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Another Pol's Wife Stands by Her Man

Posted Mar 11, 08 1:14 PM CDT in Arts & Living,  Politics 

(Newser) – Silda Wall Spitzer, the Harvard-educated lawyer who stood grimly alongside her husband during his somewhat perplexing apology yesterday, joins the ranks of political wives who suffer publicly the sex scandals of their disgraced mates, ABC writes. She follows in the footsteps of Larry Craig's wife, Suzanne; Jim McGreevey's then-wife, Dana: and, of course, Hillary Clinton, an exception in that she didn't share the podium with Bill at his nadir.

"It's interesting that someone who is so arrogant, and who has essentially made a spectacle of himself and his wife, would then go the extra mile to require her to be there with him," a psychologist tells ABC, adding that he wishes she'd refused to be used for damage control. Dana McGreevy says Spitzer should resign immediately: "By not doing so he's only prolonging the pain and anguish and humiliation."

Sources ABC News, Reuters

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New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer is joined by his wife Silda as he makes a statement to reporters during a news conference Monday, March 10, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)   (Associated Press)
New York State Gov. Elliot Spitzer is joined by his wife Silda as he makes a statement to reporters during a news conference following a report that he was involved in a prostitution ring Monday, March...   (Associated Press)
Wife of Gov. Elliot Spitzer, Silda Spitzer,center, arrives at thier Fifth Avenue apartment on Monday, March 10, 2008, in New York. Gov. Spitzer is partially hidden in the backround. (AP Photo/ Louis...   (Associated Press)
As his wife Silda Wall Spitzer stood next to him, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer apologized to his family for a "private matter" during press conference in New York, Monday March 10, 2008. Spitzer apologized...   (Associated Press)
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer takes his oath of office in this Jan. 1, 2007 file photo, at the New York State Capitol in Albany, N.Y., as his wife, Silda Wall Spitzer, watches. The New York Times is reporting...   (Associated Press)
With his wife Silda leading the way, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, partially hidden in background, arrives at his Fifth Avenue apartment, Monday, March 10, 2008, in New York. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer,...   (Associated Press)
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