Reply #32: The truth of it would explain a few things.

[CaptJasHook]

Such as his unexplained drop out of the race days after declaring that he was in it to the convention. The timing is about right for him to have had to finally deal with the pregnancy.

It would also provide for his absolute silence for a period of time and reticence to be one the national stage with an endorsement.

If one of the other candidates also had this information and held it over his head, it would also explain his absence.

I don't think the point is that I give a shit about what a candidate does with his or her love life. The point is that, on a national stage, such activities have large political ramifications. Ergo, an aspiring national politician is a fool to engage in the perception of those activities. Especially after Bill's low-class dealings just a 10 years ago.

This lack of privacy, cloying media frenzy and public demand for moral purity is why no truly human, truly libertarian (not as in the party) candidate will become president in my life time. Too many Americans still want a combination King/Pope.