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WaPo: There was no pretense about Melania Trump's heels. But sometimes, a little pretense helps.
Washington Post ^ | August 29, 2017 | Robin Givhan

Posted on 08/29/2017 11:50:24 PM PDT by Zakeet

Melania Trump is the kind of woman who travels to a flood-ravaged state in a pair of black snakeskin stilettos. Heels this high are not practical. But Trump is not the kind of woman who has to be practical. Heels this high are not comfortable. Comfort is not the point. Neither hers nor yours.

Trump is the kind of woman who knows that when she walks from the White House to Marine One there will be photographers, and so she will dress accordingly.

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... Trump is the kind of woman who refuses to pretend that her feet will, at any point, ever be immersed in cold, muddy, bacteria-infested Texas water. She is the kind of woman who may listen empathetically (sic) to your pain, but she knows that you know that she is not going to experience it. So why pretend?

Well, sometimes pretense is everything.

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And for her trip to Texas, the first lady offered up a fashion moment instead of an expression of empathy.

Observers were baffled by her shoes in particular. Those shoes. Those shoes. Good Lord, those shoes. She is fond of Manolos and Louboutins. But it's not the brand or the cost: It's the heels. She defies gravity in them. She floats above it all. They aren’t power heels; they're sexy heels. Heading off to Texas, she looked dressed to view a natural disaster from a distance, from on high, not up close. Her ensemble implied that people's personal stories would be ferried to her after they had been vetted and tidied up. There was no suggestion that Trump would be flat-footed in the muck, hearing their truth in messy, tearful open-ended confusion.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: catfight; fashion; flotusmelania; hurricane; mediabias; melania; pravdamedia; shoes
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It's best not to pretend ... she should have dressed like a natural disaster ...

1 posted on 08/29/2017 11:50:24 PM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Sorry WaPo, Melania’s not like the trailer trash we just threw out of the white house. She actually has some class.


2 posted on 08/29/2017 11:57:01 PM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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To: Bullish

Well said.


3 posted on 08/29/2017 11:59:01 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: Bullish


"Barry, the garbage man's here."

"Good. Tell him to leave two cans."

4 posted on 08/30/2017 12:04:07 AM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: Zakeet

Border anarchy, missiles over japan, epic floods and the press wants to talk about grievances with statues , football contracts and shoes...


5 posted on 08/30/2017 12:05:24 AM PDT by seastay
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To: sparklite2

LOL!


6 posted on 08/30/2017 12:06:08 AM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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To: Zakeet

“Those shoes. Those shoes. Good Lord, those shoes. She is fond of Manolos and Louboutins. But it’s not the brand or the cost: It’s the heels. She defies gravity in them. She floats above it all. They aren’t power heels; they’re sexy heels. “

Wow...
Those heels!! Those Sexy Heels!!! *drools!*

The writer’s Melting over the FLOTUS Heels! Maybe the editor could have toned that paragraph down as betraying a reflection of the writers own shoe fetish?


7 posted on 08/30/2017 12:08:04 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (War is cruelty, there is no use trying to reform it; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.)
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To: Zakeet

They Fake Stream News hates Melania because is so beautiful.

What she needed tennis shoes in DC between Marine 1 and Airforce
1.

Wow they are so jealous of her! Only WAPO gets all bent out of shape as if it’s the end of the world.

Absolutely pathetic!


8 posted on 08/30/2017 12:11:26 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Zakeet

They Fake Stream News hates Melania because is so beautiful.

What she needed tennis shoes in DC between Marine 1 and Airforce
1.

Wow they are so jealous of her! Only WAPO gets all bent out of shape as if it’s the end of the world.

Absolutely pathetic!


9 posted on 08/30/2017 12:11:35 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Zakeet

Feeble-minded Washington Post.


10 posted on 08/30/2017 12:11:38 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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Though your opinion sucks ass, thanks for the photos, WAPO.


11 posted on 08/30/2017 12:13:54 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Zakeet
Trump is the kind of woman who knows that when she walks from the White House to Marine One
there will be photographers, and so she will dress accordingly.

Melania Trump is the kind of woman who is smart enough to pack extra shoes when she travels so she
doesn't have to wear clodhoppers to walk from the White House to Marine One.


12 posted on 08/30/2017 12:18:39 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
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To: Zakeet

WaPo: Democracy Dies in Dumbness


13 posted on 08/30/2017 12:34:52 AM PDT by hsalaw
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To: Zakeet

oops WaPo

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3581722/posts


14 posted on 08/30/2017 1:26:26 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: snarkytart
Melania Trump Swaps Stilettos for Sneakers & FLOTUS Hat in Texas



15 posted on 08/30/2017 1:39:02 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

Some ones are showing their foot fetish.


16 posted on 08/30/2017 2:11:36 AM PDT by magua
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To: Zakeet; hoosiermama; Salvation; Right_in_Virginia; reformedliberal; Jane Long; HopeandGlory; ...
To First Lady Melania's List.

We have THIS idiocy from The Washington Post.

Also, another article Melania Trump Swaps Stilettos for Classic Adidas Stan Smith Sneakers & FLOTUS Hat in Texas


17 posted on 08/30/2017 2:52:44 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: Zakeet

This female writer (Robyn Givhens) is the same one who attacked the young children of Justice Samuel Alito and the outfits they wore outside of the confirmation hearings on capital hill.

She spent 8 years praising every rag the wookie wore and once drooled over a pair of $800 sneakers the beast wore picking vegetables with poor ghetto children.

She’s a jealous snot.


18 posted on 08/30/2017 4:03:55 AM PDT by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR)
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To: Zakeet
Her lovely feet are living in WAPO's tiny brain.

19 posted on 08/30/2017 4:06:00 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN, ESPN, NFL, NPR)
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To: Zakeet

Okay, now we have the Femminazi Dyke view of Melania Trump.


20 posted on 08/30/2017 4:14:41 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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