Forty years of marriage about to become a shared history, part of the collective unconscious. No, there is no affair. They have decided to call it quits. From all accounts I have heard, Tipper wants to do her own thing. She has been an exemplary wife and mother. She has fulfilled the role of Second Lady with grace. She made many of us feel that it was okay to be a little plump, for she was loved by her husband for who she was. That now famous passionate kiss during the second term election, while not to the taste of the average political pundit, bespoke of a deep affection - a partnership in the true sense of the word- that seemed to thumb its nose at the Clintons by brazenly and publicly stating, "Look America, we love each other and we are still faithful to one another!" And now, the news that their marriage was just another statistic has made too many feel that their marriages are doomed to failure because the Gores are giving up.
All I can say is, mind your own business and mind your own marriage. Stop thinking that you can fail because they have. Besides, my hat is off to Tipper to have played the many roles she has in order for her to become herself, a strong woman with a vision of where and what she would like to be. I wish them both every success in their respective futures. I suspect they will remain friends and will be role models for how we should conduct ourselves when our nuclear family has gone nuclear and the chips are falling and destroying our faith in ourselves, our families and the meaning we ascribe to the word "love".
well put!
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