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...further personal revelations relevant? A new spate of digging into Hart's sexual past would probably do little more than confirm existing doubts about his self-control, and could create a backlash of sympathy for him. That does not mean, however, that the well-documented evidence of his deceitfulness ought now to be ignored. "Lying and cheating are serious charges against anyone," says Washington Post Political Reporter James Dickenson, "and it is not sensationalist or irrelevant to examine them." Even as the public resents the intrusiveness of the press, it will continue to demand to know as much as possible...
...Hampshire snow, amid scorn and scrutiny, Lee Hart put on a brave front. She wore a red coat and a bright smile as her husband launched himself back in the spotlight. She said what was expected: "I've always believed in Gary. I never stopped believing in him." But a day later, when a raunchy taunt or two soured the comeback, the portrait of the political wife was, in a candid moment, etched in pain. As she rode through a storm of gray sleet in the backseat of a borrowed van, Lee Hart's eyes welled with tears...
Whether accomplice or victim, Lee Hart was crucial to her husband's decision. She campaigned by his side and held his hand. But beneath her public graciousness, the wronged wife emerged as a reluctant team player, whose % composure, like her husband's, seemed on the verge of cracking. "No one will ever know how much we went through last May," she said. "It was hell...
Back then, in the furor that followed revelations of Hart's indiscretions, some of Lee's friends had urged her to divorce him. She wouldn't hear of it. After 28 years of marriage, the minister's daughter insisted, "I know Gary better than anyone else, and when Gary says nothing happened, nothing happened...
...wake of the Monkey Business photographs and rumors of Hart's other liaisons, the denial seemed stunning. Was Lee Hart so driven to be First Lady? Whatever the motive, she has stuck to that loyal line ever since, and if she has any doubts, she does not let on, even to some of her close friends...