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Not since Al Gore’s memorable kiss with his wife, Tipper, at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles has sexuality been as prominent an issue in a presidential campaign. With several older men (and their younger wives) among the current hopefuls, voters may ask, for example, how sexy a first lady should be. 8 R9 X+ D$ ?' |0 T& C# G8 N * x: c5 m" ^; V( m; Q6 ~ 3 B& q4 N. p. h* l0 Y3 ~( V. X z# i
Some observers have questioned whether politicians' public displays of marital tenderness are spontaneous or calculated, as when then-President Clinton and his wife, Hillary, enjoyed a dance on the beach in the Virgin Islands in 1998. “That will live in my gallery of infamy,” social critic Camille Paglia said.* T1 y' C- E4 H7 e) A. Z2 W
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