joan garry

So John Edwards made it official today.  Although not directly.  He had someone tell the press that Quinn is his daughter.  You remember.  The woman he had an affair with had a baby.  He denied it was his child.  We all knew it was his child but he said it wasn’t.  Now he’s said she is his child.  Actually he didn’t say it.  He had someone say it for him.  Another fine upstanding high road move from John Edwards.

I just cant get it out of my head.  The image of John Edwards’ daughter Quinn looking back at all the media coverage surrounding her origins.  I get it.  People have affairs and kids are born of those affairs.  It happens way too often.  But when it happens in the public eye, it feels different.  And when your biological father goes on national television or is quoted in the national press denying that you are his daughter?   When his wife Elizabeth goes on record saying that she can tell by looking at you that you are not his?

It just feels so awful and despicable.

So I kept thinking about Quinn at age 15 and the next thing I knew I had blogged about it on The Huffington Post.  Featured on the Politics page  -  It’s called Quinn “Edwards” – 2025.  Have a read.