Network Tests the Waters for a Salahi Reality Show

In another case perhaps of brazen stupidity being rewarded: Tareq and Michele Salahi, the affluent Virginia couple that successfully gatecrashed the Obamas’ first White House State Dinner for supposed aspirations of getting on the reality TV show “The Real Housewives of Washington DC”, may have accomplished more then they hoped. The Salahis could actually be getting their very own reality series on Bravo, if network executives think viewers are receptive to it.
Broadcasting & Cable discovered that NBC Universal which is the parent company to Bravo is hedging it’s bets to avoid a serious backlash by conducting  an online poll to gauge viewers feelings if it cast the Salahis in Bravo’s The Real Housewives of D.C. or possibly even in their own reality show. Among the “agree or disagree” questions: “Featuring this couple on a reality show would be rewarding their actions,” They would make great “love to hate” characters on a reality show, and “They are train wreck characters who I would love to see more of.”
NBC Universal seems to clearly know that it would be rewarding the Salahis for their bad behavior and at the same time cast themselves in a very bad light, but seem perfectly willing to do to so if they think it will attract enough viewers and thereby make money.  Another perfect example of how big corporations put the bottom line ahead of ethics and morals?

Gatecrashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi did meet President Obama

Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the socialite couple who gate-crashed President Obama’s first state dinner Tuesday night, seem to have exposed alarming flaws in White House security. The couple were not on the guest list, but somehow made it through a Secret Service checkpoint and were allowed to enter the dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Luckily, in this instance the gate-crashers were motivated only by fame, promoting themselves for a gig on Bravo’s new reality show, “Real Housewives of D.C..” Michaele previously posted photos on Facebook taken at the dinner, posing with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, CBS anchor Katie Couric, Vice President Biden and three Marines in dress blue uniforms. But the smoking gun i.e. picture everyone has been wondering about, has been revealed by the White House themselves, which shows President Obama meeting and greeting the Salahi’s.

The revelation underscored the seriousness of the security breach and prompted a quick apology from the Secret Service. With threats against President Obama soaring nearly 400 percent, since he took office, the effectiveness of the current Secret Service protection is being called into question. Director of the Secret Service, Mark Sullivan, saying that his agency was “deeply concerned and embarrassed” by the events.

Sure the party-crashing couple from Virginia did go through metal detectors, before entering the dinner, however, critics point out, the party-crashers could have carried a dangerous chemical agent, such as Anthrax into the White House undetected. Although the couple’s lawyer claim his clients didn’t gate-crash, the Secret Service is preparing to file criminal charges against the couple, according to Secret Service spokesman Jim Mackin.