[tom h]

The author is absolutely right on. Liberals on the coasts loathe her (especially feminists) because she is traditional.

One of them once spitted at Martha, as she was walking from car to hotel one day, that she was nothing but a rich, pampered WASP. Finally goaded to anger, Martha retorted, "If you knew anything you would know that I am Polish and was anything but rich as a child."

Kinda changes your perspective when you realize that she is self-made and had humble origins -- even those of us (like my wife) who are already her fans.

[AbsoluteJustice]

"Kinda changes your perspective when you realize that she is self-made and had humble origins"

I could care less if she were living in a 1 BR shack in lower Louisiana. If she broke the law she broke the law and she deserves to serve time.

[cyncooper]

The author is absolutely right on. Liberals on the coasts loathe her (especially feminists) because she is traditional.

Then the author is more stupid than I thought. Martha is a liberal darling and fundraiser to the democratic stars. Or she was...

[mrustow]

The author is absolutely right on. Liberals on the coasts loathe her (especially feminists) because she is traditional.

One of them once spitted at Martha, as she was walking from car to hotel one day, that she was nothing but a rich, pampered WASP. Finally goaded to anger, Martha retorted, "If you knew anything you would know that I am Polish and was anything but rich as a child."

Kinda changes your perspective when you realize that she is self-made and had humble origins -- even those of us (like my wife) who are already her fans.

You're talking out of both sides of your mouth. You say that knowing her background "changes your perspective," before saying that it didn't change your perspective. You're her fan, and so you twist anything and everything in her favor.

The people on this site who are not her fans are neither liberals nor feminists, and so that criticism is also irrelevant. Your post comes down to saying, that since you idolize her, you don't feel that she should have to follow the same laws as those of us whom you consider mere mortals.

I never understood the rage that feminists felt for her. She does her shtick, for people who are into that. It's all between consenting adults, and no one to my knowledge is harmed. However, I know enough about her off-camera behavior to know that she is a Leona Helmsley-like monster ("Only the little people pay taxes") who thinks as you do, that she is exempt from playing by the rules.

And in addition to being a crime, insider trading threatens to destroy the market, since it will lead, without vigorous prosecutions, to a loss in investor confidence, and to people not investing.