John Edwards reportedly asked his mistress Rielle Hunter to marry him…and why not? His wife’s only been dead for a few weeks. Wouldn’t wanna jump the gun or anything, now would we?
Since the “National Enquirer” was first to report all of the news surrounding his relationship with Rielle and their baby, so I’m more inclined to believe that they’ve gotten themselves another scoop. According to reports, he introduced Rielle to his kids and even told them to call her “mommy.”
What a callous prick. His kids are going to grow up knowing that daddy pulled a douche move right after their mother passed away. Why did he even wait to get engaged if he was going to go this route? Knowing him, he probably didn’t wait to propose.
John: My wife’s laying in her bed dying…wanna get married?
Rielle: Yes, Johnny, I love you. Can your kids call me “mommy” and everything?
John: Why not? She won’t be around long anyways.
Ha. Just kidding. He claims that the engagement rumors are way off base, of course. His spokesperson said, “I can tell you that it’s not true.”
Which part? That he got engaged over the holidays? Or the “mommy” part? I do not deny this story one bit….The Enquirer is getting their payoff for sticking their heads so far up his butt….aren’t they?
source: JOHN EDWARDS SECRET PROPOSAL TO MISTRESS – [national enquirer]
Members of the Westboro Baptist Church announced Thursday plans to picket Saturday’s funeral for Elizabeth Edwards in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Kansas-based Church – monitored by anti-hate groups such as the Anti-Defamation league and the Southern Poverty Law Center – is known for its extremist opposition to homosexuals, Jews and other groups.
The church members also oppose the War in Iraq.
According to the church’s website, members will hold a protest from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Edwards, the estranged wife of presidential candidate John Edwards, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with breast cancer.
Elizabeth Edwards, the political wife whose public battle with breast cancer, coping with marital infidelity and continued advocacy for the downtrodden raised her profile above that of her husband, died Tuesday. She was 61.
Edwards died at her Chapel Hill home, where family and friends had gathered in recent days after doctors informed her that her cancer had spread and recommended that she not undergo further treatment.
Edwards was first diagnosed with cancer in the waning days of the 2004 presidential campaign, when her husband, then-U.S. Sen. John Edwards, was the Democratic nominee for vice president. The couple didn’t disclose her illness until after the election.
The cancer went into remission after surgery and months of treatment, but it resurfaced in early 2007, as John Edwards was mounting a second run at the White House. The Edwardses agreed at the time that they wouldn’t allow the cancer to derail his candidacy.
Because the cancer had moved into her bones, her doctors said at that time that it was no longer curable but could be treated.
Elizabeth Edwards, the estranged wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, has been advised by doctors that “further treatment of her cancer would be unproductive,” according to a statement from the Edwards family.
A source close to the family told CBS News, “She is dying.” The source said Edwards would likely die within weeks and possibly days. Edwards, 61, posted to her personal Facebook page a message to friends reading in part, “The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that.”
CBS News has confirmed that the Edwards family, including husband John, are now gathered with Elizabeth Edwards at the family home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces – my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope,” Edwards wrote in the Facebook post. “These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.”
“…there are certainly times when we aren’t able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like,” she added. “It’s called being human. But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. It isn’t possible to put into words the love and gratitude I feel to everyone who has and continues to support and inspire me every day. To you I simply say: you know.”
Elizabeth Edwards — declaring, “I’m not just a cuckolded wife” — says she can easily relate to actress Sandra Bullock, star of “The Blind Side,” whose divorce from philandering husband Jesse James became final this week.
“I think about Sandra Bullock — who I don’t know at all — what an incredible year she’s had,” Edwards tells NBC Today show host Matt Lauer in an interview that aired Wednesday.
“She won the Academy Award for an incredible performance, and more than that, she took that story and integrated that into her own life in this healthy, happy way,” by secretly adopting son Louis in January. “And yet, the stories you hear are not about all those great successes, but about the failure of her marriage.”
Says Edwards: “That’s not who she is… I assume she wants to reclaim who she is in the same way I want to reclaim who I am.”
In the pre-taped conversation, she spoke for the first time about the breakup of what once was considered a devoted, loving family. It was part of a media blitz to promote the paperback version of her 2009 memoir, “Resilience,” with a new epilogue that came out Tuesday.
Edwards writes that she has one simple, powerful wish: to survive the incurable breast cancer that now has spread to her spine, skull and legs, for at least eight years to see her youngest child finish high school.
Mothering her own three children — Jack, 10; Emma Claire, 12 and Cate, 28 — at least until 2018 would allow Edwards, 60, “to finish the one job I know I did better than any other,” she writes in the epilogue.
The book’s final “next chapter” explains her decision to split from her law school sweetheart and former North Carolina Democratic senator. She is divorcing John Edwards, two time White House contender and her husband of nearly 33 years, over his long affair with Rielle Hunter, who bore him a daughter, now two years old.
Man, I really feel sorry for Elizabeth — first her husband of 30+ years fails her, then she gets diagnosed with cancer.
source: Elizabeth Edwards on Splitting From John and Relating to Sandra Bullock [politics daily]
Disgraced former presidential contender John Edwards and his wife have reportedly legally separated after he admitted he is the father of a baby girl whose mom he repeatedly bedded during his 2008 White House run.
After spending Christmas together with their three kids, Edwards and his wife quietly parted ways.
“[Elizabeth] said, ‘I’ve had it. I can’t do this. I want my life back,” Elizabeth Edwards’ sister, Nancy Anania.
“A long marriage is a tough habit to break, and when you throw in incurable cancer and young children, it makes you waver. But I hear peace in her voice that i haven’t heard in a long time.”
The couple have three children, Cate, 27; Emma Claire, 11; and Jack, 9.
Elizabeth, 60, who is still undergoing treatment for breast cancer, has had divorce papers ready for nearly a year and had not yet filed the paperwork. Elizabeth even gave her husband’s baby Christmas presents.
“She gave it a lot of thought, wrapped up a bunch of Christmas presents, took them to the baby and was so pleased when Quinn made a beeline to the toy carriage and doll. She even said to Quinn, ‘Go stand next to Daddy.’”
The revelations of the couple’s separation come as a former aide to John Edwards says in a new book that the former North Carolina senator told him he thought about leaving his wife — but also cited his love for her as a reason to keep details of an affair hidden.
Next, he’ll be setting up home with the mistress and helping raise the kid — then make his bid for the White House.
