Rielle Hunter won't be a stepmom: Elizabeth Edwards 'grooming' older daughter to raise other kids

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/05/30/2010-05-30_elizabeth_edwards_grooming_older_daughter_to_raise_2_kids_to_keep_them_away_from.html

I have some collectible Edwards items for sale cheap. I put time and $ into his campaign. At least when he dropped out, we went tight to the Obama camp before the Nebraska primary.



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Friends say Elizabeth Edwards (r.), with kids Cate, Emma and Jack, doesn't want Rielle Hunter (l.) anywhere near her children should she pass away.


BY Rush & Molloy
DAILY NEWS COLUMNISTS

Sunday, May 30th 2010, 4:00 AM

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Elizabeth Edwards is said to be determined not to let her husband's mistress become her children's stepmom.

Insiders tell us that John Edwards' estranged wife is investigating how - should she lose her battle with cancer - she can keep daughter Emma, 12, and son Jack, 10, away from Rielle Hunter, the woman who broke up her marriage.

"She doesn't want Rielle anywhere near them," says a source.

Friends say Elizabeth is exploring the option of having her 28-year-old daughter, Cate, raise them.

"She's a smart and competent woman," says a source, noting that, having graduated from Harvard Law School, Cate has been clerking in federal court in Alexandria, Va. She owns a Georgetown row house and has been in a longterm relationship with a resident at Georgetown University Hospital.

Hard as it is to face the worst-case scenario, Elizabeth "has been grooming Cate to take over," says a source.

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[tammywammy]

1. That doesn't make sense

If a mother passes away and the father's still alive don't they automatically get the children. Unless the father's unfit or unable to physically take care of the children he should take care of them.

Elizabeth is a smart woman, so I'm gonna think this article is full of bunk.

[Mass]

4. Gossip column of the NYDailyNews. Of course, it is full of bunk.

[pnwmom]

28. The tiny kernel of truth in this might be

that if Edwards ends up doing prison time, the kids might go to stay with their sister.

[havocmom]

35. Father seems to be in legal trouble over campaingn $$ to mistress allegations

Father heading to the big house? Dunno, but he seems to be in some trouble.

[tammywammy]

38. Possibly, but there hasn't been any updates about the grand jury that I've seen.

:shrug:

[marshall]

41. Not if the father is in prison

Or if he agrees to sign away his rights in favor of his older child.

[mzmolly]

54. It's possible that he's agreed to

some sort of arrangement. Though after reading the article, I agree with you, it sounds like bunk.

[Kber]

2. Thus setting up a custody battle between father and daughter

Unless John agrees to this, it's not likely to happen, unfortunately.

[tammywammy]

6. Which wouldn't be very fair to Cate either.

I think it's all bunk.

[Kber]

Yeah, I'm sure you are right. It seems like total BS.

The only thing that might have a grain of truth to it is that maybe Elizabeth is preparting Cate to act as both mother and big sister in a nuturing, if not a legal, way.

If I were potentiall going to die, I might be spending time helping my oldest son learn what he might do to help and support my youngest daughter, even though I have every expectation that my husband will continue to be the wonderful father he is now.

[woo me with science]

12. He may not want them.

He certainly wasn't thinking of them when he started all this extracurricular crap.

Most politicians have little time for their families anyway. JE took what little time he had and put it THERE.

[Raine]

25. plus he denied the latest one by Reille

was even his child for months and months, that sure doesn't show any fatherly love. x(

[Dappleganger]

18. Agreed, that's not likely to happen.

Unless he will give up custody and there's no reason for him to do so.

John may not be a very good husband but he apparently loves his children very much and is not an abuser.

[mzteris]

3. I wouldn't let that sleazy bitch

anyf'ing where near my kids.

Of course, if it could be arranged, the sleazy f'ing sperm donor wouldn't be allowed either!

[Cleita]

5. She's a lawyer I believe. So she should know how that guardianship

thing works. She will have to reconcile herself to the fact though that the children will want to be part of dad's life and if that lady is the one he stays with, she will also be part of their life. Adultery is so messy at times because it doesn't just involve the immediate parties to the love triangle, but pretty much everyone in their wake. Ask Helen of Troy.

[hlthe2b]

20. Elizabeth is not stupid... she may well have something left to hold

over John, forcing him to agree to that arrangement. He is desperate to stay out of jail, after all. If she knows something not yet revealed, but that would seal his fate, I'm guessing he just might be amenable to their daughter becoming guardian of the younger children.

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[Dappleganger]

17. And what does that make their father??

He could have shut her down right away and he chose not to.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. What a heartbreaking situation...no matter how you slice it...the kids suffer.

[Quantess]

9. Ms. Hunter is looking frazzled.

I feel kind of bad for her, being the target of such venom. It takes two to tango, as they say, and John Edwards is the real homewrecker.

Anyway, she looks like she aged a lot in a short period of time.

[hlthe2b]

19. I don't know what it would take for me to feel sorry for Hunter...

but I sure as hell don't.

[Quantess]

Oh, I think she's getting punished for her actions.

Being so despised is no fun, and add to that, national media attention. Now everyone can point and say "there's the slutty homewrecker!" She is now infamous wherever she goes. If he wasn't a prominent politician, nobody would know what she had done, wherever she goes.

Just look at how it's aged her.

[CTyankee]

36. She wasn't that young to begin with. She was in her 40s. No spring chicken, her.

Who knows what he's been doing on the side with others besides her...?

[seabeyond]

40. Who knows what he's been doing on the side with others besides her...?

true that

[Control-Z]

48. Looking frazzled?

She has looked frazzled (or worse) in every pic I've ever seen of her.

I'm not sure how on earth you can feel badly for her. She has taken "sleazy home wrecking gold digger" to a whole new level, imo.

It wasn't like she was some young thing who didn't understand what she was getting into or what her affair would do to Elizabeth and her family - or, for that matter, to Edwards political ambitions.

We all know she wasn't under the impression Edwards was single. Or looking for love and the perfect partner to help promote his career. Or that he was intending to end his marriage to Elizabeth during his campaign for office. Only a very sick and deluded individual would entertain such a possibility. Seriously. And what if he had won? Did she think the president of the United States would divorce his terminally ill wife while in office?

It is pretty well documented that she made the first move, not to excuse John for his behavior, but she knew exactly what she was doing, right down to the love child, to seal the deal.

What do you say about a woman who is willing not only to destroy an entire family but to knowingly take down her cheating POS lover in the process? It was a win/win for her. She had nothing to lose and everything to gain. Think $$ - had they not been caught. Do you believe for a minute that she wasn't calculating the benefits of having his love child? The affair alone was enough to secure her future.

I'm just not sure what kind of people can be so cold, so greedy, so self serving, as to do what these two did.

She will have everything money can buy for the rest of her life no matter what happens. John will probably be deservedly despised for the rest of his life no matter how he tries to spin it. And the only ones who will possibly suffer more than Elizabeth will be her children, especially if they are exposed to this woman.

Hunter's child will stand a better chance because she will have lost nothing she didn't already have. Not to say she won't eventually become totally screwed up just living with and knowing the mother she's been stuck with.

Sorry. The whole situation is just painfully ugly.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

51. What Control-Z said

I understand being attracted to someone who is married. It happens to everyone at some point.

But acting on it is another thing.

[Blue-Jay]

10. Damn. I wish I knew nothing about this entire story.

I hope the kid is raised in a loving environment.

[quinnox]

11. probably not necessary because I'm sure the kids

have an extreme hatred for Ms. Hunter already. John Edwards is going to have a hell of a time if he tries to get his kids to spend time with and like his mistress if Elizabeth passes away.

[EFerrari]

13. Because not even death can kill that kind of resentment?

Geeze. Let it go already.

[NashVegas]

42. I Think It's Reasonable

For EE to not want to see her children living in a home where they'd be under RH's influence.

Not necessarily realistic, but perfectly understandable.

[FarCenter]

14. I thought that kids in that socioeconomic class were raised by the au pair?

[supernova]

15. At some future time,

it might be possible for all the kids to be on good terms, and get to know one another better, after both mom and dad have gone.

But right now, I don't think I'd want the mistress raising my kids either.

Going to live with the older sister seems the obvious solution.

[Dappleganger]

16. When she passes away, John their Dad will get to say who is around the kids.

Legally, he will have custody. The mom just can't 'award' custody to her daughter in hopes that they will never be around Ms. Hunter. Has John abused his children in any way? Unless that is the case, JOHN will be making that decision once his wife is no longer living.

Also, while she may be very angry right now those children are forever tied to Ms. Hunter because she gave birth to their half-sibling. At some point in time they will need to come to terms with that fact.

John is certainly NOT going to stop being their father just because his wife is pissed at him.

[marions ghost]

21. How about

Elizabeth, John and Cate getting together and Elizabeth expressing her final wishes for after her death? (Obviously it would be horrible for Rielle to end up as step-mom. I know, it happened to me as a child). John could have visitation of course.

So then how about John finding a way to honor his wife's last wishes? He could atone here a bit.

Don't make footballs out of the children. Let the family decide while E is alive.

As you can see I'm talking MEDIATION--not LITIGATION.

[Inspired]

22. Maybe she is preparing for the day John goes to jail?

Maybe there is more to the legal issues than we know.

What a mess John Edwards has made with his life. A pathetic, sordid mess.

God Bless Elizabeth. I wouldn't want Lisa Druck anywhere near my kids either.

[asjr]

23. I feel John will support his child, but I do not

think he will marry Rielle. I know he is stupid but surely not that stupid. His career might just be over if he does.

[undeterred]

31. His career has been over for a couple of years.

[ellenfl]

24. it's possible that john has agreed to grant custody to

elizabeth and that she will have a say in their custody after her death. it may all be moot if she lives until they are 18. also, she may be preparing cate for joint custody with her dad, so rielle does not become stepmom. is john marrying rielle?

ellen fl

[lunatica]

26. Does anyone feel sorry for Rielle's kid?

No one mentions that kid. Should Elizabeth's kids never meet their sibling? It's just so messy.

[supernova]

27. I feel sorry for the kid

but not the mother.

[Gin]

30. Once she is gone....the kids will all get together and she will be a

factor.....it hurts but that's what happens in these cases....the dad will still be in the picture and some form of family will emerge.... IMO

[supernova]

32. Agreed

It will be left to the kids to heal.

[kath]

34. Were they not using freakin' CONTRACEPTION?

Jeebus H. Christ, what a mess. You'd think they would know better -- in this day and age, with all the methods of birth control available, this kind of shit should happen only rarely.

[CTyankee]

37. Are you kidding? She wanted to entrap him thru a pregnancy and she got what she wanted, didn't she?

People get what they want to get...bad game to play...

[Frank Cannon]

39. I wouldn't screw Rielle Hunter with a stolen dick

To hell with condoms. I would require a spacesuit and some sort of quarantine contraption like they use in nuclear metallurgy.

[tblue37]

44. She told him she couldn't have children., and he was stupid enough to beleive her. nt

[seabeyond]

29. of coure i feel for the baby. look at the character of two parents raising her.

i dont care how much money, or how many things she has. there is a lot more a child needs than stuff....

i personally hope that edwards is working this with the oldest daughter, and the three... elizabeth, john and daughter do what is best for the youngest children. that includes the half sister

[BlueIris]

47. See below. nt

[Texasgal]

33. What a dumb story.

Jeez.

[SoCalDem]

43. Ruling from the grave usually does not work.

If the smaller kids want a relationship with their dad, they will have one. Casting Cate as mother, is rather unfair. I am sure she would rather be big-Sis, and help them, but for the next 8-10 years those kids will be very unsettled, no matter what happens. They are losing their mother, and will soon-enough realize that they were props in their father & mother's unrealized delusions of grandeur.

Running as a family-man with a dead son and a teen-aged daughter is not nearly as "appealing" as a young-looking man with two cute toddlers.

Hopefully there is plenty of money set aside for psychotherapy for those kids..all FOUR of them.

[CoffeeCat]

45. Ugh, I feel for Elizabeth...

I'm a mother, and I can't even imagine contemplating my own death and what would
happen to my children after I'm gone.

I don't know if this article is true, but I know that I could understand Elizabeth's
need to do something to ensure that my kids will be ok after I'm gone. John Edwards
has turned out to be a smarmy, selfish flake. I'm sure it scares Elizabeth to contemplate
her children being with John and without her--but it's probably horrendously upsetting
to think that Rielle Hunter would be their step mom.

It sounds like the parental combination from hell.

I applaud Elizabeth for doing this--if she in fact, is. How in the world would those kids
ever have a chance in life with those two? They'd be grieving a mother than their father
cheated on, and living with a woman who screwed their father while he was still married
to their mother.

Talk about messed up for them. Those kids are only 10 and 11.

[BlueIris]

46. Poor Frances.

And what a sad, pathetic excuse for celebrity gossip.

[Berry Cool]

49. Everyone, the news source included, seems to be assuming something not in evidence at all.

Namely, that Rielle Hunter and John Edwards are going to stay together, get married, etc., someday.

Right now he doesn't seem to be having jack to do with her. Those who assume he'll go running back to her as soon as Elizabeth draws her last breath, because she's his "true love" (Rielle included), may be in for a huge surprise.

Nine times out of ten, guys in situations like this don't end up with the bimbo they initially got into trouble with. Time passes, things simmer down, and they end up with someone else--some third party who has absolutely nothing to do with all this scandal and crap.

I'd be willing to bet good money that John Edwards, when he's free (assuming a ton of bricks doesn't fall on his head before Elizabeth goes), remarries, but when he does, it's to some respectable, well-heeled, old-family, strong-willed--perhaps even domineering--woman who knows how to keep unruly little boys in line with an iron hand. It may even be someone his children can like and respect. A nice widow-lady whose name has never once been breathed in association with anything other than proper, upright activities.

John's had his fun fooling around with the bad girl, and he got caught. I bet the next woman he becomes involved with, and marries, will be his form of penance.

[Paula Sims]

50. Elizabeth looks AMAZING in that picture

Is it just me or does she look BETTER since all of this came out in the open. It's like the secret she's been hiding is off her shoulders and she can go forward. Not only is she a wonderfully strong woman, but she keeps looking better and better.

[unc70]

56. I believe that picture is from 2007

Not absolutely sure, but that looks like the 2007 Glamour awards picture. Agree she looks great there. Haven't run into her lately so no idea she is doing the past few months.

benny05 has a posting in the EE Supporters group which links to a blog with a fairly recent picture.

[asdjrocky]

52. I met Cate and she was very nice to me.

I do, however, just wish these people would go away.

[badgerpup]

53. If I'd had kids...

...and found out I wasn't going to be around to see their adulthood...and their daddy ran off with a crazy self-centered piece of work like Rielle Hunter I sure as HELL would want them raised by somebody more stable.

Not saying that they shouldn't ever SEE their dad, but if the older sister is willing and able I don't see why this shouldn't happen.

I read some of the stuff on Rielle Hunter's blog when this all started to break way back when.
That woman is so self-centered she makes a gyroscope look scattered. :yoiks:

[pecwae]

55. Oh, some real news for a change.