this involves a Democrat) the Washington Times are making a few phone calls and doing some research. It may be nothing, or we may see follow-up from the mainstream media a la the Jesse Jackson love child.

And this, fellow Farkers, might be why he ignored his staffers and dropped when he did.

Darconix: Cheating on your wife while she's dying of cancer? Way to stay classy, libs.

So it's classy when Newt Gingrich does it?

Cat Food Sandwiches: JonQDoe: Given the number of reporters who supposedly saw this and didn't have their cameras handy, how are people not filing this under the same category as the "whitey" BS?

The article from Faux News says the Enquirer has turned down their requests for pictures, which indicates that such pictures do exist. They're either holding out for big bucks, or saving them for their print edition.

The security guard also says that the reporters had cameras in his face the whole time he was being escorted out, and that Edwards was literally playing tug of war with the reporters with the bathroom door trying to keep them out.

/sounds innocent to me

Approves!

I'll wait for the pics.

Then I'll care >

stpickrell: Darconix: Cheating on your wife while she's dying of cancer? Way to stay classy, libs.

So it's classy when Newt Gingrich John McCain does it?

Okay, Carol McCain got messed up in car wreck, close enough.

Bah. Take two.

I'll wait for the pics.

Then I'll care >.< this much.

stpickrell: Darconix: Cheating on your wife while she's dying of cancer? Way to stay classy, libs.

So it's classy when Newt Gingrich does it?

No, because they're all schmucks.

Relatively Obscure: I'll wait for the pics.

Then I'll care >

Does anyone really think he was bangin her in front of their (alleged) child? Sounds like he met up with her to talk and this getting blown way out of proportion.

It would be cool though if it turned out to be "Hey kid stand at the foot of the bed and watch me bukake your mom's face"

Darconix: Cheating on your wife while she's dying of cancer? Way to stay classy, libs.

Buh buh but Newt.

monoski: Relatively Obscure: I'll wait for the pics.

Then I'll care >

Does anyone really think he was bangin her in front of their (alleged) child? Sounds like he met up with her to talk and this getting blown way out of proportion.

It would be cool though if it turned out to be "Hey kid stand at the foot of the bed and watch me bukake your mom's face"

Per the original article, she rented two rooms, the child stayed in one room with an adult, while Edwards got his groove on in the other room. Schwiiing.

Ku_No_Ichi: My current conspiracy theory;
This was a set-up to make sure Edwards won't be in the running for VP.
Any other truly strong VP candidates will also find themselves embroiled in controversy shortly.
Leaving only Hil.

Thar can be only one!!

Kidding aside, would Obama really want to go with a recycled VP candidate? I don't see it happening anyway.

The reporters charge that not only did one security guard threaten to break their camera but that security also violated several statutes of the California Penal Code, including false imprisonment and preventing a guest from entering land.

The ENQUIRER reporters were registered guests at the hotel, while Edwards was not.

Police recorded the criminal complaint and will turn it over to detectives.

Not only does that sound like a surprisingly legitimate complaint, I'd never known that Enquirer writers had the ability to be that droll. I occasionally pick it up because the craziness is funny, the writing actually being humorous is a new one.

Approves

Darconix: Cheating on your wife while she's dying of cancer? Way to stay classy, libs.

At least "libs" have the courtesy of doing it with of age women and not male underage pages or dudes taking a twosey.

Um...I find this very hard to believe that John Edwards is having an affair with another women. Didn't ann coulter announce that Edwards was really a fag??

heres the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB3X4iz8jTU

case closed

Ace Frehley's Ghost: stpickrell: Darconix: Cheating on your wife while she's dying of cancer? Way to stay classy, libs.

So it's classy when Newt Gingrich John McCain does it?

Okay, Carol McCain got messed up in car wreck, close enough.

This is a good point. I am sure Darconix will address this with a logical response.

Sweet! I found all of the morally superior Republicans!!! Glad to have you back! Where the FARK have ya'll been for the past eight years or so?

Did you know that we've got a sitting President who authorized torture and warrantless wiretapping, in support of an illegal foreign invasion predicated on propagandistic and known-false intelligence leaks to the press?

I can't wait to see what you do to THAT guy, given how seriously you take the comparatively small potatoes of someone (maybe) cheating on their wife.

2wolves: Because two adults engaged in consensual acts gets the pseudo-cons all damp in the crotch.

That is an interesting take on it. I never realized that the National Enquirer was a conservative rag.

mrexcess: Sweet! I found all of the morally superior Republicans!!! Glad to have you back! Where the FARK have ya'll been for the past eight years or so?

Did you know that we've got a sitting President who authorized torture and warrantless wiretapping, in support of an illegal foreign invasion predicated on propagandistic and known-false intelligence leaks to the press?

I can't wait to see what you do to THAT guy, given how seriously you take the comparatively small potatoes of someone (maybe) cheating on their wife.

Why, are Democrats too lazy to do it?

_/hehe

Atleast this means Edwards won't be VP. . . Thank god.

And we can only hope that this will be the last we see of Edwards, but then again, it wouldn't be surprising if the Democrats once again were to ignore elements that disqualify any other candidate.

skookum: And we can only hope that this will be the last we see of Edwards, but then again, it wouldn't be surprising if the Democrats once again were to ignore elements that disqualify any other candidate.

Like the repubs did when they ignored that McCain cheated on his first wife with his second after the first was maimed in a car accident?

mrexcess: Sweet! I found all of the morally superior Republicans!!! Glad to have you back! Where the FARK have ya'll been for the past eight years or so?

Did you know that we've got a sitting President who authorized torture and warrantless wiretapping, in support of an illegal foreign invasion predicated on propagandistic and known-false intelligence leaks to the press?

I can't wait to see what you do to THAT guy, given how seriously you take the comparatively small potatoes of someone (maybe) cheating on their wife.

you know it is possible to find Edwards cheating on his dying wife reprehensable and be a liberal, hell I'm sure that even some of his biggest spporters are mad as hell about this, probably even more so because they are emotionally invested in him and his wife.

There are also many conservative republicans who hate Bush, and are just as, if not more disgusted by Newt's behavior than the liberals.

/But there were no WMDs so somehow that justifies this infidelity

RemyDuron: Atleast this means Edwards won't be VP. . . Thank god.

With any luck, this mess will keep him completely out of politics and appointed positions as well.

Mighty Taternuts: Like the repubs did when they ignored that McCain cheated on his first wife with his second after the first was maimed in a car accident?

haha, you responded to him!

Mighty Taternuts: skookum: And we can only hope that this will be the last we see of Edwards, but then again, it wouldn't be surprising if the Democrats once again were to ignore elements that disqualify any other candidate.

Like the repubs did when they ignored that McCain cheated on his first wife with his second after the first was maimed in a car accident?

Actually, the only ones who made a stink about this were the Democrats. These are hardly incidents worth dragging McCain over the carpet over. In comparison, this recent flap concerning Edwards' behavior simply belies his irresponsible playboy attitude, which would have eventually found its way into the White House, even if he were Vice President. This should finally make him take a good look at himself, and he will lay low from here on out if not disappear from politics altogether.

JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm
you know it is possible to find Edwards cheating on his dying wife reprehensable

On the level of torture, warrantless wiretapping, or deceiving the American public so that they'll go along with your invasion plans?

Yeah, see, I have a problem believing that. If you take some dude cheating on his wife more seriously than those things I just listed, then I think you have very screwed up priorities. If you don't think that it's more serious, then you sure as hell better demonstrate that by your actions.

You don't get to stay silent for torture, then raise the moral alarm because someone cheated on his wife.

Meh.

just think. 40 yrs ago this could be McCain.

Maybe they have an agreement where he can have babies with whoever he wants because his wife has cancer!!!1

mrexcess: JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm
you know it is possible to find Edwards cheating on his dying wife reprehensable

On the level of torture, warrantless wiretapping, or deceiving the American public so that they'll go along with your invasion plans?

Yeah, see, I have a problem believing that. If you take some dude cheating on his wife more seriously than those things I just listed, then I think you have very screwed up priorities. If you don't think that it's more serious, then you sure as hell better demonstrate that by your actions.

You don't get to stay silent for torture, then raise the moral alarm because someone cheated on his wife.

What I am saying is they are not exclusive, you can find both situations reprehensible. Besides, they are completely different because one has to do with public policy while one is a personal story. The only thing they have in common is that they both deal with politicians.

What you are saying is the equivalent of going into an Amy Winehouse thread and complaining that nobody cares about what is happening in Darfur.

skookum: Mighty Taternuts: skookum: And we can only hope that this will be the last we see of Edwards, but then again, it wouldn't be surprising if the Democrats once again were to ignore elements that disqualify any other candidate.

Like the repubs did when they ignored that McCain cheated on his first wife with his second after the first was maimed in a car accident?

Actually, the only ones who made a stink about this were the Democrats. These are hardly incidents worth dragging McCain over the carpet over. In comparison, this recent flap concerning Edwards' behavior simply belies his irresponsible playboy attitude, which would have eventually found its way into the White House, even if he were Vice President. This should finally make him take a good look at himself, and he will lay low from here on out if not disappear from politics altogether.

So...
Edwards cheating on his wife: Playboy behavior and he should leave politics.

McCain cheating on his wife: Not worth dragging McCain over carpet.

Got it.

While I find Edwards' behavior to be pretty damn shiatty, I find Republicans trying to claim some sort of moral high ground on this issue farking hilarious.

JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm
What I am saying is they are not exclusive

Nobody said they were exclusive. What I said was that they are not on the same level of importance. If you get all bent out of shape because some politician cheats on his wife, but don't get bent out of shape when some politician uses the power of his office to authorize torture, that seems to be a distorted perspective bordering on mental illness.

Besides, they are completely different because one has to do with public policy while one is a personal story.

That's my whole point.

Great Metal Jesus: While I find Edwards' behavior to be pretty damn shiatty, I find Republicans trying to claim some sort of moral high ground on this issue farking hilarious.

What does Edwards cheating on his cancerous wife have to do with Republicans?