Why Do People Listen to Suze Orman?
12th February 2009
How a bottle-blond former waitress and self-described “55-year-old virgin” with a taste for the good life became the financial messiah for millions of Americans might be a fun Lifetime original movie. Why the masses continue to invest their faith in Suze Orman in the wake of a financial meltdown she never saw coming is a more timely question. The answer is complicated.
Savor the irony of a writer for Slate magazine complaining that someone else doesn’t know what she’s talking about.
February 12th, 2009 at 09:54
Their real problem with her is that she’s a virgin. That’s completely anathema to them. Most responsible financial writers would focus on the advice given by the adviser, not her appearance and her sex life, or lack thereof. Can you say “shallow”?