The first lady has too much class and smarts to get pulled into such a chicken sh*t issue. Karen Hughes should learn something from her. It only makes the GOP look small by even discussing it. They should shrug it off. The voters have heard of the remark and there is no need to play on it, in fact it would be better not to.
I think they're both handling it just exactly right. Rush was playing some comments by Charles Krauthammer (from Brit Hume's panel last night, I presume). Krauthammer just lit into Teresa something fierce, pointing out that her remarks about Laura Bush were the condescension of the very rich - "She's just some Texas housewife - that's nothing compared to me!"
And that's what's so damaging to Kerry about her remarks - that kind of look-down-your-nose-at-the-great-unwashed elitism is the one thing that most Americans hate more than anything else, and Kerry has been working overtime trying to shed the image that he's one of those kind of elites. And then comes Teresa, and with one burst of oral flatulence she destroys all that effort.
The MSM know just as well how devastating Teresa's shot at the First lady was for their picked Poodle, and they would have spiked the story as hard as they could if they could have managed it. That's why Karen Hughes had to make as big a stink about it as she did - she had to make sure the media were forced to give it coverage.
Karen Hughes did exactly the right thing. They are different people with different roles.
It only makes the GOP look small by even discussing it.
No it doesn't but many will spin it that way. The mind-altered Liberals are used to not being challenged by the nice Conservatives. They have every right to respond in the correct manner which both Hughes and Laura Bush have done.
They should shrug it off.
They did, in the best way possible.This is not just an issue between a sleazy third world woman and the First Lady of the United States it is a fight for the sovereignty and survival of our Country.
The voters have heard of the remark and there is no need to play on it, in fact it would be better not to.
They are not "playing" on it, they are addressing it in a mature and thoughtful manner.
We would be playing right into the hands of the enemy if was not addressed because about half of the voters would believe what T-HeinzKerry said
Yes, they are followers to that degree. One of the major problems with the Republican Party has been their inability to counter the liberal lies and attacks with strength and aplomb. It's good to see.
I think it was perfect to have Karen Hughes play bad cop and let Laura play good cop.