The First Lady Gap

[redcommander]

Rosalynn Carter was much more down to earth than Nancy Reagan, and yet Carter still lost the election.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Yeah Republicans should run an anti-Michelle Obama campaign. Let me know how that works out for you guys.

What on earth got into Ernest to put up this thread is what I'm wondering.

I wanted something other than the deluge of hyper-partisan primary-related threads with posters mindlessly battling over minutiae the average voter is unlikely to ever worry about.

I must admit, I had not anticipated it turning into what it has become.

Really?

You clearly missed how much the psycho right hates Michelle Obama for promoting healthier eating and exercise.

She's clearly a fascist...

It's simple if it's said by an Obama to the GOP base it equals 'socialism'... simple as that. Common sense need not apply here.

Did anyone argue that Laura Bush advocating parents to read to their kids and to spend time with them to read was lecturing parents on what to do? This is what First Ladies do.

Laura Bush wasn't a hypocrite because she watched TV or went to a movie instead of reading a book, nor is Michelle Obama for eating fast food once in a while.

This s*** has got to stop, both Laura and Michelle were talking about things that matter to them. That is the new job of First Ladies, to be an advocate - they have no power and if you don't like it... don't listen.

and for the record, shoving processed and salt and fat-laden food down your kid's throat and putting them in front of a TV or computer instead of encouraging them to be active... makes you a bad parent.

Sorry Ernest, this myopic crap was doing my head in.

On record... the wives matter a little, but they aren't an election winner.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Rosalynn Carter was much more down to earth than Nancy Reagan, and yet Carter still lost the election.

1980 was one of those years where the spouses weren't important in the race.  They both had appeal, albeit to different segments of the electorate.

And Polnut, the psycho right hates her for being Obama's wife.  She could have promoted the singing of The Star Spangled Banner every morning in every school and they still would have fussed because she didn't call for the fourth stanza to be sung.

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[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Rosalynn Carter was much more down to earth than Nancy Reagan, and yet Carter still lost the election.

1980 was one of those years where the spouses weren't important in the race.  They both had appeal, albeit to different segments of the electorate.

And Polnut, the psycho right hates her for being Obama's wife.  She could have promoted the singing of The Star Spangled Banner every morning in every school and they still would have fussed because she didn't call for the fourth stanza to be sung.

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That was my point a little further down...

[useful idiot]

I don't understand why anyone either loves or loathes Michelle Obama. She has an obnoxious personality, but I don't think wanting kids to eat healthier is a crime against humanity; she's been fairly restrained in commenting on policy tbh, far more than I expected. 

Ann Romney would make a wonderful First Lady in my opinion, she's the only thing about Mittens that seems even remotely human. Her personal story, intelligence, good looks, and ability to advocate for medical causes would be a saving grace in a Romney administration.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Rosalynn Carter was much more down to earth than Nancy Reagan, and yet Carter still lost the election.

1980 was one of those years where the spouses weren't important in the race.  They both had appeal, albeit to different segments of the electorate.

And Polnut, the psycho right hates her for being Obama's wife.  She could have promoted the singing of The Star Spangled Banner every morning in every school and they still would have fussed because she didn't call for the fourth stanza to be sung.

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That was my point a little further down...

True, but I wanted to make the reasoning more stark, and I like being able to quote the jingoistic 4th stanza whenever I can.

"Then conquer we must!"

That would be a good phrase to include in "Oceania, Tis For Thee"

[Simfan34]

She seems well intentioned enough. I don't see the big deal now. We ought to be a bit less fat, and what does it matter if she has a burger every now and then?

This is ridiculous, had she focused on literacy we'd accusations of "unoriginality" and "focusing on minority problems".