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politico.com - 8/9/2008
On adultery, Edwards cites McCain
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The full version of Bob Woodruff's interview with John Edwards just aired on ABC, figuring Edwards alternately penitent, defensive, and dismissive of the tabloid reports that unearthed his affair. He also, in explaining his view that his dalliance could remain private, cited Republican John McCain's reported affair at the end of his first marriage almost three decades ago. "What I ...

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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth:  John Edwards mentions John McCain's adulterous affair

Political Animal:  A tale of two affairs

Firedoglake:  The Stuff They Won’t Tell You

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John Edwards mentions John McCain's adulterous affair
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Get ready for the media to suddenly discover that reporting on adultery is ugly and inappropriate, now that Saint McCain's adulterous affair with Cindy has been mentioned by a national political figure. I can't wait for all the false outrage. This will be a lesson in how noise machines actually work - first the GOP will go crazy in order to ensure that no one talks about how McCain and Cindy cheated on his first wife, then the media will join in and tut-tut about how sad it is that anyone would attack McCain, blah blah. Get ready for it. ...

A tale of two affairs
Political Animal — ... I don’t know if this made the broadcast or not, but when Edwards sat down with ABC News’ Bob Woodruff, he pointed in McCain’s direction. ...

The Stuff They Won’t Tell You
Firedoglake — Ben Smith watched the Judy Woodruff interview of John Edwards, and noticed this: He also, in explaining his view that his dalliance could remain private, cited Republican John McCain's reported affair at the end of his first marriage ...

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time-blog.com 8/9/2008 — I never much liked John Edwards as a politician...and I guess we now know that he's a heel as a human being, too. But that doesn't mean his tawdry personal life is any of my concern. Consensual sex among adults isn't something that we in the media ...
Jenna Bush's wedding pastor rips McCain's adultery and comments about Cindy joining stripper contest — AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Even better, the McCain campaign blames it on Obama and say it show show sleazy Obama is. Really? This from the people who have three times suggested that Obama is un-American, an accusation with vaguely racist undertones, a point noticed by at least one mainstream national network correspondent. So tell us again how pure as snow McCain is. But to top that, an unnamed Republican consultant ...
Obama: "This is not the John Edwards that I knew" — RedState: Conservative News and Community
or words to that effect As everyone knows, John Edwards admitted yesterday to carrying on an adulterous relationship with a "documentary film maker" while his wife was battling cancer. Yes, we know, as we've known since 1992, that EVERYONE commits adultery but the bar of decency and common sense while engaging in adultery has certainly been lowered in the past 24 hours. You can step ...
On adultery, Edwards cites McCain — Ben Smith's Blog
The full version of Bob Woodruff's interview with John Edwards just aired on ABC, figuring Edwards alternately penitent, defensive, and dismissive of the tabloid reports that unearthed his affair. He also, in explaining his view that his dalliance could remain private, cited Republican John McCain's reported affair at the end of his first marriage almost three decades ago. "What I ...