Torontoist: Giambrone and Our Need for Political Wives

As part of a full-blown media frenzy on the Adam Giambrone/Kristen Lucas affair, Torontoist examines our contemporary political culture and the ongoing need for “political wives”:

“We have no interest in speculating on the particulars of Giambrone’s personal relationships, we do not yet know how much of the report published today will stand, and we have no idea what further details might emerge. We are seeking neither to exculpate nor to condemn Giambrone—the most any of us can and should do is decide whether or not to vote for him. But we need to move, as a society, past the antiquated and entirely misguided notion that there is one right model of a life, much less a family life, that befits a candidate for public office.”

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