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"  As The Good Wife aptly illustrated (before it evolved, becoming much more than its logline), we&amp;#039;ve long been fascinated with the classy-suited, loyal figure of the political wife, often depicted as the long-suffering counterpart of their closeted-kinky, unfaithful freako of a spouse.  And the persona&amp;#039;s undergone more than a few evolutions since the days of Jackie O., both fictional and non: Carrie Bradshaw and her short-lived comptroller boyfriend&amp;#039;s (John Slattery) golden shower fetish. The aforementioned Alicia Florrick, who&amp;#039;s now a power player in her own right. Michelle Obama flexing on Letterman. Hillary Clinton, who needs no explanation. Today the New York Times ran a a l0-page &amp;quot;comeback piece&amp;quot; that details Anthony Weiner&amp;#039;s hopeful return to the political arena as a mayoral candidate earlier this year, but the real star of the piece is his wife, Clinton aide Huma Abedin, who was pregnant in 2011 when his unfortunate DM crotch shots appeared online.  (Abedin initially told Weiner that he should &amp;quot;deny&amp;quot; that it was his penis in the photo, which raises a multitude of questions from Maureen O&amp;#039;Connor at The Cut. Would you recognize your husband&amp;#039;s boxer-briefs-clad junk? Or, as Samantha Jones would say, do &amp;quot;all cats look the same in the dark.&amp;quot;) Certainly, there&amp;#039;s no better way to learn about your sex life being the subject of undue press than to work in the Clinton administration, and Hillary provided empathy for Huma during the tough times: &amp;quot;When I ask Abedin if Clinton guided her through those first terrible days, she says: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve had a lot of personal conversations, none of which I feel comfortable talking about. But what I will say about her, and for that matter her entire family, the unconditional love and support they have given me has been a real gift. And I think she would be O.K. with me saying this, because I know she has said this before: at the end of the day, at the very least, every woman should have the ability and the confidence and the choice to make whatever decisions she wants to make that are right for her and not be judged by it.&amp;quot; Unlike Abedin, Hillary Clinton has famously remained mum about her husband&amp;#039;s infamous tryst with Monica Lewinsky... for one very good reason. Although Abedin appears to be the hero of this piece, not Weiner, who comes off overly emotional and uses therapy-speak, we continue to focus primarily on her role as, well, &amp;quot;the good wife.&amp;quot; Among the Internet comments solicited by coverage of the piece are things like &amp;quot;Damn, now I want to marry her.&amp;quot; Yeahhh. I&amp;#039;m sure she&amp;#039;s thrilled about that. It&amp;#039;s totally reductive to put Abedin on a pedestal as Weiner&amp;#039;s forgiving, &amp;quot;graceful&amp;quot; spouse. Doing this saddles her with this stereotype that&amp;#039;s entirely based on her husband and his transgressions, and undermines her own professional accomplishments. We should let her stand on her own. Yes, she should totally be the one running for mayor. But on her own merit, which is obvious enough. Not for being a forgiving, &amp;quot;ideal&amp;quot; wife. Follow Anna on Twitter: @annabreslaw Photo via Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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