[SCalGal]

I need to take a picture of a product I’ve seen at a local store. It’s a shoe insert that promises to correct bow legs.

Someone must have told her that standing with her legs spread apart would make them look like they aren't bowlegged. It doesn't work - they are very bowlegged. She needs longer skirts and someone with some sense of fashion - 'cause she's got NONE.

[patriot08]

She needs to be confined to dark pants suits and have her mouth duck-taped shut. Oh, wait..No. She’s such a good target. Carry on, Big Mo.

[Albion Wilde]

Someone must have told her that standing with her legs spread apart would make them look like they aren't bowlegged. It doesn't work

Check out the top photo of the Sarkozys in post 104. European gentlepersons, and particularly the French, have a long tradition since the time of the American and French revolutions of standing with the feet together and the toes turned outward. It is considered polite behavior.

"Blue Boy" by Gainsborough, 1770

"The turnout" is also one of the most basic instructions in classical dance, which came of age during the Renaissance:

You can see that stance in the portraits of our early patriot leaders.

I suppose we should be proud of our American traditions, where anyone from any background can rise to the top office in the land. We have had classless presidents before, like Andrew Jackson, but he had other strong points. With this group, there's so little to admire.