How do you solve the problem of Martha

The Telegraph, UK,Money ^ | August 23, 2003 | Simon English

[RonHolzwarth]

I'd marry her in a second!

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Are you an older gentleman, wealthy, and able to enjoy the "good things" in life? (Good things are greatly admired by Martha!) She is high maintenance, even with her dwindling millions!

[gatex]

She was on the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange ---

She had a responsibility to set the example and guard the chicken house --not to act like the fox.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

The article says that the media had to remind the public that she was a stockbroker years ago.

I remembered that the instant when I heard of the questionable stock sale. She should have known that coming forward at once would greatly help her case.

Her stockholders should be asking for her head on a pike!

[185JHP]

Two tracks here: The legal case and its outcome. The "shunning" and "shaming" that the unfettered Internet facilitates.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Martha cooked her own goose, and has no one else to blame. If she had just been honest and open, and did a media blitz, no one would care, because all would have been explained.

Americans are a very forgiving bunch, remember. And we always appreciate an honest apology.

But, Martha suffers from an inflated ego, which will be her downfall.

[jocon307]

"The article says that the media had to remind the public that she was a stockbroker years ago.

I remembered that the instant when I heard of the questionable stock sale. She should have known that coming forward at once would greatly help her case.

Her stockholders should be asking for her head on a pike!"

Ha! You remembered that, and I never even heard it until now. I was actually going to dismiss it until you validated it with this follow-up post. You are right, she of all people should have known better. Not "a good thing".

[Fraulein]

Martha ping!

[Pan_Yans Wife]

She was also a model... like that matters in the grand scheme of things! LOL

The woman wants to be seen as a victim, and that the Feds are being sexist by going after her. In some ways, the fact that she is a woman and a domestic diva, are all that she has going for her.

She is also a ruthless business woman who has ruled her corporation with an iron fist. Throw the book at her!

[Billthedrill]

Martha's problem is that she's an egoistic idiot who is too dumb to hold onto the wealth and give up the image. Were she humbler and smarter she'd have "sold" the company months ago, taken her name off it, kept her stake, and changed it over into "I Love Fuzzy Bunnies And Oprah, Inc." It's a bit late now, but she could be have gone to ground, rehabilitated her image, and returned as the icon of...well, of whatever it is of which she's an icon. Style, yes, propriety, hardly.

[nopardons]

You'd be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry ! She treated her exhusband like a whippingboy cum slave,she's a shrew,an habitual liar, cold as ice, and one of the world's BIGGEST users. That's the kind of woman you want to marry ?

[nopardons]

Not only had she once been an RR, she was an RR for a " BOILER ROOM " , who left the firm, one step ahead of the SEC and the Feds. Almost ALL members of her firm were fined and/or sent to prison.

Now, throw in the fact that she was, whilst selling stock in an insider trading fraud, a member of the board of the NYSE !

[nopardons]

Thanks for the ping ! :-)

Rather juicy little artcle. LOL

[nopardons]

Actually, wasn't all that much of a " model " and her one or two commercials had to be redubbed, because of her irritating, heavily N.J. accented voice and abject lack of acting ability. Now, remember that this was in the late '50s-early '60s, when T.V. commercials weren't all well done and her's certainly were NOT award winning calibre. LOL

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Oh, I am aware of that nopardons. I remember you from other Martha threads. To anyone and everyone needing dirt on Martha, you would be the ultimate source on FR! :)

[nopardons]

:-)

[At _War_With_Liberals]

"..she'd have "sold" the company months ago, taken her name off it..."

The company IS her name!

[general_re]

How do you solve the problem of Martha

I don't think the song ever really said what the solution was.

Errr, wait - that was "how do you solve a problem like Maria?". Dunno about Martha - six months of eight-hour days working in a soup kitchen might be a good start. Teach her a little humility.

None of that making lace doilies for the guests BS, though - she gets to be in charge of the corned-beef hash and the lime jello. If she behaves and starts acting like a normal human, she can get promoted to the chipped-beef crew.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I saw an old business mag interview with Martha recently. And they asked her about tying her name so much with the brand of Martha. In other words, Martha Stewart products ARE Martha Stewart. She gave this condescending smile to the reporter and basically said, "that's because I AM Martha Stewart!". It made the reporter cringe.

Her ego truly is her downfall.