President John Edwards

samcster94

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This is not an election thread, but more what would happen if he got elected President in 2004 or 2008. What if he got caught cheating on his wife after he was elected??? I wonder if there would be a proto "me too" that comes a decade early or would the Dems defend him.
 
(1) In the very unlikely event Edwards had been elected president in 2004, he would probably never have met Rielle Hunter.

(2) In 2008, the affair was too well-known to be covered up, and therefore Edwards would not win the nomination. If need be, if it appeared he was on the way to winning the nomination, some campaign staffers would have revealed it: "However, in August 2006, several staffers—including Josh Brumberger, Kim Rubey, and David Ginsberg—had strong suspicions about the affair and left the campaign over concerns about Hunter. Rubey and Ginsberg later discussed their obligation to the party to come forward with what they knew, after finding Young's paternity claim unconvincing.." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards_extramarital_affair The mainstream media's reluctance to cover the affair was probably motivated by a desire not to make things worse for Elizabeth Edwards unnecessaeily (i.e., as long as her husband didn't look like he would be nominated).
 
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