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Would Hillary have won if we had known?

Would Hillary have won if we had known?


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Hillary Clinton's supporters gave a fresh glimpse yesterday of their lingering resentment over her defeat by claiming that she would have won the Democratic presidential nomination if John Edwards had confessed his affair earlier. Howard Wolfson, her former communications director, suggested that the lie Mr Edwards told last year over his adulterous relationship with Rielle Hunter had lasting effects because it enabled him to stay in the race at a crucial time. ABC Political Consultant Torie Clark says "rubbish." Click here to hear more from Torie on Utah's Morning News.

Would Hillary have won if we had known?

**Banning the "R-word"**
The president of the American Association of People with Disabilities calls the new movie "Tropic Thunder" offensive from "start to finish." He and many others are upset by what they say is the "tasteless" portrayal of the mentally disabled, including scenes littered with the "R" word - retard. Protesters at the Monday premiere in Los Angeles held up signs with slogans such as "Call me by my name, not by my label" and chanted phrases like "Ban the movie, ban the word." A DreamWorks spokesman has said "no changes or cuts to the film will be made."

Would Hillary have won if we had known?

**Pure pageantry**
Which part of the Opening Ceremonies was faked up for our benefit? Organizers of the Beijing Olympics have admitted they faked 55 seconds of a fireworks display for television coverage. They also told us that the precious little girl who sang "Ode to the Motherland" was not really singing. She was lip-synching - and it wasn't even her voice. [**Click here**](http://real.ksl.com/video/slc/2/249/24955.mp3) to hear more on the controversy from ABC's David Muir. And [**click here**](http://real.ksl.com/video/slc/2/249/24954.mp3) to hear Tim Hughes' daily Olympic diary focusing on mornings in Beijing.

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