[pollyannaish]

First, check my sign up date and get it over with. I have lurked (OK, wiled away hours of my life) here for years and never thought I would actually get around to posting—because someone always says what I'm thinking. So there's no point. But I am so frustrated by this whole thing that here I am. After 600 posts though, I know that someone will post what I'm thinking immediately preceding this. Sigh. But here goes...be nice.

From a political point of view, and even a Christian one, I can not imagine anything much better than what Laura did Saturday night. It was stunningly brilliant.

A modest, quiet librarian took to the stage and proved that she and her husband know what is going on in the world...and have chosen differently for themselves. And she disarmed our biggest opponents by being just outrageous enough to get their attention.

She is constantly being attacked with thinly-veild references of being a stepford wife (IE. "She's really one of us, she is just brain washed by that evil husband of hers. No one could really like George.") So she stands up, puts on her feisty socks and whips out her sharp-edged humor sword. All in a quiet, self-depreciating way of course.

The main points where...

I am not a stepford wife, I'm not desperate. I am a smart, sexy woman with a smart, sexy husband, who is secure enough in our relationship to take a little ribbing." The Chippendales thing just illustrated (by way of contrast) just how empowered conservative women are. We are not reduced to our sexuality...and we are not afraid of it either. We just prefer it real with our husbands and not those cheap dancing monkeys. So there you stupid NOW womyn.

The horse comment was a back handed slap at all the ivy league educated idiots in the press (that George is known to have a real distaste for) "We had to bring George out to the ranch to really truly educate him...and now, he knows what's really going on in the world...how 'bout you?"

That's why the press is trying hard to spin this in a way that works against us. In order to hang on to their belief system...they have to keep us prudish, judgmental, bigoted, out of touch, stupid people. It makes them CRAZY that we are actually people who know what is going on in the world...but have enough self esteem to CHOOSE differently.

Now when the press attacks George, or Barbara or Laura about any of these things...they are going to seem petty and, well, prudish, judgmental, bigoted, out of touch and stupid. Which they have a propensity to be, after all.

Sigh. I'd just hate to see us take the most effective tool we have (humor) out of our arsenal. But maybe it's just me.

[Peach]

Well said!

[cyncooper]

Well said.

And I, too, lurked for years and years for the same reasons; someone inevitably stated what I thought and I avoided flame wars. LOL

Now that your signed up, though, I triple dog dare ya to not post again.

;)

[codercpc]

BRAVO!!!!!!!

Great post, and welcome to FreeRepublic, post often we need strong, intelligant posters like you.

[tomkat]

Welcome to (posting on) FR !

I'd just hate to see us take the most effective tool we have (humor) out of our arsenal

Well said, and entirely lost on the genetically humorless amongst us.

[Howlin]

Outstanding first post. Welcome to FR.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Sigh. I'd just hate to see us take the most effective tool we have (humor) out of our arsenal. But maybe it's just me.

I agree with your entire post, I will also repost something I said in a different thread but along the same subject matter (Laura Bush's "routine" on Saturday night), that if we can't learn to laugh at ourselves, we'll never find anything in life funny at all.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Excellent post. Thank you.

[Liberty Valance]

Welcome to Free Republic. Great first post.

[snugs]

Brilliant post very well said.

[Irish Eyes]

Great post...wonderful insight, no one could have said it any better......Good job

[fight_truth_decay]

Thanks for posting..you should do it more often.

Regards
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