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The Politician: An Insiders's Account of John Edwards' Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal that Brought Him Down, Andrew Young. 3 out of 5 stars.
from amazon.com:
"Idealistic and ambitious, Andrew Young volunteered for the John Edwards campaign for Senate in 1998 and quickly became the candidate’s right hand man. As the senator became a national star, Young’s responsibilities grew. For a decade he was this politician’s confidant and he was assured he was ‘like family.” In time, however, Young was drawn into a series of questionable assignments that culminated with Edwards asking him to help conceal the Senator’s ongoing adultery. Days before the 2008 presidential primaries began, Young gained international notoriety when he told the world that he was the father of a child being carried by a woman named Rielle Hunter, who was actually the senator’s mistress. While Young began a life on the run, hiding from the press with his family and alleged mistress, John Edwards continued to pursue the presidency and then the Vice Presidency in the future Obama administration.
Young had been the senator’s closest aide and most trusted friend. He believed that John Edwards could be a great president, and was assured throughout the cover-up that his boss and friend would ultimately step forward to both tell the truth and protect his aide’s career. Neither promise was kept. Not only a moving personal account of Andrew Young’s political education, THE POLITICIAN offers a look at the trajectory which made John Edwards the ideal Democratic candidate for president, and the hubris which brought him down, leaving his career, his marriage and his dreams in ashes."
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Oh dear, oh dear. What a story this was, indeed. Before moving to the Obama camp in 2008, I was an Edwards girl for a bit. The stories of Edwards' alleged (now pretty much proven) adultery with Rielle Hunter turned me off his game--went through that with Bill Clinton and didn't want to go through it again. This book details the sordid details as seen and experienced through the eyes of Edwards' aid Andrew Young, who became deeply involved in the attempt to cover up the adultery story.
Starts out sort of slow, but the juicy parts are pretty juicy. If true...my, oh my. John Edwards is just another adulterous scumbag. Dude, I voted for him on Super Tuesday! I felt a bit dirty reading this one, but it was too compelling a train wreck to put down. If you're into politics this might be one to get from the library, but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy it unless, like me, ya get it for cheap. Like the story. Cheap, indeed.
from amazon.com:
"Idealistic and ambitious, Andrew Young volunteered for the John Edwards campaign for Senate in 1998 and quickly became the candidate’s right hand man. As the senator became a national star, Young’s responsibilities grew. For a decade he was this politician’s confidant and he was assured he was ‘like family.” In time, however, Young was drawn into a series of questionable assignments that culminated with Edwards asking him to help conceal the Senator’s ongoing adultery. Days before the 2008 presidential primaries began, Young gained international notoriety when he told the world that he was the father of a child being carried by a woman named Rielle Hunter, who was actually the senator’s mistress. While Young began a life on the run, hiding from the press with his family and alleged mistress, John Edwards continued to pursue the presidency and then the Vice Presidency in the future Obama administration.
Young had been the senator’s closest aide and most trusted friend. He believed that John Edwards could be a great president, and was assured throughout the cover-up that his boss and friend would ultimately step forward to both tell the truth and protect his aide’s career. Neither promise was kept. Not only a moving personal account of Andrew Young’s political education, THE POLITICIAN offers a look at the trajectory which made John Edwards the ideal Democratic candidate for president, and the hubris which brought him down, leaving his career, his marriage and his dreams in ashes."
~~~
Oh dear, oh dear. What a story this was, indeed. Before moving to the Obama camp in 2008, I was an Edwards girl for a bit. The stories of Edwards' alleged (now pretty much proven) adultery with Rielle Hunter turned me off his game--went through that with Bill Clinton and didn't want to go through it again. This book details the sordid details as seen and experienced through the eyes of Edwards' aid Andrew Young, who became deeply involved in the attempt to cover up the adultery story.
Starts out sort of slow, but the juicy parts are pretty juicy. If true...my, oh my. John Edwards is just another adulterous scumbag. Dude, I voted for him on Super Tuesday! I felt a bit dirty reading this one, but it was too compelling a train wreck to put down. If you're into politics this might be one to get from the library, but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy it unless, like me, ya get it for cheap. Like the story. Cheap, indeed.
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