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6/08/2011

Shocking Headlines but no News.

The juicy topic on all the talk shows these days is Andrew Weiner's weiner.  It permeates every discussion at the bar, in line at Starbucks, and, probably, church suppers as well.  (Some think it is an Obama  conspiracy to get the public's mind off of the awful economic outlook.)    Comedians are having a field day. 

Last week, it was the big shot International Monetary Fund guy,  Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who had his political career wrecked because a hotel maid has accused him of of sexual assault.  A while back it was Eliot Spitzer's horniness that became newspaper fodder. 

The list of powerful men who seem to be thinking with the wrong head is long and tedious. This does not seem to happen when women are in powerful roles, or perhaps they are just more circumspect.

People seem to be shocked and offended that a high profile politician would be so idiotic as to let his sexual escapades become so public. 

 But I have to ask, "Is this really News?"

The other question is: Who is next?

2 comments:

DEN said...

Am I the only one who suspects that the early dropouts in the 2012 presidential race are forced because they fear of exposure of their perversions? Cynical, or what.

Clarke said...

Transitioning to much purer and happier thoughts, I'm commenting on your "Reasons to be Cheerful."
What a doll! Easy to put all that other tawdry slimy news out of your head when you have her to entertain. (She doesn't look too Irish, does she?)
Congrats, Gramp!