These days The National Enquirer provides a sole, solid source in all things John Edwards and Rielle Hunter.They reported in March that Edwards could face indictment for his misuse of campaign funds during the 2008 presidential campaign. TNE was first to connect the Rielle dots. Who knew? Andrew Young knew.
He knows all, tells all in his riveting recount of his days under the thumbs of Senator Edwards and Elizabeth Edwards. So, while the world is kept in splendid ignorance John and Rielle hijack our trust with the throes of their lust for each other and the White House. In The Politician, Andrew reveals the affair timeline and more. He reveals what only the few would know — that Elizabeth’s cancer was a trump card played to the MSM band. Why, because she wants the White House more than she wants honesty and decency. She believes her husband's lies, and they are legion.
Young’s gambit puts his wife, children and most of all his future as breadwinner on the chopping block for candidate Edwards. But none of that is in evidence when their paths cross at a hotel in Myrtle Beach. Edwards just won the party’s nomination for senator and finds himself a big fish in a small pond. A big guy going to “hope and change” both Wall Street and Washington, because hope and change is the David Axelrod formula for Edwards until he sends him packing to the Obama camp. Andrew catches sight of Edwards on the beach during this conference, alone and driving a beat-up Buick, effecting the “everyman image,” effortlessly. Love at first sight for Andrew.
Unilateral love put to good use because by page 52 the author has a long list of sundry duties that Elizabeth lays out for him. Unbelievable: dusting, cleaning, changing light bulbs, and delegating other tasks to the proper craftsmen. Andrew did not know that being a body man includes slave labor. His compensation is good but he is on call 24/7! Yes, Young falls hard but only because Edwards sticks his big foot out and trips him along with many others. When you build trust found in a devoted follower or student you better have good intentions. We learn that in the John Edwards’ world there is only shelter for himself, his family, and his lust for power.
Young traces his steps with Edwards from his early days as senator trying to live in Washington, D.C.— a disaster. Then the important Gore-Kerry WH bid. Edwards secretly hopes Gore will fail leaving him the contender in 2008. He gets his wish but first he lands on the John Kerry ticket that goes down in defeat. According to Young, John has eyes for the White House from the get go. Nothing else mattered, nothing.
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