Right up front, I want to state that I have nothing personal against former Congresswoman and Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Susan Fox Rutledge. My opinion, which I’ve held from early in this entire affair, is that she had good reasons for doing what she did, even if she had mixed motives. Anyone in a similar situation may have done the same thing. I can’t say that I agree with her politics or social agenda. From what I can gather from my research of her political career and views, we would be on the opposite side of most issues. It may be cliché, but many of my good, personal friends are more likely to vote for her than the candidates I would support, and not solely because she is on the stunning side of attractive, even in her forties. As a public figure, Susan Fox Rutledge was exactly what most people would expect. She presented herself with little artificiality; that is, little more than her real attributes dictated. She was a typical politician or celebrity who most onlookers only understand through the media prism. As quantum theory states, the act of observing a phenomenon changes it. Hence, it should surprise nobody that politicians and attractive women help us to see what they want us to see. Susan Fox Rutledge was very much both.