Princess Jenna's Mother's Day Gift to Her Mama:

A series of headlines that are unrelated to her father's massively embarrassing persona.

Things I could care less about, on a scale of 1-richter:

King George's daughter's wedding.

Yes.  She's marrying someone.  Yes, she's super-socialite a la creme de super-duper.  Sure, the (if the words de la Renta mean anything, were probably prohibitive) wedding costs won't be giving her apoplexy for a long-term period, even if she did do her damnedest to scrimp and find inexpensive-yet-still-lovely-and-chic, diy ways to make the big day beautiful and memorable (okay, I might possibly be projecting, since I still have some ranty issues leftover from my own wedding that was already quite awhile hence).  Even though we know she didn't have to scrimp.  She possibly has never heard the word in any context whatsoever, other than at a big shrimp-barbecue party an elegant soirée involving grilled seafood, and someone, in an exceptionally drunken blunder, said "scrimp" when they meant to say "shrimp."  Because she comes from royalty.  Er, money.  Yippee.  Congrats.

Meanwhile, please tell me, in an age where people can barely make ends meet, and the price of bread, never mind fuel, is through the roof, and homelessness numbers soar, and all of this is thanks to the little lady's daddy - please explain to me why I should be remotely interested in her nuptials? 

If I never have to hear her name, or her father's name (unless it's "George W. Bush has been sentenced to...") again, it will be too soon.

Go away, aristocratic brats.  You're not so popular as you'd have it.

Royal crown notwithstanding.

Comments

[mrs. teasdale]

Have you been drinking? Your fourth paragraph makes no sense.

[jaelithe]

Um, all of what Debbie wrote makes perfect sense to me. And I have a degree that qualifies me to analyze other people's writing. So there :P

I actually do try to be generous to the Bush daughters, though. They've done some good things in the world. Jenna for instance worked for a while as an intern for UNICEF, stationed in Panama. I imagine she helped some people while she was there.

What is their life really like? How do we know they're not closet liberals, or at least closet reasonable conservatives? Maybe they lie awake at night, wondering how they can ever extricate themselves from their family's legacy.

Or maybe they sleep peacefully on 800-thread-count imported European sheets, dreaming of Jimmy Choo shoes. Who knows.

It's not their fault they're rich, spoiled, and related by blood to the worst president in the last 50 years. They were just born that way.

But I agree entirely that the media needs to stop blathering on endlessly about this wedding. SERIOUSLY. How about we discuss, oh, I dunno, our tanking economy instead, MSM? Or that war we keep fighting? Or, you know, ANYTHING actually important and relevant to the daily lives of TV viewers?

[Debbie]

a) of *course* I've been drinking - so as to stave off the misery re: the current state of affairs in our country, gracias a Prez.

b) Jaelithe. you are my dreamgirl. And you're right - it's not the fault of the kids who are born to miserable wretches like Dubya, and I wasn't necessarily trying to make that connection, although I kind of was because I'm playing the role of rantsy-pants McGee in this post, and being angry that so many are born with nothing and there we are, yes, reading about this society tripe when people are starving and sick and -- bleck. it's the blasted media that perpetrates this, not the society kids. but DUDE. maybe the girl could speak out against what her dad's done if she's none too comfy with the whole sitch. sayin'.

c) I dunno. just didn't like the boring evenness of ending it with b.

[Amy in Ohio]

I've been drunk for 7+ years and it still is painful.

[Lawyer Mama]

I understood you completely, D. Maybe Mrs. Teasdale needs to take a drink.