Here in Vegas the trial of OJ Simpson is about to begin. I can't seem to get away from this guy. After the "Trial of the Century" in L.A., both criminal and civil, I had to endure the "OJ road rage trial" in Miami'. You know, the one where he allegedly forced another motorist, who had cut him off, to the side of the road, and then, allegedly, slapped him?
According to all accounts, when the verdict, not guilty, was read in that one, the old guy who got slapped jumped up and cried "What? Does he have to kill someone"?
Apparently he doesn't own a TV....
Now we have the case where OJ and several associates burst into a hotel room at Palace Station Casino (I played there Friday) and robbed a memorabilia merchant at gunpoint.
Boy! This guy gets around.
Four of his co conspirators are testifying for the State.
The defense plans to question their integrity.
I have a feeling that OJ could whack Britany Spears, on live TV, at the Super Bowl, and get away with it....
Even though there is video, audio, and eyewitness testimony, I'm sure someone will postulate he's just being harrassed because he's a ethnic minority. After all, Jerry Lewis was caught at the Vegas airport last month toting a gun, and was only ticketed. No doubt, a buncha anti-Semites.
I'm pretty sure if that had been me, I'd be sitting in a cell in Gitmo, with no trial, no rights, and no clothing.
But, this is Vegas, where a suspended Judge was beaten half to death over the weekend by her husband, with a frying pan.
Where a woman was killed at the front entrance to Bally's Casino/Hotel with a knife just yesterday..
Where scores of locals are killed every year by cars, and listed as "pedestrian error", while walkways are built over the Strip to protect tourists from the same.
No doubt the media circus will rival the election in the national news spotlight. A welcome break for the Palin family.
I admired OJ when he ran for USC, when he appeared as a bit actor on Dragnet, when he made those Hertz commercials, when he was sideline announcer, even as a running back for the Bills, who I don't care much for. He was a superb runner.
Now it seems he's running again, and as usual, outspeeding the competition.
Maybe OJ should run for office. After all, he's ten times slicker than Slick Willy, and slippery-er than the Teflon Don.
Who's to say he couldn't win? He's popular in his own demographic, treated like a rock star where ever he goes, and knows how to give ambiguous answers with a big ole winning smile. Isn't that all it takes?
If Jimmy the Greek was alive today he'd give 2 to 1 odds that OJ walks....I see interviews on Larry King, a book deal, called "It wasn't me", blaming alien kidnappers and the CIA for the whole shebang, and record numbers for the faltering Palace Casino, on the horizon. Champagne corks a poppin' at the National Enquirer and TMZ, and a new car for Nancy Grace and Greta Van Sustern. Perhaps Greta could even pay off the eight million dollars in plastic surgery it took to make her look screwable to her husband again, and passable as an anchor on that news channel. Marcia Clarke could make a comeback and appear with the Blue Man Group and Johnny Cochran....well...he's still dead...but smiling.....Meanwhile someone in Nashville should buy the rights to Dolly Parton's "Here We Go Again" 'cos I suspect it's about to go to the top of the Pops one mo' time.......
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