PA-10: Sherwood's Wife Claims Carney Gets "Pleasure Out Of Hurting Our Family"
Carol Sherwood, the wife of imperiled GOP Rep. Don Sherwood, has sent a letter to constituents this weekend that all but accuses Dem Chris Carney of enjoying inflicting pain on the Sherwood family. "Perhaps Carney gets some pleasure out of hurting our family, or maybe that's what he thinks will make him a winner," the letter reads (emphasis added). The letter appears to be a last-ditch effort to get Carney to stop making a campaign issue out of allegations that Sherwood had a five-year-affair with a younger woman and abused his mistress. Sherwood spokesman Jake O'Donnell told the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader that the letter didn't reflect "campaign strategy." But it was paid for by the Sherwood campaign and sent mainly to registered Republicans in his District.
"Chris Carney talks a lot about family values - but the 'substance' of his campaign is to attack my family."
Yeah, that's great, a Republican complaining about negative campaigning.
"Waaaaah! The bad guy hit me back!"
This has been tried already... didn't Alito's wife have a crying jag because nasty ol' Democrat senators were asking tough kweschins?
October 17, 2006 5:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
You don't suppose this is her passive-aggressive way of getting back at her husband, do you? Delicious.
October 17, 2006 5:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, mebbe she's a Mormon, and considers Don's wooing of Wife 2 as the natural evolution of their marriage. Not being a mormon, I dunno - maybe choking is a courting ritual?
October 17, 2006 5:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
As a mormon I must say to dataguy no class, no class at all. If you said that about the catholics or the jews you would be getting reamed.
October 17, 2006 5:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Decatur Dem
"...we have all made mistakes we regret over the years...I am certainly not condoning the mistake Don made, but I am not going to dwell on it, either."
Mrs. S. seems not to know the meaning of "mistake". A mistake happens when you step for the brake but hit the accelerator instead, or you tell someone the meeting is in room 324 when it's really room 423. The consequences may be dire or trivial, but your intention was not to deceive or cause harm.
When you have an affair, especially one that lasts five years, you haven't "made a mistake". You knew exactly what you were up to, and that you had to keep it quiet in order to keep it going. And when you're a politician, you know that, once caught, your behavior will be on the front page and will come up again next time you run for election!
October 17, 2006 5:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tammy Wynette would be proud.
October 17, 2006 7:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's just sad.
October 17, 2006 8:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I'm certaintly not condoning the mistakes Don made, but I am not going to dwell on it"
Good advice Carol. Now don't dwell on Carney's stating that your husband is an adulterer and an accused batterer. Don't dwell on it!
October 17, 2006 8:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Man, is it ever. On so many levels. Hard to know what to think here, or who this even helps. It's like Lynne Cheney hypocritically responding to John Kerry simply mentioning that her daughter was gay like it was the worst below-the-belt attack anyone ever made.
I feel bad for his wife. I'm sure this episode has been awful for her. I wonder why she's still with him, if she's just dependent on him and disempowered, or if they've truly reconciled and she's forgiven him.
October 17, 2006 8:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I would never want a person like Chris Carney to represent me anywhere, especially in Congress."
That's why I'm voting for the adulterer and batterer in the race, my husband Don Sherwood.
October 17, 2006 8:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good point. She should have said, "I am not condoning the mistake Don made, the same mistake, night after night after night for the last five years in D.C., with that young woman, while I was back home alone in Pennsylvania taking care of our family's affairs. I'm not going to dwell on what he did for those five years, night after night after night, with that young woman. Nope, I'm not going to dwell on it. I'm moving on. Vote for Don."
October 17, 2006 8:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually, this all reminds me of that old joke:
A man and his wife are having dinner at an expensive restaurant. Suddenly, a stunningly beautiful young woman comes over to the table, puts her arms around the husband, kisses him deeply, and then walks away.
The wife is outraged. "Who was that?!"
The husband replies, "That's my mistress."
"Well, I never!" the wife said angrily. "That's it! I want a divorce."
"OK, if that's what you want. Of course, you realize that a divorce means the end of having a big house to live in, your jewelry, furs, expensive vacations, and everything else, right?"
Just then, the wife notices a friend of theirs coming into the restaurant. On his arm is a young beautiful woman.
"Who is that with Bob?" she asks her husband.
"Oh, that's his mistress," he replied.
The wife responded, "Ours is cuter."
October 17, 2006 9:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Perhaps Carney gets some pleasure out of hurting our family..."
Maybe Don does, too.
October 17, 2006 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
"My name is Mrs. Don Sherwood, and he told me to approve this message."
October 17, 2006 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gawd! Rape-ublicans sure are whiners!
October 17, 2006 10:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Worse. "That is why I remain committed for life to this person." What a hypocrite Carol Sherwood is. She can remain with this man but Carney can't tell the world about his opponents' perfidy?
. I think it is below the belt and that it is between Sherwood and her husband, but she definitely should have taken her 'hurt, indignity and humiliation' out on her spouse for having subjected her. their children and" their family" to this by excerising the poor judgement to have engaged in an affair with a younger woman. It is her spouse, who she chooses to remain with, that does not respect 'their family'...it ain't Carney. Her outrage is totally misguided.
October 19, 2006 8:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
Now this would make sense. She is sabotaging his campaign just like he betrayed their marriage and family. It is all public so she should get a great divorce settlement for all the suffering, distress and public humiliation the family had to endure based on his very public affair.
Maybe Carol is really shrewd afterall...good for her.
October 19, 2006 8:31 AM | Reply | Permalink
Which is worse, please help me...someone tell me...which is the worse in terms of character....telling what someone did that was immoral or engaging in immoral acts for five years.
Help me out.
Is expressing outrage or disdain for someone's actions worse than them actually committing immoral acts?
Poor Mrs. Sherwood. Her husband treated her so poorly we should all put her out of her misery and public humiliation by voting for Carney.
October 19, 2006 8:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
Nancy Irving
It's amazing what some women are willing to do for their men.
What's outrageous, on the other hand, is what those men are not ashamed to *ask* of their women.
Sherwood should be ashamed to hide behind his wife's skirts.
October 19, 2006 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think he also paid $5M for a confidential settlement with his mistress. Yikes! Quite a bit of money. Must have something juicy that he wants to sweep under the rug.
That can't have been good for his family, regardless of how much of a Congressional pay raise he voted for himself.
October 25, 2006 12:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dear Mrs Enabler of a Congressional Adulterer and Batterer,
Please provide details of Mr Carney's attacks on your family.
October 25, 2006 1:57 PM | Reply | Permalink