Human Shield

A pretty fascinating piece in the Huffington Post written by the close friend of Rielle Hunter's who eventually handed up her and John Edwards to the media.

The Huffington Post: How the Edwards Affair Ended Up in the Enquirer/3.3.11

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"In fact, while it's possible that before Hunter started speaking on her own behalf, I might have entertained the notion that she was a slightly dopey lady who fell hard for a bad man who was running for president and got caught in a very unfortunate saga, I now feel quite confident that in fact she is a borderline simpleton, fame-seeking narcissist whose self-interested grab for attention is likely doing further permanent damage to the Edwards family, including her daughter and her siblings. If her appearance on the Oprah show seemed like an unjust setup, then Hunter proved that, every once in a while, someone so amply meets all expectations for awfulness that it's impossible to muster anything other than loathing for them."

-- Rebecca Traister, in her piece on Oprah's interview with homewrecker and new-age loon Rielle Hunter (remember, Alison Poole) in today's Salon

You know, kids, I never thought I'd say this, but it was actually a little entertaining to watch Oprah bare her teeth and gorge on Hunter like she was a half-gallon of Häagen-Dazs Dulce de Leche.

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"(Rielle felt that) Oprah was more 'spiritual' and would get her."

-- Spokesperson for coke-addled party girl and raving moonbat turned presidential candidate mistress Rielle Hunter, on why Hunter agreed to grant Oprah a sit-down interview

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"Everyone talks about how Johnny has fallen from grace. In reality, he's fallen to grace. He is integrated. He is living a life of truth. "

-- Rielle Hunter, née Lisa Druck, talking about her relationship with John Edwards in an exclusive interview in the latest issue of GQ

You know how the right likes to characterize coastal types as "moonbats?" Yeah, well, it's actually applicable here.

For me, the best part about the Rielle Hunter saga has always been the fact that she was the basis for the Alison Poole character -- a coke-addled, gold-digging party girl who'd jump into bed with just about anybody -- in Jay McInerney's Story of My Life. McInerney wrote an entire book about this woman after having dated her for all of a month; that speaks volumes.

Even more entertaining is that "Alison Poole" returned in not one but two of Bret Easton Ellis's subsequent books: Glamorama and, more notably, American Psycho, in which she was a victim of serial killer Patrick Bateman. Why do I get the feeling that Elizabeth Edwards wishes the latter had been non-fiction?