April 30, 2007--Vive Le Rudy!
So John McCain’s been married twice (do I have that right?) and Hillary’s been cheated on and Rudy and Newt have had at least three wives each, including, in Rudy’s case, a cousin. Albeit, a second cousin. Mitt Romney, though a Mormon, has had only one wife—thus far that is. We’ll have to keep an eye on him.
Who cares? Certainly not the French.
They too are in the midst of a presidential election. Next weekend there will be a runoff vote between the two surviving candidates—the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and the Socialist Ségolène Royal. Their private lives make Rudy’s and Newt’s look like Sesame Street.
Sarkozy’s wife Cecilia has basically absented herself from the campaign. No Little Lady here, gazing adoringly up at him as he delivers his stump speech. When asked if she would move in with him to the Élysée Palace if he is elected, Mme Sarkozy refused to answer. In fact the French press has been speculating that she may have moved out on him already. As she did in 2005 when she apparently ran off with a public relations executive. (See NY Times article linked below.)
Ségolène Royal has had an even more interesting private life. She is not, never has been married to the father of her four children. Making home life additionally complicated (they apparently live together), he too is a prominent Socialist who contended with her for their party’s nomination for the presidency. Clearly he lost; and though he is supporting her candidacy, at times, when speaking publicly, he has staked out positions on some issues that are contrary to hers. And he has said that if she loses this election he plans to run on his own in 2012. One can only imagine the depth of his current support for her.
Then of course none of the spouses of Presidents George Pompidou, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, or François Mitterrand moved into the Élysée Palace. In fact, neither did any of their husbands—they all lived in private residences.
I wonder if this is what Judith Giuliani has in mind—not moving into the White House. Sure! It’s rumored that she’s already looking at paint chips.
Who cares? Certainly not the French.
They too are in the midst of a presidential election. Next weekend there will be a runoff vote between the two surviving candidates—the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and the Socialist Ségolène Royal. Their private lives make Rudy’s and Newt’s look like Sesame Street.
Sarkozy’s wife Cecilia has basically absented herself from the campaign. No Little Lady here, gazing adoringly up at him as he delivers his stump speech. When asked if she would move in with him to the Élysée Palace if he is elected, Mme Sarkozy refused to answer. In fact the French press has been speculating that she may have moved out on him already. As she did in 2005 when she apparently ran off with a public relations executive. (See NY Times article linked below.)
Ségolène Royal has had an even more interesting private life. She is not, never has been married to the father of her four children. Making home life additionally complicated (they apparently live together), he too is a prominent Socialist who contended with her for their party’s nomination for the presidency. Clearly he lost; and though he is supporting her candidacy, at times, when speaking publicly, he has staked out positions on some issues that are contrary to hers. And he has said that if she loses this election he plans to run on his own in 2012. One can only imagine the depth of his current support for her.
Then of course none of the spouses of Presidents George Pompidou, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, or François Mitterrand moved into the Élysée Palace. In fact, neither did any of their husbands—they all lived in private residences.
I wonder if this is what Judith Giuliani has in mind—not moving into the White House. Sure! It’s rumored that she’s already looking at paint chips.
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