{"id":9224,"date":"2009-06-29T07:11:15","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=9224"},"modified":"2009-06-29T07:11:15","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T15:11:15","slug":"the-john-edwards-sex-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=9224","title":{"rendered":"The John Edwards Sex Tape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/gossip\/2009\/06\/28\/2009-06-28_aides_tale_of_john_edwards_sex_tape.html\">From the New York Daily News<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Young says that his belief in Edwards ran so deep that he agreed to take the fall for the candidate, inviting the pregnant Hunter to live with him, his wife, Cheri, and their three children. Later, after Hunter delivered the baby, Young and his family moved to a different home in <a title=\"California\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/topics\/California\">California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While he was unpacking, Young discovered a videocassette, according to the book pitch. Hunter had been hired by the Edwards campaign to videotape the candidate&rsquo;s movements, but this one is said to have shown him taking positions that weren&rsquo;t on his official platform.<\/p>\n<p>The purported sex tape confirmed to Hunter that Edwards was even more reckless than he thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the New York Daily News: Young says that his belief in Edwards ran so deep that he agreed to take the fall for the candidate, inviting the pregnant Hunter to live with him, his wife, Cheri, and their three &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=9224\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[225,5859],"tags":[31005,1742,18130,18131,1761],"class_list":["post-9224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adultery","category-john-edwards","tag-john-edwards","tag-new-york-daily-news","tag-taking-positions","tag-videocassette","tag-york-daily-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From the New York Daily News: Young says that his belief in Edwards ran so deep that he agreed to take the fall for the candidate, inviting the pregnant Hunter to live with him, his wife, Cheri, and their three children. 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