Uh Ms. Obama-- you are smoking hot!

[DutchLiberal]

98. Too bad you never explain WHY you think it's in bad taste to compliment somebody with her appearance

And I didn't see anybody say they wanted to have sex with Michelle Obama. All they said was that they thought she was hot. Any additional connotations and suggestions are all your words, not those of others, so maybe you shouldn't put them in their mouths.

But even if they meant that, I still don't see how that's in bad taste. I think it's in bad taste to comment negatively on womens' appearances. E.g. to say "I'd never do HER" or "my god, she's fugly" or something like that. That would be in bad taste. But to compliment a woman...? I don't see why. Unless you think sex is something dirty and disgusting. Otherwise, I wouldn't know why.

On Barack Obama: I said "if". IF a woman on DU said Obama is "hot", nobody would make an issue out of it. Not a man, at least. Not one, not a single one. In fact, I've seen videos posted on DU during the election of 2008 of the so-called 'Obama girl' who was constantly singing about how hot the guy was, supported by pictures of a bare-chested Obama in swim gear. I don't recall one man making a fuss about it.

I do not have any sexual thoughts when I see her, or when I see other women who may be attractive but who are married to others. It's just not how I think.

Oh, puh-leeze! Whether or not somebody is married doesn't change her physical appeal. You are either attracted to somebody or you aren't. You're not telling me that when you see a woman whom you think is attractive, suddenly, magically, becomes unattractive to you once you see her wedding ring. Impossible.