Besides, if anyone's gonna defend her, it'll be George W and that li'l can o' Texas whupazz he's got on the Oval Office shelf.
In a sense, you are correct. What is thought of Laura by anyone here impacts her little I'm certain. Her self esteem is in her own accmplishments, her Family and her Faith.
However that view fails to take into consideration that without defense, these comments are left without rebuttal and seemingly the view of the Majority rather than minority. It requires some response for that reason alone.
There is room for debate on how long these threads should continue being given any attention before we pass from simply establishing it isn't majority view, to furthering the insanity. In the case of this subject I would say it's probably four days too long.