Reply #39: If he is the father he may never run for public office again.

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Think about it. The Chappaquiddick incident forever banished Edward M. Kennedy from running for President, especially after CBS News's Teddy special in 1978 where Roger Mudd repeatedly pressed Sen. Kennedy about it. Honestly, who wants to vote for a man who cheated on his wife and fathered an illegitimate child? (At least it wasn't true that Bill Clinton fathered a child from a black prostitute.)

And then there's Gary Hart. He dropped out of the 1988 Democratic primaries after the media revealed his extramarital affair with Donna Rice.

Would you think that Eliot Spitzer would win another gubernatorial election? Or California Assemblymember Mike Duvall? (Both are politicans who resigned after their cheating ways were revealed; Spitzer=D, Duvall=R) And now that Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) admitted he cheated with a campaign staffer, will that affect his 2012 campaign? What about Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) and his 2010 campaign? Are the voters of Louisiana still gonna remember his pimping and diaper-loving (is that really true?) ways?

If Edwards does want to reveal the paternity result, he should do so on Maury. Wonder if that'll get people to ditch work just to watch. :rofl: