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The XX Factor: Slate women blog about politics, etc...
Monday, March 10, 2008 - Posts
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No, this is not cool. Asked to comment on Spitzer, Hillary Clinton told reporters , "I obviously am sending my best wishes and thoughts to the governor and to his family." What? This is all she can think of to say? Mr. Ethics turns out to be patronizing Read More...
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Like lots of other twentysomething women, I’ve been an unswerving Obama girl from the get-go. Oddly enough it’s taken Spitzergate—not Hillary’s tears, nor her scolding—to make me less dismissive of the feminist “obligation” to vote for a woman. The Spitzer Read More...
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I remember thinking a profile of Silda Wall Spitzer in the New York Times a year and a half ago was very interesting, and I just went back to look at it again. Reading it now is an uncanny experience. The anti-corruption crusader gets cast as a man of Read More...
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Dahlia , it's interesting that you used the word bride instead of wife in your post: It's much less likely, I think, that you would have slipped groom in there for husband had the genders been reverse. That itself points to just how differently we view Read More...
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Over at Tapped , Dana Goldstein sides with you, Hanna , writing, “ When politicians are caught cheating, I'd wish they'd leave their wives in the green room while they address the press. You're in the dog house, and it should look that way.” At best, Read More...
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How great would it be if Client No. 10 was Bill Clinton? Read More...
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In defense of the political wives who go to the press conference, smile forced smiles, and say nothing: Speaking (ahem) as a political wife myself, I can see one clear advantage to this option: It's all over quickly. And no one asks you for a follow-up Read More...
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Right here on Page 1 of the political-spouse handbook, it says that in event of scandal, you will show up, preferably in pearls, medicated if necessary, and manage at least a small smile while the father of your children explains that he never, ever meant Read More...
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They ALWAYS choose A. I've already informed my husband that if he gets caught being involved in a prostitution ring, gay, straight, or otherwise or even your average affair, the answer will be NOT A. It's sort of my version of a prenup. Read More...
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Emily Y and Rosa —I knew I’d been carrying this thing around in my pocket all week for a reason. Ripped out of an airplane magazine last week an ad for www.firstclassmatchmaking.com . Not to be compared to the Emperor’s Club, but I do wonder—as did Emily Read More...
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Normally I think Americans should tolerate more separation of sex and state when it comes to politics; I'm not convinced that sexual morality has much bearing on political judgment or efficacy. But when it comes to Spitzer, well, you nailed it, Hanna: Read More...
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Maybe the $5,500 that clients paid for the prostitutes with the highest ratings at the Emperors Club VIP was not for special acts, but to help the young women pay off their student loans. These "companions" according to the club are of "fine family and Read More...
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One upside. How about we nominate Hillary for governor of New York, in exchange for dropping out of the race. They'll need one. Read More...
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Here is my overwhelming impression of that press conference. I would like to see Eliot Spitzer's face if one of the white-collar creeps he so loved to bust gave this speech at the sentencing hearing. "Judge, Mr. Spitzer, this is a private matter. I have Read More...
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A guest post from our colleague Tim Noah, who presents us with an important question. Your governor husband is going to a press conference to announce that he got caught in a prostitution ring. He asks you to come with him to show moral support. Do you Read More...
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A few thoughts on the Spitzer bombshell. 1.How do these guys get their wives to stand by their side? Think of Bill Clinton, New Jersey Gov. Jim "I'm a Gay American" McGreevey, Gary Hart. At least Silda Spitzer looked hurt but composed. Better than Hillary's Read More...
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Hillary Clinton needs superdelegates, but maybe not this one . Will today's revelation that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer—a Clinton ally—was a client of a high-priced prostitution service generate any response from the Clinton campaign? Should it? I think Read More...
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Deborah Tannen, a linguist who writes about the differences between men and women, had a piece in the Washington Post about the double standard Hillary Clinton is subjected to. She cites the fact that when the New York Times endorsed her (how sexist of Read More...
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BBC News reports that a court in Rome ruled that “ Women in jeans 'cannot be raped.' “ What a wonderful coup this information will be for parents of girls. Just imagine, you no longer have to worry about preserving your daughter’s virtue—just buy her Read More...
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The Toronto Star has an extremely graphic photo (h/t How Appealing and Carol Rosenberg at the Miami Herald ) of Omar Khadr, the 21-year-old Canadian at Guantanamo Bay, apparently being treated by U.S. soldiers after being injured in a firefight. In a Read More...
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