The left, ostensibly supporters of women's rights, seems unable to conceptualize a healthy marriage in which the wife does not fall in lock step with her husband's ideas.
it's in response to Cindy McCain being in the NOH8 video saying the US government policies and not allowing gays to serve in openly in the military has contributed to the culture of bullies against LGBT youth.
My guess is what's really irking your poster is the suspicion that the left is rather pleased with that she's willing to publically come out in favor of repealing DADT. But he can't say, "how dare you approve of her!" so he has to say "shame on you for finding her views noteworthy."
Hey, the points about the Ladies Bush makes me wonder, is there an equivalent example on the left of a political wife taking a much more conservative position.
Mary Matalin and James Carville. But then again I always suspect that their common ground is this: Two shepherds married to one another might differ strongly in how to treat the sheep they herded. But ultimately they would agree that the purpose of raising sheep is to produce wool and mutton. Similarly, both Carville and Maitalin are political consultants. I think whatever they disagree on, they both agree their ultimate job is to get their clients into power.
Mary Matalin and James Carville.
Interesting example, Typo. Of course, not really equivalent in that they are much more equal in terms of actual power wielded. NSM with Laura Bush and George W.
Burrell, I wonder if you might have seen it with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Martin Ginsburg. I don't really know what his political stances were, but the speech she gave this summer that he had written [link] seems to indicate that he, as tax attorney, was at least better suited to certain types of work, while she was better suited (more willing) to challenge things like dependent care deductions.
Don't know how much one would deduce from that.
OH! Maybe Margaret Thatcher and her husband could be another example?
I realize I'm sort of going the way other direction -- looking for liberal women in power (or conservative women in power) with a spouse that is in a different place on the spectrum.
Not that they're in definite areas of power, but Prince Dickhead can always be relied on to say something Queen Elizabeth would never mention publically.
What's the rotation for woman's office clothes? Two weeks? More if it's a really obvious piece? One week for a guy, two if it stands out?
I guess it might depend, ita, if you are talking suit or separates.
Do you think an average suit has a shorter rotation? But I think men have more of those, and women may even stand out for their suit more.
Burrell--I deleted your and my comments in Press. I was guilty of not paying attention where I was posting.
I realize I'm sort of going the way other direction -- looking for liberal women in power (or conservative women in power) with a spouse that is in a different place on the spectrum.
Oh it all counts, I suppose. I didn't realize Thatcher's husband was to the left of Maggie. I was just thinking in the Matalin case that she had staked out her own political career and voice before they married, didn't she?