Comments on: Whether a major scandal or a major libel suit, …

By: GlitterGirl

GlitterGirl — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:36:14 +0000

Lee Stranahan @ Huffington Post sez: “How’s it going to play out? It seems to me that this is going to be a tsunami-sized scandal for the Democratic Party and right now the coming typhoon of press coverage is close to breaking. ”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-stranahan/say-it-aint-so-john-why-p_b_115165.html

By: MSlawyer

MSlawyer — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:05:57 +0000

Mmm, I had dog biscuits for dinner. Shhh — don’t read this:

http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1167499.html

By: DeltaNative

DeltaNative — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:11:51 +0000

But, I must say, if this is the best the Enquirer has, they are completely incompetent.

By: DeltaNative

DeltaNative — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:02:39 +0000

When Edwards comes out and flatly states he did not father a baby with Ms. Hunter, I’ll believe you. So far, he has not done that. Until then, Edwards’ non-denials leave me with a question mark. Don’t forget the Enquirer broke the Jesse Jackson baby story, Gary Hart and his floozy story and the Rush Limbaugh/Oxycontin story, so they have some positive track record in these sordid regards.

P.S. Edwards, a well-known plaintiff’s lawyer, would have already hired one of his buddies to sue them for libel unless truth was a defense.

By: lotus

lotus — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:47:53 +0000

Okay, DN, get to work on that photo caption with your CTRL button and scrollwheel. If you blow it up enough, you can eventually make out that these “pix” were taken at different times in different cities (earlier this year in New York for the one on the left). Yet, mirabile dictu, the same blue T-shirt with the same sweatstain. So I call Photoshop BS.

By: lotus

lotus — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:21:34 +0000

Ruh-oh.

By: DeltaNative

DeltaNative — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:58:38 +0000

[Don't read this unless you're lotus or Magnolia.]

By: DeltaNative

DeltaNative — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:18:24 +0000

[Shh, don't tell anyone.]

By: lotus

lotus — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:43:51 +0000

[Psst, DN and Mag (everybody else, avert your eyes): Sunday ToL -- a Murdoch publication, mind -- sez:

... The National Enquirer may publish photographs corroborating Edwards’s presence at the hotel this weekend. A reporter for The Washington Post said yesterday: "To be quite honest, we’re waiting to see the pictures. That said, Edwards is no longer an elected official and he is not running for office now. Don’t expect wall-to-wall coverage." ...

[More interestingly,

... Roger Altman, who has a controlling stake in the National Enquirer, is a former official in Bill Clinton’s administration. Some wags believe the magazine poured resources into the love child story to scupper John Edwards’s chances of beating Hillary Clinton for the presidential nomination. Were the latest revelations timed to finish him off as a potential running mate? Despite the rumours, it is not likely. Few people think Clinton is still on Barack Obama’s shortlist. ...

["Some wags believe ..." -- boy, is that a handy phrase for going flimsy or what? Mumph. Anyhow, now let us return to our regularly-scheduled high-toned blog . . . ]

By: Sailor

Sailor — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:12:46 +0000

mag//your comment brings to mind one my very bright college freshman made last summer re: “US” magazine, whilst I questioned her purchase of such in the grocery store check out line. “It’s less expensive than ‘Vanity Fair’ and is the most reliable news source of all celebrity gossip mags,” she joked. It’s scary to me that many others her age do, in fact, get their only news from such!