[MikefromOhio]

Is it just me that thinks maybe a First Lady should restrict comments like this in public?

I am sure there are 3 or 4 others, but it's just a joke. Give it a break. Be thankful we have a first lady who has A) a wit to her that is without ambition and B) security in the fact that her Husband is the MAN that he is....

my wife cracks jokes about me all the time. It isn't that big of a deal.

[swampfx]

I am sure there are 3 or 4 others, but it's just a joke.

This morning on the news shows that are showing the clips are editing out the Chipendale line and there is no mention of the President milking a male horse.

That suggests there may be more than 3 or 4 others that find the remarks inappropriate.

[ruthles]

The fact that they can joke shows they have a healthy relationship. It was hilarious and shows how marriages last, with a sense of humor!!!!!!!!!!!

[shhrubbery!]

Yes, GWB is man enough to take it, but I disagree with your opinion that "It isn't that big of a deal."

I think it's a huge deal when someone we look up to, such as the First Lady, capitulates to a notion promulgated by our corrupt media and popular culture --namely, that men (white men especially) are sexually ineadequate, bumbling fools.

We can hardly watch TV for more than a few minutes without seeing a commercial protraying some husband/father as an idiotic dolt who is deserving of ridicule from his brilliantly intelligent/handy/clever/wise wife or children.

And you can hardly go to any social gathering where women aren't ridiculing their husbands in public.

Laura's joke about being able to pronounce "nuclear" was just fine. It was such a gentle put-down, yet so true, that it was funny.

But for a First Lady to ape MTV-style comedy and make jokes hinting at an inadequate sex life in public -- that's over the line, and degrading to the both the man and the office. IMO.

And the male horse joke -- puhleeze! That was crude to the max.