We all have somebody we are crazy about that almost everybody can't stand.
If you mention their name your companions give you that "look" (ya know the one, like you just got caught picking your nose!)
I was thinking about this the other day. I was truly curious if I'm mental or if everybody has a guilty pleasure list like I do.
I'm just going to ASSume we all do until you set me straight.
If you attach a photo and short explanation about WHY you like these pariahs it will be more meaningful.
In no particular order here is my short list:
1. Tom Cruise: This is a good person with a solid work ethic and great acting skills. When his dad abandoned the family
he stepped up as a young man and single-handedly took on the role of rock solid provider. The fact that Cruise
is steeped in crazy Scientology means little to me because, you see, I was once a Jehovah's Witness!!
2. Ann Coulter: She amazes me! She's tall, blond, smart as can be and has a scathingly brilliant wit which is completely lost on her political foes.
Coulter is 50 years old and looks 30. She writes best-selling political satire disguised as straight-ahead invective. Her courage is
equal to Daniel in the lion's den. She goes on liberal TV shows and manages to come out smiling and unflappable. I love her MIND!!
3. Christopher Hitchens: A true intellectual who read deep and wide and was fiercely honest in calling a spade a spade. Hitchens was an extreme Left-Wing
polemicist to the Left of Ann Coulter's extreme far right views. They are poles apart! Hitchens, right up until his death from cancer, defended humanist causes and called out hypocricy even if it outraged society's views. He burned Mother Theresa to the ground, for example! Hitchens insisted on being water-boarded before passing judgement on the procedure. Talk about intellectual honesty!
4.Bill Maher: Primarily a topical comedian and critic, Maher takes no prisoners when it comes to lacerating Right Wingers and other Republicans. He ridicules people of faith in no uncertain terms and was fired from his late night TV show for saying out loud that the 9-11 terrorists were "brave" men.
When Maher has opponents on his cable TV show he never fails to listen--actually LISTEN to what they are saying! His NEW RULES is a big hit. He is very close friends with Ann Coulter, by the way! I think Maher is caustic but honest. He is also very very funny!
5. Gene Scott: An outrageous TV preacher with a brilliant scholarly mind and a style for the common man! "Am I boring you?" he'd roar to his audience.
Scott would sit in his chair comping on a cigar. His bristly white beard looked as though no comb had ever touched it. He consorted with the kind of people Jesus got along with so well: sinners! Scott took an intellectual approach using common language. He was a preacher for people who hate religion and preachers! His very young and beautiful wife, Melissa Scott was reputed to have been a former porn "actress". She took over his TV ministry after Scott's death and was an even better teacher! Scott would read about Pyramidology and Holy Blood Holy Grail and demand his audience send in money "only If I've taught you something!" He was an astonishly entertaining crackpot!
That should indicate how far out my personal tastes are:)
WHAT ARE YOURS??
