Exile on Slimeball Street: "Wanted Man" John Edwards Goes Into Hiding, Tries to Avoid the Court System & The Rest of the World.

North Carolina attorney Hoppy Elliot is looking for John Edwards. "Let us know if you find him," says Elliot. "Because we've been looking for him all over the place." Such is the apparent life on the lam that Edwards has been living in recent weeks. Elliot represents former Edwards aide, Andrew Young, who claims to be in possession of a "tawdry sex tape" that catches Edwards and mistress Rielle Hunter (pictured above) in the act. Young has been sued by Hunter over the tape, and Elliot has been trying to serve Edwards with a subpoena that would compel Edwards to appear for a deposition in the case. But Edwards, who may or may not be holed up at his North Carolina estate, has been impossible to catch and impossible to reach by phone.

But some paltry deposition would seem to be the least of Edwards' current problems. Reportedly, also hovering over his head is the threat of a federal grand jury indictment concerning $1 million in presidential campaign funds that Edwards allegedly funneled to Rielle Hunter. Edwards' lawyers (apparently the only people in the civilized world who are able to communicate with him) have been working to try to avoid that indictment occurring.

So as you can see, Edwards certainly has plenty of motivation to make himself scarce these days. It's even being reported that Edwards in recent weeks has stopped his regular trips to local bars The Wooden Nickel and The Saratoga Grill, where Edwards likes to drink white wine (an aristocrat to the last) and hit on the ladies. Gosh, the price of being a wanted man!

Think back a mere three years, before the revelations came to light that Edwards fathered a child with Hunter (a former campaign worker) while Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, was suffering through the horror of breast cancer. Edwards -- a wildly rich and successful North Carolina personal injury attorney -- was to be the far left's "New Kennedy." Just a few years earlier, in 2004, the democrat party had even seen fit to offer us Edwards as the party's vice presidential candidate -- the person one heartbeat away from the presidency.

But then came 2007, with the National Enquirer chasing Edwards around a hotel and Edwards ducking into the $hithouse to try to avoid them. Makes me wonder, what $hithouse is Edwards hiding in now? And can someone let Hoppy Elliot know?

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