All this week, the females in my office have been asking, 'What the heck is WRONG with these women who stand by their man no matter what?!' The reference, of course, is to Silda Wall Spitzer, wife of "Eliot MESS Spitzer" the now ex-governor of New York.
I was one of these women questioning Silda's sanity and decorum this week. Heck, I had serious issues with Hillary Clinton during Monica-gate. Kick the president in the groin, take your daughter and the dog, leave the White House and be done with it - that was my motto. I was really mad. Mad that she stayed with him. Mad that she kept quiet on this front.
Today, I think the country needs people like Silda and Hillary in leadership positions. These women are a hell of a lot more mature than many, many men. The fact that Silda stood by her man while he apologized for being a louse and then stepped down from being governor says more about class, grace, quiet intelligence and maturity than anything. I'm sure she is absolutely ripped apart by the whole thing, but she refused to outwardly break down. The fact that she isn't, herself, addressing it publicly makes me want to hurl my fist in the air triumphantly. Truly, it is none of our business how she handles it; she's not the guilty party; she's not the public official and if she ends up deciding to stick by her husband - that's her prerogative, not the media's.
Anyway, I'm reminded today that both Silda and Hillary are extremely smart human beings in their own right - even if they are married to foolish men. And I'm passing along the link to this fantastic column by Ellen Goodman for your reading pleasure: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/302/story/350613.html
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Ok...gonna venture a comment...since you are obviously baiting me here. You DO realize that if SHE gets in HE gets in too, right!?!
Ok...just checking. I do, however tend to agree with your line of thinking (as odd as that may seem) with regard to tossing the louses out! I know, I know...a bit of irony for me....but I really do agree. They are way too public figures to be doin' that sort of stuff! I mean come on...was this prostitute woman really worth $4300 a visit?!
Are there not plenty of college coeds available who would "oblige" for a cheap dinner and a ride in a limo?!!! What a fool. And don't even get me started on Monica!!! OYE!!!!
Quite frankly this country is too obsessed with what other people are doing between the sheets than what corrupt things they are doing with our money, laws and resouces.
JFK had these guys beat all to hell in terms of "women in the White House" yeah it was Camelot all right! But we didnt have a press corp looking for it back then..So Bill gets impeached for a B- job and George is spending over a billion a day on a corrupt war that has put this country on the brink of bankruptcy! NOt to mention the coverups he has taken to conceal his lies and deceptions to get us into this mess...and the justice is where? I will take Hillary any day over all that Male Rhetoric! thankyou!
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