The NYTimes asks "Why Do Their Wives Stand There, Beside Their Man?" today, looking at Silda Wall Spitzer, Lee Hart, Suzanne Craig, Dina Matos McGreevey and of course, Hillary Clinton. It's an interesting question: Are these ladies dupes being used as political pawns or are they protecting their family? There's no question all of them were duped to begin with, but by supporting their philandering husbands publicly, are they reframing the debate as a personal one, as opposed to a public one?
My two cents is that if the people deign you worthy of public office, with all its enormous power and privilege, the least you can do is keep a lid on the whoring while you're in office, be it with a whore, a page, an intern, you name it. If you really get all hot and bothered and can't control yourself anymore, you can always go fuck your wife.
