1) Shock
2) Anger
3) Denial
4) Despair
5) Acceptance that John Edwards has always been this much of a douche-bag

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Dismiss me all you want — though if I start getting hate mail I’ll at least know where it’s coming from — but facts are facts, and you’re NOT reporting facts.

Evidently you haven’t noticed that as a “hate site” we’d already deleted your address from the other comment.

What “facts” are you referring to?

We’ve reported several times that Edwards denied the affair on October 11 to AP reporters.
We’ve reported that Reille Hunter denied she was having an affair with Edwards in both the Enquirer and on Mydd.com.
We’ve reported that Andrew Young claimed he was the father on Mydd.com.

Since you claim we’re haven’t reported “facts” then you don’t believe to these to be true?

As I pointed out, others who were at the Monaco that day dispute your recall of events–in particular, the reporters who wrote on this for the Charlotte Observer, Raleigh News & Observer and later, the McClatchy Newspapers wire report.

You may want to take up your version of Edwards’ exit with these reporters–who have different memories of the day than you.

As I have said before, when facts inconveniently get in the way of a story, some choose to go with reality while other choose to stick with the slime.

In answer to “admin” comment above, I have already responded to the non-story of Edwards supposedly evading their reporters in DC. I WAS THERE for heaven’s sake. He didn’t duck out of a “back door”. He entered and exited by the same door, on a very public street. I know he was heading home on a commercial flight because of sources in Chapel Hill. He smiled at the reporters, he acknowledged they were there, he didn’t duck and run.

We’re having this discussion now because despite his response last year, despite Hunter’s statements, despite Andrew Young’s public statements, despite all that, you and others continue to report on this non-story as if it were proven fact — which it is not. You have time to write about it but keep saying you don’t have time to defend writing about it.

Dismiss me all you want — though if I start getting hate mail I’ll at least know where it’s coming from — but facts are facts, and you’re NOT reporting facts.

Erdie’s bio from DemocracyForAmerica.com:

“tree-hugging, bleeding-heart, ACLU-card-carrying progressive liberal and damn proud of it!”

This is not to say that Erdie’s self-description invalidates any of the points she attempts to make. It does however, put her spin in perspective.

And again, the Carolina papers’ coverage is not independent reporting. They have not corroborated anything. They have selectively quoted those who support the premise that Edwards should honor this trash by somehow proving a negative. (Others were contacted but their answers did work well with the premise that Edwards *must* speak out.). My criticism is quite up to date and aimed at the story being spread around now.

How do you answer the paper’s reporting of Edwards evading their reporters in Washington, DC? Also, that since that time, Edwards has disappeared from public view.

If Edwards came out every day for the next two weeks and said the same thing over and over again, there are still people who now say he has to speak up who won’t believe him.

IF Edwards had came out only one day after the Enquirer named Rielle Hunter as his mistress in December, chances are, we wouldn’t be writing about this now.

And this is all I have time for.

Thanks again for stopping by and adding to the discussion.

I also keep going back to what Edwards, Hunter, and Young said last year. If Edwards came out every day for the next two weeks and said the same thing over and over again, there are still people who now say he has to speak up who won’t believe him. You call his not letting this tabloid story dictate his life or schedule cowardice; I call it not being cowed by tabloid bullies and a scandal-crazed public.

I can see where you would refer back to those prior statements. And yet, it’s not so much words is it, at this point, as actions.

John Edwards’ actions, getting caught sneaking into the Beverly Hilton to visit Hunter and the baby on July 21. Those actions occurred after Edwards’ denial.

For every action is a reaction, Edrie. Your man, Edwards, hid in the men’s room from Enquirer reporters. The security guard who came to Edwards rescue, confirmed it was Edwards cowering in the bathroom.

It’s not only us but members of the DNC who want Edwards to either deny the Enquirer story or tell the truth.

And the “tabloid trash” label is getting old, Edrie. It’s a flimsy argument at best.

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