The Dissing of Laura Bush (Michelle Obama)

[Chris]

The Dissing of Laura Bush

If the ABC interview was a one-off thing, it would be easy to overlook. But these days the reporting seems to reflect an assumption that if the Obamas haven't done something, nobody else has, either. Certainly the Washington Post did not challenge the First Lady's social secretary when she said, "one idea Michelle had was to have an event for military families -- here they are sacrificing so much for the country and many of them probably have never been invited to the White House."

This uncritical reportage does Laura Bush an injustice. In hundreds of ways -- picnics on the South Lawn, fund-raising for scholarships for the children of sailors on the USS Texas, unheralded visits with the wounded and families of the fallen, the work she did for military kids under her Helping America's Youth initiative -- Mrs. Bush showed our troops and their loved ones how close they were to her heart.

That graciousness, alas, seems only to feed the orthodoxy that condescends to any American woman deemed insufficiently progressive on the received wisdom. This Stepford Wife treatment was on embarrassing display in a recent New York Times profile of Mrs. Obama. "In a departure from her predecessor," gushed the Times, "Mrs. Obama has also begun promoting bills that support her husband's policy priorities." It repeated the point later in the piece.

Only one problem: It's not true. To mention just two, Mrs. Bush took a lead role in the reauthorization fights for No Child Left Behind and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Her advocacy included holding coffees in the residence with key legislators, working with Cabinet members, and promoting these policies in high-profile speeches in places from Africa to the National Press Club. It's just flat-out wrong to suggest otherwise, and the Times owes Mrs. Bush an apology.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123725233352050133.html

More class and distinction from the Obamas.

[ironhorsedriver]

How can there be more class, when they have absolutely NO class.

[TheSarge]

How can there be more class, when they have absolutely NO class.

Look at the Libtards that support them.  It's easy to see then why the MSM thinks Me-shelle has "class"

[NHSparky]

She's reminding me of Omarosa more and more every day, and the MSM eats her shit with a spoon.  I give up.

[JohnnyReb]

She's reminding me of Omarosa more and more every day, and the MSM eats her shit with a spoon.  I give up.

You should patent that as the latest fad diet.

[MrsSmith]

If the "Fairness Doctrine" is actually ever passed, conservative legal groups should immediately use it as a basis to attack the constant stream of lies the current media produce.  If we're going to have anything approaching FAIRNESS, the MSM has to be the first to change.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I can't stand that petty, snide little bitch...

...or his wife.

[JohnnyReb]

Class?...oh....I thought you said ass.

[Jim]

class with a capital "K".....

[Black Swan]

I am very sick of these constant remarks about Laura and President Bush.  He has openly said he will say nothing about Obama.  These people are truly stupid low-life across the tracks dwellers.  MEsHELL has all her taste in her mouth.  She will never be anything but Blacky-O as she doesn't even hold a little finger to Jackie-O's class.  Obummer is an empty suit educated in fancy schools but must have been stoned when they taught professionalism.   No, I am not racist but they are, along with bigots. 

[Tess Anderson]

Laura Bush was a lady, as was Jackie Kennedy. As for Michelle Obama . . .  well, ghetto trash.

I was watching some cable network yesterday - it was either CNN or CNBC, but come to think of it, it could have been FOX - that had this polysci moonbat professor on that said Michelle was more elegant and refined than Jackie ever was. Makes me think the kool aid is laced, after all.

[Chris_]

What I love about George and Laura Bush is that they continue to quietly do their own thing and live their lives in honorable ways while all of these critics with their ugly black hearts spew insults at them, veiled or not.

That's class.

Barack and Michelle wouldn't know class if it knocked down their front door a la ACORN-style.

[DixieBelle]

What I love about George and Laura Bush is that they continue to quietly do their own thing and live their lives in honorable ways while all of these critics with their ugly black hearts spew insults at them, veiled or not.

That's class.

Barack and Michelle wouldn't know class if it knocked down their front door a la ACORN-style.

H5!!! Totally agree.....

[whiteguyPI]

What I love about George and Laura Bush is that they continue to quietly do their own thing and live their lives in honorable ways while all of these critics with their ugly black hearts spew insults at them, veiled or not.

That's class.

Barack and Michelle wouldn't know class if it knocked down their front door a la ACORN-style.

H5 to you!!  Out of the park!

[Jim]

ghetto trash.

H-5 for that.  I was searchiong for the right description and you nailed it, thanks

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Laura Bush was a lady, as was Jackie Kennedy. As for Michelle Obama . . .  well, ghetto trash.

Ghetto trash--like white trash--are born into their circumstances. Our First "Lady" and her snide l'il bitch husband aren't ghetto; they're priviledged and pampered which means they bought into an ugly and petty mindset even though they started from higher birthings. It's nastiness played as part of a stage managed act by people who should know better which makes it all the more uglier.

[Peter3_1]

NARCISSISTIC , the pair of them.

According to the DSM-IV, the disorder begins by early adulthood and is indicated by the subject exhibiting at least five of the following:
1. An exaggerated sense of self-importance
2. Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or
ideal love
3. Believes he is "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. Requires excessive admiration
5. Has a sense of entitlement
6. Selfishly takes advantage of others to achieve his own ends
7. Lacks empathy
8. Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him
9. Shows arrogant, haughty, patronizing, or contemptuous behaviors or attitudes

this above from here:

http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2005/04/narcissism-and-society-part-i.html

Now, you don't have to have ALL to be a narcissist, but my question here is do YOU see any they DON'T have? I think they both exhibit all of them. Are we SHOCKED ? 

[docstew]

Ya know what I find shocking about this?

That in my 10 years as a member of the United States Army, I have NEVER ONCE hoped to get an invitation to the WH for me or my family.  I want the CINC to care about getting me things that make my life better, like money for pay raises, reup bonuses, training, new equipment, and weapons  and tactics development.  I COULD GIVE TWO SHITS ABOUT GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE!  PAY ME SO I CAN AFFORD TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY!  DON'T TAX MY VA BENEFITS!  DON'T PUSH BACK THE AGE I CAN COLLECT MY PENSION!  STOP TALKING THE MARKET DOWN SO MY RETIREMENT FUND WILL HAVE SOMETHING IN IT!  These are the things those of us in the military care about.

[rich_t]

Ghetto trash--like white trash--are born into their circumstances. Our First "Lady" and her snide l'il bitch husband aren't ghetto; they're priviledged and pampered which means they bought into an ugly and petty mindset even though they started from higher birthings. It's nastiness played as part of a stage managed act by people who should know better which makes it all the more uglier.

I suppose attending a racist America-hating church for 20 years could do that to a person of higher breeding.

[Hawkgirl]

I suppose attending a racist America-hating church for 20 years could do that to a person of higher breeding.

Ding ding ding...we have a winner.

Shelly hates white women, especially classy, accomplished white women like Laura Bush.

[Konssurvative1]

Laura Bush was a lady, as was Jackie Kennedy. As for Michelle Obama . . .  well, ghetto trash.

I was watching some cable network yesterday - it was either CNN or CNBC, but come to think of it, it could have been FOX - that had this polysci moonbat professor on that said Michelle was more elegant and refined than Jackie ever was. Makes me think the kool aid is laced, after all.

It is a shame that after three months in the white house...the only thing I can think of to say about Mrs. OBAMA is that she has nice tone arms!!!