Miss California Faces Donald Trump's Judgment, But the Media is the Big Loser
By Robert Schlesinger, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
I've felt a measure of sympathy this morning for my colleagues in the media as they have had to treat the impending fate of Miss California as if it was a very serious story. There is an MSNBC anchor quizzing a former Miss Rhode Island about the propriety of political questions in pageants (not to mention whether there are double-standards at work: Miss Rhode Island posed in Maxim—but, crucially, disclosed her exposure).
And there is a reporter live from ... well I wasn't paying that close attention ... from wherever Donald Trump was set appear to pass judgment on Carrie Prejean. The reporter recalled The Donald's past decisions when other beauty queens had run amok. As with the still-Miss California, Trump was benevolent—one might even say compassionate; perhaps he should be on the high court? I looked at the reporter and wondered if she thought it at all odd that her career has brought her to an analyzing Donald Trump's jurisprudence on national television?
(Hey, morally and journalistically righteous blogger-boy, what's this blog post if not a cheap way to talk about Miss California-gate? Quiet you—it drives traffic. We've all got to make a living after all.)
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Beauty Queens Run Amok
You think it a problem now? Just wait until the real queens get a hold of the runway. Ha, ha, ha, ha! The Don and whomever, had better safeguard the Miss America Pageant. The coming onslaught of queens and things is coming. the door was opened by the freak who scolded the half naked kid from California. It'll be our version of That's Entertainment.
Free Speech
I believed the definition of freedom of speech was to be able to speak your mind, even (especially) when others disagree with you. Apparently the new definition is to be able to speak your mind only when the liberals agree with you.
Enough is Enough
I have a question who pushes their views and aggendas on people more right now in this country? Is it christians or gays? In my mind it is gays. I understand you were made fun of denied certain human rights at one time. But that doesn;t give anybody the right to MAKE anybody think like you do. But this particular incident is clearly provoked. Why in a beauty pageant was this contestant asked such an obvious witch-hunt question, and why on earth is Perez Hilton a judge for Miss USA? People need to realize you can't have your cake and eat it too, you have to take the good with the bad. In a "FREE" society freedoms go both ways freedom of speech means just cause you don't like what she says doesn't give you the right to persicute someone for it. And I thought whether she agreed or not she answered the question very tactfully she stated what she believed. She didn't say anything derogatory all she said was that she thought a marraige should be between a man and a woman. And that is her right as an american citizen!
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