Why I'm no fan of the Weinermobile: The Study of Politicial Marriages

Politics and marriage tend to be a VERY complex subject. Let me step into a sexist environment quickly: imagine you're a young woman and a mother and your partner/husband/fiancée/significant other tells you he's running for public office. Of course there's many reactions that can happen, but you shouldn't have to be in public office to find out the reaction.

Balancing a marriage and a political office is a very sensitive thing, especially if you have a significant other who is weary of the limelight. For instance, as someone who wants to run for office, not only would I need to marry someone accepting of my autistic tendencies but someone who doesn't mind be engaged, and later, the wife of a politician.

In other words, my chances of ever getting married are getting slimmer and slimmer.

But here's something I don't understand: how two high school sweethearts can see their marriage dissolve because of political office. That's what has happened to Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl recently (well, okay, two years ago), and the problems he's been facing has made Mike Bloomberg's problems look like nothing, or at least, silly.

Here's where I start asking questions: if I had to choose between my marriage and political career, my family would take precedent. First, I'm autistic, so remarriage for me is something not likely to happen, unless I happen to one day wake up and have the ability to attract women like Anthony "Carlos Danger" Weiner. Second, I have something called priorities and loyalty. 

Mayor Ravenstahl, I understand that you might love Pittsburgh a lot (like I love New York State), but you divorced your high school sweetheart (well, okay, she left you)? Isn't one of our man codes that we fight like hell to keep our high school flames going? And plus, Erin looks prettier/more attractive than many of today's top models. Well, my sympathies ended not much after that: he's under investigation for numerous scandals affecting his administration, and he's not going for a second term. For for the former Mrs, she might be dodging a bullet. This question asked by prosecutors is troublesome: From the Huffington Post:

-Whether the mayor instructed bodyguards to delete the actual times of day they worked from time cards, presumably to keep reporters from documenting the single mayor's nightlife that, otherwise, is chronicled only by rumors or cellphone pictures posted on gossipy blogs.

Mayor Ravenstahl, you should, if you have personal skeletons, work on those, and try to get your ex-wife back, if you still can. And if you're Weiner-land behavior bound, GET PROFESSIONAL HELP.

But for Weiner? Fuggedabouit!!!! His ship sailed back in 2011. Huma Abedin, divorce him. I sound like a gay relationship columnist, but still. You can only give someone so many chances. Some people will just keep effing up with no regard. What the former congressman did was psychologically disturbing, and AFTER leaving Congress he kept the whole thing going. I don't care that it's over, Mr. Weiner should have sought professional help, maybe from this wise old Jewish woman. But then again, Dr. Ruth isn't a psychotherapist, and you could REALLY use one of those. I don't care if Weiner and Abedin's marriage is a happy one, the man has serious issues. 

I come from the school of thought that believes that power corrupts good people. It's as if the atmosphere in public office is as addictive as recreational drugs. Politicker.com has a good link on 53 political sex scandals in American history. Make that 54 with Weiner, and there's a few since then that have happened. Heck, Wikipedia keeps running tabs on US political sex scandals at both the national level and the state/local level. Heck, in the last three years, there's been a number.

I have this feeling that the people who deserved to be married are the ones who aren't.