{"id":2138,"date":"2008-07-25T18:57:34","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T22:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2008-07-25T18:57:34","modified_gmt":"2008-07-25T22:57:34","slug":"john-edwards-and-kharma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=2138","title":{"rendered":"John Edwards and Kharma"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0By now everyone has read that the National Enquirer <\/a>busted John Edwards leaving the hotel where his paramour Rielle Hunter was staying with their love child in a Beverly Hills hotel earlier this week. Micky Kaus at Slate<\/a> reported the LA Times has enacted a blackout on the news “Because the only source has been the National Enquirer we have decided not to cover the rumors or salacious speculations.”<\/p>\n

Extra <\/a>writes that Hunter denies the affair;<\/p>\n

“Completely unfounded and ridiculous” is how Hunter describes a National Enquirer story claiming she has a love child with Edwards — and that she was recently visited by the married Edwards at a Los Angeles hotel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Edwards denies it, too;<\/p>\n

\u00a0When asked about the allegations today in Houston, Edwards called the stories “tabloid trash,” adding, “They’re full of lies.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, now Fox News <\/a>has verified it independently;<\/p>\n

The Beverly Hilton Hotel guard said he encountered a shaken and ashen-faced Edwards \u2014 whom he did not immediately recognize \u2014 in a hotel men’s room early Tuesday morning in a literal tug-of-war with reporters on the other side of the door.<\/p>\n

“What are they saying about me?” the guard said Edwards asked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, why aren’t the media holding Edwards’ feet to the fire like the did Larry Craig and Mark Foley? Well Jack Shafer<\/a> at Slate says it’s because Edwards isn’t provably gay;<\/p>\n

\u00a0So why hasn’t the press commented on the story yet? Is it because it broke too late yesterday afternoon, and news organizations want to investigate it for themselves before writing about it? Or are they observing a double standard that says homo-hypocrisy is indefensible but that hetero-hypocrisy deserves an automatic bye?<\/p>\n

That’s my sense.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, NPR chose this week to run their exclusive interview<\/a> with John Edwards and his war against poverty. He’s still running for President, he’s still talking about two Americas, and oddly enough, how America needs to find a solution to the problem of single-parenthood. More of that hetero-hypocrisy, I guess. Couldn’t be because he’s a Democrat, could it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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