Finally: Silky Pony, The Movie

One can only imagine the bevy of A-list actors lining up to play a philandering ambulance chaser.

John Edwards' big affair is going to hit the big screen.

Andrew Young, the estranged aide who wrote a tell-all book about the former senator's sexcapades with mistress, and baby mama, Rielle Hunter, said he has sealed a movie deal with producer Aaron Sorkin.

Sorkin, best known for creating the television series "The West Wing," confirmed that he obtained the rights to Young's book, "The Politician," the Associated Press reported.

"This is a first-hand account of an extraordinary story filled with motivations, decisions and consequences that would have lit Shakespeare up," Sorkin said in a statement. "There's much more to Andrew's book than what has been reported and I'm grateful that he's trusting me with it."

Young said the job was perfect for Sorkin.

"I was really impressed by him and really impressed how he was focused on the tragedy of this rather than the tawdry," said Young who declined to guess who might play the leading roles.

'All I Could Think About Was Vince Foster'

Imagine spending your waking hours living in fear of John Edwards. One can only imagine the horrifying images of being bludgeoned with a blow-dryer or suffering the toxic effects of excessive hairspray inhalation.

John Edwards' former flunky says he's been offered "gigantic amounts of money" for a sordid sex tape of the failed presidential candidate and his mistress.

"And we've said no," Andrew Young said Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Young wouldn't say who offered the big bucks, but Edwards' alleged co-star in the X-rated flick, Rielle Hunter, is trying to get her mitts on the tape.

"I'm not clear anything she's asking for is hers," said Young.

Young, who is flogging a tawdry tell-all book about his days with the ex-North Carolina senator called "The Politician," said he found the sex tape just months before the January 2008 Iowa caucus.

It was in a box left in a home that Young said he and his wife, Cheri, briefly shared with Hunter, whom Edwards hired to film his failed presidential bid.

"I could not have told this story without including this sex tape," said Young, who also claims to have phone messages from Edwards to back up his seamy story.

The ex-aide said the video clearly shows Edwards in the middle of a "sexual encounter" with a visibly pregnant woman wearing a thumb ring similar to one that Hunter often wears.

Cheri Young said Hunter's face was not visible in the video.

Hunter went on to bear a daughter by Edwards named Quinn, who is now 2 and living with her in Charlotte, N.C.

In his book, Young - a married father of three - admits he was so blinded by loyalty to Edwards he tried to take the fall for his boss by claiming he was Quinn's daddy.

Young said that after he told Edwards he was done with the charade, he began to fear for his life - especially when the senator showed up "out of the blue" and took him for a ride.

"All I could think about was Vince Foster," Young told "GMA," referring to the former President Clinton aide whose suicide sparked speculation that maybe he was rubbed out to cover up a White House scandal.

"For several months, I used to get up at 3 a.m. and walk around the house with a baseball bat and a knife," Young said.

Asked if he personally feared the pretty boy senator whom critics dubbed "The Breck Girl," Young said no.

"But was I scared, genuinely scared, for me and my family," he said.

Former Aide Says Edwards Fathered Baby

More confirmation of the world's worst kept secret.

A man who once claimed he fathered the child of John Edwards' mistress now says in a book proposal that the former presidential candidate is the baby's father.

The New York Times reported Saturday that political donors made payments to the woman. The claims are all in a book proposal by former Edwards aide Andrew Young, who says he facilitated the affair between Edwards and Rielle Hunter.

The newspaper reports Young wrote that Edwards told Hunter they would marry after Edwards' wife died. His wife, Elizabeth, has cancer.

Edwards has denied he fathered the child. He has acknowledged that federal investigators are looking into his campaign funds.

It would simply be nice if Edwards would man up and admit what everyone already knows.

C'mon, Johnny, show a pair.

More from the Times.

At the same time, Mr. Edwards is moving toward an abrupt reversal in his public posture; associates said in interviews that he is considering declaring that he is the father of Ms. Hunter’s 19-month-old daughter, something that he once flatly asserted in a television interview was not possible.

An abrupt reversal? Geez, if he waited any longer the kid would be ready for college.

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'There Would Be a Boost of 1,000 Points on the Stock Market the First Week After He’s Elected'

Happy days will soon be here again. Get ready for a huge boost in your portfolio immediately after The Messiah is elected.

The world will love us again, seas will part and Wall Street will see a boom unprecedented in modern history.

The election of Barack Obama would create an immediate economic boost for the United States, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young told me this week.

Young, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and I chatted after he gave a speech to the Southern Regional Meeting of the National Council for International Visitors, an organization that promotes international citizen diplomacy. The group was meeting in Atlanta at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel.
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More importantly, Young strongly believes that the economic future for the United States is inextricably connected to the rest of the world.

“It’s technically impossible to be self-sufficient,” Young said. “In order to maintain our leadership in a global economy we have to work with the rest of the world. With the transfer of technology, we either lead the world or we get trampled by it.”

And because Obama would be welcomed by global leaders, Young believes his presidency would have a dramatic beneficial impact in the United States.

“Nothing would have more impact on the economy and the price of oil than his election as president,” Young said. “There would be a boost of 1,000 points on the stock market the first week after he’s elected. This would be better than a chicken in every pot.”

I'll have some of what he's smoking.

Thanks to Hot Air for the link.

By the way, lest there be any confusion, economic savant Andrew Young should in no way be confused with the Amdrew Young of John Edwards infamy.

Stop the Presses: Greedy Trial Lawyer Paid Mistress Hush Money

Most of you have probably already read about the John Edwards affair and his love child, unless of course you rely on the lamestream media for your information.

Fortunately, we have have blogs to reveal the truth about oily politicians.

Anyway, as the media continues covering up the explosive Edwards scandal, the National Enquirer reveals more dirt on this loathsome political hack.

A NATIONAL ENQUIRER investigation has uncovered John Edwards’ mistress, Rielle Hunter – the mother of his “love child” – has been secretly receiv­ing $15,000 a month as part of an elaborate cover-up orchestrated by the former presidential contender.

The money is being funneled to Hunter by a wealthy colleague who was closely tied to the Edwards’ campaign. This same man is also shoveling cash to Edwards’ pal and former aide Andrew Young – who tried to take the heat off the ex-Senator by claiming he is the father of Rielle’s baby.

And The ENQUIRER is also exclusively revealing that Rielle’s baby is a girl named Frances Quinn Hunter and was born at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

“A super-rich pal – who was closely involved with the campaign finances – is helping John. It’s likely this man doesn’t know all the dirty details of John’s extramarital affair, but is acting out of loyalty and is not asking a lot of questions – only writing the checks,” revealed a source very close to the situation.

A year-long ENQUIRER investigation exploded spectacularly into the open on the night of July 21 when our reporters caught Edwards making a secret late-night visit to Rielle, 44, and their infant child at Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton hotel.

Edwards, 55, was confronted by ENQUIRER reporters, but refused to answer questions and instead hid in a public men’s restroom until security escorted him off hotel grounds.

Does it get any lower than a guy sleeping around on his sick wife?

No, it doesn't.

But he's a Democrat, so apparently such behavior is just fine with our esteemed media.

Silky Supporters Seethe as Oprah Stumps with Obama

You know the fact Oprah Winfrey supports Barack Obama must be driving Mrs. Clinton crazy, but who knew how much it would set off supporters of John Edwards?

Sounds like petty whining to me.

Oprah-Obama event `publicity stunt,' black Edwards supporters say

Prominent African-American supporters of John Edwards accused Barack Obama on Friday of performing a "publicity stunt" by bringing Oprah Winfrey to South Carolina and other early presidential primary states, saying that blacks won't vote for Obama just because of his race.

Winfrey, the billionaire TV star, was scheduled to campaign with Obama in Iowa on Saturday, South Carolina on Sunday and New Hampshire on Monday.

"John Edwards has committed himself to making rural communities' infrastructure a priority rather than have a celebrity come in," said South Carolina state Rep. Leon Howard. "It's insulting for anyone to think that African-Americans are automatically onboard with Barack Obama."

Candice Tolliver, a spokeswoman for Obama, said the Illinois senator welcomes Winfrey's high-voltage support.

"Oprah has universal appeal," Tolliver said. "She's earned a tremendous amount of respect not only here in the United States, but around the globe. It's fantastic that she has endorsed Senator Obama for president."

Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend Obama's rally with Winfrey in Columbia, S.C. Demand was so high that the Obama campaign changed the venue from an 18,000-seat indoor arena to an 80,000-seat football stadium.

Meanwhile, aspiring First Lady Bill Clinton tried to blunt Oprah's impact by campaigning for his wife Friday in South Carolina.

Bill Clinton will campaign for his wife today in South Carolina - a move that could keep Hillary in the headlines in the midst of Oprah Winfrey's mega-visit to the state to stump for Barack Obama tomorrow.

The Clinton campaign insisted that the former president's last-minute visit to Charleston is not intended to combat the wave of publicity surrounding the Obama-Oprah appearance in a state where blacks could make up half of the Democratic primary voters next month. Bill Clinton has long been hugely popular with African-Americans.

"I guess he's just Christmas shopping," laughed Don Fowler, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a major force in South Carolina politics.

"I don't think for a minute Bill Clinton will be above the fold and Oprah will be below the fold, but I guess Bill Clinton can provide some return fire.

"He's still magic among Democrats."

Meanwhile, get a load of this video. Just ridiculous. Via Hot Air and Riehl World View.