Least creepy Repug First Lady

[UdoKier]

Poll question: Least creepy Repug First Lady

Least creepy Repug First Lady

[UdoKier]

1. Damn, almost forgot Nancy!

Man, I grew up with that helmet-haired broad telling me to "Just say no". How could I forget?

[miss_kitty]

8. you're just traumatised, trying to shut out bad memories

:evilgrin:

[MercutioATC]

17. You mean the human Pez dispenser?

Little bitty body, BIG ol' head...

[XanaDUer]

2. Hands down,

Betty Ford.

[peekaloo]

7. or is that bottoms up, Betty Ford.

:evilgrin:

[XanaDUer]

10. Yeah, but I liked her

she saved my mother's life, in a roundabout way.

My mother got a physical because Betty Ford did, and they caught cancer in its very early stages (in my mother), and it was because of Betty Ford's doing it.

So she will always have a spot in my heart.

[peekaloo]

11. Bless her and your mom

I'm just feeling saucy tonight.

:hi:

[XanaDUer]

13. Thanks

my mother eventually died of cancer anyway, but I always feel that Betty Ford have us an extra 20 years together.

:hi:

[XanaDUer]

14. PS-love your avatar!

Eom.

[peekaloo]

15. I'm thinking about changing it to this:

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Peace.

[barb162]

24. I really liked Betty Ford. Opening up like she did about

her drinking, that was REALLY BRAVE. Plus the Betty Ford Clinic and getting drug use and therapy out in the open.

[Rhiannon12866]

28. I always liked Betty Ford and still do

She is a compassionate person and has a lot of courage. She's also done some amazingly good work in this country and made us all more aware. I also like Gerald Ford. From what I've read, he has become good friends with Jimmy Carter and has worked with him on his humanitarian missions, over the years.:-)

[nuxvomica]

3. You left out Mary Todd Lincoln

I bet she would've gotten some votes.

[UdoKier]

4. I deliberately stayed contemporary.

The social norms of the time, as well as the ideology of the parties was completely diffferent.

The Lincolns would not be repugs today, IMO.

[MrScorpio]

12. I'm on board with that line of reasoning

Good points

[MrScorpio]

5. Mary Todd went nucking futs

(Right after the death of their son)

The ORIGINAL whacked out first lady

[name not needed]

6. n-v-t-s nuts!

[miss_kitty]

9. mary todd lincoln was alleged to be insane

or seriously nutted up.

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. She was insane because of syphilitic mental deterioration....

old Abe caught syphilis in his premarital days of whoring, apparently. Congenital syphilis would also explain the problems of their children...

[barb162]

23. if they both had syph wouldn't they both have died

much younger? I think she was a very dependent personality, spolied as a child and never really grew up and when Abe died, she lost her anchor.

[Rhiannon12866]

27. I would have said this, if you hadn't, LOL!

:D

[Soft Georgia]

18. Are derogatory terms about the other side common here?

"Repug" for "Repugnican?" Is that right?

Just checking. Want to know, so I can be prepared to see it all the time.

(I've been lurking for a few days -- I expect the onslaught of "FREEPER!" cries to begin. Go ahead. You're wrong, but go ahead.)

[DS1]

19. Yes, they are

Repug, Repuke, mouth-breathers, etc etc

[Soft Georgia]

21. thanks

It helps to know.

[PartyPooper]

20. "Are derogatory terms about the other side common here?"

Yes! Almost anything goes. But, be sure to read the DU rules for clarification.

We especially despise the evil Bu$h family and their ilk-including Junior, Pickles, Poppy, and Babs! And, anyone in the misadministration is not well-liked either...including Cheney, Rumsfeld, Condi, and Karl Rove. They're all bad people. Very bad.

You'll learn a lot here. You'll make some friends. Have fun! And, welcome to DU.

We're glad you're here!

:toast:

:beer:

[Soft Georgia]

22. "They're all bad people. Very bad." Yes.

Well I know it.

Thanks for the welcome, PartyPooper. Quite a name you have there.

[UdoKier]

25. At FreakRepukelick, they call us...

demoncrats, demonrats, 'rats, dummycraps, libtards, etc. etc. It is not unique to DU.

This is a partisan board, as is FR. If it bugs you, there are other bipartisan boards. Unfortunately, they get really rancorous and you see just as many nasty names...

I wouldn't call you a name just for asking that question, but It is a funny question. When I first got here, I thought it was hilarious and was relieved to find a place where I don't have to exhaust myself ecplaining the most basic of democratic principles to right-wing nutjobs who are so Rush-addled, they are incapable of feeling empathy for others or understanding logic.

[Rhiannon12866]

33. If you are an admirer of Jimmy Carter

You'll get no argument from me. Yes, Repug, Rethug, Repuke is the most common one I've seen.:shrug:

Welcome to DU, Soft Georgia! Glad to have you with us!:toast:

[newdealer]

26. Mrs. T.R.

I know it's going back, but what about Teddy Roosevelt's wife? Or McKinley's wife?

[RFKHumphreyObama]

29. None of the above -Lemonade Lucy

Yes, yes, I know that Rutherford Hayes came to office in circumstances very similar to * and was a relatively ineffectual President but I've heard great things about his wife including that she was an early supporter of civil rights and social justice and influenced her husband heavily on those issues

[Rhiannon12866]

32. Lucy Hayes was pretty cool for the 19th century

She was the first First Lady to have graduated from college and spoke out advocating equal pay for women. However, once she was First Lady, she backed off publicly calling for the vote for women. But I agree that she must have privately influenced her husband greatly. He may not have been a great president, but I agree that he must have been a much better one, than he would have been otherwise, due to her intelligent influence.:-)

[elperromagico]

30. I Like Mamie!

America's Grandmother. ;)

She was also quite pretty as a young woman:

[partygirl]

31. wow!

I had never seen the young Eisenhowers. They really were a cute couple.