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have succeeded in their plans.
Mr. Hart did his utmost to overcome this setback.
First he refuted the allegation; and, then he started
giving evasive answers. Then he persuaded his
wife, Lee Hart, to travel 1300 miles from New
Hamshire to Denver to give her statement to the
press. She said: ‘If it doesn’t bother me, I don’t think
it ought to bother anyone else.’ When Mr. Hart saw
that all his devices had been rendered useless, he
finally admitted to the illicit relationship in these
words: “Adultery is not a crime. It’s a sin. And that
is between me and Lee, and me and God.”
However, this attempt at justification failed to
satisfy the American public. Where Mr. Hart’s name
as future president had topped the list of opinion
polls, it now, after the incident, came last on the list.
And in the end he found himself alone. According
to
Time
magazine, his sexual relationship with the
actress amounted to his “political death.” The affair
was discovered on May 3, and within five days, on
May 8, he had to quit saying he was withdrawing
from the race, and would then quietly disappear
from the stage.
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