Posted on 07/25/2005 5:50:56 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Washington, DC – Traditional Values Coalition Executive Director Andrea Lafferty complained today that an article in the Washington Post about the clothes worn by Supreme Court nominee John Roberts’ children was “unfair and disappointing.”
Mrs. Lafferty said in a letter sent to Post Editor Leonard Downie, Jr. that the Post has now set a new pecking order for “unfair journalism which ignores substance and slides right into chortling about form.”
“If you can’t come up with something disgusting about the actual nominee or his wife then rough-up the kids some and see what happens,” Mrs. Lafferty said today.
Post fashion writer Robin Givhan complained about “the nostalgic costuming of the children” at the President’s announcement
“Just when it looked like there was an opportunity for a substantive debate over Mr. Roberts qualification for the Supreme Court, the Post drags it down to ‘your mother dresses you funny’ school yard banter.
“Maybe the cynics over at the Post are not impressed with the President or the White House but a family about to see their father nominated by the President of the United States for America’s highest court will probably want to dress-up for the occasion. Most Americans would understand what the Post views as some sort of cynical ploy and deception.
“There are clothes you wear to the playground and clothes you wear to meet the President, Mrs. Roberts and her adorable children understand that which has apparently eluded the Post.
“Let’s raise the bar on this debate back to where it is the nominee who is given a vigorous public examination. And let’s leave the rest of the family alone.”
"The self declared party of tolerance is comparable to a bunch of catty junior high girls"
catty girls aka queer eye for the straight guy bois.
Bravo! Fabulous performance, Troll Boy! You've been doing your homework, but youre just a bit overdone for this audience.Remember, subtlety is the keyword!
But you get an A for effort! Now back to DU, numbnutz!
bttt
Who made the kids into a spectacle in the first place?
Excellent point, k2blader. It was the liberal media who began talking about the "antics" of the Roberts' son. Then, the Post's "fashion critic" had to get her silly 2 cents in and this is the result!
I wonder if Post readers also read Free Republic!
Thanks for your bright comment!
Char :)
He is four. What is your excuse for throwing a hissy fit in public?
I know that you have the strange idea that kids should be little robots and "hit up the side of the head" but on planet reality we realize that kids do not always act like miniature adults.
You on the other hand a suppose to be a mature reasoning adult but no one would ever know this from the drivel you just spewed.
You on the other hand seem to think you are some kind of child expert. You seem to feel qualified to declare a boy whom you saw for a few minutes on camera a "brat." Of course that kind of conclusion is stupid because there is no way for you to know that without interacting with the child for an extended period.
You who, by your own admission, raised a spoiled brat yourself so I would say that anything you have to say on the subject should be taken with a grain of salt.
You must be a very unhappy person. I pity you and your family.
If must be very trying to live with someone who throws a hissy over nothing and leaps to conclusions with no evidence.
Well, to be perfectly honest, the outfits were indeed a bit 50's costume-ish, and his shoes quite hard to miss. But that's ok and it is certainly better than 90% of 'fashion' available for purchase these days. The point is that it was no big deal, but this reporter and her paper are taking mean cheap shots in public purely for political reasons. We were just kidding about it, the way families can tease about haircuts or cowboy boots. In contrast, they are being vindictively vicious, taking out their political bitterness on little kids.
Though the debate about parenting skills and choices was a whole 'nuther ballgame, that got rather ridiculous.
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