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An Image A Little Too Carefully Coordinated (Roberts)
The Washington Post ^ | 7/22/05

Posted on 07/21/2005 11:14:08 PM PDT by kingu

It has been a long time since so much syrupy nostalgia has been in evidence at the White House. But Tuesday night, when President Bush announced his choice for the next associate justice of the Supreme Court, it was hard not to marvel at the 1950s-style tableau vivant that was John Roberts and his family.

There they were -- John, Jane, Josie and Jack -- standing with the president and before the entire country. The nominee was in a sober suit with the expected white shirt and red tie. His wife and children stood before the cameras, groomed and glossy in pastel hues -- like a trio of Easter eggs, a handful of Jelly Bellies, three little Necco wafers. There was tow-headed Jack -- having freed himself from the controlling grip of his mother -- enjoying a moment in the spotlight dressed in a seersucker suit with short pants and saddle shoes. His sister, Josie, was half-hidden behind her mother's skirt. Her blond pageboy glistened. And she was wearing a yellow dress with a crisp white collar, lace-trimmed anklets and black patent-leather Mary Janes.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: confirmations; drivel; eastereggs; jellybeans; johnroberts; neccowafers; roberts; scotus
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To: durasell

Taupe is a neutral color that looks a little more classy than white shoes with pastels.


61 posted on 07/22/2005 12:32:27 AM PDT by PROUDAMREP
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To: durasell

"That's why women read the style section."

Not this woman.


62 posted on 07/22/2005 12:34:41 AM PDT by GOPrincess
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To: PROUDAMREP

I choose to believe that taupes are killer hybrid turtles with genetics engineered by Nazi scientists living deep in the Amazon's jungles after World War II.

You say that taupe is a neutral color. That's just what the Germans want us to believe.


63 posted on 07/22/2005 12:35:05 AM PDT by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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To: Vision Thing
Yes and yes.

The author was trying to be too cute by 1/2 and failed completely.

64 posted on 07/22/2005 12:36:17 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: GOPrincess

It's a guilty pleasure for many...I once heard a rather overweight, but witty well-bred young lady do a play-by-play of the mating ritual at a cotillion. She was so funny and nasty she made soda come out of my nose.


65 posted on 07/22/2005 12:38:44 AM PDT by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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To: nutmeg
a trio of Easter eggs, a handful of Jelly Bellies, three little Necco wafers...

This anonymous jobber deserves a prize for unabridged drivel.

66 posted on 07/22/2005 12:38:44 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: GOPrincess; durasell

Don't fret...durasell is just being his bitchy self. He imagines that it's cute and/or clever; it's neither.


67 posted on 07/22/2005 12:38:59 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: NautiNurse
He can't even spell jelly beans right! I guess the Left still hates the 80s as much as it can't stand the 50s.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
68 posted on 07/22/2005 12:48:01 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: nopardons
I think the author is just annoyed that Mrs. Roberts decided to wear pink.

Some of these people (liberal women in particular) just "love" black..perhaps it goes with their hearts.

69 posted on 07/22/2005 1:08:55 AM PDT by garandgal
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To: kingu

How dare that man and his pro-life wife have two blonde children!

I mean, really. White, Catholic, blonde! Don't tell me, they have BLUE eyes?


70 posted on 07/22/2005 1:16:15 AM PDT by OpusatFR (Try permaculture and get back to the Founders intent. Mr. Jom/orson lives!)
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To: nopardons

I think that I remember reading about that in "Little Women". Or maybe it was "Jo's Boys". It was (in the 19th century) a respectable opportunity for respectable young women to "display" themselves in some romantic scene(clothed of course)from a painting,or a famous historical scene,or some such.


71 posted on 07/22/2005 1:23:05 AM PDT by mrsmel (Here lies David St. Hubbins... and why not?)
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To: goldstategop

Oh, you know that mentality,that people who appear to bathe and practice grooming and dress neatly and discreetly, are "inauthentic".


72 posted on 07/22/2005 1:24:49 AM PDT by mrsmel (Here lies David St. Hubbins... and why not?)
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To: durasell

If Prez Bush had picked someone who looked like Mr. Potatohead, many Freeperettes wouldn't be so interested.


73 posted on 07/22/2005 1:26:11 AM PDT by k2blader (Was it wrong to kill Terri Shiavo? YES - 83.8%. FR Opinion Poll.)
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To: kingu
These clothes are Old World, old money and a cut above the light-up/shoe-buying hoi polloi.

What are the "light-up/shoe-buying hoi polloi"? This reference escapes me entirely!

74 posted on 07/22/2005 1:35:05 AM PDT by maryz
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To: maryz

I don't know exactly why this post popped up on my pinglist, given that I am not listed as a ping-ee, but "hoi polloi" is Greek for "the masses." It's a literary expression sort of similar to "the great unwashed masses," except not necessarily 'unwashed.'


75 posted on 07/22/2005 1:37:05 AM PDT by The Grammarian
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To: The Grammarian

Never mind--I'm an idiot. I thought the general Latest Posts section was my New Posts to You section.


76 posted on 07/22/2005 1:38:33 AM PDT by The Grammarian
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To: AntiGuv
taupe is a hideous greyish-brown color invented to make women look drab,

Actually, it's considered a neutral color that goes with a lot. Wonder what they would have said if she had worn pink dyed-to-match shoes?

77 posted on 07/22/2005 1:43:35 AM PDT by maryz
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To: nopardons
usually at least partially NAKED.

LOL! Not in Little Women they weren't!

78 posted on 07/22/2005 1:47:48 AM PDT by maryz
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To: durasell
That's why women read the style section. It's the female equiv of professional wrestling.

LOL! I'm speechless -- but you may have a point!

79 posted on 07/22/2005 1:49:12 AM PDT by maryz
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To: Yossarian
It is a very beautiful picture. Three adults of character, and 2 children being raised the same way.


80 posted on 07/22/2005 1:50:04 AM PDT by iowamark
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