Posted on 04/21/2018 4:38:37 PM PDT by ethom
I’d have respected her more if she hadn’t come out in support of abortion.
UUuuuummmmm, ever heard of Eleanor Roosevelt?
‘Barbara Bush honored as ‘the first lady of the greatest generation’
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The “Greatest Generation” is usually used in reference to WWII era Americans, often designating vets especially. Barbara Bush was of that generation, but so also were other First Ladies & Presidents. So, it’s not entirely correct to designate her as *THE* First Lady of the era. She was the last, though.
She was a fine First Lady, though.
As a grandmother no less.
Uh, no
There were millions of women who worked their asses off in factories, farms, endured the loss of loved ones, and wouldn’t have taken the extremist political positions she did just to “secure their legacies”
Nor put up with a husband’s infidelity or cowardice to fight back
I don’t hate the Bush family (as more than a few do) but I don’t love them either.This assessment is,IMO,at least a bit over the top.
I’m not a fan of the source, but, yeah.
Right...I would put Eleanor Roosevelt as WWI generation (born 1884), although her husband was President during WWII.
I would say the first First Lady of the Greatest Generation would be Lady Bird Johnson.
Interestingly, Jackie Kennedy would have been silent generation (only 12 when USA entered WWII).
Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan - WWII generation
Rosalynn Carter - Silent generation (14 when USA entered WWII).
I would say the first First Lady of the Greatest Generation would be Lady Bird Johnson.
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I write With sincere respect for your right to give your opinion, but as a Vietnam era vet, I could not possibly disagree with you more. Indeed, I had to read it again real slow just to make sure you were saying what I thought I read the first time.
And, I will just shut up before I get myself into trouble.
Or Jackie Kennedy?
“Lady Bird Johnson.”
Except she was rather hated by Vietnam veterans.
What was Nancy Reagan, the other woman?
I know what you are saying. Others do too.
I was referring only to date of birth, nothing else.
Copy that.
I don’t have a strong opinion of Barbra Bush one way or another. I don’t understand this coveraghe of her death. What exactly did she do to warrant it????? No more than any other first Lady and less than some.
I thought it MUST be something like that so I held my fire. I can’t think of anyone in American Political History that I abhor more than the Johnsons. Indeed, it is not an exaggeration for me to say I hold Hillary in higher esteem than Lady Bird.
Just think of it, we’ve survived the Johnsons, the Carters, the Clintons, the Bush’s and the Obamas. My god, America has had more than its share of horrid leaders at the top.
And, yes, I left out Nixon on purpose. He was many cuts above the ones named above.
“Interestingly, Jackie Kennedy would have been silent generation (only 12 when USA entered WWII)”
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I’d count her in for being married to JFK, as you know, who was in WWII.
I had thought about that too.
Also the psychological impact of WWII on a 12-14 year old girl compared to a 17-33 year old woman would not be as great as it would be for a 12-14 year old boy vs. a 17-33 year old man (numbers correspond to Bush 41 and Johnson).
Of course this makes Melania a boomer (born 1970).
Bigger differences: Julia Gardiner Tyler (30 years), Frances Folsom Cleveland (27 years) - both married during their husbands’ terms.
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