Voters in Arlington, Oregon, are very, very angry. That’s not unusual, since there are very angry voters everywhere these days.
What is unusual is the reason why they are angry.
Apparently their Mayor, Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, had some photos taken to send in for a fitness magazine, and in them she was dressed in her bra and panties. This all happened before she became Mayor, incidentally. A relative posted the photos on MySpace, hoping to find the single mother a date.
I didn’t see a thing in the world wrong with the photos; the most controversial of them is posted at top left. Basically, she’s showing off her rock-hard abs, and if I had abs like hers, I’d be showing mine off too. So what. Those photos are no different from any other photos for a woman’s fitness magazine, because I used to read some of those periodicals myself, back when I was into bodybuilding and fitness. In fact, her photos actually showed a lot less than they usually show in those magazines. Those types of photos are not at all sexual in nature, though, because they are intended only for other women to see, as inspiration in their fitness routines.
The people of Arlington, however, are absolutely outraged over those photos, and they actually threw her out of office for it.
When I first heard this story back when it first broke I thought, no way would a town actually recall their Mayor for posing for a fitness magazine. After all, Arnold Schwarzenegger made his living as a bodybuilder, and even posed fully nude multiple times, and he’s the Governor of California.
I was wrong, because they did recall her. The vote was 142-139 in favor of throwing her out of office.
If we are still so backward in this country that we’d throw a woman out of elected office merely for posing for a fitness magazine, covering more than the average bathing suit covers, are we really ready for a female president? Or would Congress impeach her the first time they see a picture of her in a bathing suit?
What do you think? Is it just that one town, or is most of American that narrow-minded? Given this, are we ready for a female president?
[...] Alan wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptVoters in Arlington, Oregon, are very, very angry. That’s not unusual, since there are very angry voters everywhere these days. What is unusual is the reason why they are angry. Apparently their Mayor, Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, had some photos taken to send in for a fitness magazine, and in them she was dressed in her bra and panties. This all happened before she became Mayor, incidentally. A relative posted the photos on MySpace, hoping to find the single mother a date. I didn’t see a thing in the world wrong with the photos; the most controversial of them is posted at top left. Basically, she’s showing off her rock-hard abs, and if I had abs like hers, I’d be showing mine off too. So what. Those photos are no different from any other photos for a woman’s fitness magazine, because I used to read some of those periodicals […] [...]
It’s just the way people currently think about women and men…that good ole double standard. The same reason why most of the talk I hear about Hillary has more to do with what she dresses, what her voice sounds like, etc. instead of what she represents as a potential President.
There are just too many people in the country that still feel that women should be at home tending the family instead of seeking “manly” pursuits. When she put these photos out there (no matter when they were done) it caused people to actually see her as a WOMAN and many people aren’t comfortable with that. If she is fully clothes they can at least pretend.
If she was a man, the issue would have never came up.
Shame on you for making me imagine Hillary in a bikini.
if she would like to contact me id take her out anytime
What can you say to these folks that will open their eyes to the 21st century , on the other hand dropping pictures of H C in the same outfit instead of bombs would bring about a peace agreement in short order.