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opinion:
our view
Jenna must accept
her fate
OK, you're Jenna Bush
-- a 19-year-old college freshman and the president's daughter
-- and you've recently been cited for underage drinking, appeared
in court and been ordered to attend alcohol-awareness classes
and perform community service.
Despite this, you,
like many other typical college students, try again at a later
date to purchase another drink with a few of your friends.
And like some of the unlucky few, you are again cited by police,
this time for trying to buy a margarita at a restaurant with
a fake ID.
But unlike the
normal college student who is caught with a fake ID, the restaurant
manager dealing with you decides to call 911 -- apparently
it was an emergency -- and has the police come on scene instead
of just taking the ID. As a result, your exploits are splashed
on television, newspaper and Internet headlines across the
country and the world.
Is it fair? Probably
not, but if you're the president's daughter, it's going to
come with the territory.
While presidential
offspring have mostly been left alone by mainstream media,
when a juicy nugget, like Ronald Reagan Jr.'s aspiration to
be a ballet dancer, comes into play, media outlets, mainstream
or otherwise, will run with it.
Now it's Jenna's
turn.
The University
of Texas student will have to walk on eggshells the remainder
of her father's term as president, watching her every move.
Or the Secret Service agents that are her constant companions
will have to do a better job of keeping her out of trouble
(or getting her a better fake ID).
Lost in the shuffle
may be Jenna's twin sister, Barbara, whose own fake ID was
apparently good enough to get her drinks at the restaurant
on the night of Jenna's second debacle. While Barbara was
also cited for underage drinking, it seems Jenna, the supposed
"bad girl"of the pair, will be the target of the
media.
What could one
expect from the spawn of our president, whose own college
drinking exploits are that of legend and whose own mother
recently said at a conference in Indianapolis, "He is
getting back some of his own."
Maybe the Jenna
chronicles will blow over in time, but for now she is the
hot topic. If one questions Jenna's newfound media fame, just
pick up an issue of, say, the Weekly World News, which should
have weekly stories revolving around her. In fact, the tabloid
recently featured a story about Bat Boy's newfound love for
Jenna. Bat Boy, in case you don't know, is an alleged half-boy,
half-bat mutant who was found in a West Virginia cave.
Get used to it,
Jenna.
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