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Remember when we had a REAL 1st lady in the White House... (Original Post) CTyankee Jan 2018 OP
The current first lady would sure surprise White House visitors MineralMan Jan 2018 #1
She (trump) didnt want the job, either. She has no time for ordinary people it seems Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #3
I think she's allergic to her husband, but if she leaves him, the human traffickers yurbud Jan 2018 #46
Thank you for that important reminder, CTyankee.. Cha Jan 2018 #2
Here's another video (with Jimmy Fallon) CTyankee Jan 2018 #6
Thank you! Cha Jan 2018 #10
I doubt we'd see the current First Lady joining him on stage to dance, either. GoCubsGo Jan 2018 #32
Right at 44m39s she begins to greet older ladies in wheelchairs and they are just beaming. CurtEastPoint Jan 2018 #4
All the children wanting hugs..... she is a natural hugger and mom. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #5
At an Obama rally, and I shouted to Obama I LOVE YOU. He shouted to me: I love you back. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #7
Thanks for telling this, to remind us in the middle of this seemingly endless darkness fierywoman Jan 2018 #12
I know, I was shocked that he heard me and answered back. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #14
+1000 He got my vote when he made that speech way back at the Dem fierywoman Jan 2018 #16
During that convention speech, I knew we were looking at a future president. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #20
I felt crazy for thinking he could get to be president. If that is crazy, let's got for crazy! fierywoman Jan 2018 #23
I didn't feel crazy, was totally certain, but was ridiculed by others Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #29
Oh my gosh! I would just pass out. And I have nerves of steel and strong emotional control! MLAA Jan 2018 #17
I am in that video handmade34 Jan 2018 #22
Lucky, lucky you. A memory for a lifetime! MLAA Jan 2018 #24
Yes I thought I was going to have heart failure or something. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #28
I miss her! smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #8
graceful and wonderful... CTyankee Jan 2018 #9
She greets people for way over an hour fierywoman Jan 2018 #11
Unlike stone face melania. Cold as stone. Butterflylady Jan 2018 #44
Yes pressbox69 Jan 2018 #13
This is a Democratic forum, 69. This trumpster-level Hortensis Jan 2018 #15
Im not big on the name calling women hookers/whores MLAA Jan 2018 #18
please self delete handmade34 Jan 2018 #19
I'm sorry pressbox69 Jan 2018 #30
Those were good years aikoaiko Jan 2018 #21
I miss her class and sincerity. jalan48 Jan 2018 #25
Bo is quite well behaved throughout that! treestar Jan 2018 #26
How I miss them. sheshe2 Jan 2018 #27
thank you handmade34 Jan 2018 #31
I miss having a classy lady as First Lady Gothmog Jan 2018 #33
Oh, damn. We were so very honored to have this amazing woman in our lives. Guilded Lilly Jan 2018 #34
The current "first couple" isn't even one!!! ailsagirl Jan 2018 #35
We have a 3rd 1st lady erlewyne Jan 2018 #36
And don't forget the child first lady who is waiting in the wings to promote her product erronis Jan 2018 #40
This thread makes me cry teach1st Jan 2018 #37
me, too! eleny Jan 2018 #39
Hope Hicks is no substitute at all in any way. Melania's Barron excuse is non-operable. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #38
"we can't forget that Melania was a soft-porn model..." 3catwoman3 Jan 2018 #41
If the Trumps had a dog, it would be growling and snapping at people...Anything to make Doitnow Jan 2018 #42
If they had a dog, the poor thing would probably... 3catwoman3 Jan 2018 #43
Beautiful. I remember the talk about that encounter. George II Jan 2018 #45
Melania thbobby Jan 2018 #47

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
1. The current first lady would sure surprise White House visitors
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:31 PM
Jan 2018

if she showed up in a public area. I'm pretty sure she's allergic to ordinary folks, though, so it seems unlikely.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
3. She (trump) didnt want the job, either. She has no time for ordinary people it seems
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:34 PM
Jan 2018

as you say.

Michelle was and is one of the greatest women who ever lived, ever. One of the greatest Americans who ever lived, ever.

And that drives you know who, all 45 million of them, out of their minds.


yurbud

(39,405 posts)
46. I think she's allergic to her husband, but if she leaves him, the human traffickers
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:28 PM
Jan 2018

might take it out on her family back home.

CurtEastPoint

(18,552 posts)
4. Right at 44m39s she begins to greet older ladies in wheelchairs and they are just beaming.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:43 PM
Jan 2018

I am sitting here with a wet face.

Irish_Dem

(45,640 posts)
7. At an Obama rally, and I shouted to Obama I LOVE YOU. He shouted to me: I love you back.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:53 PM
Jan 2018

I almost had heart failure.



fierywoman

(7,641 posts)
12. Thanks for telling this, to remind us in the middle of this seemingly endless darkness
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:09 PM
Jan 2018

that it is possible to put a wonderful person in the White House.

Irish_Dem

(45,640 posts)
14. I know, I was shocked that he heard me and answered back.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:13 PM
Jan 2018

I have refrained from going around saying that Obama told me he loves me.
Might not look right.

But I do love and admire him, he is a political genius, and a decent human being.
Michelle was a wonderful first lady.

fierywoman

(7,641 posts)
16. +1000 He got my vote when he made that speech way back at the Dem
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:18 PM
Jan 2018

convention. He'd said about two sentences when I fully/passionately/strongly thought: now why can't HE run for president? This is what we need. And then he did -- my heart was bursting with happiness. To see that beautiful, strong, intelligent, warm family in the White House made me feel that everything was right with the world, and especially my country.

Irish_Dem

(45,640 posts)
20. During that convention speech, I knew we were looking at a future president.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:28 PM
Jan 2018

Every one said I was crazy.

I was really happy when he was elected, but not surprised.
I knew he would win.

Irish_Dem

(45,640 posts)
29. I didn't feel crazy, was totally certain, but was ridiculed by others
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:41 PM
Jan 2018

when I told them my thoughts. They called me crazy.

But you and I were right on.

handmade34

(22,755 posts)
22. I am in that video
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:30 PM
Jan 2018

and I was a wreck... we didn't know she was there and they rushed me in (I was one of the last few) just before they closed the doors...

meeting Michelle Obama is a memory I will never forget

Irish_Dem

(45,640 posts)
28. Yes I thought I was going to have heart failure or something.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:40 PM
Jan 2018

I was overwhelmed and almost had to sit down.
The audience was all standing in an outdoor setting.
But it was so crowded sitting was not an option.

And the people around me were not too happy since I yelled really loud.

I was with a friend and her eyes were like sauciers looking at Obama and then at me.

I am a quiet person, follow rules, so this was out of character for me to shout out like that, and then I just about died when he answered me back. And I don't rattle so easily.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. I miss her!
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:55 PM
Jan 2018

She had such warmth, intelligence and grace. So unlike this current dead-eyed robot currently occupying the role.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
15. This is a Democratic forum, 69. This trumpster-level
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:14 PM
Jan 2018

behavior deserves a lower audience, full of the kind who frequently refer to women that way.

It doesn't seem that there is any greatness, or even particular goodness, in her to rise to demand, but when I look at her I see an unhappy woman trapped where she never meant to be. And you're way out of line.

MLAA

(17,165 posts)
18. Im not big on the name calling women hookers/whores
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:25 PM
Jan 2018

I believe Melania is exactly where she chooses to be. It was common knowledge he was a racist that cheated on his first two wives when she married him. She chose him and continued to choose him for years. She is absolutely not a victim. Others who are truly surprised to find out who their husbands really are despicable because there was no evidence before hand, they are victims.

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
30. I'm sorry
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:42 PM
Jan 2018

if I offended any or all Democratic women, I didn't mean to. If I offended any republican hookers and Russian factory trolls GOOD! That scum deserves nothing less than scorn from real Democratic Americans.

handmade34

(22,755 posts)
31. thank you
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:45 PM
Jan 2018

tears of precious memories....

that is a day seared in my mind... it was raining outside, I was soaked (no umbrella), somewhere in the middle of the crowd going in...

I wasn't particularly enjoying the plaques and photos downstairs and brushed past a few of the tourists there... at the end of the room at the bottom of the stairs a woman (security) motioned to me to hurry and go up the stairs... at the top another gentleman hurried me and a couple others.... the door was closed behind us and there.... Michelle Obama and Bo were greeting people... Michelle Obama was beautiful and funny and Bo was the softest dog I have ever petted

I can't even remember what and where I went after that

ailsagirl

(22,838 posts)
35. The current "first couple" isn't even one!!!
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:06 PM
Jan 2018
Sordid and tacky and disgusting-- a grotesque parody of Barack and Michelle Obama's close and enviable marriage.

This is (supposedly) "the best" our country has to offer??

erronis

(14,955 posts)
40. And don't forget the child first lady who is waiting in the wings to promote her product
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:08 PM
Jan 2018

Throughout the land! Quick, get your handbags, your Kalishnakovs, your Ivanka gas masks!

I wonder if ivanka is blessed by small-hands daddy and the repuglicans to fill his huuuge seat; I wonder if she can appoint him as her VP and then abdicate? Is Jared rasputin? Are there poisons and political plots in the future? You bet - get your popcorn and head to your fall-out shelter.

Didn't this just happen in rUSSRia with pute and his 2nd in command?

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,788 posts)
38. Hope Hicks is no substitute at all in any way. Melania's Barron excuse is non-operable.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:46 PM
Jan 2018

Melania didn't want to go the WH in the first half of 2017 to avoid disrupting Barron's schooling. Obviously with the new school year in Sept 2017 that flimsy excuse vanished.

In any case, we can't forget that Melania was a soft-porn model before her current gig. Which is "okay" even though not laudable. And she lied on her resume. Plus it seems she is an illegal immigrant who fixed up her papers "after the fact".

But she is miles better than the Minority President.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
41. "we can't forget that Melania was a soft-porn model..."
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:22 PM
Jan 2018

Impossible to forget that photo of her in a thong, brandishing a pistol while standing on an airplane wing.

Michelle's bare arms were freak out worthy, but Melania's bare ass was just fine. I will NEVER understand.

I wonder how many male Trump voter jerked off while looking at some of Melania's "modeling" photos.

Doitnow

(1,103 posts)
42. If the Trumps had a dog, it would be growling and snapping at people...Anything to make
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:22 PM
Jan 2018

them feel miserable.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
43. If they had a dog, the poor thing would probably...
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:24 PM
Jan 2018

...be growling and snapping at Cadet Bonespurs and Wifey #3, too.

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
47. Melania
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:44 AM
Jan 2018

I can empathize with her. Sure, she is a gold digger. But having to be married to the pussygrabber, pornstar fucker idiot is a terrible thing for any woman to endure. She knows the world knows about his affair with Stormy while she was pregnant. And how he treats her and Baron.

Melania, do you love money so much? Or perhaps he is threatening to have you deported?

Any woman would be ashamed of having to be part of his Whitehouse shitshow.

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