Edwards Flees Reporters–Again

Hillary Clinton Knew What MSM Knew
But Didn’t Report in January?

Does Hillary Read the Enquirer?

MSM: “Well, Boys! What do we Have Here?”
Enquirer/Blogosphere: It’s the John Edwards Scandal!

Does Hillary Clinton read the Enquirer?

Did Hillary Clinton know what the major news organizations knew back in December, but didn’t report on: namely, that John Edwards had a problem–a “love child” problem?

Did she “suggest” that Edwards get out of the race–which surprised some observers–or she would start asking some questions of her own?

It now becomes clearer: if Hillary Clinton had started publicly asking “love child” questions back in February before Super Tuesday, that would have forced the press to cover the allegations.

The same allegations that the press could ignore–as long as the National Enquirer and small parts of the Blogosphere were the only ones asking those questions. As long as one of their own didn’t break the cone of silence placed around the story by the traditional press, Edwards was free to continue his campaign for the presidency.

“What? Me Report? On a scandal? You sound absolutely plebian!”

Does Hillary Clinton read the Enquirer?

Back on January 31, DBKP’s LBG reported that it was Hillary Clinton, rather than Edwards, that first announced his withdrawal from the Democrat primaries. [Hillary Clinton Announces Edwards’ Exit, Was it the Right Price?]

Hillary announced Edwards was dropping out of the race in an AM interview, while Edwards’ own announcement came later in the day in New Orleans.

All sappiness regarding Edwards aside, the more interesting story was tagged onto the end of Hillary Clinton’s “announcement” during an interview this morning with King5 News in Seattle.

Despite the fact that Edwards had not made a formal or informal announcement that he was dropping out of the presidential race, Hillary told the King5 News Team that Edwards had called her on the phone to tell her that he was dropping out.

Hillary gave a glowing referral to Edward’s campaign while giving her own stump speech as to why Edward’s supporters should support her.

We wondered what was behind the scenes with Hillary and Edwards little telephone talk and whether Edwards knew Hillary would be announcing his departure from the race.

We also wondered if any deals had been made, if Edwards was given any promises of future positions within the Hillary cabinet, perhaps even the V-P slot.

We were surprised to hear of Edwards’ impending departure as Edwards had said he was going to stick to his campaign all the way, even if he failed to score in next week’s Super Tuesday, that he intended to ride his campaign bus to the doors of the Democrat’s convention held in Denver in late August.

We saw a different side to Edwards than the AP reporter, Nedra Pickler, did.

Welcome to the EnquireOSphere

It’s likely we still do.

LBG asked some questions, in that story, about a possible deal.

As a solid third place finisher, Edwards does have a voter base, which both Obama and Hillary would benefit from.
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Could it be a VP slot or the Hillary cabinet, such as Attorney General. All we know it won’t be for chump change. Politicians never, ever do anything “for free.”

Could the price have been Hillary silence on the stump about Edwards’ affair with a then very-pregnant Rielle Hunter?

See Johnny Run

The scene in Washington Wednesday–Edwards dodging reporters attempting to question him about his run-in with reporters from National Enquirer–might have then happened in December or January. [John Edwards Scandal: Edwards Bolts from Reporters Once Again]

*** For over 50 DBKP stories on the John Edwards Love Child Scandal, see John Edwards Love Child Scandal DBKP Library, a complete listing of our stories since December 2007. ***

Does Hillary Clinton read the Enquirer?

It was reported that a Clinton supporter owned a part of the National Enquirer’s parent company.
[Edwards Alleged Love Child: Clintons Orchestrated Rumor?].

But, if the Clintons were the driving force behind the Enquirer’s story in December, what’s the explanation for the tabloid’s continued chasing of the story in July? If it was a Clinton plot–as has been suggested on some Internet comments tagged onto stories of the Edwards scandal–those resources used in pursuit of Edwards would have been better used on Obama in the months after January, when Edwards dropped out of the race.

The watchdog Mainstream Media Joins the Citizen Journalists they Despise in deigning to cover the John Edwards scandal–9 months later.

Edwards base of blue-collar workers and trial lawyers may have been small, but it was crucial to Clinton’s success that they line up behind her after Iowa, if she was to have any chance of beating fellow Senator, Barack Obama.

As it turns out, the blue-collar Democrats did line up behind her. It’s uncertain to whom the trial lawyers turned.

A lot of speculation is included here: we don’t know what John Edwards and Hillary Clinton discussed in that phone call before Clinton made the announcement–in effect, for John Edwards–back in January.

Does Hillary Clinton read the Enquirer?

Maybe. Maybe not.

But, it’s a cinch her Opposition Research team did.

by Mondoreb
images: dbkp file for reference.