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Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate — In ABC News Interview, Edwards Says He Cheated, but Did Not Father Child — John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.
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More On Edwards's Admission — ** The interview airs tonight on ABC. — ** According to people close to the Edwardses, Elizabeth Edwards has secured a primetime speaking role at the Democratic National Convention; John Edwards, as of this point, does not, and people close to him think he will beg off …
Stephen Spruiell / The Corner:
Nine Months — Overheard in the office: “Why would Edwards admit the affair but deny fathering the child?” — I'll tell you why: Elizabeth Edwards was diagnosed with incurable cancer in late March of 2007. Rielle Hunter's baby was born in late February of 2008.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
ABC News: Edwards admits affair; Update: Enquirer was “95 to 96% accurate,” says Brian Ross; Update: Edwards statement: “I started to believe that I was special” — Rielle Hunter is his lover — but the kid is not his son. Er, daughter: … Stand by for updates. — Update: Who forced him to finally 'fess up?
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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Edwards admits to affair, denies fathering child — WASHINGTON - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday admitted to an extramarital affair while his wife was battling cancer. He denied fathering the woman's daughter. — Edwards told ABC News that he lied repeatedly …
Ryanteaguebeckwith / Raleigh News & Observer:
John Edwards in 1999 — What was John Edwards thinking when the National Enquirer story broke? — ABC News has not yet aired its interview with the former Democratic presidential candidate, but a celebrated speech by Edwards during the impeachment of Bill Clinton is interesting to re-read.
CNN:
Report: Edwards admits to extramarital affair — (CNN) — Former U.S. senator and Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards admitted to an extramarital affair in an interview with ABC News, the network reported Friday. He denied being the father of the woman's child, as had been alleged in tabloid reports.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:He Did Not Have Paternal Relations With That Woman
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New York Times:
Russia Threatens Retaliation After Georgia Says It Fired on Planes — MOSCOW — The sharpest fighting since the early 1990s in the disputed Caucasian enclave of South Ossetia threatened to draw Russia and the American-backed former Soviet republic of Georgia into direct military conflict on Friday.
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Georgia ‘under attack’ as Russian tanks roll in — TBLISI, Georgia (CNN) — Georgia's president said Friday that his country is under attack by Russian tanks and warplanes, and he accused Russia of targeting civilians as tensions over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia appeared to boil over into full-blown conflict.
Times of London:
Georgia says Russian tanks mean ‘war’ in South Ossetia — Russia sent troops and dozens of tanks and armoured vehicles into the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia today, vowing to protect its citizens in a move described by Tbilisi's pro-Western Government as an act of war.
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:Russia Invades South Ossetia, Georgia Shoots Down Russian Planes
Robert Farley / Lawyers, Guns and Money:On the General Principles of the Russia-Georgia Issue
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Amy Sullivan / Time:
An Antichrist Obama in McCain Ad? — It's not easy to make the infamous Willie Horton ad from the 1988 presidential campaign seem benign. But suggesting that Barack Obama is the Antichrist might just do it. — That's just what some outraged Christian supporters of the Democratic nominee …
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
MCCAIN'S NEW AD CONTAINS DUBIOUS CLAIMS — From NBC's Mark Murray — The McCain campaign has announced it's running yet another TV ad hitting Obama for his “celebrity” and for wanting to raise taxes. — The campaign says the ad is being cycled into its buy in Colorado, Iowa, Michigan …
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
When Identity Politics Backfire — Nikki Tinker's resounding defeat in her primary challenge to Rep. Stephen Cohen may suggest that identity politics don't work quite as well as they used to. — This week the Democratic primary in the mostly African-American Ninth District in Memphis, Tennessee made national headlines.
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Suskind to Release CIA Interview Transcripts on ‘Forged’ Document — Author Ron Suskind says he will release transcripts of his interviews with a top CIA official that will confirm his story that in 2003 the White House ordered the agency to fabricate a phony document linking Iraq to the Sept. 11 …
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
More on the Tire Gauge Lie — Thinking more about this McCain tire gauge lie, I'm wondering why Barack Obama doesn't just outright call McCain a liar. All politicians spin, some more agresssively than others, but McCain's claim that Obama's energy policy consists of urging people to inflate …
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Atlantic Scores Internal Clinton Campaign Emails — Just when you thought everyone had moved on... former advisers to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are in a tizzy over an upcoming piece in the Atlantic Monthly that chronicles the inner workings of the now-defunct campaign.
Brian Goldsmith / CBS News:
Evangelical Leader Warns McCain On VP Pick — Political Players: Richard Land Says VP Selection Is The “Most Important” Decision Of The Campaign … CBSNews.com: You've not always been the biggest McCain fan. Has he done a good job in this campaign reaching out to you, and reaching out to the Southern Baptists you represent?
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Energy Fumble — Politics has its puzzling moments. John McCain and most of the GOP experienced one late last week. That was when five of their own set about dismantling the best issue Republicans have in the upcoming election. — It's taken time, but Sen. McCain and his party …
Marc Ambinder:
Just Asking... If there were a group of questionable donations all with the name Abdullah — that were funneled through a guy in Jordan — who is under investigation for war profiteering — would this be a bigger deal?
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