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Stand By Your Man And Me
And Tammy and Hillary …
When Bruce and I started doing country songs, I was hesitant to try “Stand By Your Man” by Tammy Wynette. Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn were part of my growing up. These beautiful women were intimidating in their talent and perfection. At the time, I thought Tammy’s famous song “Stand By Your Man” was an encouragement for a good princess to support her handsome prince.
I had no idea what the part about “sometimes it’s hard to be a woman” meant, nor did I comprehend what Tammy was saying when she sang, “He’ll do things you just won’t understand.”
I wasn’t quite as out of it as most of us are with “Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche another roller in the night,” but I still didn’t understand the meaning of “Stand By Your Man.”
My idea of marriage was the handsome prince kissed the princess and they lived happily ever after.
I was pregnant with my daughter when Hillary Clinton gave her first 60 Minutes interview on January 26, 1992.
The main topic of the interview was allegations that Bill Clinton — a man I was seeing and hearing about for the first time —…
