“Oh, what a tangled web we weave.” In the world of political wives, what makes infidelity so painful is watching the scenario play out in public.
While Gov. Mark Sanford rejects the notion about stepping down Jenny Sanford talks to the Associated Press about their marriage. Unlike Elizabeth Edwards and Silda Spitzer, wife of New York’s former governor, Jenny is not standing by her husband’s side. She is, however, giving every indication that she believes in marriage and parenting.
While I firmly believe that what happens behind closed doors is between two people — when taxpayer dollars are involved the public has a right to be outraged while digging for the truth. Nonetheless, I have immense sympathy and admiration for women such as Elizabeth and Silda and Jenny who want to keep their families together.
We saw how painful it has been for Elizabeth Edwards who was forced to face up to her husband’s mistress and a love-child. John Edwards is being investigated because of the than $100,000 paid for video production to the firm of the woman with whom he had an affair. Johns-indiscreet-love-affair ”
In April Silda Spitzer was back in the news, and once again, probably not by choice. One year ago she saw the family devastation surrounding the high-priced escort with whom her husband was involved.Silda and Elizabeth are political wives among many who have shown us how to “stand by your man.” More importantly they survived the critics and the unkind words while reinforcing the meaning of “for better or worse.” This may or may not turn out to be the case with Jenny Sanford.
As reported in my column in The Examiner
Copyright 2009 Rita Watson