Do any of you folks ever ask yourselves why certain people, like Gibson, Sheen, O'Donnell and Galliano are villified? Taking Gibson and Galliano in particular, both of whom have rightly been excoriated for vicious anti-semitic rants, have you ever wondered, as you contemplated their awfulness, what your own drunken rants might sound like if they were caught on tape or otherwise publicized? I think that most people, if they are honest, know darn well that they've said some truly awful things in their lives that they would NEVER want to see splashed all over the tabloids and Huffington Post. Right? Now consider worldshaking (mis)leaders in Hollywood, DC, NYC, and elsewhere, such as studio execs, bank CEOs, etc.. What kind of stuff do you think most of those folks have said while drunk? Why aren't their drunken rants all over the internet and tabloids? Or if they are, why are they downplayed and ignored? Why was Helen Thomas dragged over the coals for what she said about Israel ('jews go home'), while Netanyahu's videotaped comments in which he basically said that the US is a stooge owned by Israel, and that Americans are basically putty in Israel's hands, was ignored? Which was the more unspeakable thing to say?
There are reasons why one person's skeleton is dragged out of the closet, and 100 other people's skeletons are not. Why was Spitzer's dallying with a prostitute exposed, when thousands of other pols dallying with prostitutes are ignored or covered up? These are the questions we ought to be asking.