Posted on 05/12/2003 8:05:48 AM PDT by lethbridge_east
Heretofore, since at least FDR, most of our American Presidents have been typically staid, except for the notable exception of John F. Kennedy when he appeared formally and repeatedly sans hat. Henceforth the exposed male head was an overnight fad.
With a bad back and Addison’s Disease, Kennedy nevertheless exuded physical vitality to us----he was young, fit, trim and daring (he would sail a boat bare-handed in the open ocean for a magazine photo-op)---furthermore, he exposed his bare head in all settings, even the most formal.
Long-established haberdasheries collapsed shortly after Kennedy’s inauguration because of the ensuing world-wide trend of hatless men.
Now, forty-two years later, U.S. President Bush flew to the homebound troops in a military jet plane and landed on the deck of a carrier. With his flight helmet tucked comfortably against his side Bush was televised for the world’s consumption swaggering across the deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in a genital-enhancing, parachute-strapped, olive-drab, form-fitted flight suit.
‘Whooo baby! Hold on right there!‘ they howled. For “mediafems” and reflexive Bush critics among the notable women in this profession---whose job it is to either report or comment (or both) on the news…all who griped on the world’s stage of TV, etc. about the carrier landing, had at least their secondary focus on---The Flight Suit.
Ponder briefly what occurred. An adequate summary goes like this: ‘Bush landed as a passenger on a carrier deck.’
This dramatic scene carried by the big media was a version of the “Society News Section-Controls-the-Headlines: It had that--- “Bush wore a beautiful deep-blue sequined-gown as he stepped from the shiny-wet-black helicopter.”---kind of flavor.
Well, something smells Freudian to me about (Robert Byrd not withstanding) women who get exercised when their perceptions unexpectedly titillate their psyches---they don’t like it one bit. ‘Bush was just too sexy for his clothes.’
The refrain was unbearable to Anti-Bush Fems because it had Bush in ALL his glory. Alas, since he is virtually their sworn enemy, it just couldn’t be true to them. Their escape from this cognitive dissonance was to at once deny their flashes of sexual interest and fly into a rage at the same time.
How do I know all this? I’ve been reading what women have been writing about this very concern. To wit, Lisa Schiffren, in the 5/09/03 edition of the Wall Street Journal: Hey, Flyboy! Women voters agree: President Bush is a hottie!
“Back on the West Side, among the liberals I live surrounded by, there was dissent. At my younger children's preschool, comments ranged from ‘well he's cute, but not my type’ to ‘I can't think of anything more revolting.’ Many of them still cite Bill Clinton and his allegedly penetrating intellect as more appealing.”
Schiffren, after speaking with conservative ladies from the (New York) City’s East Side, came to an alternate conclusion:
“The American media were fully aware of how stunning the president looked last week. And they chose to defuse it by referring endlessly to the "photo-oppiness" of the event. The man uses overwhelming military force to vanquish a truly evil foe, facing down balking former "allies," and he is not taken seriously as a foreign- policy president. He out top-guns the Hollywood version, and all the media can talk about is the impending campaign commercial.”
Schiffren’s East-siders spoke unabashedly about Bush’s praiseworthiness and their libidos:
“…among the soccer moms I spend my days with. At my daughter's East Side school, my friend Emily, a mother of two and probably a liberal, examined the picture of the president in his fly-boy gear that I just happened to have in my purse. She looked carefully, grinned and said, "He's a hottie. No doubt about it. Really a hottie. Why haven't I noticed this before?”
And then from the writer’s friend: "Hot? SO HOT!!!!! THAT UNIFORM!" In a more restrained way, my friend Maggie, a writer/mom, explained: "I think he is actually protecting me and my sons, and I find that attractive in a man."
It would seem from of all of these observations that, while some liberal women are painfully repressed, conservative women are enjoying liberation. Not too long ago it was thought to be the reverse.
I don’t know what to make of Robert Byrd, except to conclude lazily that he experienced at least a brief rise to Bush’s apparition when he protested almost vigorously: "I do question the motives of a deskbound president who assumes the garb of a warrior for the purposes of a speech."
It’s hard on Kleagle Byrd as time slips away like sand in the hand and the memory of his donning the silky-white-hood Klu Klux Klan uniform of racial terror is to him a forgotten waywardness.
Psychopathology explains repressed liberal women’s reactions to “Bush-The-Sexy-Hero,” as does long-standing class bigotry and partisan politics allow a clear understanding of Senator Byrd.
Jean Chretien, on the other hand, mystifies analysts. Neither pragmatic nor honestly idealistic, he stands with Chirac for no other apparent reason than transient reassurance that someone likes him.
France will drop Canada like a bad habit once the Maple Leaf is no longer one of France’s covers for sagging public relations. Everyone knows this, yet Chretien still salivates on Jacque’s shoe like a hungry and gracious dog.
The more I scrutinize Canada and its abrupt shift toward global socialism, the more I wonder…have they become so very unlike us when we have been always so close?
There was an incident a few years ago at a public appearance of his, in which a group of demonstrators tried to disrupt the event. One of them even managed to get on the dais where Chretien was speaking, and attempted to assault him.
Chretien must have flashed back to the hockey days of his youth, because he began to administer a thorough beating on the assailant before his security staff intervened and dragged the guy away.
She is attracted to him, and she chose you...you should be flattered! ;o)
My suggestion to you......when you are married to her, treat her exactly the W treats his wife. Behave as he does, with strength, courage, honor physical affection, and fidelity.
You will be loved (and have lots of fun) the rest of your life!
And yet an unmanned F-106 made a "safe" landing - see link to USAF museum.
The aircraft on display (S/N 58-0787) was involved in an unusual incident. During a training mission from Malmstrom AFB on February 2, 1970, it suddenly entered an uncontrollable flat spin forcing the pilot to eject. Unpiloted, the aircraft recovered on its own, apparently due to the balance and configuration changes caused by the ejection, and miraculously made a gentle belly landing in a snow-covered field near Big Sandy, Montana. After minor repairs, the aircraft was returned to service. It last served with the 49th Fighter Interceptor Squadron before being brought to the Museum in August 1986.
Cool hand Geroge, I love it!!!
Absolutely true. I don't care how self-sufficient or strong and capable we see ourselves (speaking very generally here)...we love to feel protected by men.
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