So you’re saying what’s good for the goose, isn’t necessarily what’s good for the gander?

I really do not care that Michael Phelps smoked pot.

I mentioned this to my wife this morning, as the Today show was crucifying this kid for taking a bong hit a few months ago. Actually, it wasn't so much that they were criticising him for smoking pot, it was for begin caught in a picture smoking pot.

My first mistake was interrupting the Today show. The second mistake was taking a position that was contrary to what the Today show thought. If Matt Lauer and Oprah stood hand in hand, and told everyone to jump into a flaming volcano, I’m pretty sure my family would. And why is it that Oprah can balloon up to 250 pounds, and everyone still loves her, but Jessica Simpson steps out in some size 8 jeans, and she’s called a fat cow?

But anyway, I digress.

My wife replied “Well, it doesn’t set a very good example, does it?”

I said “The last three Presidents have all done drugs. The current president has written, in a book no less, about his cocaine use. So I’m supposed to think that Michael Phelps is going to set a bad example?”

She asked “What about all those kids that look up to him as a role model?”

I said “I’d tell them that as soon as they won 8 gold medals in the Olympics, they can smoke as much pot as they want.”

And besides, this is America. We don’t really, really love you until you fall from grace and then you climb your way back up again.