She became in essence his other wife . . . his office wife.”

[deminks]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article484349.ece

(snip)

Then along came Fitzgerald, who started out as his secretary and became so much more. Short, blonde and pretty, Jennifer Ann Isobel Patteson-Knight Fitzgerald was 42 years old and divorced when Bush first met her in Washington during the tumultuous months of the Watergate scandal. He was chairman of the Republican National Committee; she worked for one of the committee’s officials.

Professionally, Bush’s move from Washington to Beijing would enhance his credentials as he clawed his way to the presidency; but personally it would discombobulate his 30-year-old marriage, prompt his wife to burn her love letters and eventually lead to her severe depression.

“It wasn’t just another woman,” said someone close to the situation, discussing the wedge that came between Bush and Barbara. “It was a woman who came to exert enormous influence over George for many, many years . . . She became in essence his other wife . . . his office wife.”

(end snip)

Will former President Bush survive all of this? How should he handle the press? Should Kitty Kelly take the podium when the former President schedules a press conference to apologize to Barbara? Did George use taxpayer money to fly away with his secretary?

Again, sarcasm off.

[loudsue]

1. Where can I go to find a picture of Jennifer Fitzgerald?

I'm not good at finding stuff on the internet. :shrug:

[deminks]

2. Only one I have seen.

http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Jennifer_Fitzgerald

[loudsue]

3. Thanks! I wish the researchers would give us dummies a few tips now & then!

I don't think she looks like Barbara Bush, as the article said. I think Barbara Bush might be the antiChrist.

[fasttense]

4. And she abused her influence over the President to avoid being fired from her job.

"In 1990, Fitzgerald, upon her return from an official trip to Argentina for the inauguration of President Carlos Menem, was found by the U.S. Customs Service to have under-declared the value of a $1,100 fur-lined raincoat and failed completely to declare a $1,300 silver fox cape she had bought there. She was fined $648.

As the Post later reported, the State Department disciplined her with a two-week unpaid suspension. Normally such abuse of diplomatic privilege costs the offenders their jobs. Other State employees believed that Fitzgerald earned a comparative slap on the wrist only by virtue of her relationship with the President. Even that slap was further softened as Fitzgerald reportedly never served the suspension."

My, my how the mighty RepubliCONS are able to hide the most detestable facts about their not-so-elected presidents. Things like Ronnie Rayguns total loss of functional thought and W's cowardice.