Yes, you kind of know it when you see it, don’t you? If I had an envious bone in my body, I would envy couples who have that obvious ease with one another…Any of us who have experienced that should consider themselves fortunate beyond belief.. I keep thinking the “reply” button is kind of like butting in line for “fronts” but I also couldn’t find the polite place to jump in on Ms. O.. I have just given up trying to find the full-text speech M.O. gave on C-span eaarlier this year…white dress, bad cold, middle school maybe, but it was about how when you think you’re doing right and playing by the rules, aiming at the “bar”, the bar keeps being moved…that part of the gist..So if you can find it, I recommend it to everyone’s attention..It moved me to tears and I pride myself in not being taken in by small, fuzzy animals and/or erstwhile Hallmark moments… And..again..I’m missing the fabulous ladies who’ve gone before..My mother and aunts weeping during the Anita Hill proceedings..thinking they had lived “to see the day’…What would they have thought about this? So, failing to find the C-span speech, I found one that, in light of this site, is terrific…It’s real girly talk at the launch of the Women For Obama crew in Chicago, 4-16-07 on http://www.brightcove.TV..wish that would come up in blue link mode..what am I doing wrong? She is totally relaxed and totally down home and totally accessible…and she hits all the serious licks that she has kept on with through the primary.. I saw Ann Richards’ daughter on TV last night…what a treat… I’m thinking we should be judgemental on only the most substantive issues.. Re: catty…My LLSO, late lamented significant other, gauged every public figure by asking, “How’d you like to have a drink after work with….? Fill in the blank(s) He also grumbled that the airwaves were being taken by dolichocephalic blondes….speaking specifically about Ann Coulter and the Fox Chix…. Yes, I had to look it up again…and yes it might be taken to mean a certain Barbieness.. Let’s just not really go there, what d’ya say? Never mind…We can go there but only in our pajamas between the hours of midnight and 4 a.m.

Given the poem, “Pretty Pastel Ladies” I stashed somewhere on this subject, I am worried a bit about Michelle Obama. It could painfully be that she does need to tone it down a bit just because still, only a small portion, of USA guys can handle or appreciate strong, intelligent women like Michelle. At first, Barack was coming across as henpecked, but they have changed that rhetoric. Nonetheless, she is a strong woman who can and has made it on her own as well as being a black woman. That’s gonna scare a lot a folks — sad, but true. Our goal, I hope, is to get Barack elected as President of the United States of America. She doesn’t need to start wearing aprons — God forbid, but the usual, necessary caution women have been stradled with over centuries may still be in order for very practical reasons.

No, Mrs. Mc Cain has people run the corporation and count her dividends while she takes her meds and stands very still whenever her general is speaking or trying to remember what to say! Daddy’s girl, all over again. As for Michelle Obama, Let her be whatever she wants to be! She’s got brains and takes the initiative. She did it on her own, now is joined by a man who will surprise us all. What an adventure for both of them. Stop using the term “black woman” as though it is a weapon. Recently, I saw a documentary on Eleanor Roosevelt, remember her! She faced the consequences of an an awful, arranged marriage, and then “did it her way.” I’m worn out by the Hillary petulance. Her former supporters have to face some important issues. Voting for Mc Cain is dangerous and deranged, and those women who have children fighting in this dreadful war should think about that. Let’s get out of Iraq, bring the troops home, balance the budget, and put Bill Clinton and John McCain out to pasture or on another planet. Mc Cain, resting on his reputation as a warrior, would prolong the war, and Bill is just coasting on a lifelong rant (retired too young and is now fundraising to pay his wife’s debts). Give us all a break from these outdated males.

Sandbee,

I am using an old thread so as to not attract a lot of attention, but Mugsy wants you to go to her website.  Mugsy Peabody—you may have to get a link from google.

Or, go to her facebook.  Thanks!

As long as we’re being catty … I think Cindy probably dresses the way she does (too young, too blonde, too much makeup) because she knows her husband traded his first wife in for a newer model (her!), and perhaps she’s a bit insecure about her own maturing look. I’ve seen this happen over and over with second wives, even those with old codger husbands like John, and it speaks volumes about the values operating within the marriage. Wow. That was really, really catty. It’s just that, I’m so sick of women behaving like arm ornaments!

Girfriend, Both Michelle and Cindy will get makeovers and Vogue photo ops that flatter them. It probably has already happened. Michelle needs to tone down, and Cindy needs to ramp up, but we are not voting for a fashion show or love affair.