Last week, I sat with Andrew Breitbart on a panel discussion at the Heritage Foundation’s annual Resource Bank. We discussed new media, culture, blogging, Hollywood, and the future of the political Right. We also hit on the topic of Carrie Prejean’s (Miss California) surprising response to gossip troll Perez Hilton’s gay marriage question at the Miss USA event.
My wife and I happened to be watching the broadcast live and our first reaction was we were watching the seeds of a firestorm. While the Miss USA’s owner, Donald Trump, says otherwise, it is likely her answer cost her the crown.
Our second reaction was that she had just hit the jackpot. By staying true to her beliefs when the pressure was on and the outcome in the balance, she won the hearts of millions of fans. As a runner-up who has demonstrated both character and a strong sense of self, Carrie Prejean has more opportunity to chart her own course than if she had been politically correct and won.
Read Andrew’s excellent (and humorous) analysis of the impact of Ms. Prejean’s courageous answer and the potential backlash of the offensive responses by the political Left.
Enjoy…
BREITBART: We’re Here, We’re Queer and We’re Hypocrites
From the Washington Times
Monday, April 27, 2009Greetings, from a poolside cabana at a trendy boutique hotel in Santa Monica. Oh, how I love these overpriced overnight stays. The sleek designs. The ambient music. The uniformly attractive and stylishly dressed young staffs. The plush beds with sheets of an absurdly high thread count. Weird faucets and weirder sinks. I bask in the attention to detail. W is my favorite letter. Philippe Starck is a personal hero.
As a realist, I’ve built into my mindset that the majority heterosexual population is less than exclusively responsible for creating this and countless other high-end consumer and artistic experiences. Plus, I have a ton of wonderful gay friends – even ones “married” and with children. If gay activists created “A Day Without a Gay” (as they promoted Dec. 10 of last year), I’d be the first to cry “uncle” – even before Cher. So, accordingly, I make philosophical and political accommodations. I’m – as the MTV generation says – “gay-friendly
But lately, color me “gay perturbed.” “Gay-friendly,” a term once manifestly redundant, now seems a glaring contradiction.
The gay political-activist community – in my view, a small minority of left-wing agitators acting on behalf of the whole – has been on a binge of bad public behavior, and I’m not referring to the bare-buttocked-chaps look and inappropriately placed sparklers during “pride” parades.
Read the rest of the article here.
April 28th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Who can remember any of the former Miss USA’s? Thanks to her strong sense of conviction and the grace to handle the question spot on…no one will forget this one. ;)