She now believes all her print.

Burnett has done a public service in making this list. It’s going to serve as a warning beacon to many potential mates to avoid these rocky shoals of avarice.

Now she will attract primarliy those whose keels ride shallow through the surf.

You know, it’s broads like this one that make men believe we’re ALL like this.

Money is fine and all, but I’ll take quality attention and time over funds any day.

Shrew.

tickleddragon on January 10, 2008 at 2:54 PM

Attention AP!

This is what a real woman desires.
Gals like Erin are more interested in what their looks can get them than they are in true love.

Quite frankly, they don’t get the time of day from me.

So your justifying her instinctual urge? There are other instinctual urges that humans have…. Gold diggers are gold diggers. The admission that you have no control over your lust for unearned wealth is not something to be lauded.
MadisonConservative on January 10, 2008 at 2:34 PM

There’s not a thing in the world wrong with instinctual urges. Hell, instinctual urges are GREAT. The problem is that some people are simply stunted, and never develop the maturity to temper those urges and integrate them as a healthy part of a complete personality.

There’s nothing wrong with a woman mentioning “doing nice things for me,” or even “taking care of me” as something she likes in a man. That’s perfectly normal. But when a woman takes the time and trouble to list eight items, and NONE of them have anything whatsoever to do with his personality or the relationship between him and her that’s not selfish; that’s pathological. In any career field outside of prostitution, politics or show business, that degree of narcissism would make her technically dysfunctional.

1. Pack Your Bags
Any guy who can plan a trip to an exotic locale, such as Mongolia, Mozambique, or Papua New Guinea, would impress me.

…8. Send Me Packing
A man who recognizes the importance of my time with the girls is a keeper. A long weekend spa getaway for my sisters and me would be perfection.

PLAN a trip; SEND me on it…. She’s not looking for a companion; she’s looking for a travel agent and meal ticket.

Go over the rest of the list. BUY ME an atlas; DO SOMETHING for my parents; SEND me a yoga instructor… Buy me an exercise bike; throw me a party with some novelists… And finally: “…hire me a personal chef to prepare meals for the few nights a week I am home.”

This “lady” didn’t say anything AT ALL about the man himself; she described only what he could do for her or give to her. That’s certainly a far cry from a “street hooker.” But no one here called her that. The precise term for the ideal relationship she describes would be “kept woman,” or perhaps “mistress.” And a relatively high-class one at that.

The term “whore” is simply more generic; it covers all of the above, including any woman who is sexually promiscuous and/or supplies favors in exchange for material gain in lieu of emotional relationship.

Anyone who can’t deal with that definition has a problem with the English language, not with the people who use it.

On another note, her views totally turn me off. I have watched her many times and now I would have a tendency to turn the channel as soon as I saw her face.

Couldn’t she have been kidding a little bit?

mikeyboss on January 10, 2008 at 6:39 PM

I think she was playing to her audience of day traders. For the cost of a bad trade, they could wake up to her making their bacon, breakfast I mean.

Yes, she is being honest. And noting what kind of woman she is (”Madame, what kind of woman you are has already been established; what remains is just to agree on a price.”) is also being honest.

Where did I say different?

The Race Card on January 10, 2008 at 5:40 PM

Your follow-up comments clarified for me and I misunderstood part of what you meant in your post.

I’m sorry–NBC? NBC is worried about hurting their image? Come again?

Montana on January 10, 2008 at 6:17 PM

Ahahahahhahahha!

It’s not uncommon for most professionals to tell you how much and require payment upfront.

To me, someone spending time with me is a gift…
tickleddragon on January 10, 2008 at 4:36 PM

Remember Henry Kissinger, he was quite the ladies man. One famous starlet who dated and admired him wrote that with other powerful men that she dated, she knew they were powerful and intelligent, but with Henry you knew you were the one who was powerful and intelligent.

I understood the list to consist of things which would “impress” her. “Impress” connotes
extra-noteworthiness, not the standard, above-and-beyond. If you are unimpressed by any of those things, you two just have different gauges.

How does that make her a whore or anything nearing such a depraved station in life?

The Race Card on January 10, 2008 at 5:38 PM

I never actually used the word whore, myself, so I’m not really going to try to defend it. If you want to take that up with those who did use it, feel free. My only previous post in this thread said that if she didn’t want to give people the impression that she was all about money, then she should have listed a variety of things that impress her instead of just big-ticket items. Sure, the things she listed are all impressive to most people, but if your list is all “Fly me to Mongolia” and no “Surprise me with flowers”, people are going to–not unreasonably–conclude that spending money is the only way to impress you. Words like “whore” and “gold-digger” are probably just heavy-handed and exaggerated ways of pointing that out.

I mostly agree with that. Perception is reality in showbiz. She could have presented herself more favorably. But maybe she just doesn’t give a crap what we think. That would not be the best approach to her developing media brand.

I think the real joke is that CNBC has any problem with this when they have paraded her around as a “sweet” piece of journalist flesh. Now there’s an uproar over her having a little fun with her own image. Please.

Anybody seen the pics?

AP, I know you like her, but I think you’d be disapointed with who she really is.
I know who she really is. I’m under no illusions. I commend her for being honest about who she really is.

What’s she supposed to say, she wants a guy with a sense of humor? At least she’s honest.
Precisely.

Allahpundit on January 10, 2008 at 3:13 PM

Who’s suprised here? She’s just being a golddigger… She’s far from being unique on this subject.. Her mating call sounds like Cha-Ching.. If you’re into chicks like this then go for it, if not stay away. I wouldn’t touch it with caddle prod but there’s alot of men who would… Personally, I view women like this to be a “praying mantis”, but at least she’s forewarned her victum.

I have to stop laughing to respond. TOUCHE TURTLE AWAY! If you had a tip jar, I’d tip ya! Muy excelente!

And no I don’t think it’s creepy. We all have our pet names. I just don’t think a woman who has standards is a whore.

The Race Card on January 10, 2008 at 5:18 PM

She’s welcome to have any standards she wants as far as I’m concerned, within legal limits, but if those standards appear to be shallow and mercenary, it’s inevitable that people are going to point that out. If she isn’t really that shallow, or at least doesn’t want to give the public that impression, then she needs to present herself differently than she did in that article. And if she just doesn’t care what people think, that’s fine, I can respect that, but as a media figure public perception of her does affect her career.