Elizabeth Edwards is responding to a wave of criticism in recent days over the fact she did not forcefully urge her husband to exit the presidential race upon learning of his affair with a campaign staffer, saying Monday she was not aware of the extent of the indiscretion.I don't get it?! Why do wives of politicians continue to stand by her man after a scandalous affair and infidelity???"When I found out and for a large part of writing the book, I only knew about a single night," she said in an appearance on NBC's Today Show. "A single moment of weakness. Though it was difficult to accept, most of us who seek to lead and most everybody who seeks to be led have moments of weakness in their lives and I did not think that was a fatal flaw and I was wrong."
The comments come days after Mrs. Edwards revealed in a new book out last week she first learned her husband, former presidential candidate John Edwards, had an affair with a former campaign staffer in 2006. The former presidential candidate told his wife about the affair only days after he formally launched his presidential bid in late December of 2006.
Despite his infidelity, the Edwardses decided to press on with the presidential campaign and Mrs. Edwards often served as a vigorous advocate for her husband's character in the months that followed — a fact many in the media have since criticized. Link
It seems like in politics, one must be a dutiful wife and must stand next to her husband as he reveal his tintillating and embarrassing affair to the world.
Wives of 2-timing politicians seems to embraced the old familiar act of denial - it never happen, never existed.
And don't talk about it!
Cheaters.com should have new shows devoted to politics. Lots of cheaters in that arena!
