David Gergen: Great men have affairs

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:53:00 +0000

David Gergen -- a friend of Gen. David Petraeus as well as the woman he reportedly had an extra-marital affair with -- said on "Face The Nation" this morning that great men have affairs -- and that those relationships can be very important to them in difficult times.

"I would hope people would remember that there have been other great leaders in this country ... Remember President Eisenhower, when he was General Eisenhower, Kay Summersby, how important that relationship was to him," Gergen said.

"Remember Franklin Roosevelt and Lucy Mercer, how important that relationship was to him during the second World War.

"I think we have to be understanding that, as the saying goes," Gergen stammered, "the best of men are still men, men at their best."

John King marries Election Map

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:55:00 +0000

CNN national correspondent John King married Electoral Map, his longtime CNN colleague, in a star-studded ceremony on Martha’s Vineyard last weekend. The most anticipated wedding of the year was held at the home of former presidential advisor David Gergen and was attended by a host of political and media luminaries that included former President Bill Clinton, Tom Brokaw and CNN founder Ted Turner.

“I’m happier now than at any point in my life,” said Mr. King after the ceremony. “Except maybe the 1994 midterm election or the Florida recount or the day I discovered that white working-class, non-college-educated voters in Kent County, Michigan, were moving toward Reagan in 1984.” President Clinton gave the marriage his blessing. “I know Electoral Map better than anyone,” said the former president. “She and John will make a wonderful couple.”

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David Gergen: Great men have affairs

John King marries Election Map