Herman Cain. Something bothers me about guys like him not of his views. I admire his honesty like I do with Pat Buchanan. I just don't like those wives. Not to player hate them or be envious. But they seem to fit that profile of that nice, classy wife that a man can hide behind. For that matter, Michele Bachmann too and that hubby of hers. What bothers me about them is that when the heat is on, they seem to retreat to their spouses slash mom or dad. Richard Nixon comes to mind.
Gerald Ford, JFK, Madison, FDR, Lincoln, Clinton, and our President, Barack Obama. They have strong wives with personality. I always got the impression that these dudes had to earn their wives respect. No coddling from them. That includes you, Jerry Sloan. Yet, these loudmouths take the Pat Buchanan approach and back down the during the preliminaries. Once you made your statements, you can't go back to your spouse and hide. Or can you?
It just doesn't seem American to have a quiet, standby spouse. I guess that is why you make those statements and get away with it until the pressure you inflict on yourself gets you to back down. You can get away with it in other professions but no way in National politics. You are facing the intensity of media scrutiny (hide-behind spouse?) and you mouth off? Ronald Regan at least kept his mouth shut as well as George Bush and W too.
Those guys may have believed the same thing as Herman, Pat, and Michelle but they knew with the type of "wive" they are married to and couldn't do it. They always say for every strong man, there is a strong woman but in this case for every strong woman, you need a strong man and vice-versa.
