A Foolish Consistency
Janet Jackson.
Carlos Boozer.
Rafael Palmeiro.
What common thing are these three people bound by?
1. They did something wrong.
2. They lied to cover it up.
The outcome to each is the same. The cover up has proven in each to be so lame, so pitiful, so illogical, that not only are they guilty of the initial act, but the cover up itself is probably even more eggregious. Sometimes what we think happened is actually what happened. If these three had simply admitted guilt, asked forgiveness, and moved forward, I think things would be a lot different for their respective careers. For whatever reason, they convinced themselves that admitting the truth would have far greater damage for their credibility and careers than if they promoted preposterous lies and expected/hoped that the public would fall for it. They are wrong.
3 Comments:
Ouch! Judge Andy lays down the hammer!
you forgot one
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
You raise a good point though. Like with Martha Stewart, lying to the SEC investigation was far worse than the actual crime she was being investigated for.
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