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Hillary's marriage 'worth it'
25/10/2007 11:17 - (SA)
Washington - Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says it has been worth
it to stand by her man, Bill Clinton, despite the marital
challenges they have faced.
Their marriage was rocked in 1998 when it was revealed that
President Bill Clinton had had an affair with White House
intern Monica Lewinsky, which set off an extended drama that
led to his impeachment and a failed attempt to remove him from
office.
Hillary Clinton, a senator from New York, talked about her
relationship with Bill in an interview with Essence magazine
for its November issue. Some people have wondered over the
years why she has stood by Clinton, who also had been accused
of sexual improprieties by other women.
"I know the truth of my life and of my marriage, my
relationship and partnership, my deep abiding friendship with
my husband," Clinton said, according to interview excerpts
published on www.essence.com. "It's been enormously supportive to me through most of my life.
"Now obviously we've had challenges as everybody in the
world knows. But I never doubted that it was a marriage worth
investing in, even in the midst of those challenges, and I'm
really happy that I made that decision."
Clinton said it was "not a decision for everybody. And I
think it's so important for women to stand up for the right of
women to make a decision that is best for them."
Many Republicans believe Americans will not want to return
the Clintons to the White House and will take the Lewinsky
scandal into account when voting for a president in November
2008.
A new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll suggested that at
least among Democrats, the issue is not that big a deal.
The poll found that 42% of Democrats agreed that it
was the "right thing" for Clinton to stick with her husband
after the Lewinsky affair, compared with five percent who said it
was the wrong choice.
More than seven in 10 Democrats and about half of all voters
said they would welcome a White House advisory role for Bill
Clinton, the poll found.
The poll also said Hillary Clinton remained a polarising
figure, viewed unfavourably by 44% of respondents and
favourably by 48%.
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