Raise your hand if you enjoyed/cheered when that guy threw a shoe at George W. Bush.

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170. She wasn't there to "act as a surrogate for the President."

And I did read your post, rambling as it was.

She was there as a person interested in the plight of inner city children, who came to that venue with the perspective that we need to elect people who will HELP that segment of our society.

She was there as FLOTUS with "her" issue. The heckler was out of line and this entire thread, the premise of the OP, particularly, is stupid. If we're going to say that any time a FLOTUS speaks at a fundraiser, or even in support of her husband's agenda, that she should be "treated as such," (meaning with the same imprimatur as the elected official), then what we are saying is that it's perfectly wonderful for a protester to slam Laura Bush with a couple of penny loafers....because, ya know, that's hilarious and everyone supposedly loved it, and there's no difference between an unpaid woman who happens to be married to a politician, and the politician himself.

I can't believe how many recs this dumb OP got. it's just an awful, ignorant construct.