Hillary vs. Pickles: Who is/was the best First Lady?

WI_DEM

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Tue Dec-13-05 03:12 PM
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Poll question: Hillary vs. Pickles: Who is/was the best First Lady?

Now I think we have a poll which Hillary will win in an landslide.

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Warpy

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Tue Dec-13-05 03:16 PM
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1. First Lady is the most thankless job in the world

She is unsalaried, an appendage who nonetheless is expected to work for her keep as hostess and diplomat (at the very least) and prop for respectability. She's a target for everybody for everything she wears, every strand of her hair, every word she says, everything her children do.

Intelligent or dim, activist or homebody, she can't win.

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ReadTomPaine

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Tue Dec-13-05 03:16 PM
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2. Eleanor Roosevelt was the best First Lady.

Edited on Tue Dec-13-05 03:17 PM by ReadTomPaine

Hillary over Pickles in this poll, obviously.. But HRC can't hold a candle to Eleanor.

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WI_DEM

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Tue Dec-13-05 03:18 PM
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4. No debate there

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Orangeone

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Tue Dec-13-05 03:17 PM
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3. neither

Rosalyn Carter.

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WI_DEM

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Tue Dec-13-05 03:18 PM
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6. yeah but that wasn't this poll

but I agree Mrs. Carter was wonderful as was Mrs. Ford.

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NoPasaran

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Tue Dec-13-05 03:18 PM
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5. Neither

I'll go with Eleanor Roosevelt as best (runner up Jackie Kennedy) and Mary Todd Lincoln as the worst.

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newyawker99

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Tue Dec-13-05 04:53 PM
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8. I agree with Eleanor and Jackie.

:thumbsup:

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RB TexLa

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Tue Dec-13-05 03:26 PM
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7. Probably won't happen

But I'd love to see a First Lady or First Gentleman (or whatever he would be called) have an actual job while their spouse is President. Assuming that the next few presidents are going to be male, just based on my general understanding of the American voters, I think it would be the best role model for young females to see a First Lady who doesn't have give up her career because of her husband's career. There would be all kinds of screaming about conflict of interest but in the end if she didn't back down to it, I'm sure no court would not be able to deny someone the right to work and earn a living because of their spouse's office.

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