Wouldn't it be exhausting being married to Nikki? Or being her best friend? Always yammering on, and every cause deserves as much passion as another. I could see it driving you to drink.
When I was infatuated with Bella Abzug, I always looked at it as something similar with the Henry R. Luce-Clare Boothe Luce marriage (which by the way was an extraordinarily happy one).
Henry R. Luce of course had his magnificent good points, but one of his bad points was his reticence in conversation and chitchat, due to a stutter. He married Clare because she was the opposite of him, engaging and witty and sparkling.
My disappointment with Bella Abzug is of recent date; I sensed that while Bella Abzug is aesthetic, svelte, a good horsewoman and plays tennis, she's no Clare Boothe Luce. Clare Boothe Luce had wit, and real wit comes only from wisdom.
Unfortunately, after reading the history of her comments, Bella Abzug didn't cut the mustard in the wisdom department.