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Μολὼν λαβέ;1064709881 said:Bill Clinton certainly didn't need a first lady.
He needed one
and a first mistress
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064709881 said:Bill Clinton certainly didn't need a first lady.
Is spinster like a slur for gay men that I haven't heard of?
I doubt it. I think that word passed out of common usage in the US a very long time ago. It is still used in Great Britain for elderly women who never married, and mostly employed as a descriptive legal term.
Oh, I thought spinster meant like an old crazy scientist.
Not sure of the etymology, but in my State it defines the legal marital status of an unmarried women of legal age. I believe it only applies to an adult women never married (otherwise their legal marital status would be 'divorced', I believe).No. I think it refers to an elderly woman who sits and spins yarn - a task relegated to those women without offspring or a husband back when families were an extended thing. They had no meals to fix and so on.
I wonder how feasible it would be for a President's wife to NOT do the First Lady gig. Let's say the wife a new POTUS is a surgeon or a college professor or something and she says, "**** all that pomp and circumstance. I worked my ass off to get to this point in my career. I'm not going to quit just to play a part."
I wonder how feasible it would be for her to do that. Would the Secret Service Protection just make it impossible?
Good question. I know that Jill Biden is a Doctor and teaches at a Community College in Virginia. I don't think she's an MD, but has a Doctorate in English (I think).
Good question. I know that Jill Biden is a Doctor and teaches at a Community College in Virginia. I don't think she's an MD, but has a Doctorate in English (I think).
I don't think it's a need at all.
I do think it's interesting that no ones making a fuss over the matter that the first gay presidential candidate to run and has a chance of winning is a republican.
Dems have supported gay rights for all of a few years, not even going back to when obama first took office. There's been no such opportunity.
But you have to be joking about chance of winning, with how anti gay the repub primary is going
I don't think it's a need at all.
I do think it's interesting that no ones making a fuss over the matter that the first gay presidential candidate to run and has a chance of winning is a republican.
And was a former educator for students with ED at a psychiatric hospital. In 2008 I was pleasantly surprised to see both Jill Biden and Cindy McCain both had special education teaching experience.
No. More relevant now, though, is the possibility of Bill Clinton as the "First Gentleman." WTF would he do in THAT role?
Shhhh.... You're not s'posed to talk about that.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064709881 said:Bill Clinton certainly didn't need a first lady.
Dems have supported gay rights for all of a few years, not even going back to when obama first took office. There's been no such opportunity.
But you have to be joking about chance of winning, with how anti gay the repub primary is going
One can assume is that what you mean?.....If he is, he isn't open about it. If he was hiding it.....the MS media would bring all that out, don't you think?
He did come out and say Jenner would be welcome in his party.
Mornin Cap. :2wave: Cmon now.....maybe we can get the MS Media and the NY Times to bring that out into the open. That would run for a couple of weeks, at the minimum.
Why have they been silent on this? Any other time.....they are all over any Repub even mentioning anything about the LGBT crowd and their issues.
Were you surprised to hear about Dennis Hastert? No?
With Senator Lindsey Graham running for the Presidency and being a Bachelor, (not that he has any chance at winning such) this does bring up the question about the need for a First Lady. Who would be the First Lady if the President was a Bachelor. What say ye. Do we need a First Lady?
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a presidential hopeful, is a bachelor. Would he need a first lady? It's a question complicated by shifting views of what a first lady should be.
To some, the role is more than just ceremonial. To others, choosing china sets and guest lists is a relic of a bygone age.
Only two presidents were unmarried when taking the oath of office: James Buchanan (D) and Grover Cleveland (D). Of the two, only Buchanan remained single through his presidency. But even he had a woman in his life willing to step in and play the role of White House hostess. Buchanan’s niece, Harriet Lane, became a well-known Washington socialite who, as the White House website highlights, “filled the White House with gaiety and flowers, and guided its social life with enthusiasm and discretion, winning national popularity.”....snip~
Lindsey Graham interview raises question: Do we need a first lady?
I think Graham is positively thrilled that he keeps getting asked this question. The artificial controversy and the errant criticism that bubbles up over gives him more media attention than he has received since the start of his campaign. Even better he gets to play the victim who is quite clearly 'in the right'. It also makes him quirky and different! I'm sure he's very happy right now.
Mornin Sherman. :2wave: I agree.....but what do you think, do we need a First Lady?