April D. Ryan

ABC News is reporting, Former Presidential candidate John Edwards admits to an affair with a female video journalist who was chronicling his campaign in 2006.  All this as his wife, Elizabeth Edwards, is fighting an incurable cancer.  Before the admission, John Edwards was perceived as the dedicated family man who was standing by his wife and running for President.

Another twist to the story, John Edwards denies he fathered a baby girl with the woman in February 2008.  Edwards claims the timing is off.  An Edward’s campaign staffer says he is the child’s biological father.  Reports indicate the space for the fathers name on the child’s birth certificate is blank.   

Supermarket tabloid, The National Enquirer has been carrying the story since October 2007.  In the past, Edwards denied the claims calling it “trash!”  The National Enquirer admits paying story sources for some of the articles content.  Just last month, The National Enquirer reported Edwards met his mistress and the child in a Los Angeles hotel, not long after the birth.  Edwards reportedly told ABC news he does not love the woman.

What strikes you most about this story?  And how do you feel about Edwards after his admission?

Also hanging overhead, the issue of China’s human rights records and questions about why President Bush did not forgo the opening ceremonies.  President Bush has said it is about supporting the athletes.  With that, he is the first United States President to attend the Olympic Opening Ceremonies in another country.

What is the purpose of the Olympic Games, the athletes,  the Olympic Games or the politics of it all  What say you?

The link to the Olympic Charter http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_122.pdf