Deb:
I can only speak for myself.
I’m an auto racing fan and I don’t watch movies at the theater because they’re mostly trash. I prefer to pick and choose at the rental store.
I wouldn’t recognize Ashley Judd if I saw her walking down the street. I would certainly recognize Dario Franchitti.
It was bad enough 2 years ago when nobody noticed that Dan Wheldon won the Indy 500 all because Danica Patrick led some laps late in the race. At least Patrick was racing!
Looking for truth, honesty and sincerety in the mainstream news media is like looking for a needle in a haystack. All too often, they’re just shovelling liberal orthodoxy down our throats. Your column provided another fine example of that.

There is NO Santa Claus on May 29, 2007 at 5:47 pm

So let me get this straight, because they focused on Ashley Judd, they are “shovelling liberal orthodoxy down our throats”? Are you freaking kidding me?
The only thing this situation proves is that our society is WAY TOO OBSESSED with “famous” people. This is why on all the major “news” outlets there is often more coverage on things like Anna Nicole Smith than there is about the war in Iraq.
Our news outlets are quickly becoming tabloid news outlets. This is another sad example of that.
And for the record, I agree in principal with the article. I think it is offensive to the sport and the winner of the race that there is more attention being payed to a spouse rather than people actually participating (and for that matter, they tend to do the same thing when she attends Kentucky basketball games. No wonder she doesn’t have a career anymore, she’s too busy being a fan).

D*Rek on May 29, 2007 at 7:41 pm

Dario didn’t look too happy when Ashley jumped in front of everyone else to smooch him as he sat semi-stunned (at winning) in his car. She must have recognized that look, as she quickly backed away and into the crowd. But let’s face it, from momma Naomi down, the Judds are…er, unusual. None of them has grown up. Ashley gets the attitude naturally, and being a Hollowoodite no doubt adds to it.

Bachbone on May 29, 2007 at 10:28 pm

hey just a minute debbie, ashley judd is one of the few actresses that still take her top off so please remove her from your b list and put her back on the a list. and who care about her husband when they hit the 6 years of marriage she will back dating michael bolton again.

PNAMARBLE on May 30, 2007 at 9:04 am

I don’t care for her politics but Ashley Judd is a good actress (although she has had not many great roles) and she sure is nice to look at.

Ripper on May 30, 2007 at 10:26 am