Our friend Don Surber notes the number of stories showing up about the Republican front runners and their supposedly ‘trophy’ wives.
My Tennessee bureau is all upset by it, but Margery Eagan’s column in the Boston Herald was a hoot:
“GOP wives are a pol’s breast friend:
Front-runners get ample attention on the front lines“Ah yes. The claws are out to attack the trophy wives.
John McCain is on his second wife (5 1/2 years in a POW cell does put a strain on a marriage) and 20 years after his divorce, Fred Thompson married someone half his age (actually two-thirds). Oh and Rudy Giuliani is on wife No. 3. Or is it No. 2 still since his marriage to his cousin was annulled?
But whereas Joe Scarborough’s remarks [1] about Jeri Thompson’s wife were mean and crude, Eagan’s remarks were bitchy and fun.
You see, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. McCain and Mrs. Giuliani all have — to quote Punky Brewster — “boobs, Henry!”
One quality Hillary Clinton doesn’t have.
(Did I say that? -Ed)
Come to think of it; the wives in question have three other qualities which apparently make them fair game for the liberal press:
1: They’re Republicans
2: Unlike Hillary Clinton, they actually are of a mind to STAY with their man, and have no political ambitions beyond being first Lady.
3: They are noteworthy for the incredibly small chance of hearing them utter the words “We are the president”.
Addendum: (David L) Democrats too have trophy wves. It is just that the prize package takes a somewhat different form. John Kerry has a trophy wife. In Kerry’s case the trophy is worth an estimated one billion dollars [2], give or take.