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Best First Lady in recent times?

Best First Lady in recent times?


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Best First Lady in recent times?

Use your own criteria in determining "best".

Yes! She's raised her children well, she hasn't been in the political forefront like Hillary was, but she's gotten involved in many causes, all positive. Of course, when she encouraged America to drink more water, that didn't sit too well with the conservatives who cannot allow themselves to be complimentary towards anything the Obamas do, ever....
 
Yes! She's raised her children well, she hasn't been in the political forefront like Hillary was, but she's gotten involved in many causes, all positive. Of course, when she encouraged America to drink more water, that didn't sit too well with the conservatives who cannot allow themselves to be complimentary towards anything the Obamas do, ever....

Who are you talking about?
 
I thought Barbara Bush was dignified, and would get my vote as "best". Carter would be second.

I have no memory of Johnson or Nixon, and most of my memory regarding Ford is from after the White House, so I cannot really assess her either. (I'm keeping my assessments to the time they were in the White House, not their lives before or after)

I detested Reagan and Clinton. Laura Bush and Obama were/are fine. I don't have any issues with either. Well, I don't quibble with Obama's intent on the food thing, but I do quibble with how she's been doing it.
 
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I thought Barbara Bush was dignified, and would get my vote as "best". Carter would be second.

I have no memory of Johnson or Nixon, and most of my memory regarding Ford is from after the White House, so I cannot really assess her either. (I'm keeping my assessments to the time they were in the White House, not their lives before or after)

I detested Reagan and Clinton. Laura Bush and Obama were/are fine. I don't have any issues with either. Well, I don't quibble with Obama's intent on the food thing, but I do quibble with how she's been doing it.

I think this depends on what one expects in a First Lady? Must she be the traditional doesn't-speak-unless-spoken-to wilting flower suitable for hanging in the Blue Room? Why can't she be a high-profile leader, too, but in ways that are all positive, (mostly) non-partisan, and which set a wonderful example for our youth to look up to? This is why I think very highly of Michelle Obama.
 
I think this depends on what one expects in a First Lady? Must she be the traditional doesn't-speak-unless-spoken-to wilting flower suitable for hanging in the Blue Room? Why can't she be a high-profile leader, too, but in ways that are all positive, (mostly) non-partisan, and which set a wonderful example for our youth to look up to? This is why I think very highly of Michelle Obama.
Duly noted. Just remember...
Use your own criteria in determining "best".
 
Laura Bush or Michelle Obama. Babs and Hillary could be battle axes, and Nancy was a little cuckoo with the whole astrology thing.

I bet you Betty Ford could party, though.
 
Sorry. Michelle Obama, of course - which was strongly implied by the last sentence of my post.

Well it threw me off because it also said she raised her children well. They are still being raised and we know nothing about them so we don't know if they were raised well or not.
 
Well it threw me off because it also said she raised her children well. They are still being raised and we know nothing about them so we don't know if they were raised well or not.

Okay, I'll qualify that with, "so far, it seems that she is raising her children well."
 
yes! She's raised her children well, she hasn't been in the political forefront like hillary was, but she's gotten involved in many causes, all positive. Of course, when she encouraged america to drink more water, that didn't sit too well with the conservatives who cannot allow themselves to be complimentary towards anything the obamas do, ever....

lol !!
 
The Bush ladies were dignified. Pat Nixon was a fine first lady. Jaque Kennedy would have been a good addition to the poll. I think Barbara Bush was gracious. Laura Bush probably did more work. Michelle Obama screwed up school lunches.
 
Barbara Bush, because she felt no need to be ostentatious.
 
hard to choose; all have done a good job, IMO.
 
Well it threw me off because it also said she raised her children well. They are still being raised and we know nothing about them so we don't know if they were raised well or not.

Well, at least we know that the older daughter, Malia, is worth fifty cows, seventy sheep and thirty goats. That's a standing offer that is on the table, for her hand in marriage.

Her mother, so far as I know, has only been appraised at no more than a third of a Dinar, or about $46.
 
Most of them seemed nice; that's why the lesser ones seem to stand out from the rest. I can think of two bad ones. I'm not going to name them but one is a Republican and the other is a Democrat.
 
Barbara Bush. She had class and dignity. She stayed out of politics. She was a good wife and mother. She stayed out of politics. She didn't foist her opinions or causes on the citizens. She stayed out of politics.

Oh, and she put Talbots on the map and told Jeb not to run. Of course he ignored her.
 
I thought Barbara Bush was dignified, and would get my vote as "best". Carter would be second.

I have no memory of Johnson or Nixon, and most of my memory regarding Ford is from after the White House, so I cannot really assess her either. (I'm keeping my assessments to the time they were in the White House, not their lives before or after)

I detested Reagan and Clinton. Laura Bush and Obama were/are fine. I don't have any issues with either. Well, I don't quibble with Obama's intent on the food thing, but I do quibble with how she's been doing it.

I quibble with the way she describes the country in general and people she doesn't like in particular.

Glen Contrarian said:
I think this depends on what one expects in a First Lady? Must she be the traditional doesn't-speak-unless-spoken-to wilting flower suitable for hanging in the Blue Room? Why can't she be a high-profile leader, too, but in ways that are all positive, (mostly) non-partisan, and which set a wonderful example for our youth to look up to? This is why I think very highly of Michelle Obama.

Do you think that encouraging lying about being the victim of racism in order to encourage self-victimization is a wonderful example for our youth to look up to?
 
Barbara Bush. She had class and dignity. She stayed out of politics. She was a good wife and mother. She stayed out of politics. She didn't foist her opinions or causes on the citizens. She stayed out of politics.

Oh, and she put Talbots on the map and told Jeb not to run. Of course he ignored her.

Boom. Exactly.
 
Barbara Bush. She had class and dignity. She stayed out of politics. She was a good wife and mother. She stayed out of politics. She didn't foist her opinions or causes on the citizens. She stayed out of politics.

Oh, and she put Talbots on the map and told Jeb not to run. Of course he ignored her.
I heard she stayed out of politics, too. ;)
 
I quibble with the way she describes the country in general and people she doesn't like in particular.



Do you think that encouraging lying about being the victim of racism in order to encourage self-victimization is a wonderful example for our youth to look up to?

Except that if you would actually READ the Politico article that is the source reference for your own reference, there's nothing in there at all that mentions or even implies racism. As to the other instance listed in People Magazine, that's quite believable and there's certainly nothing showing that she was lying therein.

Check all my posts, and you'll notice that I very, very rarely accuse anyone of lying...but you lied. You just got caught lying by falsely accusing someone else of lying. But that's okay - we know how you are already.
 
Michelle's pretty cool and the others are of little interest to me, so Michelle gets my vote.

Barbara Bush. She had class and dignity. She stayed out of politics. She was a good wife and mother. She stayed out of politics. She didn't foist her opinions or causes on the citizens. She stayed out of politics.
Yes, a nice silent woman that knew her place.
 
Best First Lady?

What's next? Best POTUS dog? Best POTUS suit? Best POTUS 'wave at the media'?

Considering the First Lady does NOTHING officially. And that we have NO IDEA what is said behind closed doors...the First Lady is almost totally irrelevant and almost completely impossible to judge, imo.
 
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