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- Nov 24, 2006
Haha, Mathman, what would YOUR expression be if you were forced to kiss Jimmy Carter? I would have such serious Maria Butyrskaya b-face that it would go viral on the 'tubes.
I have always respected Kwan as a person, though maybe her skating wasn't as fabulous to me as others thought. She was the perfect combination of good media training and living a respectable life with a strong family behind her. It worked, combining media training and just who she was. Sometimes it backfires, like with a Michael Weiss. His PR and media training was horrendous, he was totally unlikeable. Then you realize years later he wasn't his 'image' but a really good and decent man. Andre Agassi also fell into that, but he was in such a popular sport it didn't matter.
As for Michelle's political beliefs, I don't care unless she is actually trying to hurt others with her own idea of how the world should work and try to make legislation as such. My parents are absolutely opposed to interracial marriage or even inter-religion marriage (they do like the idea of SSM, which is curious) but they would NEVER ever ever sign a petition or vote to make those marriages illegal. Michelle walks a fine line, and I have no clue who or what her husband is. I do have a sense that she has a moral compass and is a class act.
I have always respected Kwan as a person, though maybe her skating wasn't as fabulous to me as others thought. She was the perfect combination of good media training and living a respectable life with a strong family behind her. It worked, combining media training and just who she was. Sometimes it backfires, like with a Michael Weiss. His PR and media training was horrendous, he was totally unlikeable. Then you realize years later he wasn't his 'image' but a really good and decent man. Andre Agassi also fell into that, but he was in such a popular sport it didn't matter.
As for Michelle's political beliefs, I don't care unless she is actually trying to hurt others with her own idea of how the world should work and try to make legislation as such. My parents are absolutely opposed to interracial marriage or even inter-religion marriage (they do like the idea of SSM, which is curious) but they would NEVER ever ever sign a petition or vote to make those marriages illegal. Michelle walks a fine line, and I have no clue who or what her husband is. I do have a sense that she has a moral compass and is a class act.