Obama on Thatcher: "the best looking

[Bennyboy]

female prime minister of England."

I wish........now that would be funny.

[BainsBane]

1. Why would it be funny?

[HERVEPA]

4. Wow. Just wow!

[BainsBane]

5. Apparently I'm not the only slow witted one here

curious as to why it would be funny. So please, explain it to us.

[Floyd_Gondolli]

16. Obama complimented a woman on her appearance last week

I think she was a judge? and DU went ape shit over it.

[BainsBane]

17. The media, not DU, made an issue of it

The controversy only came to DU after being on cable for days. The woman was the attorney general of California.

That, however, does not explain what is so funny about complimenting Margaret Thatcher on her appearance.

[Orrex]

7. It seems to me...

that it would be making a joke on Obama's idiotic and sexist comment last week, rather than a joke on Thatcher or on sexism.

We can discuss whether it would be funny or not, but I believe that's what the joke was aiming to accomplish.

YMMV

[HERVEPA]

8. well, to me, a bit of both, with the extra measure of Thatcher

of appearing unbeautiful due to her horrendous policies.

[BainsBane]

10. her policies

of course. That's just hysterically funny.

[liberal N proud]

2. Why?

[HappyMe]

3. She was the only female pm.

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edit to add - Now I get it.

[KurtNYC]

6. Any such comment reminds me of this

[HERVEPA]

9. Colder than a ........

[BainsBane]

11. More policy jokes

What a riot.

[HERVEPA]

12. Sorry I am unable to conform to your desired level of conformity

Why not just place me on ignore?
As a slight aside, I have been putting my putting my body on the line for more than twenty years as an escort at planned parenthood, doing my little bit to help women get into the clinic with as little harrassment as possible from the antis.

[BainsBane]

13. I thought you wanted laughs?

Suddenly you object?

[HERVEPA]

15. The sarcasm thingy removed any attempted humor.

[BainsBane]

18. I wasn't trying to be funny

I'm merely a member of the audience for jokes by others in this thread.

[HERVEPA]

19. You're way too confusing for me. I give.

[BainsBane]

20. and I entered this thread seeking clarification

which you laughed at. Of course I knew the implication of the OP, but I thought I'd give the poster a chance to explain on the off chance I'd misunderstood.

[Enrique]

14. yes, but don't specify female

let all the PMs in on the beauty contest. See where William Pitt comes out.