Michelle Obama's dress is rockin'!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

She looks great!

[azmouse]

1. She'll be a great First Lady!

[JoFerret]

8. What a ridiculous notion that is

a great first "lady".
Eleanor Roosevelt made it work but beyond that....
truth is - there is no "great" about it. Unless you live in Stepford.
Why wish it on any woman?

[roguevalley]

10. so hillary was a stepford wife? she did nothing great? Can't have

it both ways.

[JoFerret]

16. Are you incapable of understanding complexity?

Can you not imagine complexity in others?

[roguevalley]

18. hey dipshit. you were the one with the stupid post. insult someone

else. you're so good at it. complexity? make me laugh.

[JoFerret]

22. What's with the name-calling and nastiness?

But - glad I made you laugh.
Laughter is good.

[Warren DeMontague]

55. "complexity"="First lady is a useless, demeaning job, EXCEPT in Hillary Clinton's case

where it comprises a good chunk of the 'experience' she lists on her resume".

...Do I have it right?

[foo_bar]

62. *crickets*

[JoFerret]

71. She is not the only exception

as was noted earlier.

[azmouse]

45. I really don't understand what your problem is.

Why wouldn't Michelle Obama make a great First Lady?

She's intelligent, attractive and would make a wonderful advocate for whatever causes she chooses. That would be her role as the wife of the President. The two of them are a team. There is nothing sexist about the role except as you chose to see it.

[4_Legs_Good]

49. I don 't get it.

I'd love to be a First Husband.

Or First "Guy" or first "Gentlemen" I guess would be the equvalent of "lady"

Plus my wife would be a damned good President!

David

[H2O Man]

29. Yes, she will.

Michelle has a lot to offer this country.

[JoFerret]

43. Can you provide some examples?

(beyond the clothing I mean)

[dancingme]

2. beautiful color

she is very stylish.

[ampad]

3. She is just a classy woman

I love her style.

[Rosemary2205]

4. Hope you are wearing flame proof undies.

A whole swarm of outraged DUers had a fit because I mentioned something about how the pope looks.

Whispering with finger to lips - shhhh (we aren't supposed to notice how people look - I'm not sure why but that's what they told me)

:)

[Coexist]

5. its a gorgeous color on her.

[Mezzo]

36. what dress?

[me b zola]

6. I was telling DH the same thing when I saw her

Lovely! :loveya:

[writes3000]

7. Yep, I loved it. Hot, stylish and classy. n/t

[rocktivity]

9. Like a black Jackie Kennedy

With her height and coloring, the last thing Michelle needs her clothes to do is scream for attention. Simple lines, strong colors, always elegant, never ostentatious.



:loveya:
rocknation

[roguevalley]

11. what an elegant upsweep do. She should do that more. makes her

pretty bones show even more clearly. lovely couple those two.

[JoFerret]

23. Can't wait for the third wave to hit

It may take one more generation.

[Mushroom]

52. You may have

to tell them there was a second, Jo. Make that 2 generations.

[JoFerret]

74. You think?

That's disheartening.

[madrchsod]

13. god a first lady who knows how to dress.......but it`s kinda sad

i guess i`ll have to hand in my du fashion police badge....i was fun while it lasted.

[greguganus]

15. My stock in Pantsuits R Us just dropped 60% n/t

[Mags]

24. in your dreams, there is no, none, nada comparsion.

[ecstatic]

28. ok...now i'm confused

:shrug:

[Mags]

30. what else is new?

[JoFerret]

31. Pay attention

How women dress is key to their success.
They must be polite and not speak out of turn, bake good cookies and walk five steps behind hubby.
Michelle will learn. Don't go fretting. She will enjoy the role and always look cute in her nice outfit.

[4_Legs_Good]

50. sour grapes much?

[JoFerret]

61. On which particular topic?

I don't think so.
I think rather a hopeful anticipation of a third wave.

[Bucky]

26. My, what an inelegant compliment.

It's possible she's Jackiesque without being black-Jackiesque. It's not like her husband is running to be the black president. Race isn't the most important thing about a person and doesn't need to be appended to every description.

[rocktivity]

69. I was referring to Michelle's black skin color--and you?

Are you suggesting that Jackie couldn't have been Jackie had SHE been black? And I'M the one being inelegant?

:rofl:
rocknation

[greguganus]

12. A nice change from Hillary's Mao Tse Tung originals. n/t

[Mags]

25. actually Cindy McCain more favors Jackie O then Michelle.

Michelle appears so angry. Jackie was a masterpiece, feminine, graceful and social.

[JoFerret]

32. Totally

So important.

[redqueen]

67. Shouldn't you have critiqued post 25?

[crankychatter]

33. omg, you CAN'T say THAT

*snork*

[Raine]

14. Totally CLASSY all the way...

she's BEAUTIFUL. We'll have another Jackie in the Whitehouse. :-)

[JoFerret]

75. What is so wonderful about that?

Exactly?

[la la]

17. not a problem, but....

didn't depose post this earlier?

got a tingle in the leg over michelle?

geeze

[seabeyond]

19. i thought so too. but more silly. how tall is barrack? she is reaching his hieght

i know she has heels on but damn, i though barrack was tall. lol. so she must really be.

anyway

just the silly. not to be taken seriously

[Bucky]

27. She's 5'11" or 5'10" depending on which source you read

[TeamJordan23]

20. Can we get a link to what picture/dress you are referring to?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

21. Here you go

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/07/obama-victorious-clinton_n_100521.html

On my TV it looked more red or coral. She really looked awesome!

[senseandsensibility]

34. That dress looked RED on my TV

Where's that orange coming from?

[anigbrowl]

41. Your TV is wrong, most likely

Most televisions aren't properly calibrated for color. Computer monitors tend to be better engineered.

[Cha]

35. She looks awesome in Orange..

[JoFerret]

37. Swoon.

.

[Cha]

40. YEah, she looks Magnificent

in Orange and who's that handsome dude with 'er?

[yodermon]

68. Obviously a KOS hat tip, oh the shamelessness

;)

[Thrill]

38. She has an amazing shape

[JoFerret]

44. That's so important in a first partner

.

[EmilyAnne]

56. No it isn't. The fact that she has a great shape just is what it is.

[JoFerret]

60. And it is important for us to comment on it

It is a true asset and a most significant point to make.

[graycem]

39. Absolutely stunning..

plus, though she may not push things on policy, I do believe she's going to do wonderful things, for children especially.

[JoFerret]

47. We don't want her pushing things

no way.

[graycem]

51. What are you talking about?

Hillary was known for just that, and you have a problem with Michelle doing it? It doesn't matter, she's already said she has no interest in that, but I do believe she could be a major asset to children's interests, like bettering Headstart, you know, things that affect children.

[JoFerret]

59. I am merely saying that pushy women

- women who have ideas and push them are not desirable. I was responding to the poster who said that Michelle won't push policy. And of course we don't want any pushy women even if they do have great stylists. So long as she shows cares about the children it will be OK. Headstart good to care about. Or children and library books. Or wildflowers. If she gets at all pushy or above herself Barack will have to bring her back on message and into line.

[graycem]

63. ah, it showed as a response to my post..

thought you were addressing me directly. But even if she were, so what, Hillary was pushy with ideas, and quite involved, so desirable to who? :shrug: Anywho~ like I said, don't think it'll be an issue.

[Cha]

42. The article was interesting, too.

<snip>

"After the Reverend Wright controversy, Hillary Clinton had the nomination in her hands. Obama was suffering the worst press month of his campaign," said Republican media consultant Alex Castellanos. "Then she had a choice. She could have gotten bigger, more presidential, less political, could have risen to defend Obama. 'This is outrageous and has no place in politics.' She didn't do that. Instead, she chose to become smaller, more political, less presidential. Her own political instincts betrayed her."

[GetTheRightVote]

46. There are other reasons more important of course but it will be nice to have

a lovely and well dress first lady again.

[JoFerret]

48. Why?

.

[Kurovski]

53. Aesthetics are important in a culture.

Always have been, always will be.

That's why.

[JoFerret]

57. Having decorative women

as ornaments makes the world a better place.

[Kurovski]

64. At times aesthetics transcends mere ornamentation.

Fred Astaire comes to mind.

Attempting to call-out sexism where none exists sometimes makes you the sexist.

[JoFerret]

65. I think it is helpful to have the roles for first partners

clearly defined along traditional gender lines.
Not to do so just confuses people. And has people tossing around terms drained of meaning -in this case "sexism" - into the empty air.

[Kurovski]

66. I think I might agree.

Though I'm not sure that I do.

[JoFerret]

70. I thought that you might.

.

[Ron Green]

72. Wow, you've been pissing on this thread for almost 2 days. Is that a personal best?

[JoFerret]

73. Good to see you paying attention

.

[Kurovski]

76. At any rate she looked smashing, as they say.

And he has quite a sleek figure. Suits fit him in an elegant yet boyish manner, very similar to a young Jimmy Stewart.

Why the fuck are you so cranky? :D

[JoFerret]

77. Please don't use foul language

There is no need.

[Kurovski]

78. Aesthetics and language,

I see the point.

My apologies.

[JoFerret]

79. No problem

And I love your sig pic.

[Kurovski]

80. Cool.

Thanks. I don't know who made it, but it's perfect. :-)

[Raine]

54. It just is, like it or not

it's important to the general public. Jackie Kennedy is still praised for the way she dressed and her class, Barbara & Laura Bush are made fun of. It shouldn't be that way, but it is.

[Eurobabe]

58. That dress was flaming orange

on our 52" LCD Aquos, and boy did she, did THEY look absolutely radiant, I cried for joy. America's next first family!!

[VotesForWomen]

81. We're gonna lose big time in the GE. O's campaign is a joke, and will not win anywhere except withi

within his own hero-worshipping cult.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

82. Boy, has this thread become interesting!

All I was saying was that I liked her dress! Nothing more, nothing less!