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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

It's not 'Stand By Your Man'



Photo by The Washington Post

Can you imagine Hillary taking this stance with Bill Clinton in the White House? The Washington Post takes a look at the Jenny Sanford approach:

Finally, a new model for the wronged political spouse ... South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's let-it-all-hang-out news conference was a different approach, too. But a better one? Pick your poison: staged declaration of politically requisite contrition, or meandering mooning of a love-struck adolescent inhabiting the body of a supposedly grown-up politician. But Jenny Sanford presents a new and improved version of the betrayed political spouse -- neither enabler nor victim.

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