Bush's Address and Laura's dress - Page 3

sodascouts · #31 01-20-2005, 08:29 PM

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Eh, I don't think so. I've met people who didn't vote for him based on Teresa, which is absolutely ridiculous.

Seriously? That's pretty strange. Are you sure they weren't just saying that to annoy you?

sodascouts · #32 01-20-2005, 08:31 PM

Jason - I was talking about TK - the implication that being a stay-at-home mom wasn't a "real job" is there, and I thought it was tacky. But hardly a monumental moment of the campaign. As for her comment to the reporter - understandable. I actually think a lot of people got a kick out of it.

strandinthewind · #33 01-20-2005, 08:32 PM

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Seriously? That's pretty strange. Are you sure they weren't just saying that to annoy you?

Lord knows I have never been guilty of saying anything to make him foam at the mouth

(levity here)

Seriously, I know many a person who hated her - but they probably were not voting D anyway

amber · #34 01-20-2005, 08:32 PM

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Seriously? That's pretty strange. Are you sure they weren't just saying that to annoy you?

I've heard of people like that, too. I thought it was a "dumbass" myth, but there really are people who vote for those reasons.

dissention · #35 01-20-2005, 08:35 PM

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Seriously? That's pretty strange. Are you sure they weren't just saying that to annoy you?

No, they weren't. They were a bit gray around the temples, so I just took it as them not really being used to such outspoken characters.

catinthedark · #36 01-20-2005, 08:35 PM

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Maybe because in this day and age, people don't vote based on their perceptions of the first lady's facial expressions.

Too bad. Instead, the US and the rest of the world is stuck with four more years.

strandinthewind · #37 01-20-2005, 08:36 PM

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Jason - I was talking about TK - the implication that being a stay-at-home mom wasn't a "real job" is there, and I thought it was tacky. But hardly a monumental moment of the campaign . . . .

Well, I think the text " . . . So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things" does not support that she was belittling that. I mean she directly calls it "important" - how is that a slam

I think her point was that people get different experience in the workplace than they do staying at home as a mother. Those are different experiences and both are important, which is what she said.

Then, I think when she realized it could be construed in another way (though how it could be I really do not see) - she took the higher ground and immediately apologized

Thus, I see no tackiness there by either party.

Plus, LB said it was a trick question

sodascouts · #38 01-20-2005, 08:46 PM

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Well, I think the text " . . . So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things" does not support that she was belittling that. I mean she directly calls it "important" - how is that a slam

I think her point was that people get different experience in the workplace than they do staying at home as a mother. Those are different experiences and both are important, which is what she said.

Maybe if I heard her saying it I would get a different impression, but from reading the text, it seems condescending to me. It was nice of her to apologize, though. As I said it wasn't a huge deal to me.

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Plus, LB said it was a trick question

How did Lindsey get into this discussion? Oh, wait, the OTHER LB.

gldstwmn · #39 01-20-2005, 09:56 PM

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Maybe because in this day and age, people don't vote based on their perceptions of the first lady's facial expressions.

No, they vote on the false issue of the possibility that the opposing party might allow gays to marry instead.

gldstwmn · #40 01-20-2005, 09:59 PM

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Of course it did not help that she told people EXACTLY what she thought of them. Again, politics is ALL about perception and, right or wrong, most of America still views a strong woman in power as an outcast or an undesireable. There are rare exceptions like little old Southern ladies with a fiesty attitude, but those are few and far between.

You mean like this group from today's inauguration parade:

estranged4life · #41 01-20-2005, 10:23 PM

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You mean like this group from today's inauguration parade:

was the above image from a Delta Burke convention or did I miss something???

dissention · #42 01-20-2005, 10:48 PM

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was the above image from a Delta Burke convention or did I miss something???

strandinthewind · #43 01-20-2005, 10:53 PM

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You mean like this group from today's inauguration parade:

OH MY MF'ING MOON AND STARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bless their hearts

I am so laughing at the top of my lungs

I am so getting you that outfit the next time you come here

THANKS for posting that - it made my night!!!!!!!!!1

SuzeQuze · #44 01-20-2005, 10:54 PM

Okay, was that image a parody, like were they joking? That is the strangest thing!!! There's gonna be some pretty plain Easter baskets this year since all the ribbon is gone.

strandinthewind · #45 01-20-2005, 10:57 PM

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Okay, was that image a parody, like were they joking? That is the strangest thing!!! There's gonna be some pretty plain Easter baskets this year since all the ribbon is gone.

I am still laughing over that.

PLEASE notice the African American woman of the left and the other woman in pink on the far right with her mouth agape

They are my fav's

Also, if I did not know better, I could swear this was a Gay Pride parade

In fact, I think the Abe Lincoln Girls (Log Cabin Republicans

) should have worn these outfits

I am STILL laughing at this