Mara Carfagna is an extraordinary woman with an extraordinary resume, but nobody seems to care. Never mind how she moved from a career in modeling to a law degree to a career in television to politics (elected) to a ministerial appointment in Italy. The western media only cares about one thing: ZOMG MARA BOOBIEZ 911!!!1!!1!
When Silvio Berlusconi chose the Equal Opportunity Minister AND the Education Minister as stand-ins for his estranged wife at an official function the Western media went apeshit about Berlusconi’s “model escort.” Notice the Education Minister is only mentioned in passing: Since she isn’t/wasn’t a model, nobody is supposed to give a shit about Berlusconi’s second guest. Only Ms. Carfagna matters, because she is the Woman With a Past.
Berlusconi’s decision to invite these two political women to a state event is now added to his growing list of “sleazy scandals.” Moral of the story: Once a sex symbol, you can never ever ever ever be respected or taken seriously. Oh, and some people are just prudes who need to grow up and gain some perspective, because obviously Mara Carfagna has moved on. Isn’t it time we did? I wouldn’t blame Mara for living up to her name: It means “bitter” in Hebrew.
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wanderer // July 5, 2009 at 5:44 am |
Western “media” is nothing more than a bunch of plagaristic piranhas who wouldn’t rcognize an original or worthy idea if it bit them on the nose. The fact that the woman is more than capable of doing her job is overshadowed by a previous job that she was obviously more than qualified for. In my opinion, so what. As long as she can fulfil the requirements of the post, that is what matters, not what she used to do. Besides, isn’t Italy where a former porn star got elected to their goverment? And lets not forget Mussolini’s granddaughter. I say, more power to the lady.