In Defense Of...

In Defense Of… is a segment in which the author searches for redeeming value in something society has deemed completely reprehensible. Clarence Darrow would understand.

Today I tackle: Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, the Arlington, Oregon mayor who was ousted after a "reavealing" MySpace photo of her was discovered

Sometimes being a woman really sucks. Obama runs shirtless on the beach, he gains the adoration of millions (including myself), and possibly even the Democratic nomination. Carmen Kontur-Gronquist has the offending photo (above) on her MySpace, and she loses her job as mayor. Okay, so yeah, she's in a lacy bra and panties posing next to a firetruck. But it was for a fitness competition! She looks great for someone who's popped out babies, might I add. And the photo was posted by a relative hoping to get the single mom mayor a date, not Kontur-Gronquist herself. After the picture surfaced, Kontur-Gronquist refused to take it down, asserting, "I'm not going to change who I am."

And I totally agree. She was elected because citizens felt she would be the best for the job. Who cares if she took a non-pornographic lingerie photo 3 years ago? That doesn't make her a ho! Even if she was one, still looks better than all of those broads at the Bunny Ranch.

In a world where making a sex tape with Brandy's little brother can get you engaged to Saint Reggie Bush (Kim Kardashian, I am looking at you), Kontur-Gronquist is in the right with this one. The woman can wear whatever she wants. If she's running the city effectively and raising her kids*, what business is it of yours? I say, she's a grown ass woman who earned that muscle tone and she has the right to show it off! Besides, she looks better at 40-something than I do now. Better her than me!

Shit, if I looked like that at her age, you would have to rassle me to keep me from spandex and Glamourshots. Wait, no. You would have to do that now, too. Nevermind.

*Most fully-clothed people cannot even handle this.

Posted by: Brittany

Image: KATU