Is Edwards Lying About Timeline Of Affair?

(CBS)  Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez spoke with Pigeon O'Brien, a friend of former John Edwards mistress Rielle Hunter, about whether Edwards is being forthcoming about the timeline of his relationship with Hunter.

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Maggie Rodriguez: Is John Edwards still lying about his affair with your friend?

Pigeon O'Brien: As of--as of his statement on Friday evening, he is lying about the timeline of the affair and other details about it, yes.

Rodriguez: She told you it started in February or March of 2006.

O'Brien: Yes.

Rodriguez: He says it started five months later when his campaign hired her.

O'Brien: Yeah, that's not true. That's not true. It started in the winter of '06. They became involved at that point, not later in the summer when she was hired to work for the political action committee.

Rodriguez: It started in the winter of '06?

O'Brien: Correct.

Rodriguez: Because that's when he was announcing his candidacy. And as we see in these picture she's still working for him at the time, even though he says this is when the affair was winding down.

O'Brien: It started at the other end of '06, in February, March of '06.

Rodriguez: Oh, at the beginning.

O'Brien: Yes, yes, yes.

Rodriguez: Oh, OK.

O'Brien: At the very--six months earlier than he says that it began.

Rodriguez: So when you looked at those pictures earlier with me, you said "poor thing" about Rielle. Why?

O'Brien: I--she's a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful person in a very ugly position, and I really feel for her. I think that--I really have never known someone so insistent upon integrity and honesty and openness. It's one of the most beautiful things about her. There are many beautiful things about her.

Rodriguez: But someone who has an affair with a married man you say has integrity and honesty?

O'Brien: I think she thought that he had quite a bit of integrity and I think that that appealed to her about him. Sometimes we make mistakes, sometimes we pick people to fall in love with that maybe aren't the greatest choice at the time. I can't judge her in that, I can't fault her in that. She fell in love and she felt loved back by this man. So unfortunately, that doesn't reflect the kind of integrity that everybody might think reflects integrity, but I'm sure she was able to deal with it and really be persuaded by her feelings of love for this man.

Rodriguez: So for her this was about love...

O'Brien: Yes, very much so.

Rodriguez: ...not sex.

O'Brien: No. No, no, no, no, no. No, no.

Rodriguez: Did she describe this as hot and heavy, frequent visits, intense, passionate?

O'Brien: Yes, yes. And intense intellectually, as well. She's a very keenly intellectually engaged woman. She's very insistent upon rigorous dialogue and she's very interested in what makes people tick. She very-digs very deeply about those things. So they would have connected and they did connect on that level as well, as human beings and as souls. They connected very deeply on that level.

Rodriguez: You say that she told you about the night that she met him at a bar.

O'Brien: Mm-hmm.

Rodriguez: Did she describe it as, `I'm so excited to kick off this affair with this married man,' or was she ever...

O'Brien: No.

Rodriguez: ...battling her conscience, like, `I met this great guy, but he's married'?

O'Brien: I don't suppose we ever went into things on the conscience level. It wasn't for me to judge and she didn't want to put me in a position to judge her. We were girlfriends, we trusted one another's decisions.

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[edwinljones]

Evan Bayh is also a liar. I find it incredible that he is considered for VP when he has lied on blacks to keep them jailed.

As Governor of Indiana, Bayh perpetuated constitutional and civil rights violations in the following cases then crushed all attempts to publicize them. ( Including local TV stations 6,8,13 & 59, as well as the Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis Recorder ) State of Indiana v. Edwin L. Jones, # 49G069001CF007921, Edwin L. Jones v. Indianapolis Police Department et al, U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, # Misc 90-134, Edwin L. Jones v. Indianapolis Police Department, et al, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, # 91-1594, . Edwin L. Jones v. Indianapolis Police Department, U.S. Supreme Court, # 91-7923. Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission Complaint against Attorney Ali Talib filed 9-18-92.

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[liberty_1776]

John Edwards is supremely sure that his wife Elizabeth will never leave him in anger over this humiliatingly public affair and the pernicious lies he continues to tell her. But how can he be so sure?

I guess he figures, "Hey, she''''s dying! Where''''s she gonna go, Detroit?"

Also, the "timeline" of the affair is critical, because it proves he is STILL LYING TO HIS OWN WIFE - let alone the rest of America. He wants us (and his wife) to believe the affair started and ended in 2006. That is obviously a lie - the affair has continued for 2 years. He also wants us to believe he TOLD HIS WIFE about it in 2006 - that is also a lie. Remember all the public photos of them out on the campaign trail? Can you imagine, in your wildest dreams, a cancer-stricken wife who would travel around smiling and campaigning for her husband while knowing that he cheated on her?!!!! NO. He is LYING!

Remember when John Edwards lied and claimed his 9 year old son said, "Daddy, I don''''t want to buy those shoes at Wal-Mart, because Wal-Mart doesn''''t offer their employees affordable health care."?

Ahhhh. Those were the good old days......

[TOREY RAY]

I think the person that has really brought light to this *** scandal was Pigeon O''Brien, a friend to Rielle Hunter which stated that John Edwards is still lying about the affair.

http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/Edwards-Account-Challanged-Webcastr.html

I also found the missing John Edward videos that were Produced by Rielle Hunter

Edwards Webisode 1: Plane Truths
http://www.webcastr.com/videos/politics/edwards-webisode-1-plane-truths.html

[TOREY RAY]

I think the person that has really brought light to this *** scandal was Pigeon O''Brien, a friend to Rielle Hunter which stated that John Edwards is still lying about the affair.

http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/Edwards-Account-Challanged-Webcastr.html

I also found the missing John Edward videos that were Produced by Rielle Hunter

Edwards Webisode 1: Plane Truths
http://www.webcastr.com/videos/politics/edwards-webisode-1-plane-truths.html

[godofredo29]

Rodriguez: But someone who has an affair with a married man you say has integrity and honesty?

O''Brien: I think she thought that he had quite a bit of integrity and I think that that appealed to her about him. Sometimes we make mistakes, sometimes we pick people to fall in love with that maybe aren''t the greatest choice at the time. I can''t judge her in that, I can''t fault her in that. She fell in love and she felt loved back by this man. So unfortunately, that doesn''t reflect the kind of integrity that everybody might think reflects integrity, but I''m sure she was able to deal with it and really be persuaded by her feelings of love for this man.

Rodriguez: So for her this was about love...

O''Brien: Yes, very much so.

This whole interview deserved to be aired why?

[jerr11]

Republicans as well...or are they all too moral to mess around??

Posted by adillon70 at 09:13 AM : Aug 13, 2008


Republicans are classier.

They just text msg to male interns and toe tap in airport men''s rooms.

[adillon70]

Oh for Heaven''s sake. If this woman had such "high integrity," what was she doing messing with a married man? Did his "integrity" attract her or was it that he was a highly profile political figure? Of course her friend is going to defend her. I am not a particular fan of John Edwards, but he certainly isn''t the first public figure to be caught in adultry, and if his wife forgives him, who are we to judge? He joins a long list which includes Bill Clinton, Spitzer and no doubt a bevy of Republicans as well...or are they all too moral to mess around??

[iuphockey12]

I have to agree with an earlier post...John Edward''''s , stepping out on his wife, is none of our business. Added to that, who cares??!!


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Posted by tireslinger

YET HAD HE BEEN A REPUBLICAN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE A BIG DEAL.

[tireslinger]

I have to agree with an earlier post...John Edward''s , stepping out on his wife, is none of our business. Added to that, who cares??!!

[bobginni]

Why does CBS News believe a story about infidelity by a political also-ran is more deserving of our attention than international conflict, the wars in the Middle East or Olympic events other than swimming and gymnastics? Let''s give more air time to ding-bats seeking self celebrity; surely there are people out there who know Edwards'' housekeeper who can express even more outrage at Edwards'' pecadilloes, and maybe he or she will have a more quirky name than "Pigeon".