So Miss USA, Tara Conner (left) and Miss Teen USA, Katie Blair (right) were out partying in new York Clubs. What's the big deal? Conner just turned 21 but was photographed there before her birthday and Blair is 18 - old enough to serve in the Army, but not have a Cosmopolitan. It must be a really slow week for news. In my opinion, the only bad thing about this story is that "Girls Gone Wild" cameras weren't around and rolling.....I mean LOOK at them! All this "controversy" did was create bigger names for both of them. Remember, the most successful Miss America of all time was probably Vanessa Williams who had nude photos taken with another woman before she won. How many other past winners can you remember? If these two little hotties go on to model, sing, act or appear on reality TV shows - they might be the next contest winner we remember. Donald Trump's press conference with Conner was nothing but a publicity stunt. Now MADD has come out and said they are cutting ties with Blair. I guess having an 18-year-old that has a few drinks isn't the best candidate to preach about drunk driving, but they are fooling themselves if they think 18-year-olds aren't drinking all across the country. In my humble opinion, they could have made it into a more realistic life lesson for teenagers had they attempted to find out how she was escorted around town that night. If she used cabs or a limo service, they could have spun it into at least she didn't drink and get behind the wheel. From what I've read about this non-story, neither was close to being loud, obnoxious or intoxicated. They were having a few drinks. Big deal. Now, had Blair been sloppy drunk, hopped up on a bar, whipped her top off and screamed "Look at THESE!".....then, we'd have a problem. But for two young people between 18-21 to simply have a few drinks and it turns into a media event is hilarious in my mind. Same thing when it happened to the Bush girls....having a few cocktails when you are at or near college age is a right of passage. It always has been and it always will be. Nobody should be throwing a rock at that glass house because I'd be willing to bet something like 98% of all Americans have had a taste of alcohol before their 21st birthday. Should I find a beer bottle cap in my daughter's pocket when she is 18 (much like Still A. Dad's revelation that I was having a few Silver Bullets before my 21st) I'll give her the same speech he gave me. "If you come home in my car and I smell alcohol on your breath - you're done driving." Simple. Concise. Practical. He didn't flip out. He didn't tell me not to have a few beers with my friends. He simply gave me "the look" that meant I knew he was serious. I don't know if I'm a fan of lowering the drinking age to 18, but it sure seems silly that you can go fight a war in Iraq and not be able to have 2-3 beers while watching a football game. As long as Tara Conner doesn't turn into Tara Reid - she can be my Miss USA.
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HA! What could Still A. Dad really have done to you? After all, you were drinking "Silver Bullets" (Coors Light) and not real beer anyhow.
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