Thank you for this article. I have become too cynical about politicians and their wives. I had considered Jenny Sanford to be like most political wives – a willing participant in a phony marriage. Politicians tend to marry power. For them the family is a political asset more than a cherished institution. They spend more time with their staff members than any family member.
Yeah I know there are a few exceptions. But you can observe so many symbiotic relationships in politics (e.g the Clinton’s). They create the illusion of real marriage without there being any commitment beyond a photo op. (Kennedy, Gore and Kerry). Both husband and wife meet for parties, fund raisers, public events and publicity photos.
That explains why even when the schmo from NJ gets caught in road side rest area having deviant sex with total strangers the wife can show up at the press conference to stand by her man. She is conditioned to do so. I think of it as the ultimate humiliation. I would have more respect for that woman if she had taken a ball bat to the bast***’s head. That would have been a press conference no one would forget.
So it is refreshing to see that Jenny is not having any of it, not playing the game. Not trying to keep her man in power so she can still enjoy the perks. She is not making it any easier for him. Is She?
