Posted by
Real Guy on Friday, November 16, 2007 3:31:17 PM
Have you been watching what's going on with the Osmond family lately? They've had an amazing run of free press from the entertainment press corps. Donny seems to be the spokesman and one of his main issues is propping up his aging sister's "Dancing With the Stars" performances while being critical of all of the other participants. The family is also using Oprah, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood and god knows how many morning talk show programs to promote some sort of 50 Years of Osmonds event.
Now look at Bill Clinton. He's been out defending Hillary. He gets free press like Donny because he's Bill and the swoon factor (I never got it or understood it) is still there. He plays the father-husband-bigbrother when Hillary's being ganged up on by those wascawy boys in the Democratic Party.
Both Donny and Bill have made some serious judgmental mistakes. Donny has tried to convince anybody who'll listen that Marie is a better dancer than other more deserving contestants in her celebrity ballroom dancing competition. He does this by exaggerating her talents and criticizing the other, more talented entrants.
Bill has pulled out his trump card way too early in the game. No sooner than the Democratic Party primary race has actually appeared on an average limited-interest-in-politics citizen's radar then the ex-prez accuses everybody within earshot of trying to "Swift Boat" Hillary (a reference to attacks by Swift Boat veterans on John Kerry during his presidential campaign). The problem is, he ain't seen no real serious Swift Boating yet and by the time the open campaign season rolls around (if Hillary's still standing) he will have cried "Swift Boat" too many times at this pace.
But, I have a couple of questions about all this. If women are equal to men in all respects, especially two towering public figures like Marie Osmond and Hillary Clinton, then why do they need their big, strong brother/husband/father figures to defend, block, tackle, and run interference for them?
If women are indeed superior to men, as they often claim, then why do they feel they still have to make so much more progress to be equal? If they are indeed superior then it would seem that allowing the Donny Osmonds and Bill Clintons of the world to clear the way would actually create more problems than it solves. Maybe it has.