Lindsay stoops too low

Nude photo shoot means to tribute actor but lacks pizzazz of original
By Amanda Throm

The spring fashion line edition of New York Magazine will be seeing yet another side of Lindsay Lohan. The once-actor/singer/boozer can be seen posing nude in a Marilyn Monroe tribute which would cause Monroe to turn in her grave.

Giving a nod to photographer Bert Stone and having him shoot again, Lohan attempts to re-create Monroe’s famous 1962 shoot, even in the same Hotel Bel-Air where Monroe originally posed.

While I’m sure Lindsay is trying, she doesn’t quite meet the standards that Monroe made during this shoot just six weeks before her unexpected death by overdose. Lohan lacked an obvious amount of oomph during the shoot. She should have been thinking about that career boost; maybe it would have woken her up.

It was quite obvious during this shoot that Monroe was drunk, something we all hope Lindsay wasn’t. After multiple stints in rehab, I’m personally getting a little tired of seeing her drunken face on magazines.

Pouting lips and obvious sex-appeal was something that, no doubt, came naturally to Monroe. Lindsay, however, pushes her lips out too far and looks more like a fish than a model.

She appears bored. Even Lindsay’s short platinum blond hair didn’t help her cause, as it aged her about 20 years.

While I respect the idea of a tribute to one of the most famous actresses in history, could this be Lindsay’s equivalent to posing for Rolling Stone? Is she really hoping to get out of the ditch she’s made for herself? She could have at least done something where she wouldn’t have to bare all.

Being a fellow woman, I applaud her embracing her sexuality and knowing she is a beautiful person, but I feel it’s a cop-out when someone poses nude. She’s got to know that oodles of guys are going to be running to the news stands for a New York Magazine just to catch a glimpse of what’s behind that sheer piece of fabric.

I don’t see Marilyn in these pictures whatsoever. Lindsay was either trying too hard or was barely making an effort. She may use the same props: fabric, fake flowers, diamond necklaces, etc., but Lindsay should have left the idea as just that: an idea.

Don’t pity Hillary!

Repeat of New Hampshire could mean wins for Clinton
By Amanda Throm

While also airing clips of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" from the musical "Evita," News Radio AM 620 broadcast a despondent, tired and close-to-tears Sen. Hillary Clinton in an ad which first appeared in Texas, where the presidential hopeful is getting a head start for the March 4 primary.

This ad, also found on www.hillaryclinton.com and titled "Lifetime," seems to be a repeated attempt to win a state after the New Hampshire tear-up victory in early February.

Okay, so she could have been talking about something she was passionate about, but does someone seem a little tired? Maybe a little too stressed out?

Maybe she realized that what happened in New Hampshire was actually helpful for her so she's trying for pity votes. I don't think that's how someone who is attempting to make history should really go about doing so.

The tear-jerking video from New Hampshire can be viewed on YouTube, but really, it's not anything we haven't heard before. How many of you girls have cried to get out of speeding tickets?

Now I'm not equating a vote for presidency to getting a ticket, but Hillary got a huge amount of female votes when she started crying, and it's part of the reason why she won the New Hampshire primary. The recent Wisconsin primary, where she lost by a 17-point margin, may have been saying something: she doesn't seem to have cried in the last 10 primaries. She's probably catching on to the fact that she gets more votes because apparently tears are seen as passion, not being pathetic.

"It's very personal...not just political; it's not just public," she said during the speech she gave in New Hampshire. She continues speaking as if she’s talking with a girlfriend; talking about watching her weight, trying to eat healthily when "the easiest food is pizza."

She's got some skill, showing her fellow females that she's just as concerned about what she puts into her body as the rest of us.

I just don't understand how people are eating, save the pun, what she's saying and believing that when she's crying, she really means it. I personally couldn't care less if our next president is fat or thin, fit or reaches for that pizza. While I applaud someone’s attempt at staying fit, as long as they run our country with finesse and can manage to solve the problems we're currently facing, it shouldn't matter what they look like.

The tone she carries in "Lifetime" is just an echo from New Hampshire. AM 620 opened up to phone calls and nearly 10 callers asked if she had a tear in her eye. She sounds really tired, like she's already lost.

We're not looking for sadness. The American people want something to believe in, not sadness and how everything can't be exactly the way we want it.

This election is going to change everything if a Democrat becomes president. Hillary is using her gender far too much this time around, and she’s not exactly doing it properly. She should be evoking past women who have shaped our country today, not saying that because she's a woman she's more fit for the job.

True, if elected president, Hillary would be making history, but is what we're hearing in her speeches and ads just a precursor to what we would hear if she were put in office?