Laura Bush is far and away a more attractive woman, in every way, than Jackie!
YEAH, RIGHT!?
Here's a Reality Check!
Taxman, you may be pretty sharp politically, but if you think that Laura Bush is more attractive than Jackie Kennedy was, then you better have your eyes examined, because you've got a serious vision problem.
This whole Laura Bush attractiveness thing is so transparent. When faced with a growing number of Republicans (so called core voters), who are very upset at Dubya's RINO domestic policies and his continuing assaults on the Constitution, the bushbots, realizing that the war on terror isn't deflecting enough criticism, start trying to portray Laura Bush as some "great" First Lady, to try and take more attention off of Dubya's RINO domestic policy and assaults on the Constitution.
First of all, it's not working and second, although Laura Bush is generally attractive, she can't hold a candle to either Jackie Kennedy or Nancy Reagan and will, in all likelihood, be remembered on a par with Barbara Bush and Rosalynn Carter; which is nothing to be ashamed of.
There is, of course, one other possibility. I have known a lot of men who are really intimidated by exceptionally beautiful women. Most won't admit it though. I've seen this numerous times. I had a good friend in the Navy, who was much more attractive than me and had no problem meeting moderately attractive girls, yet I was the one who always ended up with the real lookers, because I wasn't intimidated by them. He wouldn't admit that he was intimidated by them, but whenever he was faced with wanting to approach one, his words at that time told a different story. He, like many other guys that I have known, had a quite false preconception, that they were going to be more aloof and harder to talk to. I imagine that some of that could be at play here, though I think that most of it is just bushbot spin.
If "W" was a lieberal Democrat, you'd be seeing the same stuff about Laura.
Well, there are two points to address in that statement. First, on most of his domestic issues, Dubya is, for all intents and purposes, a Democrat. And second, the rest of that statement is just more bushbot propaganda.
In fact, Jackie Kennedy got the press attention because she was the first (and to this date, only) First Lady who had the looks to have been a top fashion model, had she chosen that route. We're talking cover of Vogue. Laura Bush, on the other hand, could never pass for a fashion model, let alone, a top fashion model. That's not bad. Hey, my wife, though drop-dead-gorgeous, wouldn't be mistaken for a fashion model either.
The point is that the press covered Jackie so much, not simply because she was beautiful and the First Lady, but because she was exceptionally beautiful and the First Lady and as a result of that small difference that made her exceptional, the public couldn't get enough of her. In fact, I remember joking to some of the other guys at our Nixon campaign headquarters, "I wish we could have Richard Nixon as President and Jackie Kennedy as First Lady" and all of the guys laughed, but were in general agreement. I didn't like her politics and I didn't like her husband. But, the lady was beautiful and she had class - real class.
The difference between Jackie Kennedy and Laura Bush is sort of like the difference between Miss America and Miss Congeniality. Just because Miss Congeniality never makes it to the final round, doesn't mean that she is not beautiful. She had to have something, just to get to the pageant. So, even though she wasn't finals material, she should still be proud. Similarly, even though Laura Bush is not finals material, in the "virtual" First Lady pageant., she is nonetheless attractive and we should be proud of her. But, we need to keep it in perspective.