Coming soon to The New York Times? Globe reports Bush marriage breakup

Coming soon to The New York Times? Globe reports Bush marriage breakup

Summary: In Patrick Healy's recent front-page New York Times article on the state of the Clintons' marriage, Healy noted that a "tabloid photograph" of former President Bill Clinton "was enough to fuel coverage in the gossip pages." Media Matters does not endorse the decision by elite media figures to take their cues from tabloids, but if they do so, we expect them to be consistent. As it happens, the cover of the May 29 edition of the Globe magazine contains a headline about another high-profile political couple: "BUSH MARRIAGE BREAKUP! EXCLUSIVE! SEPARATE LIVES IN THE WHITE HOUSE."

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Media Matters does not endorse the decision by The New York Times, NBC's Tim Russert, MSNBC's Chris Matthews, The Washington Post's David Broder, and countless other elite media figures to take their cues from tabloids like the Globe, or to pry into the personal lives of political figures. But if they are going to do so, we expect them to be consistent.

As it happens, the cover of the May 29 edition of the Globe contains another sensational headline about another high-profile political couple:

BUSH MARRIAGE BREAKUP!

EXCLUSIVE!

SEPARATE LIVES IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Nasty fights

Booze problems
Laura urges counseling

Media Matters wonders when we can expect The New York Times to assign a reporter to tally the number of nights the Bushes spend together and to conduct 50 interviews with Republicans to assess their interest in the state of the Bush marriage, or in President Bush's reported relapse -- and when it will run a 2,000-word front-page article on the topic. If it does so, we wonder if Broder will refer to the article as "anything but unsympathetic" to the Bushes.

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when observant people noticed Stupid's wedding ring was absent.

Of course, by the time the late 50s arrive, most couples that have stayed together are leading fairly separate lives. It's why the transition to the retirement years and finding oneself confronted by 24/7 togetherness is such a challenge.

I don't know how or why anyone stays married, except that in my case inertia played a big part in the 15 year longevity of it.

Whatever they do with each other, they're welcome to it. It's none of my business.

As another poster mentioned, Bush has been without his wedding ring for some time. Laura probably got tired of living with a stupid coke head drunken frat boy. We will se what happens after '09'. Don't expect the tabloids to dog the Bushes as they did the Clinton's.

look daddy, that paper says the bushes split up! Then my son says "I wish he'd just go back to Texas where he belongs!" (my son is 12) I looked at him and said "he ain't no real Texan".
The lady at the register chuckled a little bit. Then I said to my kids, "he belongs in prison as a war criminal". The clerk really laughed out loud then, and agreed with me. Keep in mind, this is in Hicktown Tennessee, only 4 counties smaller than ours.

People are starting to wake up!

I'll tell you why people can happily stay married. It's because they become best friends. No one ever should get married in the first place unless it's to someone who can be their best friend. People who are married for many years to their best friend evolve a symbiotic relationship with them. It never gets boring, although it does become as comfortable as wrapping yourself in an old, well-worn bathrobe.

and booze and drugs top the list, followed by sweet young things.

Try not to be so smug, willya? Shit happens.

Both people have to feel the same way. It doesn't work on a one-way street. Some people who want to make it work aren't lucky enough to have a partner who is as dedicated. I know lot of people who've been unlucky with cheating partners.

For a lot of other people, though, it works and those are the people who stay married. I know lots of people who have been happily married for 30, 40, 50 years and even longer. My own parents were married for 62 years. I believe it has everything to do with being each other's best friend. It sure can't work unless both partners feel the same way.

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