Because just coming right out and saying "Hillary is a frigid bitch" would be too obvious

Friends -- eager to smooth any rough edges on the relationship -- tell old-married-couple stories of them gardening, playing Scrabble, and dining out at Le Cirque, Rasika, and Bayou in Harlem with old pals like the former party leader Terry McAuliffe, the power broker Vernon Jordan, and others. Last Christmas Eve, they wandered through the near-empty Chappaqua Village Market together, noticed by the occasional fellow shopper.

Rarely, however, do the Clintons appear in public when they are together. That physical distance is largely driven by their careers, but it is also partly by choice.

Pop Quiz: The above passage appeared in
a) the New York Sun,
b) the Enquirer,
c) People Magazine,
d) The New York Freaking Times.

If you answered (D), then you're getting the hang of it. Digby has the right response to this crap:

You can love Hillary or hate her, I don't care. But goddamit the intimate state of her marriage to Bill Clinton is nobody's business and it NEVER HAS BEEN. If the gossip rags want to play this game, there's nothing anyone can do. But it is just shameful that the New York Times would go back to their cheap, tabloid coverage of politics when the world is on fire. I'm honestly stunned that this is happening again.

I am writing letters to the editor about this and I urge everyone else to do it too. Perhaps we can request that they put other politicians' marriages under this kind of scrutiny. John McCain's wife had some problems if I recall. How's she doing with that? Maybe a reporter should go around and ask all of her friends to comment off the record. The presidency is a very stressfull job for a first lady. Can she take the pressure without resorting to ... well, you know. People are asking. It's a factor. And hey, what about Rudy? He's got a helluva marital track record.

Email addresses for the editors can be found here. You know what to do.