Anthony Weiner and The Good Wife
25 Juli 2013
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Mas Aal - Another week, another scandal. US politican Anthony Weiner had already admitted to online relationships with six women over three years, after he sent an explicit photo to a young woman on Twitter. Now a self-taken photo of a penis has emerged. On Tuesday, his wife Huma Abedin, who had been pregnant when the story first broke, stood by his side as he vowed to press ahead with his New York mayoral candidacy and spoke for the first time. "I made the decision that it was worth staying in this marriage," she said. "That was a decision I made for me, for our son, and for our family."
The meme of the disgraced politician and the sad-eyed wife in the background is hardly new. Indeed, in 2009, Michelle and Robert King created a very good TV show, The Good Wife, starring Chris Noth and Juliana Margulies as Peter and Alicia Florrick, around it. The circumstances are different (Florrick's scandal was prostitution and corruption), but the parallels are uncanny – a charismatic, promising Democratic politician undone by his libido, and his smart, accomplished wife keeping it together. What can Weiner and Abedin learn from the Florricks about how to handle the aftermath of a public disgrace?
The meme of the disgraced politician and the sad-eyed wife in the background is hardly new. Indeed, in 2009, Michelle and Robert King created a very good TV show, The Good Wife, starring Chris Noth and Juliana Margulies as Peter and Alicia Florrick, around it. The circumstances are different (Florrick's scandal was prostitution and corruption), but the parallels are uncanny – a charismatic, promising Democratic politician undone by his libido, and his smart, accomplished wife keeping it together. What can Weiner and Abedin learn from the Florricks about how to handle the aftermath of a public disgrace?
Throw yourself into work: After the scandal, Alicia finds solace and fulfilment in her work as a litigator. Abedin has been an aide to Hillary Clinton for years, and may find that work is a balm to her soul.
Ignore the press: What's done is done. Alicia refuses to play ball with nosy journalists and intrusive campaign manager Eli Gold (Alan Cumming) unless she feels like it, or it will work to her advantage.
Win, then win some more: Peter's rehabilitation comes after several knocks, resurgent (false) claims of impropriety and a lot of humility. Weiner should take a note on that last point – a recent New York Times profile described him as "rhetorically fierce – sharp-witted but prone to alienating allies".
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