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In reply to the discussion: Hillary's VP pick will decide the election. The only person that I believe she can [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)He was a bit brusque (he wasn't having a good day--really, a good series of days--at the time), she was lovely. A very nice woman who didn't throw her weight around (some of them can wear their spouse's rank). I think he's gone what they used to call "Middle aged crazy" even though he's closer to "Elderly crazy" at seventy.
Maher, at least, is honest. He has said he will never get married (funny, though--he's reaching the age when many men, like Clooney and Warren Beatty, suddenly decide to "settle down" -- are they looking for a bride or a nurse?). He got in a MESS with a former Delta flight attendant who tried to sue him for palimony, but that got laughed out of court, given his many public statements on his views re: commitment. I know people who knew her--they concur with his view that she was extorting him. I think that made him a bit more cautious. He doesn't hang on to girlfriends for very long, it's just shy of a business arrangement as far as he's concerned.
Not sure how Webb does it, but he manages to keep his ex-wives happy, to the point where they'll even campaign for him. John McCain has the same talent--I guess they are both the type of personality where the ex-spouses are the ones who are glad to be rid of them, or something!!