John Edwards got off.
Shocker.
It was more of a shock that they brought the case at all. Clearly, this guy is about the biggest narcissist politics has seen in a really long time and definitely the second biggest cad (that award firmly remains in the hands of Newt Gingrich). He cheated on his wife as she battled, and later succombed to, cancer. He didn't use protection, not only exposing his sick wife to STD's, but also knocking up his TRASHY mistress Rielle Hunter.
Of course the money was to cover up the affair because he wanted to be President. I doubt very seriously that he was all that worried about his wife finding out, a guy this full of himself couldn't possibly have put this in motion to benefit someone other than himself. Especially since he cheated on her as she battled cancer. But there was just about no way they were going to prove it. A waste of too much taxpayer money desperately needed for more important things.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have seen this jackass pay for what he did to his wife and how he tried to fool people while he was running for office. This guy cheated on his wife as she battled cancer, and with one of the TRASHIEST, loudest, classless women I've seen since that Armenian chick on reality TV. Let's be honest, Edwards is a very attractive man who seems to be aging pretty well, probably got a few good years left in him. Could he not do better than a woman in her 40's who approaches him and tells him he's "hot"?
Really?
Then he (because he is such a narcissist) goes and does the interview with Bob Woodruff saying there's no way Quinn is his child, that he didn't know about any money being paid to his trick. Good luck with her when she finally sees that video. But the icing on the cake is the press conference you KNEW he was going to give after the trial. "I don't think God's through with me yet...", "To my precious Quinn (insert obligatory fake choking up emotion)..." "...me and me alone..."
Yeah Johnny, we know.
Showing posts with label political stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political stuff. Show all posts
Friday, June 1, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
"Shut up, woman!" (Part Two)
So Rush Limbaugh issued an apology for the mind numbingly sexist and ignorant remarks he made about Sandra Fluke. Most likely because he was bleeding sponsors and he probably felt he had no choice. Just like I said, he'll probably be on his best behavior for a good while, but he'll still be around, spewing the same narrow minded thinking he always has. I truly couldn't care less.
What I do care about is what this says about how far women have come in this society, how far we still have to go, and for heaven's sake, why? Why do we even have people who think it's right to have a discussion about an issue that affect women without having at least one woman involved in the discussion? Why is it that there are people like Limbaugh who think it's perfectly acceptable to make remarks like that about women in a society where, at least by law, we're all created equally? I mean, supposedly women have equal rights. Or is that only as long as we "know our place"?
I believe that we, as women, have to accept our share of responsibility for the fact that this type of mentality still exists. We have to conduct ourselves in a manner that commands respect. If we want to be seen as women and not objects, we can't objectify ourselves by doing things that demean us as women. We have to respect ourselves first and make that self respect OBVIOUS to those around us in the way that we behave and the way that we conduct ourselves.
We have to start using our brains to get ahead, not our bodies and our looks, which fade I don't care how much plastic surgery there is. Women spend so much money buying fake breasts, behinds, lips, and hair because society wants us to believe that the more attractive we are physically, the more money there is for us. That may be the case for a little while, especially if we want to be video models or strippers, industries created specifically to exploit women.
We need to spend money on educating ourselves instead of buying body parts that we weren't meant to have in the first place. If more of us start using our brains to get ahead instead of using our bodies we may have more opportunities presented to us that require the use of our brains and not our looks. Then we may be taken more seriously.
It's much hotter to be a smart rich girl. When the wrinkles on your face stop you from paying the bills, you always have the ones in your brain to fall back on. I think we'll do ourselves a great justice to put this into more frequent practice.
What I do care about is what this says about how far women have come in this society, how far we still have to go, and for heaven's sake, why? Why do we even have people who think it's right to have a discussion about an issue that affect women without having at least one woman involved in the discussion? Why is it that there are people like Limbaugh who think it's perfectly acceptable to make remarks like that about women in a society where, at least by law, we're all created equally? I mean, supposedly women have equal rights. Or is that only as long as we "know our place"?
I believe that we, as women, have to accept our share of responsibility for the fact that this type of mentality still exists. We have to conduct ourselves in a manner that commands respect. If we want to be seen as women and not objects, we can't objectify ourselves by doing things that demean us as women. We have to respect ourselves first and make that self respect OBVIOUS to those around us in the way that we behave and the way that we conduct ourselves.
We have to start using our brains to get ahead, not our bodies and our looks, which fade I don't care how much plastic surgery there is. Women spend so much money buying fake breasts, behinds, lips, and hair because society wants us to believe that the more attractive we are physically, the more money there is for us. That may be the case for a little while, especially if we want to be video models or strippers, industries created specifically to exploit women.
We need to spend money on educating ourselves instead of buying body parts that we weren't meant to have in the first place. If more of us start using our brains to get ahead instead of using our bodies we may have more opportunities presented to us that require the use of our brains and not our looks. Then we may be taken more seriously.
It's much hotter to be a smart rich girl. When the wrinkles on your face stop you from paying the bills, you always have the ones in your brain to fall back on. I think we'll do ourselves a great justice to put this into more frequent practice.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
"Shut up, woman!" (Part One)
So this whole recent firestorm about the birth control issue and Rush Limbaugh and his big mouth has me pretty irritated. First, the whole situation is a mess to begin with. How do you have a panel to discuss women's reproductive issues that consists of a bunch of rich old white guys? Didn't we straighten this whole thing out back in the 70's? LAST century? Why is it being brought up again and why in the world is it being addressed by everyone but the people who take the pill in the first place? What a JOKE! Guess that's why so many prescription plans pay for Viagra but don't want to pay for the pill. The plans that do pay for the pill are probably behind this whole movement, but I'm sure they'll still help with your Viagra buddy.
And then you have Rush Limbaugh's mouth. Rush seems to think that Sandra Fluke is a "slut" and a "prostitute" because "she wants to be paid to have sex". Extremism at its finest, ladies and gentlemen. But he didn't stop there. The next day he says that if we're to pay for her birth control, we want video of all her sexual exploits so that we could all watch. The hell? Would ANYONE in radio have DARED to make a remark like this about a man? What kind of idiot says this stuff and thinks it's ok? But it probably will be. Let's face it, next year this time, Rush will probably still have his radio show and he'll still be spewing complete ignorance that a lot of people like and he'll do something stupid like this again very soon.
It's really too bad, to me, that women are still so low on the social totem pole and still so sexually objectified. To the point that a politico who doesn't like what a woman stands for uses sexually charged terminology to voice his disagreement with her views. Here's a young woman studying law, being brave enough to step in front of the world and voice her concerns. This after getting doors shut in her face because there was no room at the table for a woman to debate birth control because the table's full of men. Ms. Fluke should be seen as a role model for young women and girls who want to study law or who are afraid of what may happen if they stand up for something they believe in. Yet because she decided to speak up for what's important to her, she's publicly degraded and in a sexual way because she's a female.
If he was trying to make the point that if you can't afford to pay for birth control you shouldn't have sex, well, it's an excellent point. I actually agree, however, that is not the reality of the world we are living in today. That may well have been the case in the 30's, which is apparently where he thinks we are now, but we're actually in 2012 Rush. We should certainly have evolved enough that we remember that we're all created equal. I would hope things have improved to the point that if people feel a need to insult someone because they disagree with someone else's point of view, they can do it without such a filthy way of insulting the holder of the offending opinion. But what I wish people like him would do is just sit somewhere and shut the hell up.
I mean, that's basically what he wants Sandra Fluke to do, right? Why so much vitriol in his remarks? It's this whole, "Shut up, woman!" mentality. Joan of Arc, Hilary Clinton (though I wish she would), the Suffragettes, hell, Gisele Bundchen! They were basically told to go somewhere and be seen and not heard.
(to be continued)
And then you have Rush Limbaugh's mouth. Rush seems to think that Sandra Fluke is a "slut" and a "prostitute" because "she wants to be paid to have sex". Extremism at its finest, ladies and gentlemen. But he didn't stop there. The next day he says that if we're to pay for her birth control, we want video of all her sexual exploits so that we could all watch. The hell? Would ANYONE in radio have DARED to make a remark like this about a man? What kind of idiot says this stuff and thinks it's ok? But it probably will be. Let's face it, next year this time, Rush will probably still have his radio show and he'll still be spewing complete ignorance that a lot of people like and he'll do something stupid like this again very soon.
It's really too bad, to me, that women are still so low on the social totem pole and still so sexually objectified. To the point that a politico who doesn't like what a woman stands for uses sexually charged terminology to voice his disagreement with her views. Here's a young woman studying law, being brave enough to step in front of the world and voice her concerns. This after getting doors shut in her face because there was no room at the table for a woman to debate birth control because the table's full of men. Ms. Fluke should be seen as a role model for young women and girls who want to study law or who are afraid of what may happen if they stand up for something they believe in. Yet because she decided to speak up for what's important to her, she's publicly degraded and in a sexual way because she's a female.
If he was trying to make the point that if you can't afford to pay for birth control you shouldn't have sex, well, it's an excellent point. I actually agree, however, that is not the reality of the world we are living in today. That may well have been the case in the 30's, which is apparently where he thinks we are now, but we're actually in 2012 Rush. We should certainly have evolved enough that we remember that we're all created equal. I would hope things have improved to the point that if people feel a need to insult someone because they disagree with someone else's point of view, they can do it without such a filthy way of insulting the holder of the offending opinion. But what I wish people like him would do is just sit somewhere and shut the hell up.
I mean, that's basically what he wants Sandra Fluke to do, right? Why so much vitriol in his remarks? It's this whole, "Shut up, woman!" mentality. Joan of Arc, Hilary Clinton (though I wish she would), the Suffragettes, hell, Gisele Bundchen! They were basically told to go somewhere and be seen and not heard.
(to be continued)
Friday, January 20, 2012
One of very few "political" posts you'll see here...
I didn't watch, but I'm sure by now many of you have heard all about last night's CNN Southern Republican Presidential Debate. I'm sure just as many of you have heard about the ex-wife of Newt Gingrich giving an interview during which she claims that he asked her for an open marriage and she refused, resulting in their divorce. Hey look, the whole lot of them (Democrats, Republicans, the like) are up to much worse than that I'm sure and if I had my way I'd fire every single one of them and replace them all. But I don't do political discussions so anyhoo...I'm talking about this because it's a sad state of affairs that moderator John King chose to OPEN the debate by asking Gingrich about his ex-wife's allegations. Now, I'm sure most of us figured it would come up at some point, but to begin it that way? A question like that deserves the ire it got. Way to keep it classy America. Come on, people!
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