It appears Obamamania has not only infiltrated British newspapers, but so has Palin Derangement Syndrome...even in the fashion section.
Is there any safe place a person can go these days without being told Michelle Obama is "a goddess [who] stepped onto the world stage and made it her own...married to someone who is, frankly, a sex god," or that Sarah Palin is the "worst dressed" woman in the world "who may have spent $150,000 on six suits but still resembled a hopelessly sexless, up [sic] hockey mom who buys all her clothes from Wal-Mart?"
Apparently not, as the following appeared in Saturday's Daily Mail (h/t NBer Blonde):
This month, a goddess stepped onto the world stage and made it her own.
First Lady-in-waiting Michelle Obama, who looks as chic in a chainstore’s $148 printed tank dress as she does in Narciso Rodriguez designer wear, proved that you can be tall, have unruly hair, be amother [sic] of two demanding daughters, be married to someone who is, frankly, a sex god, and come out smiling, confident and truly a style icon. [...]
WORST DRESSED
There were lots ofcontenders [sic] for thistitle [sic]. Dannii Minogue, the Geldof girls, Beyoncé, Madonna inthat [sic] dress made of grass. But the award simply has to go to Sarah Palin, who may have spent $150,000 on six suits but still resembled a hopelessly sexless, up [sic] hockey mom who buys all her clothes from Wal-Mart.
Makes you wonder if the editors intentionally made the obvious errors in the preceding paragraph because they knew it was going to make so many people sic[k].
Of course, what really makes this breathtakingly silly is calling such an attractive woman -- who, by the way, has five children INCLUDING one born this year!!! -- hopelessly sexless.
Tough to believe the author missed this delicious irony...or maybe not.
*****Update: Adding to this delicious irony, Maxim magazine declared Palin to be the second "hottest" female politician in the world this year (h/t NBer BW222). In first place was a former showgirl on Italian TV.
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If wearing an outfit that
December 28, 2008 - 12:32 ET by eaglescout1998If wearing an outfit that makes one look like a black widow spider is to be commended, well . . . all hope is lost in the fashion world.
All is lost
December 28, 2008 - 14:22 ET by BarkerI hear the Hideous Splotch look is all the rage in Europe.
Notice they dared not use a
December 28, 2008 - 18:24 ET by kgNotice they dared not use a clear picture but a very grainy one instead.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
The MSM can't make up their mind.
December 28, 2008 - 12:34 ET by Free StinkerThe MSM can't make up their mind.
They say we conservatives like Governor Palin only for her beauty & style, but then tell us she has no beauty or style.
"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media." -- Lowell Ponte
FS - Thanks! Your signature line says it ALL!
January 2, 2009 - 20:59 ET by Cape ConservativeA PROUD member of the Oogedy Boogedy branch of the GOP!
Further proof that the British
December 28, 2008 - 12:45 ET by katiejanehave absolutely no taste. Mama Obama looks hard and strident. Even Gov Palin's distractors seldom called her unattractive. But what do you expect from a nation of people who seem to have no dentists?
rubbish
December 28, 2008 - 12:54 ET by lotr"married to someone who is, frankly, a sex god"
Who or what is she talking about? I thought Michelle was married to Barack?
Was this juicy tid-bit published in the National Enquirer?
No, it was published in a country in sad decline.
And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. -- Edgar Allan Poe
You know what
December 28, 2008 - 16:19 ET by amiesI am fed up with people here insulting my country especially if they have never even had the decency to visit.
You all sit here moaning on and on about bias in the media but never think to question other forms of bias in other media outlets?
Yes the UK is not perfect by any means but it is not anywhere near the state some papers would have you believe. It is not over run by Muslims or illegal immigrants, we are not on the verge of adopting Sharia law as a new legal system and all children are not all feral youths out to rob everyone's granny.
Open your eyes and ask some questions from your side of the media.
I've never insulted your
December 28, 2008 - 16:29 ET by Chris NormanI've never insulted your country overall. There's much to admire about it. It just seems that you have either the most sensible people on the one side and some of the looniest people on the other. Of course, anything in between doesn't make news. I agree, that one shouldn't run a whole country down because of the misdeeds of some of the loonies. I think it's human nature that, when provoked by an outrageous story, to make sweeping statements that one may not mean. I believe that the British, Americans, and a few others are all part of the only decent extended family left on earth - no matter how cracked some of their members are.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
It wasn't so much directed
December 28, 2008 - 16:34 ET by amiesIt wasn't so much directed at you but the idea that one newspaper article could somehow define an entire country.
I believe there are decent people worldwide, just most are hidden by a few idiots governing each country
amies
December 28, 2008 - 16:49 ET by BlondeFrom what our resident Brit here tells us, the Daily Mail is the somewhat "conservative" paper there.
So the fact that such a biased (and from our POV) extremely stupid article would be run in such a media outlet, merely points out the level of kool-aid drinking...if you say that most Brits haven't been negatively influenced and think Sarah Palin is great, fine.
That's not what it looks like from this side of the pond, however. The fawning over Obama (slavering actually) displayed by this article is stunning in its stupidity.
The Daily Mail is a right
December 28, 2008 - 17:18 ET by amiesThe Daily Mail is a right wing tabloid. Nothing more. There is a distinct lack of understanding about the British media.
About the Sarah Palin thing, not many gave her much thought past her politics. Remember, we have had a female prime minister and the comparisons where solely on that in any reasonable discussion.
The first lady thing, I don't get. Cherie Blair was a prcticing QC while married to the prime minister so I don't get what is so important about the first lady.
This “Fashion” Writer is an idiot.
December 28, 2008 - 20:03 ET by jarrett.edwardsI can never believe it when some describes Mrs. Obama as some sort of elegant fashion plate, she has no posture. One has to have posture for clothes to look right, if not it just looks like a blanket thrown over and old chair. Not even that but a lot of what she wears is quite frankly so depressing Mortica Addams looks cheerful. Compare that with Palin who wears beautiful clothes that shape her body, and are cheerful yet professional looking. If this British women is really a fashion writer, my guess is that she considers Camillia to have better fashion sense then Princess Diana. Also, to the British reader who said they didn't understand the whole first lady thing. Its because in Britain the First lady is the Queen, as Head of State, or Queen Consort, as the highest ranking women in the land. Cherie Blair as the wife of the Head of Government was not First Lady of Britain. The best way to think of it is that the First lady is equal in our system to a Queen Consort. I am an Anglophile, and deeply love your country, for without you we would not have democracy, the English language, or the majority of our culture. Plus, without your country we would not have had two of the greatest politicians of the last century, Churchill and Thatcher.
There is a distinct lack of
December 28, 2008 - 20:12 ET by R D HelmThere is a distinct lack of understanding about the British media.
Oh, I don't know, amies, as I kind of think we have the America-hating BBC pretty much pegged here at NB. :-)
-Dave
I didn't think it was, but
December 28, 2008 - 16:51 ET by Chris NormanI didn't think it was, but I wanted to point out that, actually, only a few people here have made blanket statements, running down your whole country for the words of loony left wing fashion critics or others. On the other hand, when a scientist or a newspaper in your country is reported as questioning global warming, you'll find that many here will point out that a large amount of intelligence and sensibility resides in Great Britain.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
That is because the British
December 28, 2008 - 17:21 ET by amiesThat is because the British media encourages discussion and debate.
amies
December 28, 2008 - 17:37 ET by Noel Sheppardamies,
To piggyback on Chris's point above, many Americans hold the British media in much higher esteem than our own. The Financial Times in particular is considered one of the finest dailies in the world, and I quite concur.
Something else to consider is that we regularly point out that when it comes to the issue of anthropogenic global warming, the foreign press -- including yours -- is far more balanced than America's. ns
It is and also few people
December 28, 2008 - 17:50 ET by amiesIt is and also few people that I know would only read one daily paper.
Even our news channels allow discussion on all sides.
"the Brittish media
December 28, 2008 - 19:15 ET by Jerry"the Brittish media encourages discussion and debate"
Surely you don't include the BBC in that sweeping statement.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
amies, I cannot help but notice you are posting here in English.
December 28, 2008 - 17:40 ET by R D HelmWhich is a good thing, 'cause I don't read German too good. :-)
-Dave
How dare you post anything
December 28, 2008 - 17:48 ET by amiesHow dare you post anything like that. The US army was involved in the liberation of France and beyond.
I have never heard of too many GIs in Belfast during the Second World War.
Our GIs went where the
December 28, 2008 - 18:01 ET by choselife3xOur GIs went where the fighting was.
Point is, the British Isles would have been overrun eventually had it not been for your friends across the sea. You can understand why we might be a little irked at times by the blatant ingratitude of the EU nations.
That said, lighten up.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
cl3x
December 28, 2008 - 18:07 ET by botgyou fergetted the francis
----- Radical Liberal
Bruce
December 28, 2008 - 18:15 ET by choselife3xI gotta see that movie again, I could use a good laugh. Thanks for the link :).
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Actually if Britain was
December 28, 2008 - 18:13 ET by amiesActually if Britain was invaded Northern Ireland would have been adsorbed into the newly created Republic of Ireland and remained a neutral state.
Lighten up? Get a grip. The assumption that the USA soley won the second world war degrades the memory of our soldiers who fought and died just a bravely alongside your soldiers.
Who said solely?
December 28, 2008 - 18:20 ET by choselife3xIt sure as hell wouldn't have been won without us, but I never said we did it alone.
Remain neutral huh? Sounds like a real winning tactic against the Nazis. We shoulda tried that.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Worked for the Republic
December 28, 2008 - 18:46 ET by amiesWorked for the Republic
armies
December 28, 2008 - 18:22 ET by botgneutral?? that would have worked for a day.
point is without US help Germany would have been in London, Glasgow, and Belfast despite the brave deeds of UK fighters and citizens
----- Radical Liberal
Forget it, you guys.
December 28, 2008 - 18:24 ET by BlondeThe Euros just can't stand to face the truth.
We know it, they know it....nuff said.
Blonde
December 28, 2008 - 18:34 ET by choselife3xI'm just sparring with her for the pleasure of hearing her Irish brogue. ;)
Only the Irish can cuss you out and sound pretty while doing it. 'And we'll all go together.....
Hey Bruce, got any Irish music links? I'm gonna go hunt me down a Guinness......
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
aye lassie
December 28, 2008 - 18:39 ET by botgbut they be celtic so's the Welsh an Scotts also be in'er
http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?pi=0&ps=20&sf=&sa=0&sq=&dm=0&p=0832E0089E20B20A
not sure if that link gets it may be here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHwnnQhAmNg&feature=PlayList&p=0832E0089E20B20A&index=0&playnext=1
----- Radical Liberal
Its Amies. Worked for the
December 28, 2008 - 18:47 ET by amiesIts Amies.
Worked for the Republic of Ireland. Check the history.
my apologies Amies
December 28, 2008 - 18:52 ET by botgthough yes as long as England provided the buffer
----- Radical Liberal
amies, had Britain been invaded by the Hitlerite horde,
December 28, 2008 - 19:14 ET by R D Helmand had Hitler decided not to invade Russia but to instead consolidate his holdings in the Mediterranean, you and your Irish compatriots would be, at this very moment, driving around in Volkswagens, eating Wiener Schnitzel on a stick, and singing Deutschland Uber Alles.
No joke.
-Dave
amies,
December 28, 2008 - 18:50 ET by R D HelmAmong those GIs you refer to are about eight members of my family who were sent to Europe to aid in the defeat of the Hitlerites, two of which never came back.
Sorry, but I get just a little irritated when people over there start pointing to people over here and accuse us of being somehow ignorant of what is happening in your part of the world. While that may be true of many people here in this country, it certainly does not apply to the overwhelming majority of the members of NewsBusters.
Most of the members of this site who are not currently in the military are either themselves former members of same, or have siblings, children, or other family members and friends who are currently serving.
Another thing you need to be aware of is that most here are fairly intelligent and rather well-read, far more so than the average American. Most of us get our information from a myriad of sources, and not just in this country, but in yours as well.
Most here will not take one UK newspaper story and apply it to the whole country. They will, as they do with our domestic news sources, look for additional information.
While you may not think the UK has an immigration problem, as well as a commensurate issue with the proliferation of the Islamists and their influence on your laws, there are not just people on this site, but residents of your own country who would take issue with you on that.
While I agree that the media in the UK does a better job of presenting different sides of an issue to a certain point, there is still a strong element of political correctness that is present in much of what is reported there.
-Dave
"I am fed up with people
December 28, 2008 - 22:13 ET by lotr"I am fed up with people here insulting my country especially if they have never even had the decency to visit."
I've been to the UK. It's true that it was not run over by Muslims. But that doesn't mean the demographics aren't rapidly changing (relatively speaking). But even so, this change in demographics is merely a symptom of a more fundamental problem.
And trust me, my eyes are wide open.
And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. -- Edgar Allan Poe
Tell you what
December 29, 2008 - 14:27 ET by Tom in NCI have lived there (seven years), but thankfully it was during Maggie Thatchers time as PM, and I found the people on the most part friendly towards Americans, but I also found a country that taxed their people excessively (M.O.T, TV tax,) just to name a few. Even then there were cities where the muslim, or pakistani populations exceeded those of the brits.
The BBC was biased even back then of the coverage of American politics toward liberals and Neil Kinnock was probably the most vile Member of Parliament who hated Americans in general and Ronald Reagan specifically, and voiced these opinions on numerous occasions. So yes, a few of us know what your country is like, not that I would like to call it home, especially nowadays.
Yeah
December 30, 2008 - 01:26 ET by NorthCoasterYou know him, it's "Sticks" Obama with "Hips" the embodiment of the ancient fertility goddess.
For what it's worth...
December 28, 2008 - 12:55 ET by Texndoc...I had to leave my comment. But as is the usual, two weeks from now you can re-load that page and see there were "(0) comments".
More Scamalot
December 28, 2008 - 12:56 ET by StarAZIt's all part of the "these are the new Kennedys" routine--the WSJ had a story six mos ago about Michelle's wardrobe being made to copy some actual Jackie dresses. The lavender sheath Michelle wore on the cover of Obamaweek was a copy of a Jackie dress--they showed her in it. I also heard Michelle did not have a stylist and relied on her own style. So you decide. I love fashion, even out here in Gooberville AZ and love to dish on this stuff almost as much as the political side.
Scamalot...I like that
December 28, 2008 - 13:21 ET by Blondeor perhaps we should call it Obamalot.
The media's slavering (can I say that, Whoopi?) over Mrs. PEBO is disgusting....and if this article is any indication, it's bound to get worse, much worse!
The woman needs to lose the little cutesy twin sets, and take a page out of Hillary's book....cover up the bloody big parts!
Speaking of her Thighness...though...no mention of her being worst-dressed, eh? But for clearly the best looking and most at-ease-in her-own-skin woman on the national scene, the media feel free to take incessant pot shots, at her, her family, her clothes, her accent, her working class (and self paid for) education. It's a stunning double standard. Caroline is the Princess....she may be clean, but she is certainly not, um, I mean, you know, well, articulate.
To paraphrase the great Margot Channing....hang on, it's going to be a very bumpy (media) ride. Those of us on the conservative side are going to have a rough go of it not getting sick to our stomachs over the Obamadeification. Sex god and his goddess....not!
They all make me sick.
December 28, 2008 - 14:25 ET by motherbeltThey all make me sick.
mb.... Same here. I
December 28, 2008 - 16:45 ET by bigtimermb....
Same here.
I could care less about any of this in the big picture of life.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
another
December 29, 2008 - 00:39 ET by owlpelletsAnd I'm sure she can't cast at all.....Palin can double haul like Lefty Kreh.
Don't blame me....I voted for Palin...
Quick, somebody name a famous British clothing designer!
December 28, 2008 - 13:06 ET by R D HelmYeah, me neither.
Besides, a few years down the road, this will be the most worn garment by women in the UK.
Not even a French designer can do much with that.
-Dave
The burka
December 28, 2008 - 13:36 ET by choselife3xEvery woman's friend.
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In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Then again
December 28, 2008 - 13:22 ET by BobAnthonyThe Brits poisoned our culture in the 1990's with The Spice Girls!
SCREW THE BRIT FASCISTS!
The Constitution is NOT a conspiracy theory and the founding fathers are NOT conspiracy theorists!
Bwaaaahahahahahaa!
December 28, 2008 - 13:40 ET by HockeyKidBwaaaahahahahahaa! Michelle Obama is attractive? I sure wouldn't want to meet her in a dark alley!
As for Governor Palin, all I can say is the author must be afraid of women who are truly competent and strong, not just riding on their husbands' Affirmative Action coattails.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Don't forget
December 28, 2008 - 13:44 ET by DEVILDOCMOMHockeyKid, michelle has her own affirmative action coattails...no way would she be where she is if she had not latched onto that gravy train.
Affirmative Action
December 28, 2008 - 14:30 ET by catharLest ye forget - "W" was a "legacy." (affirmative action for rich, white boys) And why is it that intelligent African Americans are always considered, by conservatives with some race issues, products of "affirmative action." Michelle Obama is a Princeton grad with a degree from Harvard Law School. Whether or not she was "affirmative action" (and lets see some proof) does not take away from her intelligence. And lest ye forget - Clarence Thomas was affirmative action.
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/15/news/oe-kirchick15
Gee cathar
December 28, 2008 - 14:35 ET by BlondeDoes that make Hillary and Princess Caroline "legacy" too?
BTW....Caroline has a law degree from Harvard....not that she's ever put it to any use, hmmmm.
I don't see how Michelle O's "career path" qualified her for the position she was promoted to once her hubby was elected to the U.S. Senate....but no worries. It's Chicago, where they pass around jobs like hors d'oeuvres. Does that make me racist, hmmmm?
what cathar?
December 28, 2008 - 15:06 ET by candanceWho said Clarence Thomas was an affirmative action pick? Did you hear conservatives saying that, or did you hear conservies agree that he was a smart, competent man who deserved the honor? Who said they wanted his wife to feed him eggs and butter so he would die sooner? Why I believe a liberal said those words.
affirmative action for rich, white boys
Please quote anyone on NB ever saying W deserved the White House because of his family. Please quote any conservative on the internet saying any rich white person was owed a job in the government due to anything but their own qualifications.
And why is it that intelligent African Americans are always considered, by conservatives with some race issues, products of "affirmative action."
Really? Republicans have that attitude toward Condi Rice, Michael Steele, and Colin Powell? A Republican president appoints the most diverse cabinet in history yet conservatives are racist? Republicans give America the first governor of Indian heritage, but we're the ones with race issues? Who calls Condi Rice a house negro, libs or conservies?
Who specifically brags about Obama winning because he is the first black president - libs or conservies? Who specifically said Obama's skin color will erase the sin of slavery? Why did 96% of the black people in this country vote for Obama?
Republicans judge Clarence Thomas and Condi Rice based on their actions. Democrats judge Barack and Michelle by appearances first and character second.
I'm a typical white person.
Candance: Reading this
December 28, 2008 - 16:15 ET by stratmanCandance:
Reading this and a couple of your other posts today I would say you are on FIRE!
Great job keeping the Hun's at bay.
candance,
December 28, 2008 - 17:13 ET by R D HelmHave you ever noticed that guilt-ridden lefties like cathair here are the first to jump up and criticize any black American who just happens to escape their liberal plantation masters and goes out and makes it on their own?
After all, the last thing the lilly-white libs want is for a black American to make it without their "help."
Why, that could have disasterous consequences for lilly-white lib politicians, especially if many black Americans start to figure out just who it is that has kept them where they have been all these years, as wards of the state.
I wonder just how fast cathair can run?
-Dave
affirmative action for rich,
December 29, 2008 - 17:47 ET by andophiroxiaaffirmative action for rich, white boys
Sounds like Charlie Rangel's in the house! ;)
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston Churchill
So W never did anything
December 28, 2008 - 15:54 ET by HockeyKidSo W never did anything before gaining the White House, right? Only
chief executive of the second largest state in the union, successful
businessman, etc. on back. I'll stack that up against the Amazing
Empty Obama any day.
Now, before your puny little lib head explodes, no--that doesn't
mean I agree with everything W has ever done. That's how puny little
lib heads think. But on the issue of experience, the First Affirmative
Action President-elect doesn't have a leg to stand on.
How come libs can't tell it like it is? Why can't you recognize the
difference between intelligent, earnest, hard-earned merit and
empty-shirt snake oil--regardless of skin color? Take your racial
guilt and whining somewhere else. In America, we need great leaders,
not social milestones.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
That rips it, cathair
December 28, 2008 - 17:17 ET by R D Helm...by conservatives with some race issues...
You wish, you offensive jerk.
Why is it that black Americans are considered by lilly-white, guilt-ridden racist lefties such as yourself to be incapable of making it on their own in this country in the first place?
That is assuming, of course, you and your fellow Mengele-inspired lefty racists are unable to get "Planned Parenthood" to convince their black parent's to murder them before they are even born into this world and given a chance.
-Dave
If he had actually read some
December 29, 2008 - 17:50 ET by andophiroxiaIf he had actually read some of the background on Margaret Sanger, she wanted the poor, uneducated, and colored to be aborted in order to advance the human race. She wanted a 'Population Congress' in order to regulate human reproduction and birth.
Hitler was the one to advance that cause to its own logical end.
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston Churchill
I have a feeling that this
December 28, 2008 - 14:23 ET by motherbeltI have a feeling that this is the real Michelle
You see this and then the US magazine cover and you know "airbrushing" is an understatement.
Spot on, as usual, mb.
December 28, 2008 - 14:32 ET by BlondeAirbrushing....the Obama understatement.
I like it.
I was a little less delicate
December 28, 2008 - 15:13 ET by motherbeltI was a little less delicate at the time of the US Weekly cover....I believe I said it had been airbrushed with a Wagner Paint Sprayer. LOL
And oh, wait!! Look at the US Weekly cover.
It says She shops at Target!!!
Pass the duct tape, mama!
December 28, 2008 - 15:18 ET by BlondeTar-jay! Natch.
Wagner Power Painter....LOL.
Fun Sunday of sniping!
You're right
December 28, 2008 - 17:40 ET by StarAZWe are being snipey...I am not 100% with piling on any woman. Michelle will be facing her problems...taking care of the kids in the public eye and all that. Not that easy. She just irks me when she looks so cross sometimes, baleful even. And I know so many people struggling and wasn't won over when she said she understood, she could not have paid their loans without two best-selling books, either.
What I just don't like about
December 29, 2008 - 17:53 ET by andophiroxiaWhat I just don't like about Michelle, is that she is pretending to be a nice woman, when really she is a mean, spiteful person. You see enough of those women walking around to know what they look like.
Also, her little comment about "finally being proud of her country" was a big indicator of what she thought of us Amercians as well.
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston Churchill
Geez, motherbelt, that first pic made her look like Aunt Esther.
December 28, 2008 - 22:26 ET by R D Helm:-O
-Dave
Sanford And Son
December 28, 2008 - 22:42 ET by stratmanAnd you know what Fred Sanford said about Esther:
The 1970's might be the least politically correct decade of all time. I miss that era.
Are these people
December 28, 2008 - 13:43 ET by DEVILDOCMOMtotal idiots? I guess the answer to my question is a resounding YES. I think eaglescout hit the nail on this head with his description of that dreadful dress michelle ma belle wore. And sorry, the kids looked no better, I do not see black and red as children's colors for dresses. This woman definitely needs to look at herself in a mirror...a three-way mirror.
As far as Sarah Palin is concerned, she ALWAYS looked classy, as usual the blinded, biased media, in all countries, fail to recognize this. If I were to look for a fashion icon, it would be Sarah, not michelle.
Wardrobe Function
December 28, 2008 - 14:36 ET by catharIf you had almost $200,000 to spend for your wardrobe (courtesy of the RNC) you'd look classy, too. I guess they thought that she wasn't classy enough. BTW, have the clothes been returned? I do hope that "first dude" loved the silk underwear!!! I noticed that Palin was wearing a Burberry scarf when she did her Thanksgiving incoherency. Wonder if that accroutement was courtesy of the RNC?
Get over it already
December 28, 2008 - 14:48 ET by BlondeAnd get your facts straight while you're at it.
We need a better class of troll, here.
I think there's little chat
December 29, 2008 - 17:58 ET by andophiroxiaI think there's little chat bots that freaking spam lib talking points because they have been "trained" to say them over and over from the DU.
Because, I still can't believe that people are that programmed to hate someone without merit-- but then liberals always suprise me that way.
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston Churchill
Oh, you hypocritical
December 28, 2008 - 14:53 ET by JerryOh, you hypocritical libs... When republicans out-raised dems on campaign contributions, big money was the greatest threat to democracy that the world had ever known..... EXCEPT when Obama raises bazillions of dollars, the majority from undocumented sources... and now money is good again..... EXCEPT when republicans spend money on public relations (wardrobe), and now it's bad again. Make up your freaking mind!
And Thanksgiving incoherency? Palin's coherency puts the stammering (when unscripted), bumbling (when unscripted), Obama to shame, just like her executive experience dwarfs the pathetic qualifications of Obama.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Yeah Obama has 29 million
December 29, 2008 - 18:01 ET by andophiroxiaYeah Obama has 29 million left in donations. I wonder if he could 'spread the wealth' by distributing that evenly across the population of America?
:P
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston Churchill
I hope she did keep the clothes
December 28, 2008 - 15:10 ET by StarAZI think Sarah Palin earned those clothes--if they were to her taste. At least she looks like a woman who not only remembers sex, but has it! Now that's sexy, if sort of a tacky comment.
Star!
December 28, 2008 - 15:16 ET by BlondeNot so tacky.
But you forgot something. Todd.
I hope she is afforded the opportunity to auction those clothes off, a la Princess Diana's kids....for the charity of her choice. It would be the proper thing to do, if the RNC could get their heads out of their arses long enough.
Todd?
December 28, 2008 - 15:36 ET by StarAZIs there something I should know about Todd and his sex life? Oh, don't tell me. I need some illusions.
Star
December 28, 2008 - 16:18 ET by BlondeI only meant there's a male stone cold fox in the Palin family. And it's not Track!
J,
December 29, 2008 - 18:30 ET by R D HelmI couldn't find the link, but I remember reading something somewhere a while back that the repubs sent a lackey to Alaska to retrieve the clothes that the party had purchased for her.
Bet McCain was behind it, too.
-Dave
And if it was.....SO
December 28, 2008 - 15:25 ET by motherbeltAnd if it was.....SO WHAT!!!
Uh, living in Alaska, she probably didn't need the kind of clothes she needed for a national campaingn.
Again I say, SO WHAT!!
You didn't notice any difference in the way Michelle dressed from the beginning of the campaign to the end?
I'm betting that dress she had on on election night wasn't from White House/Black Market!
Or even from J Crew, like the $350 outfit (not including shoes) she wore for her Leno appearance.
Oh please,
December 28, 2008 - 22:14 ET by DEVILDOCMOMyou should know better that to tell those lies on this site. You can buy her Double Dare Naughty Monkey shoes for less than $90.00 and a Burberry scarf? I find them online for $33.00 up...ooh, those rich conservatives!
BTW, how do you know that isn't my clothing allowance? lol
Face it, you are stuck with michelle, while WE have SARAH!
Of course, what really makes
December 28, 2008 - 14:34 ET by dboOf course, what really makes this breathtakingly silly is calling such
an attractive woman -- who, by the way, has five children INCLUDING one
born this year!!! -- hopelessly sexless
I guess the editors of this rag are going to try and tell us that Hillary Clinton in a pantsuit is sexy.
Hillary as the It Lady. What a hoot!
December 29, 2008 - 19:31 ET by needle“I guess the editors of this rag are going to try and tell us that Hillary Clinton in a pantsuit is sexy.”
Yes! You’ve got it! For the pinheads who have thoroughly overdosed on radical feminism Hillary is the It Lady. It is like declining a feast, and instead snatching at flies and bats.
Well, these “smart” panderers can work as hard as they like at trying to fool themselves; but they aren’t going to fool us, especially in this case. How ridiculous!
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
Must Like "Junk in the Trunk"
December 28, 2008 - 14:46 ET by BW222If they find Michelle Obama sexy, they must like women with a lot of "junk in the trunk."
Sarah Palin was chosen as #2 among the world's sexiest politicians by Maxim Magazine (behind a member of the Italian Parliament who is a former bikini model and about 10 years younger than Sarah).
BW222
Hey, nothing wrong with a big butt
December 28, 2008 - 15:07 ET by StarAZI am thus endowed myself! My gripe with her (one of them) is that she always glowers and looks scary. That and going on about being a Super Mom when her own mother did much of the child care--and will in the WH, too, I gather. Don't forget, her husband lived in DC during the week.
You mean like this?
December 28, 2008 - 15:19 ET by motherbeltYou mean like this?
Yes...
December 28, 2008 - 15:32 ET by StarAZEeee....yes, just like that...
Case in point--note the
December 28, 2008 - 15:59 ET by HockeyKidCase in point--note the sweater in that pic. Michelle's either trying to go for high school cheerleader or grandma chic. Hardly high style in anybody's book.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Twin sets
December 28, 2008 - 16:02 ET by BlondeBlech!
YIKES!!!!
December 28, 2008 - 16:47 ET by sentforth5Warn me before ya do something like that!Egads!
mother
December 28, 2008 - 22:05 ET by DEVILDOCMOMPLEASE do not do that again...I am trying to relax and enjoy the evening...lol.
Hey, give her a small nod
December 28, 2008 - 22:16 ET by Clear thinkerHey, give her a small nod of credit... after all these years of living in the greatest country on earth, she's finally proud of her country! That should account for something.
On second thought, never mind.
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I trust Maxim more than I
December 28, 2008 - 15:23 ET by wiwfI trust Maxim more than I trust some Hussein thug that honestly thinks Michelle was more attractive than Sarah.
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Living proof....
December 28, 2008 - 15:38 ET by ScrapironMichelle O is living proof that if you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig. She knows that and also knows she walks like a crippled mule. Now get on with the rest of your life, which will end in suicide for thousands of liberals shortly after Jan 20th when they realize GWB is gone and they're still crazy.
Old, Retired and glad of it.
Are we sure this article
December 28, 2008 - 16:07 ET by HockeyKidAre we sure this article isn't satire, a la Ann Coulter's and VHD's columns attributing Obama and Biden flubs to McCain and Palin, repsectively?
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Hockey Kid
December 28, 2008 - 16:22 ET by BlondeDid you read the link?
It's a for real article. Barmy Brit think....if they're so in love with the BW's....they may certainly have them, with my compliments.
Bottom Line: Michelle Obama
December 28, 2008 - 16:14 ET by Chris NormanBottom Line: Michelle Obama could dress up like Granny from the Beverley Hillbillies and be declared a "fashion goddess" by these "liberals because it's chic" fashion critics. While Palin could be dressed by Dior himself and be egged for being a "fashion disaster". This has nothing to do with fashion and everything to do with politics and a toadying media. Remember when fashion plate Nancy Reagan was compared unfavorably to the dumpy and frumpy Raisa Gorbachev?
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
To libs beauty is only skin deep
December 28, 2008 - 16:39 ET by EricTheRedGood call, "motherbelt," on the "Michelle O shops at Target" mention from Us Weekly!
Michelle Obama is far from a goddess and Sarah Palin is far from sexless. This bitter DM columnist has it backwards. To these (admittedly biased) eyes, Michelle is a hag and Sarah is a work of art.
To liberals, beauty is only skin deep anyway. One reason Michelle is as ugly as I think she is, is because she's an ugly person on the inside. She has had much in life handed to her, from her affirmative action college admittances to her husband-influenced positions of employment. Yet, she is full of unwarranted bitterness, hate, and resentment, and it has taken its toll on her physical appearance.
OTOH, Sarah Palin was not only blessed with natural physical beauty, but her entire demeanor, from her infectious smile to the love she shows to her family, is a reflection of her inner beauty. She has had a simple life, yet at her still young age has achieved many great things. She has also faced real adversity, including most recently the birth of a Down Syndrome baby. But instead of treating baby Trig as what the Obamas and many liberals would call a mistake of nature to simply be discarded, Sarah instead viewed Trig as gift from God. For this and many reasons, Sarah Palin is beautiful because she emits beauty.
And the left hates her for it.
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December 28, 2008 - 17:22 ET by choselife3xDead on!
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Yep
December 30, 2008 - 01:42 ET by NorthCoasterYou hit the target in the bullseye!
Precisely!
December 29, 2008 - 18:11 ET by andophiroxiaThat's the thing. When Sarah Palin was first announced as the VP pick, I took a quick look on her Wiki page and I saw the governor's homepage, and you know what? They didn't need to do anything at all in order to make her look good or even better. She was who she said she was! I understand during a campaign, there has to be a bit of spit-shine on a candidate, BUT with Palin, she did not NEED any!
The thing what I noticed about Palin, is that it looks like she's looking right at you personally. McCain did look like he had some direction, Obama was always looking down on people or staring past you--kind of sniffing distaintfully and talking down to you like a sheltered, pretentious college professor, and Biden was just kind of in lalala land. I sincerely think that Biden could very well be really smart, but I guess they smack him on the head with a hammer right before a speech--which attributes to his very distinct speech mannerisms. I would say the same for Barney Frank, but then he talks like they smacked him in the mouth with a hammer.
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I've seen ugly
December 28, 2008 - 16:53 ET by sentforth5But Mrs. Oblahblah takes the cake!
My wife went to see Mrs. Palin at a Saxby Chambliss rally here in Georgia and she took some tremendous pictures...and..uhh (hopefully ya'll won't tell her I said this) DAMN! Sarah is one fine chick! You could dress her in a potato sack and she'd still be smokin'.
My wife said that she looked like the Statue of Liberty personafied!
Calling Obama a sex god is
December 28, 2008 - 17:13 ET by Trix RabbitCalling Obama a sex god is like comparing Dom Perignon to dirty dish water.
As for Michelle ma Belle, the idea that "she looks chic"...well there are so many flaws with that statement - from the clown college approach to attire to the egregious choice of accessories that it would take weeks to explain the subtleties.
Note to Michelle: there is a reason that thrift stores are stocked with white stretch pants. If you went to play the slots in Atlantic City, you'd blend right in.
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell
OMG, Trix!
December 28, 2008 - 17:18 ET by BlondeThose comments got you immediate acceptance into the NB Fashion Police.
Blonde,How does one
December 28, 2008 - 17:31 ET by Chris NormanBlonde,
How does one spell the sound a cat makes when it takes a vicious swipe with the claws that land on-target? I only know "m-e-o-w" and that doesn't cover it. :)
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Good question, Chris
December 28, 2008 - 17:40 ET by BlondeI think it goes kind of like this.....
Swiiiiishhhzzzzzzzttttttt....Oh Sh**!
Like that.
That's not quite it either.
December 28, 2008 - 17:57 ET by Chris NormanThat's not quite what I was thinking about. I can make the sound, I just can't spell it: "ryarrrr" - naw, that's not it either. I trust you know what I mean when I say Trix's comment was "ryarrr"... :)
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
I've always seen it written
December 28, 2008 - 19:26 ET by JerryI've always seen it written as "rowwwrrrr"
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
I think this " reporter "
December 28, 2008 - 17:28 ET by pitter43I think this " reporter " needs to get off crack, maybe find a good ophthalmologist.
Election Night
December 28, 2008 - 17:41 ET by WVDinoThat dress Mrs. O wore on election night was ugly. It made her hips look even bigger.
Like she needed something
December 28, 2008 - 20:33 ET by AuH2oLike she needed something to make her hips look bigger.
I think the black widow spider look fit her perfectly.
Her dress
December 28, 2008 - 18:21 ET by jaywlThe first half of the primary season I really thought her dresses looked like old, poor people's sack dresses. Sorry, she is not elegant, sexy, chic, nor better dressed than Sarah Palin in her everyday dress.
I'm going to get right
December 28, 2008 - 18:23 ET by WorriedI'm going to get right to the point. Michelle Obama has a pissed off look on her face. Sarah Palin is a beautiful, confident looking woman. There are no comparisons.
Michelle also looks like she wears the pants in her family.
Chic, she is not
December 28, 2008 - 22:30 ET by The Smokin FrogClearly Sarah Plain is intelligent, she didn't get as far as she did by being an idiot. And it was so good to see a woman that looked feminine, loved being a woman, loved being a mother, amazingly didn't want to kill children and had some solid conservative beliefs in how this country should run. Yes, I can see why the left would get their panties in a twist over her. As far as Michele Obama is concerned, if she wasn't married to the newly elected President her lack of femininity in presenting herself would be stated plainly. But she is married to the newly elected President so the grand revisionist machine must crank out the information of what we are supposed to see. A new reality. And if they say it often enough maybe we will believe it.
Chic, she is not.
South Side cowgirl
December 28, 2008 - 23:42 ET by easygoerAre they blind? Michelle is not my type, but lookswise, I don't think she is wholly unattractive, anyone can take a bad photo. She's just bowlegged; walks and stands like she just got off a horse. Not that I've ever ridden one; I just bet on them.
I love how Palin looks. Five kids later and her body is lovely. Plus she has a winning personality and she will be president one day. Todd married well.
Someone in the NYC media wrote an article about how exotic looking Michelle is. Are you kidding me?
Here's some exoticism for you.
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Just breaking!!!!!
December 29, 2008 - 00:59 ET by owlpelletsThey did DNA testing on Michelle and Barney Frank and found the are the same guy!!! Same with Rachel M. and Queef!!!!!
Don't blame me....I voted for Palin...
All I know is that she
December 29, 2008 - 01:30 ET by Carl KolchakAll I know is that she can't dress as good as Jenny Poo could, and trust me nobody knows about good dressing as good as me.
Sincerely
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Herb Tarlek
December 29, 2008 - 01:56 ET by easygoerClassic. Herb was one of my alltime favorite characters on one of my favorite shows. WKRP; one of my favorite lines was from the opening theme song and credits, where the audio stated "The senator, while admitting he was drunk could not explain his nudity." Great show.
Please, everyone: Don't worry about it
December 29, 2008 - 09:09 ET by Paul AtreidesHas anyone seen what is passed off as good fashion on the runways now? Models who look as if they stepped out of Clive Barker novels; fashion that looks as if it was designed by a psychotic monkey on crack; designers (homosexual and straight) who make women look as unfeminine as possible.
Michelle O isn't the worst thing to come down the road (thankfully, no Old Crusty, yet), but Sarah Palin is far from sexless. Give me her look any day over the creepy, hideous, skanky, sexless bodybags that are being churned out by designers today.
Sarah looks like a woman, not something that just got up off of the table in a morgue.
I'm sure that whoever wrote that silly article thinks that she/he has just written something worthy of a major award. Let them have their delusions; it is probably all they have to cling to.
Paul, Walk through the
December 29, 2008 - 09:27 ET by Hunter12Paul, Walk through the ladies fashion department and you'll see the rack packed with clothes. It isn't that women no longer want new clothes, it's that the fashions are terrible. All the clothes make a woman look pregnant. I've never understood why women let people who don't like women, dress them. That may be an over-generalization, but no one can deny that fashion designers take the easy way out. They design clothes for models that aren't much different from the hangers from which the clothes drape so nicely. I'm always disheartened when I shop with my wife and she is depressed because this year's fashions don't favor a full figure. I try to tell her that I always judge her outfits on how they look laying in a pile at the foot of the bed, but in the feminine world, I guess my opinion doesn't count.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Have to agree with worried
December 29, 2008 - 09:53 ET by katiejaneMichelle also looks like she wears the pants in her family. BO always struck me as one badly whupped man.
Yeah, right...that dress
December 29, 2008 - 10:22 ET by marpelYeah, right...that dress Michelle O wore the night BO won the Presidency was by far the worst looking dress I have ever seen. It looked like she had had a miscarriage just before she came out on stage. And that dress (a Narcissco Rodriguez design) cost more than a few outfits of Sarah Palin's....but I guess according to liberals, we're not supposed to believe our lyin' eyes.
What a bunch of crap...
Oh God,
December 29, 2008 - 11:18 ET by Karinshe groaned. Do I have to hear, for the next four years or more, about how Obama is "quite frankly, a sex god?" NO HE'S NOT. He has a pencil neck, bad legs, purple lips, and elephant ears. Do you know what? I think all these people say that because what they really mean is, "Look at me! I'm not racist! I'm calling a black man attractive!"
As for Michelle, she has no fashion sense and is no goddess. Please. I saw a photo of her wearing a big old dirndl skirt and a cardigan sweater, with flats. She looked as big as a barn and just as dowdy.
For some reason, I agreed to
December 29, 2008 - 14:30 ET by thebutlerdiditFor some reason, I agreed to buy a year's worth of the women's mags for some school fund raiser. Normally, I don't even read them, drop them with the elderly. I remember a big article last year, right when the O's were first getting a lot of attention, that MO said she was a mess until Oprah's people got a hold of her. So, the reason she changed her look, she said they did her makeup and dressed her for all her events. Must be nice to have friends in high places! The Black Widow dress, by Rodriguez was said to cost approx 15,000, but was given to her. As for her looks, the poor woman is not a godess, she is just average. But, hey, if the people that do Oprah can make her look human, then MO must be a piece of cake. I don't know who all these people are who think BO is sexy, must be the same ones who thought Bill Clinton was sexy. I wouldn't touch either one, even if I was a liberal. That's like me saying Newt gets my blood heated up.
Thought I would log out until I saw this-----
December 29, 2008 - 15:31 ET by Roscoe MendagoYou have got to be joking, right!!! Michelle Obama is not what should be viewed as some sort of fashion plate, of course that's my opinion. But how does one see this woman who graces a stage like a dock worker as a "Goddess". There's nothing feminine about the way she walks, maybe "longshoreman" is more like it. Check out the "back", it's like it should be attached to a "charging rhinoceros", the woman is huge back there.
When comparing Michelle and Sarah, just let me ask you this, "who would you want babysitting your kids." Michelle Obama is scary looking and would frighten the kids.
Another thing, Sarah Palin could be dressed in a flour sack and look better than Michelle Obama.
Sure is nice knowing you're right!!!!!
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Psst, Pass it Along: Michelle Obama Doesn't Wear Pantyhose
December 29, 2008 - 19:41 ET by Rush FanIn early November the AP's Jocelyn Noveck wrote an article titled "Obamas Seen as Kennedy-esque" that compared the youth, style and optimism of Barack and Michelle Obama to President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie. My local paper accompanied the article with pictures of both couples.
But to be fair and balanced, the AP also compared the pigheadedness, negligence, warmongering and lack of style of President George W. Bush and wife Laura to another former presidential couple - President Calvin Coolidge and wife Grace. (I could be mistaken about this, but it does sound like something the AP would do).
However, I'm not mistaken that the same AP article, now titled A young family, a new style for the White House noted the following fashion changes once the Obamas take over the White House:
"I can't think of a first lady who was unabashedly able to bare her arms and shoulders in the East Wing,"Behrens says. And while we're at it, the bare leg may win out, too: Michelle Obama has said on national TV that she avoids those pesky pantyhose.
Other possible changes, according to Behrens: fewer puffed sleeves on the streets of Washington, and fewer sequins at night. And in a troubled economy, women will be happy to know that their first lady shops online at J. Crew.
And her husband? One men's fashion expert foresees a nationwide influence on the shape of suits. "Barack Obama will cause a generation of men to look at the way suits fit," says Tyler Thoreson, editor of men.style.com. "A fitted, tailored look will feel more natural to the average guy after seeing it on the leader of the free world."
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As for Gov. Sarah Palin, CNN's Campbell Brown, No Bias No Bull wanted to get in some parting shots before the year ended:
CHARLIE GIBSON, ABC NEWS: Do you agree with the Bush doctrine?
GOV. SARAH PALIN (R), ALASKA: In what respect, Charlie?
GIBSON: The Bush -- well, what do you interpret it to be?
PALIN: His world view.
GIBSON: No, the Bush doctrine enunciated September 2002 before the Iraq war.
MILBANK: "When Sarah Palin went on with this series of interviews that
was strung out by CBS with Katie Couric, in which she had this
absolutely devastating inability to talk about her knowledge of Russia,
which in turn made her the subject of Tina Fey's jokes on "Saturday
Night Live" and created this fundamental, if perhaps unfair impression
that she was completely not up to the task.
Sarah Palin went from being the person who could energize John McCain's campaign to being a laughing stock that was a tremendous drag on his ticket."
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