How O. J. Could (Again) Jump Start the Economy

So.

This morning as my Boyfriend and I were walking our two fast miles I told him that I'd just started reading a novel by Alan Dershowitz.

This, of course, got us talking about the O.J. trial. He expressed sadness about this embarrassing time in our history.

I tried to make him see the bright side. Thousands of people got rich. Hundreds of people had their careers jump started. I'm sure that the amount of money made from the O. J. trial was more than the gross national product of some countries.

More books were published about the trial than any other crime since Watergate.

People who couldn't even read wrote books. (Kato)

O. J.'s Dream Team became household names: Johnnie Cochran ("If the gloves don't fit," etc.) F. Lee Bailey, Robert Kardasian, Robert Shapiro, Barry Scheck and Alan Dershowitz became as popular as movie stars.

Christopher Darden and Marcia Clark (She should read the posting below) became media darlings.

Attorneys overnight became media consultants and then media stars. It certainly was Greta Van Susteren's breakthrough moment.

Bronco sales took off.

Kato Kaelin whose career up to that point was "house guest" got his own radio show.

And what about those Dancing Itos?

In other words, money was being pumped into the economy hand over fist while we vented our anger over something that had nothing to do with us.

I don't want anybody to get hurt but maybe O. J. could, again, do something exciting to get us rolling.


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