# Liberal political consultant has to choose between his politics and his wife. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-political-consultant-has-to-choose-between-his-politics-and-his-wife/669814 "2013-09-27T17:13:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-political-consultant-has-to-choose-between-his-politics-and-his-wife/669814/21 "2013-09-27T21:48:01Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Unlikely as this scenario may be, “Neither of them has ever broken the rules.” > > Why start now? First answer, best answer. And **Hari Seldon** pointed out how: answer some other question instead. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-political-consultant-has-to-choose-between-his-politics-and-his-wife/669814/22 "2013-09-28T00:11:53Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > A pragmatist would call that a “win-win.” Not if he ever wanted to see her naked again. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-political-consultant-has-to-choose-between-his-politics-and-his-wife/669814/23 "2013-09-28T04:12:50Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > “No. Now get away from me, and don’t come back.” Best response. It would be a terrible betrayal to sabotage his wife’s campaign by pandering to a muck-raker, or even to divulge such a painful secret to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-political-consultant-has-to-choose-between-his-politics-and-his-wife/669814/24 "2013-09-28T04:23:57Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > It’s a Skaldthetical with a long storytelling OP. If you don’t like these, why are you still reading? Because you _USUALLY_ provide refreshments. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-political-consultant-has-to-choose-between-his-politics-and-his-wife/669814/25 "2013-09-28T04:35:27Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Less than a week before the election, Barry is accosted by a reporter for a major newspaper in the state. The reporter says he’s heard a rumor that Iris was cheated on Barry decades ago, while they were in college, got pregnant, and had an abortion. Can Barry confirm or deny that? He should have stopped the entire conversation with _“I can deny it. Good day.”_ As it is, he should say, _“I have provided a denial of the rumor you asked me about. This conversation is at an end. Good day.”_ ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-political-consultant-has-to-choose-between-his-politics-and-his-wife/669814/26 "2013-09-28T04:57:57Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > “No, I’m not saying that,” and walk on. > > If the reporter persists, throat punching remains an option. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-political-consultant-has-to-choose-between-his-politics-and-his-wife/669814/27 "2013-09-28T05:01:05Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > So he “defends her honor” and gets his guy a better shot at winning. A pragmatist would call that a “win-win.” I don’t think that cleaning the reporter’s clock would get his guy a better shot at winning. I think it would give her a 10-point lead, minimum. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-political-consultant-has-to-choose-between-his-politics-and-his-wife/669814/28 "2013-09-28T06:03:30Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > “No, I’m not saying that,” and walk on. > > If the reporter persists, throat punching remains an option. I wouldn’t even say that much. I’d say “No,” and end it at that. Saying anything more, even “I’m not saying that,” would encourage the reporter to keep digging. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-political-consultant-has-to-choose-between-his-politics-and-his-wife/669814.md?page=1)