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Before the [[New Hampshire primary]], [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] publications printed allegations that Bill Clinton had engaged in an extramarital affair with [[Gennifer Flowers]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/25/us/the-1992-campaign-clintons-to-rebut-rumors-on-60-minutes.html |title=Clintons to Rebut Rumors on '60 Minutes' |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 25, 1992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401082537/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/25/us/the-1992-campaign-clintons-to-rebut-rumors-on-60-minutes.html|archive-date=April 1, 2010}}</ref> In response, the Clintons appeared together on ''[[60 Minutes]]'', where Bill denied the affair, but acknowledged "causing pain in my marriage".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/flowers012792.htm |title=In 1992, Clinton Conceded Marital 'Wrongdoing' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 26, 1992}}</ref> This joint appearance was credited with rescuing his campaign.<ref>Troy 2006, pp. 39–42; Gerth and Van Natta 2007, pp. 94–96.</ref> During the campaign, Hillary made culturally disparaging remarks about [[Tammy Wynette]]'s outlook on marriage as described in her classic song "[[Stand by Your Man]]".{{efn|Clinton said in the joint ''60 Minutes'' interview, "I'm not sitting here as some little woman 'standing by my man' like Tammy Wynette. I'm sitting here because I love him and I respect him, and I honor what he's been through and what we've been through together." The seemingly sneering reference to [[country music]] provoked immediate criticism that Clinton was culturally tone-deaf, and Wynette herself did not like the remark because "Stand by Your Man" is not written in the first person.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/7/newsid_4385000/4385582.stm |title=2000: Hillary Clinton is first First Lady in Senate |work=[[BBC News]] |date=November 7, 2000}}</ref> Wynette added that Clinton had "offended every true country music fan and every person who has "made it on their own" with no one to take them to a White House".<ref>Troy 2006, p. 42.</ref> A few days later, on ''[[Primetime (U.S. TV program)|Primetime Live]]'', Clinton apologized to Wynette. Clinton would later write that she had been careless in her choice of words and that "the fallout from my reference to Tammy Wynette was instant—as it deserved to be—and brutal".<ref>Clinton 2003, p. 108.</ref> The two women later resolved their differences, with Wynette appearing at a Clinton fundraiser.}} Later in the campaign, she commented she could have chosen to be like women staying home and baking cookies and having teas, but wanted to pursue her career instead.{{efn|Less than two months after the Wynette remarks, Clinton was facing questions about whether she could have avoided possible conflicts of interest between her governor husband and work given to the Rose Law Firm when she remarked, "I've done the best I can to lead my life ... You know, I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was fulfill my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public life."<ref name="lh-109">Clinton 2003, p. 109.</ref> The "cookies and teas" part of this statement prompted even more culture-based criticism of Clinton's apparent distaste for women who had chosen to be homemakers; the remark became a recurring campaign liability.{{sfn|Bernstein|2007|pp=205–06}} Clinton subsequently offered up some cookie recipes as a way of making amends and would later write of her chagrin: "Besides, I've done quite a lot of cookie baking in my life, and tea-pouring too!"<ref name="lh-109"/>}} The remarks were widely criticized, particularly by those who were, or defended, stay-at-home mothers. In retrospect, she admitted they were ill-considered. Bill said that in electing him, the nation would "get two for the price of one", referring to the prominent role his wife would assume.<ref>Burns 2008, p. 140.</ref> Beginning with [[Daniel Wattenberg]]'s August 1992 ''[[The American Spectator]]'' article "The Lady Macbeth of Little Rock", Hillary's own past ideological and ethical record came under attack from conservatives.<ref name="macbeth"> {{Cite news |title=The Lady Macbeth of Little Rock |author=Wattenberg, Daniel |work=[[The American Spectator]] |date=August 1992 |author-link=Daniel Wattenberg |url=http://spectator.org/articles/64729/lady-macbeth-little-rock |access-date=March 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316082812/http://spectator.org/articles/64729/lady-macbeth-little-rock |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |url-status=dead }} </ref> At least twenty other articles in major publications also drew comparisons between her and [[Lady Macbeth]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/24/us/1992-campaign-political-memo-backlash-for-hillary-clinton-puts-negative-image.html |title=Backlash for Hillary Clinton Puts Negative Image to Rout |date=September 24, 1992 |last=Toner |first=Robin |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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