[shhrubbery!]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Ah. Another revelation to us unanointed! Why thank you for that original insight.

Er...waitaminute. How is that an insight? Care to explain?

Otherwise I can only interpret that as your patting yourself on the back for finding "beauty" in coarse jokes.

[Sam Cree]

"If you don't already understand the difference between actively promoting vulgar trash, and merely passively sitting there while others promote it in a situation that is beyond your control, then I can't explain it to you."

"vulgar trash"

"beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

"Ah. Another revelation to us unanointed! Why thank you for that original insight.

"Er...waitaminute. How is that an insight? Care to explain?>"

"Otherwise I can only interpret that as your patting yourself on the back for finding "beauty" in coarse jokes."

The answer is that the First Lady's performance was not vulgar trash, but tasteful, humorous, and yes, mildly off color entertainment, that endeared her to many, myself included. I'm offended by her performance being referred to as vulgar trash, nor do I think that the material she used merits the description, except that it was actually kind of unexceptional in and of itself.

You stated to another poster that if she didn't understand, you couldn't explain it. My reply "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" meant that she understood very well, but didn't agree.

Don't be so sarcastic.