Media Push 'Raves' for Mrs. Obama's Convention Dress
NewsBusters ^ | September 8, 2012 | Tim Graham
Insist GOP Wives Need Her Fashion Sense
The fashionistas in the “objective” press displayed their favoritism by boosting Michelle Obama’s convention speech dress and quoted flagrant Michelle-boosters like Kate Betts, who insisted whatever stylishness the Republican women had they owed to the pioneering Mrs. Obama.
On Wednesday, the Associated Press posted a story headlined, “Michelle Obama gets raves for Tracy Reese dress,” and out came the bare-arms worship:
First lady Michelle Obama got rave reviews for the custom-made Tracy Reese pink and copper dress she wore while giving a tribute to her husband at the Democratic National Convention. The sleeveless dress showed off Mrs. Obama's famously toned arms and the length modestly skirted her knees.
The dress also showed off Mrs. Obama’s famously slavish admirers in the press corps.
The Washington Post Express tabloid interviewed Reese for Friday’s edition and highlighted in bold text her feelings on the First Lady: “She actually has a sense of personal style, and she’s not bound by first-lady dictates. It’s refreshing....you’re used to them all wearing a red suit.”
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To: opentalk
Doesn’t matter what a Wookie wears, they are still a Wookie. I get so sick of the over-the-top fawning for this completely not-special person. She does, and has done, nothing to deserve all this praise.
2 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 11:54:24 AM by RonInNaples
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To: opentalk
Actually, I find this sycophantic liberal fawning about her couture and attire very racist. If I were a black woman, or black man for that matter, I would be positively incensed.
3 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 11:54:45 AM by Gaffer
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To: opentalk
It was a nice expensive dress which successfully hid the “Broad Beam” from the waist down.
4 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 11:55:32 AM by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: opentalk
Hmmmm .... haven’t heard the media commenting on THIS dress .... or how ‘good’ Michelle looks in it .....
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5 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 11:55:55 AM by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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To: opentalk
If Mooselle was white and dressed like she does, she would be laughed out of DC. The woman has no class or taste. In January when they are living in Hawaii, she can wear t-shirts, ugly shorts and flip-flops and no one will care.
6 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 11:56:42 AM by ilovesarah2012
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To: RonInNaples
MSM, pushing a cult like worship of Obama's...reason Clint Eastwood's talk was so effective, He brought them down to just people who need to be let go. They used the critique of clothes to ridicule Palin.
7 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:04:12 PM by opentalk
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To: opentalk
Michelle Obama - Queen Of The Whiners And Snivelers Is there anyone (except liberals) who isn't sick of hearing this woman's whining voice?
8 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:05:13 PM by Iron Munro ("In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit." - Ayn Rand)
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To: opentalk
Michelle Obama Quote: "Don't even talk to me about it (being First Lady of the USA), it's hell. I can't stand it."
9 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:12:23 PM by Iron Munro ("In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit." - Ayn Rand)
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To: Iron Munro
As my late husband would say “She’s so bow-legged, she couldn’t hem a hog up in a ditch.”
Spent a little more on the outfit than Mrs. Romney did on that tee shirt she got so much flak for.
10 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:12:50 PM by ruesrose (It's possible to be clueless without being blonde.)
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To: opentalk
My memory is shot these days, but I don’t recall the media going ga-ga over Laura Bush’s dresses.
11 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:13:20 PM by fatnotlazy
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To: opentalk
I miss Laura Bush.Now there was a First Lady who knew how to dress properly.
12 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:15:16 PM by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: opentalk
For all this fawning over Moo’s fashion sense I don’t see anyone rushing out to dress like her. Their actions speak louder than do their words.
13 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:16:12 PM by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes everything)
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To: opentalk
Yikes! That “tank top” cut makes her shoulders look even broader than they are. It also makes the dress look more appropriate for an evening patio party.
That said, it’s nicer than the clown costumes she usually wears.
14 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:19:21 PM by katnip (Freaks and Fairies are running amuck in America)
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To: opentalk
My mama always told me that you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear..
15 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:20:59 PM by basil (Second Amendment Sisters.org)
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To: opentalk
I’ve rarely seen her looking good.
Anyone with a butt that big should not wear 90% of the crap she does.
16 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:24:01 PM by A_Former_Democrat (Now a Chick-fil-A customer . . . God bless Dan Cathy)
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To: opentalk
Freepers have a wonderful photo file of Michelle’s dressing style for which she will always be remembered.
17 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:26:24 PM by ryderann
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To: katnip
That said, it’s nicer than the clown costumes she usually wears.Yeah, I thought the dress was pretty. They also did a nice job with her hair and makeup. But I had the opposite problem from her shoulders. I thought she looked good behind the podium, but away, dang, that's a "wide stance".
18 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:26:57 PM by Rinnwald
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To: Gaffer
Agreed...were she to walk down the street naked, her entire posterior would be covered with lipstick.
19 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:37:12 PM by Mygirlsmom (Our only Hope is Obama's Change.........of Address!!!!)
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To: Iron Munro
You can put lipstick on a pig and it is still a pig. You can spend a ton of $$$$$$$ on the First Frump and she still can’t stand like a lady, walk like a lady or behave like a lady.
20 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:41:25 PM by celtic gal
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To: Farmer Dean
Nancy Reagan always looked regal, as did Jackie Kennedy.
21 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:45:14 PM by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
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To: opentalk
Pity they ran out of red dye before they got to the bottom of the dress.
22 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:50:16 PM by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001. NEVER FORGET.)
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To: ruesrose; celtic gal
As my late husband would say “She’s so bow-legged, she couldn’t hem a hog up in a ditch.” She certainly does have a unique stance, doesn't she?
(I can't help it - I detest them both. The mention of their names or the sound of their voices makes my skin crawl.)
23 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:52:00 PM by Iron Munro ("In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit." - Ayn Rand)
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To: opentalk
The dress was beautiful.
Lucky for the designer Michelle was wearing it instead of Ann Romney, because otherwise we would have just heard how gaudy and expensive it was.
24 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:00:27 PM by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: Iron Munro
What a pic! And she’s pigeon-toed!
25 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:03:09 PM by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: opentalk
26 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:04:57 PM by SparkyBass
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To: celtic gal
You can put lipstick on a pig and it is still a pig. Yes, she is a sight to hbehold without a $1,500 wig and $1,000 worth of professionally applied putty and paint.
The below quote fits Michelle to a T.
(I "borrowed" it from a post by Freeper 'Capt_Hank')
“Son, I could place her out in my corn field and she would have crows bringing back corn they had stole three years ago.”
27 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:08:11 PM by Iron Munro ("In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit." - Ayn Rand)
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To: Iron Munro
You and me both, bro. I’m wearing out the mute button on my remote.
28 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:09:39 PM by Ax
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To: katnip
It also makes the dress look more appropriate for an evening patio party. Exactly.
Most telling, the scions of fashion would not tolerate this on a Republican first lady.
29 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:10:34 PM by newzjunkey (Election night is 59 days away.)
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To: Iron Munro
I like the fabric although to $4000 I think that the designer could have matched the pattern in the seams. And I guess I’m old fashioned but I’m not fond of the armpit look.
30 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:16:18 PM by Mercat (Hey, this guy sounds great! He should take over for the guy that didnÂ’t do all this stuff)
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To: katnip
IMHO, most everything she wears has that ‘Zimbabwe Saturday Nite’ look to it.
31 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:28:25 PM by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: RonInNaples
Ugly is as ugly does. In my opinion, she’s ugly all the way through.
32 posted on Saturday, September 08, 2012 1:39:11 PM by ExTexasRedhead |
