  urlLink Martha = Mandela ? Please. &nbsp; Here's where I break.&nbsp; For the longest time, I was one of those who gave Martha Stewart the benefit of the doubt.&nbsp; I was skeptical of the rumors.&nbsp; I wasn't sure&nbsp;that she treated her employees poorly, because the successful tend to be good with people.
But her recent statements to the press, and her interview with Barbara Walters, have erased my skepticism. &nbsp; Her pride is her downfall.&nbsp; She claims she is being punished for cheating people. No, she's now being punished for her inability to swallow her pride and for her arrogance.&nbsp; To be so smart, her tactical decisions have&nbsp;shown a certain compartmentalized&nbsp;stupidity. She gets what she deserves. &nbsp; And for those gender baiters, no, she is not being punished for being a woman. She is being punished for lying and believing she was above the law.&nbsp; Of course, I'd imagine the same people rallying to her defense are the same people who believe Clinton was mistreated for lying under oath.&nbsp; Martha Stewart - among&nbsp;the most inconsequential trials ever.
&nbsp; If you want to see the way real corporate malfeasance is treated, watched the Enron indictments.&nbsp; No matter what you think of Martha Stewart's punishment, it doesn't hold a candle to what urlLink Andrew Fastow received.&nbsp; And his upward exposure was immense. 
