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In reply to the discussion: Michelle, the Oscars and Autocratic Trappings [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)139. Now that is a nasty piece of holier-than-thou assholery from you
I wish I had read that before voting to allow your OP to stay. Suddenly, you look a lot worse than the alerter did. "Those of you without principles"? You seem to think that you have shown something with your OP, other than the massive stick up your butt. You haven't.
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As an artist, I object to the State having much of an opinion on art either way.
cthulu2016
Feb 2013
#5
Well, if the state didn't fund a lot of the work of artists, we wouldn't have any art except the
Cleita
Feb 2013
#6
What commercial stuff is she pushing? She was using the Oscars that would have a very wide
Cleita
Feb 2013
#32
Well having grown up around and known movie people all your life, then you know it is a
progressoid
Feb 2013
#49
The TV and movie industry is the fastest growing part of the american economy
AverageMe
Feb 2013
#93
meh, ok, I can see your viewpoint, but I don't watch that crap in the first place
quinnox
Feb 2013
#3
LOL.. I can just *imagine* the DU reaction should Pickles have announced best picture at the Oscars
Fumesucker
Feb 2013
#7
It's not mere coincidence that Reagan's last paid gig as an actor was narrator of Death Valley Days
Fumesucker
Feb 2013
#42
Maybe not you but the majority on DU would have hated and mocked the woman for doing that
Fumesucker
Feb 2013
#131
Bad enough those people live in our White House, do we have to see them on TV, too? How gross!
freshwest
Feb 2013
#166
I really thought that the reason she accepted was because the odds were that "Lincoln"
Cleita
Feb 2013
#37
I work in the industry, I find the faux-rage hilarious. Michelle Obama is NOT "the State"
JaneyVee
Feb 2013
#27
Could it be possible that other people search high and low for something to be outraged about?
jeff47
Feb 2013
#156
Calling one post 'faux outrage' is very different from saying a DUer has no principles
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2013
#168
Just knowing that it pissed off Rush, and DU's Obamas' Hater Brigade, tickles the shit outta me.
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2013
#17
I wish I could laugh, TD. Maybe it's just me today. It's stretching to find any fault. Tedious.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#128
I mean, you expect it from the right, because it's what they do. But, when this foolishness comes..
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2013
#135
TD, it hurts me inside. The RW, I expect. This cuts deeper. And it's applauded. No, it's not pretty.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#137
Thank you. I thought it was inappropriate to say the very least. At any time it would show
MotherPetrie
Feb 2013
#19
I watched a Greek film about Iphigenia who was sacrificed by her father to his nationalistic
patrice
Feb 2013
#43
Thank you for your kind words! I love good synergy, especially from the Arts! nt
patrice
Feb 2013
#133
The first lady appearing on camera is a slippery slope to a govt. takeover of artwork.
EastKYLiberal
Feb 2013
#38
The wonderful thing about all of this....FLOTUS doesn't really care a whit what any of you think.n/t
monmouth3
Feb 2013
#56
Quelle Surprise! KoKo agrees with an Obama bashing o.p. I'm shocked! Shocked, I say!
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2013
#121
Would Rubin have written the same critique about Pickles in the same situation?
Fumesucker
Feb 2013
#70
You must need a month at a spa everytime the President throws out the first ball on opening day.
onenote
Feb 2013
#71
Not to mention that, except for the over-bangs, the First Lady was stunning!
kelliekat44
Feb 2013
#81
Article: Michelle Obama Wasn't the First First Lady To Take Part in the Oscars. So Who Was?
Tx4obama
Feb 2013
#85
Oh dear, turns out Laura Bush WAS the first First Lady to appear in the Oscars show
frazzled
Feb 2013
#100
Right because Presidential spouses taking part in a pop culture event = emperialism.
phleshdef
Feb 2013
#112
You must have the lowest threshold for being creeped out of anyone on the planet
onenote
Feb 2013
#114
I wouldn't have cared one way or the other if Laura Bush was announcing Oscars
Matariki
Feb 2013
#109
I have the same level of outrage as when Nancy Reagan appeared on "Diffrent Strokes" (nt)
Nye Bevan
Feb 2013
#122
This is just redonkulous. Mrs Obama has advocated more for the arts than any major political
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2013
#124
I had to come back to add that the Academy Awards are an international event
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2013
#126
I'm rather happy (more often than not) when the President, his wife, or any member
LanternWaste
Feb 2013
#129
Very good analysis of some very scary rhetoric: "no principles" and "no moral compass" can be
alcibiades_mystery
Feb 2013
#142
Yes, very tiresome, loaded insinuations being used. No way to answer, already condemned.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#173
Than protecting the country from a "gross" and "un-American" action by the First Lady?
ProSense
Feb 2013
#147
Not if you can't stand the sight of Michelle or Barack on television, there isn't...
freshwest
Feb 2013
#175
Speak for yourself! I wouldn't give two shits if Ann Romney awarded the trophy at the Super Bowl
NYC Liberal
Feb 2013
#151