For the last month or so, we Americans have been engaged in some serious soul-searching, exploring the depths of our psyches as we dealt with two issues that threatened to forever alter the way we live our lives. No, I don’t mean the recession and torture. I am, of course, talking about Susan Boyle and Carrie Prejean: one, a talented singer of ordinary appearance who defied the prejudice of her audience to become an international sensation; the other, a beauty queen who defied the utter nonsense of the phrase "opposite marriage" to become a mouthpiece for the anti-gay-marriage movement and the most controversial pageant contestant since Vanessa Williams. If you’re like me, you’ve spent a lot of time watching headlines about these two women scroll across a variety of screens and thinking, "Is there no one who can simultaneously reduce the stories of these two women — and, in fact, the entire female population — to the most disgustingly simplistic of terms?"
I needn’t have worried. For so long as Donald Trump walks the earth, "disgustingly simplistic" will forever be served. Thanks to last night’s Daily Show, I now know that Carrie Prejean will retain her title of Miss California, despite her boob job, her racy photos, and her honest-though-small-minded opinion on equal rights for all Americans. Why? Let’s let the Donald explain:
"Carrie is totally beautiful. And her answer, because of that, took on greater importance….If her beauty wasn’t so great, nobody really would have cared."
And so I can sleep soundly tonight, PopWatchers, content in the knowledge that 1) my current state of residence will not be robbed of its rightful beauty queen and thus left open to attacks from other states who might perceive our lack of Official Miss as a weakness and 2) I can now stop caring entirely about Susan Boyle, because she is not beautiful. In fact, I can stop caring about everyone who does not meet society’s rigid and unforgiving standards for aesthetic perfection, so long as they are female — because clearly, Donald Trump is not applying these same standards to himself or his hair. Thank you, The Donald. This was all really starting to weigh on me. I feel much better now. What about you, PopWatchers?
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The best was the MSNBC crew’s outrageous reaction to Donald’s press conference:
http://www.gotchamediablog.com/2009/05/msnbc-on-donald-trumps-miss-california.html
Donald, you certainly did not become a business tycoon based on YOUR looks.
Whitney, since you have made your view on Miss California’s beliefs so apparent, I’m wondering why you think we care about your thoughts any more than we do about hers?
No matter where we each stand, can we all agree that Trump is a gigantic tool. I mean, really. He truly doesn’t see how ridiculous he is.
I second Lynny; Donald Trump is a gigantic tool no matter what side you are on concerning the Carrie Prejean controversy or the same-sex marriage issue.
For the record, while I am generally for same-sex marriage, I disagree that Miss CA’s opinion is simple-minded and I think she’s being unfairly attacked. However, Donald Trumps reasoning about why people are attacking her is absurd; it has NOTHING to do with her looks and everything to do with what she said. He’s an idiot.
I should also add that Trump’s remarks only further highlight what everyone already knew; that he’s a pervert and the quintessential dirty old man. Pardon the cliche, but I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. Ew.
As a self-appointed spokesperson for the anti-straight movement, Pastorek must be quite disappointed with the ruling.
Whitney, you’re quite wrong on this point. Susan Boyle was judged overwhelmingly positively based on her talent, on a show called “Britain’s Got Talent”, despite her (or because of) less-than-movie-star-quality looks. Susan Boyle was not judged in a beauty pageant. Conversely, Carrie Prejean was judged (negatively by the media) on a beauty pageant, in an issue that had nothing to do with outward beauty. The irony is, as the Donald pointed out (and John Stewart conveniently ignored) is that Prejean holds exactly the same views as President Obama. (Yes, let’s conveniently ignore that when discussing Prejean’s views, shall we?)
he also said that people kept watching that poor idiot teenager from South Carolina on YouTube, not because she actually said they needed “more maps for Iraq and such”, but becaus she was beautiful. I guess there is no dispute what these pageants are about anymore, eh?
What do I think? I think you suck as a journalist.
If that vapid half-wit is the best the anti-gay marriage movement has got (sadly I don’t really believe that) then gay marriage should be a fact in most states by this time next year.
well, he’s right
Since Rob Tyson asked, I’ll go ahead and rspond: I TOTALLY want to hear your views Whitney. Thank you for posting. Especially since I’m sure you realize the number of small-minded people who also troll this site, spewing homophobic invective with every chance they get. Knowing that and still expressing your opinion takes a helluva lot more guts then any belief Prejean or Trump spits out.
CC… we all know Whitney’s views on the subject, they are very clear in the paragraphs above, as well as in other postings. And while I TOTALLY agree with you concerning the disgusting junk that some people post, I hardly think that typing a snarky and self-serving opinion is somehow brave.
Trump is right…why is it that everyone condemns this insignificant pageant queen, while no one says a word about the man who runs our country??? Even the media ignores it. I don’t understand how a gay person could ever support Obama based on his stance against gay marriage.