“You’re really a single parent when you’re married to an elected official,” says Mrs. Paterson, who was raised in the city — Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Upper East Side — by her mother, a Postal Service manager. “I never dreamed David would be governor; we got a rude awakening in March. I knew it was a good thing for him, because in politics, this is what you strive for, being in a position to make a difference. But I didn’t think it was going to be such a good thing for me.” -Source: NY Times
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Tacony Palmyra
June 6, 2008
Wow, that’s very different from Michelle Obama’s take on things, indeed. The Governor and his wife seem to have such a complex (and at times sad) relationship.