I said this in Great Debates yesterday, but the name “Barack” is tailor-made for dirty limericks. I’m not writing 'em, but it’s right there.
It quite depends on where, when, and to whom one expresses such thoughts. I can assure you that Jackie Kennedy prompted similar notions.
Come on. That dress makes her look like a movie star.
For some reason, the term “First Lady-elect” bothers me, since she is not really elected. I don’t know that there’s a better one (First Lady Designate? Presumptive First Lady ?) but none sit well with me.
First Lady to-be, maybe.
Interesting. I found her look extremely sexy in a modest way. The high waist makes her legs look very long and lean and emphasize the curve of her hips/booty without looking either TOO big or skanky. Her shoulders are visually broadened more with the silhouette, and along with her height it makes her look very strong and confident. I think it’s a great example of how modest can still be very sexy.
Oh, my. Attractive world leaders - what is this world coming to? (Heh - there’s a dirty joke in there somewhere, too.)
In the linked picture, President-Elect Obama appears to be completely relaxed and at ease. Compare him to GWB who has his hand a few inches away from his leg as if he is prepared to go for his gun or throw a punch. Totally on the defensive.
Mrs. Bush has her usual “What the hell am I doing here? Why in the hell am I here? Who is this woman standing next to me?” look on her face. Mrs First-Lady Obama seriously has it all under control as if she realizes who, what, and where she is every time her heart beats and manages to look damn good while she’s doing nothing more than standing in one place.
I’m too old to entertain lascivious thoughts about anyone but my Darling Marcie otherwise my inclination would definitely be towards Ms. Obama. No disrespect intended.
It’s confirmed: Laura Bush is the dowdiest FL since Bess Truman. LOOK at that brown “dress” she’s wearing–straight out of Leave it to Beaver!
The Obamas look current, the Bushs look tired and kinda puzzled.
So let’s review in our minds’ eyes the first ladies since ol’ Bessie:
Laura Bush
Hillary Clinton
Barbara Bush
Mrs. Carter (what the hell was her name?)
Betty Ford
Pat Nixon
Lady Bird Johnson
Jackie Kennedy
Mamie Eisenhower
Lots of dowdy in that crowd. Jacquie and Betty Ford were both attractive and stylish; Pat Nixon was thin; Hillary was young-ish; everyone else was pretty much your grandmother.
Now as to the OP, if she knew, she’d probably be flattered. Frankly, I find them both a little intimidating to think of them in that raw, personal way. I’m used to being the smart one in a relationship (oh, shut up!). I don’t think I’d have anything to say for myself. Sigh.
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Well she is the sister of a Collage Basketball coach and ex-college star Craig Robinson and Barack was on his high school’s varsity team.
I like her assigned Secret Service codename: “Renaissance”.
His is “Renegade” for the record.
Well, he’s not bad looking, but a bit skinny for my taste. I prefer a little more meat on the bones. And I’m basing that not on a picture but on the one occasion I saw him from about five feet away in real life. He really is skinny.
That’s what I think . . . every single time I see him. We’ve never had a President who even came close.
June Cleaver would NEVER have worn that dress!
Eight years between fifty and sixty tend not to make most women appreciably more attractive. She is 62. When she was in Michelle Obama’s position campaigning for her husband’s first term she was 53 (she just had a birthday).
(She actually looks a lot like my mother, who is usually considered to be DARN attractive - my mother does have a year or two on her, though).
I saw some news footage today of the Bush family / Obama family handshakery going on at the White House. As Dubya extends his hand to Barack Obama, the camera angle makes it look exactly like he’s grabbing Michelle Obama’s arse.
My chain of thought over that second was something along the lines of, “What the…? HEY, GO DUBYA! … oh.”
Anybody else see that?
Yikes that dress does nothing for her figure. She’s a tall woman, why on earth is she wearing a dress with a waistline right below her breasts? It makes her look freakish.
Michelle Obama is very attractive, no question, but I don’t think her husband counts as a “dork.” Only if you find fit self-confident powerful men dorkish.
Laura needs better foundation garments. Translation: She needs a better bra, one that hikes the First Ladies up about 2 to 3 inches on her rib cage. She also should stop choosing her dresses from Vern Yoder’s House of Amish Schoolmarm Dresses Made Of Hemp.
Being respectful of a woman and finding her hot are not mutually exclusive.
And Laura looks fine. That dress, though…ick! Looks like she’s wearing a burlap sack. Maybe a hair shirt to atone for her husband’s sins…
(And as embarrassing as this is to admit–that pic of Barack in the cowboy hat is my desktop wallpaper.)