Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

I hate to say this; but why on earth does how hot a first lady was matter? Jackie-O's husband was a dismal failure who became some sort of saint largely because of his supposed martyrdom. Yes, the Civil Rights Act of '64 was important, yes he did manage to not screw up the Cuban Missile Crisis too badly.... but the ****ing Bay of Pigs? Advisors to Vietnam?

And Carter? Jesus - let's talk about **** ups. Stagflation, the hostage crisis; the most important thing this jerk off did was a bunch of symbolic gestures in regards to important issues (putting solar panels on the whitehouse, for instance)....

....a proper first lady would be Eleanor Roosevelt. She didn't just have vision; she had the strength of character to see it enacted. I may not agree with all of it, but a strong character is hard not to admire.