The press loved to have a woman for their presentations. All that mattered was for her to race. It didn’t matter if she won or not.
The name of the game is to sell tickets and advertising. Danica helped in that regard.
Agree. And on a scale that matters, the Regressives claim it doesn’t matter if a Marine can pass the Infantry Officer Course capstone exercise, a soldier can throw a grenade, a Ranger can meet the pre-course physical challenge standards or complete the confidence course, or that sailors can do pullups. It’s a high price to pay for being stylish and means degraded military readiness, battlefield defeat, and more combat casualties.