Book: Edwards Wanted Mistress to Have Abortion

[Appaholic]

Looming over John and Elizabeth Edwards is the release next month of The Politician, a tell-all book by former Edwards aide Andrew Young.

Reporters for The Wall Street Journal bought a copy at a Washington-area book store. In the book, Young writes that he booked hotel rooms, paid expenses and lied to help Edwards keep his affair with Rielle Hunter a secret.

Here are some highlights as reported by the Journal:

-Young describes his alleged discovery of a compromising videotape of Edwards and a naked, pregnant lover, identified by Young as Hunter. "It was like watching a traffic pileup occur in slow motion — it was repelling but also transfixing," he writes.

-Hunter’s pregnancy: According to Young, Hunter called him in May 2007 to say she was pregnant. Young says that when he informed Edwards, the senator told him to "handle it," to which he replied: "I can’t handle this one." Young writes that Edward unloaded on Hunter as a "crazy slut," said they had an "open relationship," and put his paternity chances at "one in three." Young says that Edwards asked him for help persuading Hunter to have an abortion. Young writes that Hunter believed the baby to be "some kind of golden child, the reincarnated spirit of a Buddhist monk who was going to help save the world."

-Made in USA: Young says Edwards is an Atkins-dieter who hated making appearances at state fairs where "fat rednecks try to shove food down my face. I know I’m the people’s senator, but do I have to hang out with them?" Before a SEIU candidate forum in Las Vegas, Young says Edwards made him cut out a "made in the USA" label from Young’s own suit to sew in place of Edwards’s "made in Italy" label.

-Thoughts of leaving: Young says that Edwards would confide in him about how he thought about leaving “crazy” Elizabeth, but how she plays better with American voters than he. "I cringed when he said this," Young writes.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local_ ... 07232.html

[Appaholic]

...& some more.

Former aide: Edwards discussed leaving wife

WASHINGTON -- A former aide to John Edwards says in a new book that the two-time presidential candidate told him he thought about leaving his wife but also cited his love for her as a reason to keep details of an affair hidden, according to a newspaper report Tuesday night.

The book, "The Politician," is not due out until Saturday, but the Journal said it purchased a copy Monday at a Washington-area book store.

Young provides an unflattering portrait of Edwards, talking about his obsession with campaign donations, his fixation with his hair, his disapproval of "fat rednecks" at state fairs and the lengths he went to hide the affair. Young has said in excerpts of an ABC News interview that Edwards asked him to find a doctor to fake a paternity test and to steal a diaper from the baby to secretly do a DNA test.
http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/306182.html

[Ivytalk]

Both author and subject are scumbags. They deserve each other.

[ASUMountaineer]

Both author and subject are scumbags. They deserve each other.

Agreed. All of this couldn't have happened to a more deserving person than John Edwards.

[ASUG8]

A book of lies and half truths about a lying POS - count me out.

[houndawg]

Both author and subject are scumbags. They deserve each other.

Agreed. All of this couldn't have happened to a more deserving person than John Edwards.

The Democrat Newt Gingrich.

[catamount man]

to call John Edwards a sack of shit would be demeaning a sack of shit. $400.00 haircuts yet "My father worked right here in this mill in Seneca" yeah..........as a supervisor, so he wasn't exactly out on the weave looms breaking a sweat. Believe me, folks from both parties groan every time this turd graces the upstate.

[BigSkyBears]

Agreed. All of this couldn't have happened to a more deserving person than John Edwards.

The Democrat Newt Gingrich.

probably. Politicians are scum bags. Are there any good ones out there any more?

[native]

The Democrat Newt Gingrich.

probably. Politicians are scum bags. Are there any good ones out there any more?

Many politicians have poor personal ethics, but Edwards' egregious personal failures go well beyond the pale, even for a politician.

In stark contrast to Edwards, Gingrich has actual great ideas and practical accomplishments under his belt.

[ASUMountaineer]

Agreed. All of this couldn't have happened to a more deserving person than John Edwards.

The Democrat Newt Gingrich.

I agree, but I like the partisan jab getting in there.