Who’s Your Daddy?
It would appear one little girl may grow up to know, but won’t be seen with him in public.
The birth certificate of a child who a tabloid newspaper claims is linked to former Sen. John Edwards doesn’t identify a father.
The certificate, obtained by The Charlotte Observer today, shows Frances Quinn Hunter was born Feb. 27, more than two months after an Edwards aide claimed to be the father. Andrew Young, a former Edwards campaign finance director, claimed paternity in a statement from his lawyer posted at the political blog mydd.com.
That’s odd.
Between the reports of John Edwards running away from reporters, to the mainstream media slowly taking notice, it would appear the whole affair-love child thing is weighing heavily on someone who issued strong unequivocal denials previously.
The girl was born at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, Calif., to Rielle Jaya James Druck, also known as Rielle Hunter. Hunter, 44, was a videographer on Edwards’ presidential campaign last year.
Asked Thursday why no father was listed on the birth certificate, Hunter’s attorney, Robert Gordon of New York, said, “A lot of women do that.” Reminded that he and Hunter had publicly revealed the father’s identity two months earlier to the National Enquirer, Gordon said, “That’s a personal matter between them.”
If John Edwards wasn’t a trial lawyer, and a pretty boy bully, he may have been cut some slack. But he was a pushy jerk, and when he falls, crying “I have sinned” may not be enough.
July 31st, 2008 at 7:38 pm
It would be so wonderful if his wife took him for everything.
July 31st, 2008 at 11:52 pm
The sheer arrogance of this guy to think he could keep this secret. I guess even the best “laid” plans go wrong.
Sorry,I couldn’t help myself.