What Is It With Repuke Women And Pearl Necklaces?

[matcom]

watching Condi :puke: I realize that I NEVER see her without her pearls. Same with Laura - Same with Babs - Same with Nancy, etc...

its just so damned FRUMPY!

[sendero]

1. Think....

.... June Cleaver :)

[geek tragedy]

2. What kind of pearl necklaces? n/t

[TransitJohn]

3. Hmmmmj

Bush twins w/ pearl necklaces? I'll be right back.

[WoodrowFan]

12. perv! (LOL)

welcome to DU, you'll fit in well in the Lounge with matcom!!! LOL.

[TahitiNut]

19. Ben Wah pearls, obviously.

:evilgrin:

[Iris]

4. I think pearls are lovely.

But nothing helps those women.

Maybe they use them as a sex toy.

[acmavm]

5. Think Jackie Kennedy. She was famous for wearing a single row of

faux pearls. On her they looked elegant. But she could have worn a string of shrunken heads and still looked like class.

That's the one thing these women DO NOT HAVE. Class.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Well said.

I have real pearls. They add an elegant look when I am dressed up in something with a very simple neckline.

[shadu]

7. interesting

I must agree with matcom and I must agrtee with you.
Pearls make frumpy women look ulra-frumpy.

[coloradodem2005]

8. I could make a sick remark now....

...but I won't.

[geek tragedy]

9. Already done. n/t

[DeepModem Mom]

10. Agree with others -- I think it's the women not the pearls. And don't...

get me started on the fashion sense (or lack thereof) of the Bush women. (Because someone close to me works in the fashion world, I know way too much about this subject!) At the risk of being catty, consider the pantsuit Laura wore to church today. She MUST get longer jackets -- and I think, if she saw footage of herself ascending the steps of Air Force One from below, she would.

[WoodrowFan]

11. I think pearls are sexy

but not if worn with clothes.

[Skittles]

13. they are frustrated old hags

they'll never have a REAL pearl necklace.

[The Flaming Red Head]

14. It's the June Cleaver Syndrome

If I vacuumed, I'd vacuum in my pearls and heels set.

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. Carol Mosley Braun wears a beautiful

Black Pearl Necklace ALL the time. I think it's become her "signature" necklace.

Repubs "think" it gives them class and sophistication. They will NEVER have either.

The Stepford Wives were probably ordered by their "master husband" to wear them.

[leesa]

16. These are people without taste. They have been told pearls are

tasteful and so they wear them to try to create an illusion of good taste. Of course, Pickles would wear it with the draperies she calls dresses, but...

[Junkdrawer]

17. Babs Bush wears pearls...Condi "Oedipus" Rice...

Hmmmmmm....

[AntiCoup2K4]

18. Pearls symbolize what Republicanism is all about

Stealing the only possession that an oyster has. How much more "conservative" can you get?

[niceypoo]

20. 50s wannabe retro

just like June cleaver. The hags on FAUX wear pearls too

[delete_bush]

21. also watching Condi

and noticed the pearls. Maybe her "husb..." gave her these for a symbolic "job" well done?

[wellstone_democrat]

22. An interesting question I've always had...

The pearls in the case of Babs are definitely east-coast-prep (which she is) but what has always puzzled me is her public insistence that they are "faux pearls"----pearls are cheap enough. Not for every working Joe or Jane but for these people in the top 1% 500.00 for a basic cultured pearl two-strander, its chickenfeed. For single Condi with her pay I'm not going to bet my paycheck on them being "faux" either.

To me this is pandering to their Target/Walmart/Sears shopping base. "We don't wear high-falutin' jewlery! We're regular folks!"
No one will ever convince me that Barbara Pierce Bush wears fake pearls. Never.

Remember the observation during the Reagan years that the Republicans have two branches: country club and lower-middle-class polyester wearers (can't remember anymore who said this widely repeated line) but the country club set always has worn pearls. Their recruits follow the "style" and get those "faux" ones from the local discount store.

Hey, pearls don't bother me unless they are those hideous big eagles in gold sitting on a single pearl. Uggh.