Inappropriate Portrayal of First Lady Benefits No One

Townhall.com ^ | March 18, 2010 | Matt Towery

[Kaslin]

Here is the column the author wrote in December 2008 about First Lady Laura Bush

The Debt We Owe Laura Bush

[Tarpon]

Agree, the first cow pushing dieting, and eating greens, is just too funny.

[Lee'sGhost]

“Inappropriate Portrayal of First Lady Benefits No One”

Well, then, why does she keep doing it?

[ClearCase_guy]

They called Bush a chimp.
They called Bush Hitler.

And they call on us to be polite and respectful of their guy.

[DManA]

cannot be tolerated.

That’s a bit disturbing.

[HiTech RedNeck]

There was the infamous cartoon about Condi Rice as a parrot. Well, it should have been infamous. In reality, nobody but conservatives cared.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Inappropriate Portrayal of First Lady Benefits No One

What? Someone airbrushed the prominent Adam's apple out of yet another news photo? People are photoshopping the "Property of Ringling Brothers" tags off of her First Lady outfits, before posting the pics on whitehouse.gov? What -- ?!? ;)

[hoagy62]

Okay.

As soon as Mrs. Obama shows some class and dignity, then changes her fashion sense to something other than “hideous”, we’ll stop with the characterizations.

[SueRae]

That was a nice article. Laura Bush has been a picture of grace. I love the other first lady named Bush, too. Barbara was always a favorite of mine.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Don’t attack a good first lady.

Not to worry. I would never EVER attack a *good* first lady.

Michelle Obimbo, on the other hand...

[HiTech RedNeck]

To speak from on high like that is a bit arrogant itself.

He makes a better point when he points out there is no good reason for any conservative cartoonist to portray Michelle as a monkey. That this is hitting below the belt (and heaven knows she has worn some awful wide ones, more appropriate to the Michelin man, recently).

[dforest]

Well we don’t attack Good First Ladies. We just attack the type who want to use their role as if they were elected.

I kind of like the type who are proud of America before their husband gets elected.

I guess it is okay for the left to call GWB “chimpy” all the time though.

However, calling ‘chelle an ape is dumb.

[Beagle8U]

I expect any day now to see her wearing a huge WWF belt.

[gov_bean_ counter]

I’d pay to see her earn it...

[HiTech RedNeck]

Given what she does as First Nanny I would expect to see her portrayed in nanny garb. What a monkey portrayal is supposed to suggest is beyond my imagination to grasp.

[bert]

Personally, I prefer the appellation First Wookie

Rather than wallow in Darwinian mud, First Wookie has a progressive modernistic aura

[HiTech RedNeck]

What does a Wookie look like?

[gov_bean_ counter]

Pilot the Millennium Falcon, she couldn't.

[DManA]

more appropriate to the Michelin man, recently

Lucky for you I'm more tolerant than the author. ggg