John Edwards: My Hero

[ABM]

Just wow.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gg_0EVwMRtt_NSsPP2NMWNDlINEQ

A former aide to two-time presidential candidate John Edwards said he's received and rejected offers of "gigantic amounts of money" to sell what he says is a sex tape showing Edwards with his former mistress.

Andrew Young claimed in a book released last week that he found the tape in a box left in a home he and his wife had shared with Edward's mistress, videographer Rielle Hunter.

"I could not have told this story without including this sex tape," Young said in interview that aired Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America." "We've been offered gigantic amounts of money and we've said no."

Young has said he kept the tape along with phone messages from Edwards to back up his account of what he saw as he helped Edwards cover up the affair and a resulting child. Edwards' lawyers have accused Young of writing "The Politician" for financial gain, which Young denies.

Hunter last week won a temporary restraining order in a North Carolina court demanding Young return a 2006 video "of a very private and personal nature." She also has filed a lawsuit against Young and his wife, seeking a jury trial and damages for invasion of privacy.

Edwards only last month admitted paternity of Hunter's daughter, who is nearly 2. He and wife, Elizabeth, are now separated.

Deputies said in court documents filed Friday that they went to Young's home to try and recover the tapes and personal photographs of Hunter. After some discussion, Young's attorney told authorities that he could not immediately turn over the tape.

Young was asked Monday whether he planned to relinquish the videotape as Hunter demanded.

"I'm going to let my lawyers handle that," he said.

 

[Denny Crane]

How did this guy run for president and then lobby after the first primary to become the VP nominee, knowing that all this was out there and bound to be exposed?

Imagine if he were Obama's VP choice and this came out during the election.

It speaks to a recklessness that is only matched by the govt.'s spending and deficits.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

There's just as many skeletons in republicans closets as there are democrats. But this one is really juicy! I love it.