Ruth Madoff: Unsympathetic Figure 5.68K Hamilton Nolan 07/08/09 09:00AM Filed to: Losers Losers Ruth Madoff Poll Results Bernie Madoff Scandals Appic Sympathy Public Relations Time to go Ruth Madoff is getting her passport back, so that she may—if she's smart—flee this country for an isolated life far, far away. Our poll of public sympathy for her did not come back with encouraging results:Thousands voted! But Ruth did not win. [Pic: AP]