Posted on 08/10/2010 9:38:18 AM PDT by Starman417
Michelle Obama's recent vacation in Spain, described by the White House press corps as a mother daughter trip, that also included over 30 of Michelle's closest friends, has resulted in even more public scrutiny of the profligate spending habits of the Obamas and in particular a comparison of Michelle to Marie Antoinette. The oft quoted ambiguous sentence, wrongly attributed to Marie, has become legend, "If the people don't have bread, let them eat cake"; however, it will forever portray a public disgust with ruling Elites who manage to flaunt opulence and wealth while their citizens flounder in economic despair.
The people of France living under the Ancien Regime were considerably more desperate than the people of the United States, they were starving and many were forced to eat grass to survive. The quote above was used by pamphleteers to inflame public support against the royal family and especially Marie who was made a focal point for the revolution. Her lavish lifestyle, buying 300 gowns a year, purchasing diamond necklaces that cost more than a palace, coupled with rumors based in fact that she was having affairs, made her an easy scapegoat.
"My tastes are not the same as the King's, who is only interested in hunting and his metal-working," the queen wrote to a friend in April 1775. And what exorbitant tastes she had! She bought a pair of diamond bracelets that cost as much as a Paris mansion. She sported towering bouffant hairdos, including the "inoculation pouf," a forbidding confection that featured a club striking a snake in an olive tree (representing the triumph of science over evil) to celebrate her success in persuading the king to be vaccinated against smallpox.
Marie was a blue eyed, blonde haired, 14 year old, Austrian Princess when she married Louis XVI: her husband was an impotent 15 year old with an ability with languages and a fascination with locks, hunting, and an indifference to affairs of state. Sadly, Marie became known as the Queen of Deficit, a title Michelle is bound to inherit. Marie was considered silly and flirtatious: Michelle's senior thesis with its circumlocution or periphrasis speaks for her acuity, hubris, and the inevitable peripeteia that follows the ascent of outstanding mediocrities as they reach beyond their capabilities-
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The danger for the Obamas is that Mrs O's trip (and the bad economy) may feed perceptions they are out of touch with struggling American families. "This in and of itself doesn't hurt President Obama, but it plants a seed in voters' minds...... that 'they're not like me,' " said Chris Wilson, a Republican pollster.
“Marie was a blue eyed, blonde haired, 14 year old, Austrian Princess”
The mud hen wouldn’t have liked Marie at all then...
Why do I even bother attending all these Tea Party events when Obama does 1000x more political damage to himself and the Democrats than I ever could(?)
Why they are still in possession of the WH has to be scandalous in ways we aren't aware of.
Heh——nice pic.
Seeing the media bias..........priceless
The delicate beauty of Princess Letizia, her graceful slimness accented by her
white sheath sharply contrasts with Michele's warrior woman heftiness.....all
Mrs O needed was a breastplate.
“Obama stands around licking ice cream cones”
For a woman on the obesity warpath, it is remarkable how often the First Family is shown eating ice cream cones. Just more “do as I say, not as I do.”
That’s a great pic, Lady Jag, but I’m afraid I need to criticize it just a bit.
1. Arms need to be about 1-1.5 feet longer.
2. Breasts need to be smaller.
3. Belly needs to protrude much more.
4. No visible leg hair.
5. Hair is not nearly wound tight enough.
*Things that are accurate*
1. Cracker slave girl.
2. Cakes.
3. White wedding dress.
Manchelle’s gluts are larger than the entire whole of the princess O_O;
LOL! Smaller breasts and dragging arms? Or the other way round?
Yet I still don’t think she’s proud of America.
You know, I have seen pics of her those particular characteristics did seem to reverse themselves X_X
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