There really are two Americas, Baby Daddy!

John Edwards was right. There really are two Americas.

There's the America where a shyster trial lawyer and erstwhile Democratic presidential candidate builds the biggest house in North Carolina and then decries the scourge of homeless veterans...

...and there's the America where a sanctimonious, sleazebag politican fathers a child out of wedlock while his cancer-stricken wife struggles to survive.

Despite the mainstream media's best efforts to suppress the story, two large newspapers picked up the Edwards story today.

First up: the Kansas City Star's political intelligence report posts an ominous McClatchy article:

Former Sen. John Edwards has a deadline to save his spot on the national stage.


With two weeks to go before their national convention, a number of Democrats are saying that Edwards needs to publicly address National Enquirer stories that have alleged he had an affair with a campaign worker and fathered her baby... The Enquirer released photos Wednesday purportedly showing Edwards and the baby.

If Edwards fails to clear up the story in short order, he risks party officials deciding not to have him speak or, if they do, creating a distraction from a week focused on Barack Obama accepting the nomination...

Presidential candidates who lose in the primaries traditionally are invited to address their party’s convention...

...Politico reported last month that Edwards told others he was promised a prime time speaking slot when he endorsed Obama.

Likewise, the Philadelphia Inquirer's "Arts & Entertainment" section features a column by Howard Gensler.

With the photo and the hush-money allegations and the dwindling chance of a role in a possible Obama administration, it's time for Edwards to either publicly and unequivocally deny the whole thing and sue the Enquirer, tell a Clinton-esque lie - "I did not . . . impregnate . . . that woman" or make a YouTube video in which he kneels before Elizabeth and she beats the sanctimonious Ken doll stuffing out of him.