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March 13, 2008
Spitzer's Wife: Standing By Your Man?
One thing I've taken away from the Spitzer debacle is a realization that I'm utterly disgusted with politicians of either party who, when busted for some scandal, trot out their wives to stand next to them during their mea culpa press conference. It's insulting and demeaning for these women (whatever faults they may have of their own) to be required to attempt to preserve the charade. Never mind that everyone except the sweating pol at the mike knows that his career is a pile of smoking ash.
A reader of The Corner got it just right:
What I would like to see, however, is a politician show up without his wife and say: (1) she wanted to stand here with me; (2) I am grateful for her support; but (3) I told her "no" - I'm the one who failed and I'm the one who should bear the public scorn.
In truth, this reader was not ready to condemn the wife for appearing next to her husband, which I'll grant--but she is quite correct in placing the responsibility on the initiator of the scandal.
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