Just think of the howls of outrage from the Brokaws, Gibsons and Courics of the media if Nancy Reagan had been seen carrying a $5,000 pocketbook in the middle of the recession. I remember the nonstory “story” that was headlined when someone wrote to the Reagans and asked them their favorite dinner dish. When a volunteer in the press office replied “coq au vin” therr was a media firestorm and the Reagans issued a press release saying that the volunteer who wrote the response was wrong, in fact, their favorite dish was macaroni. In contrast, see how the press treats the “elegant gourmets” in the White House when they fly in Kobe beef and pizza from Hawaii for their parties.
Remember Palin’s clothes ‘scandal’?