Monkey See, Monkey Do

Here is a quick but thought provoking idea. Back in 1961 in the days of Camelot, Jackie Kennedy set fashion styles with her pillbox hats and her Oleg Cassini fashions. Many women felt compelled to emulate her. This also held true in later years with Diana.

This brings up a good question and that is, were Hillery to be elevated to the Oval Office would the like minded women follow HER fashion sense? Would we then see a preponderance of women parading around in baggy pants suits? I don't imagine that this would come about but then were she to be elected, then, just about anything could be possible. Then again, she said that she had served eight years in the White House and she wasn't referring to cookies and milk.

Out of Step?

I will never understand the popularity of American Idol. I have heard that there are several reasons why people watch this. One is that they like to laugh at the lack of talent the contestants show. Another stupid reason is that they like to hear that no talent Simon insult the people. At least on the Gong Show they didn't add insult to injury by humiliating the contestants after their feeble effort. Well, at least, not as much.

There is so little talent and new ideas on TV that people have gotten accustomed to mindless entertainment. It doesn't say much positive about the standard of television. Oh, I realize that there are a lot of hours to fill but back in 1961, Newton Minnow, then chairman of the Federal Communication Commission said that TV was a vast wasteland. Were he to compare 1961 television fare with that of 2008 he would surely cut his eyes around if he is still alive and if he is no longer with us, he must be turning over in his grave.

In days past we were treated to Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour and Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, neither put raw no talent people in front of a national audience. Oh well, at least there is a remote control with which you can select some other mindless choice on your TV screen. I don't imagine that HD will help the TV screen but might even make it worse.

Questions They Won't Ask

Has anyone ever noticed that the news media seldom asks some of the great questions? I think that one reason for this is that if a candidate thinks that a certain network or newsman is hostile and tries to put them on a spot, they will avoid future interviews and no network wants to be left out in the cold.

Here are a couple of examples; when Bill Clinton is extolling the virtues of his candidate wife have you ever heard anyone ask him how can he expect us show respect for her when he never has. If he thought so much of her, why did he do all of that running around on her. Hey, maybe he wants her to win so that he can be 'first man' and have more free time to pursue interns in the White House.

Another question I have never heard anybody ask the Clinton's is to confirm or deny what we have had heard about them charging the Secret Service ten thousand dollars a month to guard then, thereby having the US taxpayers in effect make their mortgage payments. In the early days of the Clinton presidency, they complain how poor they were and now they tout how wealthy they are and if so you might think that they could pay for some of their own Secret Service protection. Along that line, look at all the years the taxpayers footed the bill for Lady Bird Johnson's protection and of course she was no pauper.

Have it Both Ways

It would appear that Hillery Clinton wants it both way, as usual. While on Meet the Press with Tim Russert she was asked if she knew about all the pardons that her husband had issued when he left office and she replied that she was unaware of the Mark Rich or any other pardon. At the same time, she wants us to know that she has had eight years experience as a co president. How convenient to have a selective memory. She also used the 'thirty five years' experience three times during the program. She, like so many other candidates has never held a real job unless you consider her stint at the Rose Law Firm. She is one of those who touts the fact that they have given up everything in order to be of service on the government payroll. How generous of them to live off of the taxpayers for their whole life.