7.16.2004

Martha Stewart

I feel very badly about her sentencing today.
 
I think she was specifically targeted. I think amazing taxpayer resources were aimed to bring her down (when much greater people have done much worse things and serve the president), probably in no tiny part because she is a woman who supported Democratic causes.
 
Can Martha survive five months in prison? Sure she can. She's a very strong woman who - while you can make fun of her on many points - has never shied from hard work. But is society served by her going to prison and the losses the government investigation served on her business? Absolutely not.
 
Martha, do your stuff. You'll get past this.