Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Andrew Young was right there every time John Edwards needed a Diet Coke, dry cleaning, a ride from the airport, and finally a babydaddy for his mistress. The "personal servant" who turned tell-all author—other aides even called him Edward’s “butt boy”—showed a fierce devotion that seemingly knew no...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Just what is Politico getting at with this 2,300 word piece on the incredibly close relationship between John Edwards and aide Andrew Young? Hmm? With all this talk of Young's "intensely emotional"...
Liberal Values (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
The New York Daily News has a number of claims about the John Edwards/ Rielle Hunter affair, including a claim that Elizabeth Edwards has been bashing Rielle Hunter in blog comments, writing under a pseudonym. The article also cites other claims from the proposal for Edwards aide Andrew Young’s book, including that Elizabeth has been [...]
Maggie's Notebook (Free subscription) | 27/09/2009
Is Elizabeth Edwards blogging about her husband and his admitted mistress under the Internet I.D. "cherubim? Someone thinks so. That "someone" is said to be a "source close" to Mrs. Edwards. Elizabeth Edwards Some friend! This "friend" claims that Elizabeth used "cherubim" as a password, and that, along with the blogger ripping Hunter...
FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 27/09/2009
I can understand why Elizabeth Edwards would be sniping at Rielle Hunter. I can understand why she'd be angry with Andrew Young. From the New York Daily News : Former presidential candidate John Edwards is said to be ready to admit that he fathered a love child. But Hades may have a skating rink before his wife, Elizabeth, signs off on such a confession. As a grand jury in North Carolina...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
So! Gossip's equivalent of Boris and Natasha—Rush & Molloy—came correct today with some LOLCAT-fighting between Elizabeth Edwards and Rielle Hunter. Contained herein: internet commenting,...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 27/09/2009
So! Gossip's equivalent of Boris and Natasha—Rush & Molloy—came correct today with some LOLCAT-fighting between Elizabeth Edwards and Rielle Hunter. Let's take a look. Apparently,...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
Pretty much by definition, a man who can be described as a cad is not a wholly admirable human being. There are, however, cads whose behavior shows a certain panache, an undeniable flair, a sense of humor and a genuine, if deeply flawed, humanity. Former Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry, I would argue, is one of these "lovable rogue" cads. John Edwards is not. His caddishness,...
The Booth of Our Conniving (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
From this here op-ed column by Eugene Robinson (emphasis miiiiiiiine): According to widely published reports , a former close Edwards aide has shopped a book proposal in which he claims that the former presidential candidate is indeed the father of his mistress's 19-month-old daughter -- which Edwards has categorically denied . The aide, Andrew Young, is in a position to...
The Plank (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
... insiders who take the blame for someone else's misdeeds. Scooter Libby = Wee-Bey. The John Edwards Aide [Andrew Young] = Wee-Bey. The game is the game.
Dullard Mush (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Both John Ensign and John Edwards, and their respective affairs, were back in the news this week. They had probably been hoping their storms had passed. They were wrong. Today The New York Times' Eric Lichtblau and Eric Lipton ran a thorough , and damning, piece on Ensign's attempts at helping Douglas Hampton acquire lobbying work. Hampton was a close friend and former aide to Ensign....
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Politico has more nasty details about John Edwards affair . This article focuses on Andrew Young, the former John Edwards aide, who at first claimed to be the father of the baby of Edward's mistress. As far as sex scandals go, this one is pretty juicy, but the part I found the most revealing was this: “What we always said about Andrew was that there would always be a place...
Crunchy Con (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Politico has an irresistible story today about the insufferably toadyish John Edwards aide Andrew Young, his nauseating master, the creepy St. Elizabeth (who allegedly leaned on this Southern-fried Smithers to reassert his false claim of paternity to protect her sleazy...
TexasSparkle (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Politico has more nasty details about John Edwards affair. This article focuses on Andrew Young, the former John Edwards aide, who at first claimed to be the father of the baby of Edward's mistress. As far as sex scandals go,...
Mikey Likes It! (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
... listen and enjoy at the same time.) So that was some news I liked. Now to the topic of sicko John Edwards. This is from Patrick Gavin's " The Route To Political Rehab " ( Politico ): While these pols have turned things around for themselves, Edwards seems stubbornly headed for a flameout. Last Sunday, The New York Times cited associates who said Edwards “is...
