A psychological study of President William Jefferson Clinton An excerpt from Bill Clinton Meets The Shrinks, byPaul Lowinger Copyright 1998 by Paul Lowinger
Hillary and Bill in Marriage
The Clinton marriage which was already an icon became a national puzzle with the Monica Lewinsky fire storm and Bill’s apology to Hillary and the nation on August 17, 1998.
There are two common speculations about Hillary’s and Bill’s marriage. One opinion is that it is a love match in which Hillary remains devoted and makes periodic denials about Bill’s philandering and Bill is dependent on Hillary for support and guidance despite his infidelities.
The other view is that it is an arrangement or understanding about sharing political power and overlooking extra-marital activities. This scenario says that Bill’s numerous infidelities are tolerated; that Hillary has a lesbian love life and that she had an affair with Vince Foster.
The two marriage theories aren’t really contradictory although they imply that a love marriage couldn’t have a commitment to political power sharing and permissiveness about extra-marital liaisons while a power agreement marriage couldn’t involve real love….[more]
