"Laura's schtik was just right, except for the 2 areas Malkin pointed out...the Stripper and Horse jokes"
Wasn't anybody bothered by the Desperate Housewives joke. It reminded me of the Sex and the City references in the twins' skit at the RNC, which was also objectionable.
For Laura and the Bush daughters to joke about watching lewd immoral shows which make fun of cherished family values suggests to the public that it is OK to watch this type of television.
Completely antithetical to conservative Christian values!!!!!
Actually, the whole skit that Laura did -- dissing & making fun of her husband in public! -- is contrary to conservative family values. It should always be remembered that the husband is the head. He is to the wife in the relationship of Christ to the church. She should always offer him respect.
This is the biblical view. It just confirms the world view of radical feminism & secular humanism when a woman in the exalted position of the First Lady of the Land fails to uphold biblical standards in such public forum.
The worst part is that she did it publically. It was televised. It was taped. It will be there FOREVER. A part of the history of our First Ladies, like Eleanor Roosevelt's speeches on poverty, and Jacquie Kennedy's White House Tour.
Shame on Laura Bush for caving in to contemporary standards of indecency!
One of the funny things of the whole speech had nothing to do with WHAT she said.
Each time she made a joke, she would look over to Pres. Bush for approval. Like, is that OK, or should I stop now. He'd give her this look (each time it was a slightly different look, but the TV only caught a few of them) which also were hilarious.
It was very much like a roast, where what you say is judged by the effect on the one being roasted. A self-deprecating speech BY PROXY, letting his wife do the deed.
I'm not going to chastise people who were offended by some of the jokes, although I will say that you had to have your mind in a certain place in order to BE OFFENDED, because she didn't use the words that are being used here to DESCRIBE her jokes.
I imagine that some people expected to see a president make fun of himself in a classy way, and could have been offended by the first lady. I don't think we should be intolerant of those who were disturbed by jokes that in fact could be considered offensive.
I think that people who call the First Lady crude names for being crude are a bit hypocritical. So I guess I'm drawing the line between those who were dissappointed in her (I wasn't, but I understand why they could be), and those who have called the wrath of something down on her.
I believe that a lot of the rabid talk against her HAS been instigated by the left. You could trace it from the fake FVC web site post (officially the FVC found nothing wrong with the speech), and to David Corn's mock outrage (I can't imagine ANYTHING would really shock that boy).
Meanwhile, both I and my wife enjoyed the speech as a whole, glancing at each other ONLY on the horse joke, but more like "ewww" than real disgust. If my wife can see the humor, I think we are OK.
I wasn't offended morally, I was offended politically. It was such a transparent attempt to suck up to the leftie Hollywood crowd, to show them "I'm hip, not like those bumpkins who voted us into office." Trouble is, the liberals will still hate the Bushes, no matter how hard the Bushes might try to make the liberals love them.
There were just a few little jokes and a little bit of joking about her husband. Most of her speech was loving and respectful towards him. You can tell how much she adores and respects him. My goodness, I never thought a thing about that. I had a very happy marriage for 33 years with my late husband and we teased like that. I respected him and he respected me just as much.