John Edwards Admits To Affair

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firedoglake.com - 8/8/2008

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Not really a surprise, given the lack of denials over the past few weeks, . I don't really care what people do in their private lives and nobody can know what the relationship is between two people, so unless their personal lives are at odds with their voting records -- demanding that people do one thing while they do another (like being, you know, not gay or something) -- I figure that's ...

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BREAKING: Edwards admits sexual affair, denies paternity
Crooks and Liars — ... will be digging into ditches trying to find as much dirt as possible. SusanG has a round up of opinions. Atrios: The public: Edwards was a f*&king idiot for running for president, and betrayed a lot of his supporters by doing so. The private: everything else is between Edwards and his family. Not for the rest of us to figure out how this is supposed to affect their relationships and their marriage. FDL: But Edwards did play the family card quite heavily during his campaign, ...

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