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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:17 AM Original message |
WTF? People are up in arms over Michelle Obama's arms? GMAFB! |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. Jealousy. The buff-armed monster. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I wish to hell my upper arms looked even half that good! |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. try curls with those rubber bands. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. 5 pound weights - well no wonder! |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Here's more arm exercise info, especially tricep - a good site |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
62. If I Had Arms Like That, I'd Be Sleeveless Year Round! |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. How did they miss that weird chin? Why focus on the arms? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Oh, and she has huge feet.... |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. They probably are. Have you seen her hind quarters and legs? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Tell me about how bad big-footed women are... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Men's arms aren't on display. Their clothes cover them up whereas women's clothes... |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Of course she's got huge feet. She's 6 feet tall. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. EEEeeek!! SKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. OMG........ |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. They look great, but no one expected bare arms at the Not the State of the Union Speech. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Jacquelyn Kennedy had bare arms at a State of the Union speech too. |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. but those arms weren't brown. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Oh, yeah, excellent point.... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
53. So true....... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Her sleeveless dresses nearly always had jackets. Few women go sleeveless in January in DC. nt |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. The point is, Jackie Kennedy didn't wear a jacket at the State of the Union, even if |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I don't remember that. Anyway, it's been a long time since DC has seen it. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. lol! I personally don't remember her wearing the dress but there were a few |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I'd turned 4, but I remember it well. She wore sleeveless a LOT, but I doubt... |
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MgtPA (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. But Jackie did wear sleeveless to the '63 SoTU speech ... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I said I didn't remember specifically, but that it hasn't been seen in a LONG time... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Here's a photo of her wearing a sleeveless dress at JFK's SOTU. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. Thank you, Anna Wintour. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. i would be thrilled if my arms looked half as good as hers, he looks fabulous. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Yep... |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. If these people can't take the sight of Mrs. Obama's arms, then they |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Duzy!!!!! |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
15. IMHO she looks great. That said, wearing sleeveless dresses in winter seems weird to me |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Not many at night in January in DC. nt |
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Dollface (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. She is near the age when a woman's body temp fluctuates randomly. That explains her Cardigans too. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. They look fine. Most women's clothes don't have sleeves or armholes wide enough... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. In my life, living just north of NYC (and growing up in the city), except for |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. It's actually common in the winter in NYC nowadays. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I guess it hasn't caught up to the "burbs" yet. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. DC is a fairly conservative town when it comes to clothes. Always has been. nt |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
46. Same here |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. The fact that this even merits a newspaper story shows Puritanical idiocy of America..... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I wonder what the reaction would have been if she had been wearing... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. Those arms are GORGEOUS! |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. The American Taliban. Next they'll demand she wear a burqua and |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Maybe that burqua could have slits on the upper sides so she could... |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Just to piss of repubics? Sounds like a plan to me. With all the crap to |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. Michelle is a trend setter which makes the fashion slaves very nervous |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Also...let's face it: |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. "manly, muscular arms..."???? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Michelle Obama is not only physically big, she's not afraid to exhibit physical strength, and ... |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. But her arms don't look manly at all! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. No, they don't look manly at all. They look great. They fit the rest of her great. nt |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Agreed!! :) n/t |
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recoveringrepublican (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
40. WTF is wrong with people? "manly?". When I want to skip the gym I think of MO arms and GO! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Popular culture is dominated by really, REALLY skinny women. She looks great. Looks real. nt |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
41. WHO'S DEBATING HER ARMS??? Could it be the author of the article - with herself? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
43. What, she didn't shave? |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
44. If only she looked more like Coulter |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
45. A strong , beautiful and intelligent black woman? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Betting that is the exact problem! n/t |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
50. Are these the same folks that were drooling over Caribou Barbie? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
56. The right to bare arms. If ya got 'em, flaunt 'em. nt |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
60. I'm going back to the gym |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
61. WTF |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
64. It's funny, isn't it! They'd complain if she wore blue, or they'd complain... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
65. too tall, too short, too skinny, too fat, too this, too that... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
67. I think there are a lot of bigots out there unhappy with the allure of the BROWN sugar |
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