She's the religious right's newest, and top, spokesman. You'd better believe we're going to report on her very public meltdown. One thing the left doesn't do well - doesn't understand, really - is the value in taking the Republicans and their allies down a peg from time to time.
Keith Olbermann has started a new segment, called the "WTF?!? Moment." His first one is about the sad tale of a beauty queen with fake breasts who didn't win the crown and now blames Satan, or something (yes, she's actually now invoking Satan, claiming that he wanted her to say that gay marriage was okay).
Speaking of Satan, my friend Chris wrote me his thoughts about Miss C's latest tearful rant (not that Chris is Satan, though Chris does favor gay marriage... hmm...). Chris raises an excellent point about conservatives and free speech. Their version of free speech means they get to talk and you don't. They get their way, and you don't. They get to cram their beliefs down your throat, and if you object, then you're intolerant. Thus, when Miss California went on stage and was asked a question by a judge - knowing full well that the way a beauty pageant works is you get asked a question and then get judged on your answer - because she's a conservative, we're not permitted to judge her on her answer, we're not permitted to exercise our free speech (or even follow the simple rules of judging a beauty pageant) lest we impinge upon her right to "free speech."
Folks, she's arguing that the judges weren't permitted to vote against her based on her answer - which is the way the entire thing works. This isn't just about some breast-enhanced bimbo in a beauty pageant. Carrie Prejean is the distillation of the conservative victim mentality that's so in vogue on the right today. From the religious right's incessant whining about how Christians no longer have any rights in America, to the teabagging parties fretting that our country is about to end to the RNC's effort to rebrand the Democrats as "socialists," the Republicans lost one election - and it's only been, what, four months? - and suddenly white men and Christians, and democracy, and capitalism itself, are all endangered species in a capitalist country run by white men (okay, and one black man now) and Christians.
I thought I'd share:
I’ve not really been paying a lot of attention, to the pageant that is, because it’s sort of ridiculous.Seems that the uncrowned former Miss Nevada is might peeved that when her breast-flashing photos were revealed, she lost her crown. And Miss C hints today that more nudie pics are out there.
But I swear if I hear the First Amendment invoked on this one more time, I’m going to scream. LOL.
She says she used her First Amendment rights and was attacked for it. No. She was disagreed with. There’s a difference between the right to say what you think and the right to not be disagreed with. Conservatives are often confused on this point.
Second, the Miss California USA pageant is not a government agency, so the First Amendment doesn’t even apply.
These pageants are, for all intents and purposes, auditions/job interviews to pick a lead spokesbim….uh….spokeswoman for the organization for the next year. She can say whatever she wants; they’re free to hire her or not hire her.
What happened in the national contest was no different from a Member of Congress weeding out a press secretary applicant if it looks like she’s going to go rogue and pursue her own agenda rather than the Member’s. You get to pick the Barb…uh…spokesperson who isn’t going to go off message. And if you want to solicit Perez Hilton’s advice on that point, you’re free to do it. And the applicants are free to turn down the job if it turns out they don’t like the working conditions.
That’s why God created 1st and 2nd runners up, after all.
And when you think about it, if she lost the Miss USA gig because she refused to say what Satan was telling her to say, that means that Satan wanted her to be Miss USA. If he didn’t, I’m sure he wouldn’t have bothered talking to her. He’s pretty busy, from what I understand.
She was the Devil’s candidate. The Manchurian Candidate of beauty pageantry.
Whew, that was close. Satan almost won.
In any event, as the Miss California USA organization pursues its vital mission of working for world peace, and kindness, and the Iraq, and such as, they’re allowed to choose the spokesperson who can best carry their message to U.S. Americans, and not detract from it. So the Donald is perfectly within his rights to stick with the current Miss California. We, however, are free to conclude that he thinks she’s representing him well.
I guess opposition to marriage equality falls under “and such as.”
