Does Anyone Sympathize with Martha Stewart?

Self made my butt!

from JoeUser Forums

I haven't seen the interview with Barbara Walters yet (don't even know when it airs) but saw a bit of her talking about it to Bill O'Reilly and had to laugh. Barbara mentioned that Martha was basically a woman who "did it on her own".

I give Martha a lot of credit for being self motivated and creative but not self-made. I know enough about her to know that she was an unhappy homemaker that started a catering business with a lot of help from her then husband. I laughed because it would be like someone calling me self-made if I started a business right now, left my husband, got half of what we built together and then became successful. If she went to college, started her business, then got married, then she would be self-made. She had all of the advantages and risked it all for a little more. That risk has serious consequences since what she did was unethical if not illegal. The illegal part, as I follow, is the lying and obstructing justice after the fact.

The insider trading was taken care of by her friend. Martha has balls though. When Ms. Walters asked her if she was afraid of going to jail she answered," Of course I'm afraid. Who wouldn't be? But I don't believe I will be going to jail." I think she should go just to say to her, "Hey, you aren't above everyone else. People can go on living just fine without Martha Stewart." Wouldn't any ordinary person in her shoes have to serve? Why should celebrities get any special treatment?

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
That's just the thing, publicists get carried away on these things and then it just becomes "fact".

Martha Stewart married a rich guy, got tired of being a house wife and got her husband to help fund a catering business. He also helped put together the connections to get her beyond being a local catering business. Once she "made it", she divorced her husband.

People ask, "Why would she risk it all on such a trivial amount of money in insider trading?" Because Martha Stewart, for all that gloss on her, is still basically a small time person who just happened to get big through a combination of ruthlessness, exploitation, luck, and a lot of hard work.

It's like the story about Bill Gates being "self made". His parents were millionaires. He didn't drop out of the local state college. He dropped out of HARVARD for crying out loud. And he wasn't there on a football scholarship, folks.

But that's what publicists do. They bend the truth to make a better story. I've had articles written about me where the journalist bent what I said to make it a better story. In several stories I'm credited with writing WindowBlinds (I didn't) or doing some other incredible task which I didn't.

But that doesn't absolve Martha Stewart who has made a big deal out of her "self-made" persona. The only self-made part of her was the part that decided to marry a rich guy to start with.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Really know very little about this person, however if she did the crime, then she does the time, we had e very well known trader over get caught doing the inside trader thing, he was quite possibly one of the richest traders in the counrty, the down side for him is a) he only made $300.00 AUD and B) went to jail, had a breakdown, got released, recovered, got sent back to finish his sentance. People with wealth are not Demi gods, and except for the Media who love to salivate over them no-one cares. I say if she is guilty then Lock her up. If there is one thing I can't stand is the Super rich or for that fact the rich, using the media to somehow get some sympathy movement happening to get them out of trouble. We all bleed red, we all pee and all of us poo, the three great equalisers.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Martha has always annoyed me. If she did the crime, then she should go to jail just like any "normal" person. I'm sure she'll buy her way out, though.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
One should be very nice to all of the people one meets on the way up the ladder of success, as they are often the same people one meets on the way down the ladder.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
I think one day Martha will be sitting alone in a small suburban house, driving a piece of crap car and staring in the mirror at a woman who used to be something. Her reputation has been trashed, and she will never truely get past that. Going to jail won't help her realize that, I think she already has but keeps up a strong face for society.

Personally I think she has some severe mental problems that need to be worked out in her own mind before she can ever hope to rebuild her life privately- let alone publically. I don't envy her anything, she screwed up badly- and I don't pity her in any way for the dramatics she has brought into her life. She needs help- not jail. Mental hospitals, maybe. ;)