So, apparently this controversy still won't die, because now people are at the stage where they chronicle past politician affairs. Mostly, I've been avoiding this, because I don't need to be encouraged to look down on politicians anymore than I already do. But then someone decided to
chronicle women in power who have affairs, and since I am interested in the history of women, I had to at least read this.
The woman who piqued my interest the most was Victoria Woodhull, a presidential candidate in 1872. I guess my ignorance is really showing, because I didn't even know we had women running all the way back then. (And how awesome we did: women were running before they vote. Try to tell me now that women didn't care about politics.) The only women I could think of who ran were Jeannette Rankin and Shirley Chisholm, both who ran during the last century.
Also, I need to research more on this crazy case involving Aimee Semple McPherson. It sounds like a
Lifetime movie set at the turn of the century, though I find myself sympathetic, because she campaigned for William Jennings Bryant, and there's I love about that guy.
Some of the behavior does strike me as rather stupid, such as Jacqui Smith apparently claiming pornography on an expense report. Er...that's a bad idea. A even worse idea? Taking the blame for what was apparently really the husband.
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