Creepiness Redux

Jerry Sandusky re-arrested, re-bailed out by delusional (if not complicit) wife, re-interviewed.  The trainwreck continues as he giggles, smiles at inappropriate times, avoids eye contact for long stretches, and steps in it AGAIN (go to 7:35) when revisiting his infamous "Am I sexually attracted...to young boys...?" moment in the Bob Costas interview.  Good God, his lawyer must be shitting in his pants, although since Almendola fathered a child by his own underage client (and employee) when he himself was 49, he may not see anything wrong.

An interesting thing about this mess is how overwhelmingly public opinion is against him--pretty much everyone thinks he's guilty (as do I, needless to say).  And yet Michael Jackson admitted to the same sorts of activities, and Michael Jackson also tried to pass himself off as a "big kid," who "just loved children."  And yet he had a lot more defenders.  Hmm.  Funny, that.  It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that he was a super-talented performer and actor.  Noooo, people like that can do no wrong.

Like I always say, we're sooooo quick to condemn any hint of sexual impropriety--until it's one of our heroes.  Note that the only people angry about Joe Paterno's ouster are Penn Staters.