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I'd love to see one of those political wives who are trotted out to stand beside her husband who has been caught in a sex scandal wait until he finishes telling the world how sorry he is and how hard he will work to mend his family's hurt and then...
Give him a hard shove right into the orchestra pit of reporters and photographers.
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Not a very Christian attitude, Diane.
Posted by: Larry | March 11, 2008 at 09:30 AM
It just might be, Larry. Remember all the tables overturned in the temple?
Posted by: diane | March 11, 2008 at 09:33 AM
It was wall-to-wall coverage on the Spitzer scandal last night. Dave Letterman always finds comedy material in a sex scandal.
I think that you are quite right in your comment. The man deserves public ridicule because he is such a hypocrite. He publicly fought against prostitution and used call girls.
Posted by: norman Teigen | March 11, 2008 at 10:45 AM
I don't understand why the spouse in a situation like this (almost always wives it seems) is even willing to stand on the dais during the mea culpa.
Posted by: Disgusted | March 11, 2008 at 10:47 AM
She didn't push him, but if looks could kill, Mr. Paterson would already be Governor of New York.
Posted by: Randonneur | March 11, 2008 at 10:59 AM
it is the hypocrisy that bothers me. Could we please make that some sort of crime ?? With the threat of prison time the country would see less fanatical attacks on individual freedoms.
Posted by: luis avila | March 11, 2008 at 11:00 AM
A swift kick in the tush by Mrs. Spitzer seems appropriate for Mr. Spitzer. Elected officials like Spitzer, Foley, Craig and Clinton(Bill) continue to drag the moral fiber of the country downward.
Posted by: Ron | March 11, 2008 at 11:17 AM
It seems there are two other traits that often go hand in hand with "brilliant" and "charismatic" -- reckless and hopelessly arrogant. So few politicians are really inspiring ... I thought Spitzer was one. Such a letdown.
As for Silda, it was important that she get out there with this jerk, not so much to stand by her man but to hold her head up, as devastated as she must be.
Posted by: Dispirited | March 11, 2008 at 11:20 AM
I would like to see a wife finally have the confidence and self respect to not stand by her husband when he has done something so offensive as to be involved with prostitutes on more than one occasion.
Posted by: Priscilla | March 11, 2008 at 04:17 PM
First, what’s the deal of late with Democratic governors and sex scandals in New York and New Jersey? You remember, of course, former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey. In August 2004, he resigned when publicly revealing an adulterous affair with another man, despite being married twice and having two children. Last I heard, McGreevey was thinking about becoming a priest in (where else?) the Episcopal Church.
Taken from National Review
Posted by: Ron | March 11, 2008 at 05:01 PM
How much respect does it show for your spouse to use her after the fact as a political prop???
Posted by: Displaced Texan.... | March 11, 2008 at 09:19 PM
Why do women go on the podium under these circumstances?
Posted by: Ron | March 12, 2008 at 01:52 PM