The Step-In Wife

The thought hit me just now: I think Imelda Marcos is the ultimate Stepford Wife.

Think about it. Ferdinand Marcos was able to create the perfect partner for him: a picturesque dalagang Pilipina with impecable manners, able to charm even the most hardened and suspicious politicians, not too intelligent to be threatening, not too self-aware to develop a conscience, but politically-savvy enough to know how to get her way in the political arena.

Creepy, isn't it?