Trump Got It Right About Miss California
Donald Trump did the right, no the only thing, that he could do when he cast his one man vote not to snatch Carrie Prejean's Miss California crown. As this writer has repeatedly argued, he looked at the contract she signed and found she did not violate it. He looked at the semi-nude photos and found they were not objectionable.
Most importantly he looked at her answer to the question about marriage between a man and a woman and found she had a right to answer the way she did. It had nothing to do with whether one agreed with her answer or not. She had a right to give it and no power on Earth had the right to tell her she couldn't.
He reminded the Prejean loathers who developed an ossified case of hysterical political correctness that opinions that they regard as noxious, odious, and toxic are not prosecutable offenses.
The only thing I fault Trump for is not saying one more thing to the obsessive Prejean bash crowd, and that's now move on.
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The Donald studied the pictures, they went to the back room and straightened everything out! Nothing seems any different than they way it has always been run.
"I was raised to believe that the races shouldn't mix."
Is that value in line with the "duties and responsibilities" of being a representative for California? Don't you think that every time she goes somewhere to fulfill her speaking engagements as Miss California, people are going to constantly have that one remark on their minds? Especially since she seems to have made the fight against equality her special cause?
Doesn't a group who chooses a spokesperson have the right to remove that person when other issues overwhelm any chance to carry out the job responsibly?
Hey Hutchinson- the only thing Trump did was look at Prejean and see a media gold-mine. He saw dollar signs. You're assuming that Trump is an honest businessman. He is not.
I don't care if Prejean posed for pictures that may or may not have violated the contract she had with her private employer. I do care about an ignorant buffoon given a national forum, then whining when her hypocrisy is exposed. I care about someone claiming to espouse Christian values to deny a group of people rights, but claiming those same values don't bar her from peddling her flesh, mutilating her body with implants to gain fame and fortune, and lying repeatedly about it. I care about a woman who doesn't understand what the Constitution says about "free speech", and displays that ignorance in a nationally televised press conference. I care that this woman, who's supposed to be an example for young kids, thinks that so long as she's "honest" about her opinions, she's not responsible for the meaning of them. THAT'S what I care about.
If you were to tell Prejean to "move on" when it comes to gay rights, then you might be consistent with your criticism. But Prejean will not "move on". She has joined forces with the anti-gay activists, and as we move closer to equal rights for our gay brothers and sisters, she will fight tooth and nail against it. It is SHE who you need to tell to "move on."
Well said.
The Miss USA pageant has always been a glorified swimsuit competition. period. Trump's gotten oodles of free publicity for his pageant francise through this silliness.
Is anyone honestly surprised that this woman is just one living, breathing commercial for the cosmetic enhancement industry?
The Nude model from California was not eligible to enter the Miss USA Contest. Now some poor nice young lady from California has been denied her crown and scholarships. because this nudie model was awarded the crown.
Earl, I know you know this.
No one impeded her free speech. Free speech refers to her right to be free from government censorship or punishment for what she says. Period. You know that.
You and all the other apologists are basically trying to impede the free speech of anyone who takes the OTHER side of this issue. Kind of makes it obvious which side you come down on. You should be really really ashamed.
Oh, and this is NOT impeding your free speech. I just have a right to my opinion also.
I've lost so much respect for Mr. Hutchinson in the past week and his perspective on this issue is baffling.
Certainly there are those who are against Prejean because of her narrow-minded views. However, we are all entitled to them.
But the real issue is: as a representative of the Miss California and Miss USA organizations, she has a responsibility to her job. And that job is to represent all of California (or if she hadn't lost, the country). She signed on to make Special Olympics her cause and because of a question asked by a known rabble-rouser she has parlayed her unglamorous commitment into something a lot more popular: the continuous verbal bashing of gay people.
Prejean does however illustrate everything that is wrong with "beauty contests" in the 21st century. Fake hair, fake teeth, fake boobs, and fake personalities. The only thing distinguishing these contests from Westminster or the Eukanuba Cup is the evening wear.
but her beliefs are not fake, like it or not she stood tall
She is about '5 10".
Where were her strong Christian morals and values when she posed topless for a surf magazine and for her topless underwear pictures?
Or when she accepted breast augmentation surgery from pageant officials?
Or when she blamed her loss on others and did not acknowledge in any way the superior job the actual winner Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton gave.. she outscored Miss California in every category (before and after the infamous question).
Miss California answered a controversial question honestly yet poorly put. And then has used it for blatant self promotion and hidden behind fake martyrdom and flat out lied this morning on GMA by saying once again she never took semi nude photos.
I think she is a horrible role model for both young girls and Christians.
And I think Donald Trump missed the whole point. Her answer during the pageant was not what was in question. It caused an uproar but her right to free speech was not impeded in any way. Blatantly and deliberately lying on her application for both Miss USA and Miss California pageants is the issue. Being in breach of her contract was the issue by appearing in an organizations commercial and attending their press conference was the issue.
Donald Trump was unable to stand strong and do the right thing.. and he admitted it on GMA by saying..hey it is getting ratings. Another wonderful Christian and moral example..to hell with rules and morals if it makes you money.
The issue has nothing to do with her beliefs.
She violated her contract, and did not suffer any consequences, and then she has the gall to play victim - which would be offensive enough, but when she also publicly states that others should not enjoy the same rights she does, it makes it doubly offensive.
People don't watch beauty pagents to hear about beliefs. It's apparent that she won the pagent from the beginning. Why did Donald Trump waste the other candidates time when all along Carrie received free implants and the trophy before the curtains went up. I refuse to be outraged at people I don't agree with, but I will call them out for being hypocrites.
Cassandra2 is right in that if you're in the public eye and you say something someone disagrees with...that someone has the right to speak up. Speaking and then crying foul is childish. There is one standard for the far right and another standard for everyone else.
I heard her answer the question and I knew immediately that it was going to be all over the news. Hilton didn't start the firestorm. She started it when she answered.
Trump had a news conference to announce that she would keep her crown. Why did he have to have a news conference to say something that we already knew.
Let's blame Trump. It is his organization. He probably knew about the photos long before anyone else did.
yes and calling her the b word was certainly an understandable way to react
After Perez Hilton made his judgment "personal" (a judge should not) - it became a witchhunt. No one should give into a witchhunt.
Trump was right to stop that witchhunt but if there wasn't a deliberate witchhunt by those who seem to have nothing much to do then perhaps should should have lost the crown.
I guess Perez does not have a right to free speech, according to you?
I listen to her little speech after Trump told her she could keep her crown...What I really want to know is WHO took her freedom of speech away? Did she not state her opinion on Gay Marriage? Was her response altered in anyway? I seen no censorship taking away her free speech...I did see other practice their free speech in response to what she said...She went into this whole spill about her grandfather fighting for her free speech, but I can't figure out where she wasn't allowed to say what she wanted. All of us take a risk when we "practice" our free speech..Under free speech I can tell my employer what I think of him, but it doesn't mean he will not FIRE Me.
Then she said that the wind blew open her shirt open & she didn't know it was how the nude pictures were taken...funny they were taken right after a new boob job, and the wind just happen to expose them..BS! This girl has lied, lied, and lied some more. I wish people would just own up to their mistakes instead of lying their way out of them...I would respect her more if she just told the dang truth for once. I've had enough of the devil did it..no the wind did it..what about a simple I did it!
No one took her freedom of speech away, she's just doing a typical "wronged person" technique, claiming that had she been "allowed" to exercise her free speech she would now be the new Miss Universe. However, as you pointed out, when you exercise your free speech, you'd better be willing to face any consequences that come from that!!
they certainly tried to take her free speech away and you left wing, self rightous zelots would take her free speech away if only you could
Please back up your empty claim with some evidence, or else we'll have to assume you're just a wind bag.
Even though the beauty pageant is a stupid thing it's clear that Ms. Prejean violated her contract by posing semi-nude, then lying about it to the pageant. She also misused her status to promote a political cause, which I believe is a violation of the contract. Since the pageant is stupid to begin with, it is now worth nothing since it pure political crap.
but she will be forever a celeberty because of this and for this you can thank the radical left
You read her contract too? Boy the things they let you do.
a new and vociferous strain of puritanical, anti-youth intolerance infecting liberals emerged full-blown in response to janet jackson and justin timberlake's bring-it-all superbowl show a few years ago. knowing the internal make-up of the sports faithful, i wasn't shaken by the reaction. i wasn't shaken until i read what was said by liberal huffington post commentators over paris' traffic ticket. that was scary. it fostered some of the first 2000 comment threads that are commonplace now.
when did liberals begin to fear the addled platitudes of beauty queens? when did liberals begin to be discomfited by cheesecake pix of beauty contestrants? liberals used to breathe popular culture- now they fear it. instead they want a dialogue with the cheap christianity of the more-for-me gospel typical of televangelists and vapid grinning fox and pageant cuties. trump made the right call with beautiful public relations. really impressive to see trump as trump himself instead of a tv show identity.
Really, you think liberals "fear" Prejean??? You REALLY think that? I somehow think you are being just a tad disingenous about this.
No doubt you really know that they actually angry about her "free speech", not in a state of fear.
Try to be honest next time. It is more convincing when it is not so obvious you are "telling a little white lie".
no. i guess not. i have again been bad to good ppl. i'm just resentful at having to choose between my natural admiration for ms prejean as she is (which i think trump was trying to defend), and my allegiance to the values found wanting by my compatriots in ms prejean's social views. like many who have spent way too much time on the beach to be very incisive at this kind of thing, i want the estimable ms prejean TO BE MS PREJEAN. i am not really disappointed that she's not eleanor roosevelt. by the time you've rolled over for tax exemption for every bible thumper out there with his own tent, by the time you've let a liberal president tell you you're nothing compared to GM and Citibank, that you don't matter compared to insurance and credit profits- maybe what ms cali thinks of abortion isn't the worst of possible fears. and i KNOW her pix aren't the most you've seen of a california girl.
feel better?
can we get back to reality now?
There once was a gal named Prejean
Who ran afoul of the Pageant Machine
She smiled sweetly at Trump
Who was such a chump
That he declared her pics clean
Unfortunately both Perez Hilton and Miss California have received far too much press as it is. They both has shown to be small-minded, uniformed, and unable to respect other people's opinions. Which is exactly like all the cable news commentators, op-ed writers, etc. Everyone please grow up and focus on what is important in life. (and I recognize that my comment does make me guilty of it as well, sorry)
Perez Hilton wears a uniform?
I never could stand that guy, uniformed or not.
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