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Scorned: A User’s Manual - The gospel according to Hillary, Elizabeth, and Jenny
Newsweek ^ | Kathleen Deveny

Posted on 06/27/2009 7:48:12 PM PDT by gregd0180

...there are a few wronged political wives who get my respect, as well. And I'm beginning to think Jenny Sanford is one of them. On second read, her statement is kind of perfect. It's loving. It's forgiving. It is pious. And she really kicks some butt, if you're willing to read between the lines. She reclaimed the high ground: she "put forth every possible effort to be the best wife during almost 20 years of marriage" (i.e., she did nothing to deserve this). She believes in the sanctity of marriage (he's a cheating bastard). She is ready to forgive completely (because she's a better person than he'll ever be) "as long as he continues to work toward reconciliation with a true spirit of humility and repentance" (there will be hell to pay). She says she will continue to focus on raising her sons to be honorable young men (unlike their dirtbag father). She had kept the separation quiet, she said, to protect those four beautiful boys, and because of the separation, she really hadn't a clue about where her husband was.

...She may even have become the latest member of an elite club no woman wants to join: Scorned political wives who turn victimhood to their own advantage.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: jennysanford; sanford
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1 posted on 06/27/2009 7:48:12 PM PDT by gregd0180
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To: gregd0180

What are Palin’s minuses?


2 posted on 06/27/2009 7:50:59 PM PDT by ABQHispConservative (A Blue Dog Democrat is an oxyMoron!)
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To: gregd0180

Hope her foot has a lasting effect.


3 posted on 06/27/2009 7:51:16 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: gregd0180
I'm sure she is just wonderful, all wives who get cheated on are(except Hillary).
4 posted on 06/27/2009 7:52:38 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: gregd0180

What did this have to do with Palin?


5 posted on 06/27/2009 7:53:33 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin for OK Governor/Coburn for Senate 2010 ! Mark Rubio for FL Senate 2010!)
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To: ABQHispConservative

1. She totally bombed during her interviews

2. Her family drama (some can try to explain it away but it’s a problem)

3. The media has already defined her (unfairly but still)

Can she overcome the above? Sure. But she obviously went into a hail of gun fire by the media and demoncraps and it didn’t help that she stepped in it a few times herself.


6 posted on 06/27/2009 7:54:00 PM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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To: PhiKapMom

“What did this have to do with Palin?”

Both are women seems to be the answer.


7 posted on 06/27/2009 7:54:26 PM PDT by toddausauras
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To: gregd0180
Jenny is no "victim" unless she chooses to be, and those words are not that of a victim but a survivor. Anyone who has been married for 20 years knows there are ups and downs. This is a downer but she's right, if he cheats on her again, he will hit the road.

Forgiveness without demanding a change in conduct is making the grace of God an accomplice to evil.

8 posted on 06/27/2009 7:55:40 PM PDT by pray4liberty (http://www.aroodawakening.tv)
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To: gregd0180
Cram your premise.

9 posted on 06/27/2009 7:56:03 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: PhiKapMom

“What did this have to do with Palin?”

Nothing, but Newsweak is still Newsweak, so they have to take a gratuitous slap at her even if it makes absolutely no sense. They’re scared out of their drawers about 2012!;)


10 posted on 06/27/2009 7:58:16 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: MAD-AS-HELL

An interesting list. I notice all the points are media-driven, and I sincerely doubt they will ever provide a Conservative a fair shake. In fact, I’m sure they would try to throw dirt on Jesus if he were alive today.


11 posted on 06/27/2009 7:58:53 PM PDT by ABQHispConservative (A Blue Dog Democrat is an oxyMoron!)
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To: pray4liberty

He’s getting one more chance than I ever would get if I did what he has done. That I’ll garrontee.


12 posted on 06/27/2009 8:00:19 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Are you in a union job? I'm sorry to hear that.)
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To: ABQHispConservative

Liberals HATE her.


13 posted on 06/27/2009 8:02:51 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: ABQHispConservative

In deed you are right about the media. I do believe she has a great opportunity to come roaring back as long as she continues to steer Alaska in the right direction. What better story to tell than one showing how she steered Alaska in the right direction while Buttcrack and other states kept smashing into the iceberg.


14 posted on 06/27/2009 8:04:48 PM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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To: MAD-AS-HELL

3.5: When this lipsticked pitbull came into the political limelight the first time, she was chained to John McCain.


15 posted on 06/27/2009 8:06:26 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Don't blame me -- I use Linux.)
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To: toddausauras

We don’t know a thing about Sanford’s wife except what we read from the media. We know a lot about Sarah. There is no comparison.

This woman knew since January he was having an affair and only kicked him out two weeks ago? Excuse me, but he should have had a suitcase on the front lawn the minute the affair was confirmed.


16 posted on 06/27/2009 8:07:45 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin for OK Governor/Coburn for Senate 2010 ! Mark Rubio for FL Senate 2010!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

you bring up problem #4. She should have known John McCain was bad news and expected he’d screw things up. But that was part of her inexperience.


17 posted on 06/27/2009 8:07:46 PM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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To: MAD-AS-HELL

The liberaloons will spare no effort or expense to make Alaska look like the cushiest spot in the Union, same as they did last time around.


18 posted on 06/27/2009 8:07:51 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Don't blame me -- I use Linux.)
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To: gregd0180; darkwing104; Old Sarge

sniff,sniff.....


19 posted on 06/27/2009 8:08:19 PM PDT by GQuagmire
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To: gregd0180
"She is ready to forgive completely (because she's a better person than he'll ever be) "as long as he continues to work toward reconciliation with a true spirit of humility and repentance" (there will be hell to pay)."

And I imagine her idea of "true humility" is that he'll have to spend the next millenium groveling, no arguments allowed on any subject, and the only acceptable reply to anything she says is a humble, "Yes, dear, of course you're right!".
Something tells me he won't go that far.

20 posted on 06/27/2009 8:08:22 PM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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