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In reply to the discussion: Heartbreaking our first black First Lady encountered such hostility - uplifting how she overcame it [View all]Midnight Writer
(22,729 posts)43. What if Laura Bush were treated the same as Hillary or Michelle?
Laura has an interesting background of her own, to say the least, yet most people are totally unaware of it.
While Hillary and Michelle are criticized for everything from their hairdos to their outfits to their physical appearance, and every word they ever said (or often didn't say) is scrutinized, parsed and condemned by not only the right wing media, but the "mainstream media" as well.
Can you imagine the media firestorm if Hillary or Michelle had ever in their past been, say, convicted of manslaughter for slaying their ex-boyfriend?
Yet I cannot recall a single media criticism of Laura for her appearance, her speeches, or her background.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Heartbreaking our first black First Lady encountered such hostility - uplifting how she overcame it [View all]
bigtree
May 2015
OP
What Michelle and the President have had to put up with only demonstrates that
still_one
May 2015
#1
This FLOTUS is one of a kind... we may not see another like her.. so much CLASS!
secondwind
May 2015
#11
I cannot begin to understand how she puts up with the whole thing. But one thing I have often
jwirr
May 2015
#29
no, we're talking about very real and ingrained notions about worth and value of blacks in America
bigtree
May 2015
#35
both michelle and barack have not been treated well by certain cohorts of our populace
redruddyred
May 2015
#44