Les Misérables

Donna Carlisle — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:00:00 -0400

What's it take for a President to get some love?

Apparently French President Nicholas Sarkozy needs to be asking that very question. Rumors of his impending divorce are flying once again in the wake of news that Cecelia will not be accompanying her husband on his state visit to Morocco next week.

Traditionally, French president's wives have accompanied their husbands on state visits such as this, but Mrs. Sarkozy has not attended a single official function since Bastille Day celebrations on July 14.

Now, is it time for Sarkozy to place a call to Bill Clinton for tips on how to keep his woman around? Perhaps not just yet. Cecelia does appear to be his little Hillary, though, supporting her husband and serving as an advisor when he was an interior and finance minister.

The couple separated in 2005 for a few months, but were very publicly reconciled in 2006, amidst heavy declarations of love on Nicholas' part. Since then, she remained under the radar for his campaign, and since his rise to power she's attended only three official events, even wiggling out of an informal meeting with President Bush and his family.

Silly me, I thought that's what being a politico's wife was all about. Smiling, shaking hands and gushing about how wonderful the man in charge is while pushing a few safe political ideas of your own in your free time.

It does amuse me that this is what it takes to get the French press as detail and tabloid hungry as the American press. Oh the times, they are a 'changin.

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