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Post by Jaguar on Jun 22, 2018 13:05:38 GMT -5
My nephews wife and Oped both posted this on Facebook,
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NastyWoman
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 22, 2018 17:02:28 GMT -5
She was not wearing it when she got off the plane. Presumably someone told her the "optics were bad". Ya think? It's an odd article of clothing for FLOTUS to even have in her wardrobe. Presumably almost anytime/anywhere she wears it someone is going to be offended.
I agree that there is no way she did not intentionally choose to wear this - I am at a loss as to why. Presumably if she did not care, she would just not visit the Migrant Children's Shelter.
I'll take that a little farther: it is an odd article of clothing for any adult to have in their wardrobe and, while not quite there yet, she is pushing 50!
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Gardening Grandma
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Jun 22, 2018 17:45:47 GMT -5
It's an odd article of clothing for FLOTUS to even have in her wardrobe. Presumably almost anytime/anywhere she wears it someone is going to be offended.
I agree that there is no way she did not intentionally choose to wear this - I am at a loss as to why. Presumably if she did not care, she would just not visit the Migrant Children's Shelter.
I'll take that a little farther: it is an odd article of clothing for any adult to have in their wardrobe and, while not quite there yet, she is pushing 50! Furthermore, she wasn’t headed to Walmart to shop. She was on an official trip as FLOTUS, acting in an official capacity. Headed to “visit” children caged by her husband’s orders. Wearing a statement “I really don’t care” That photo was shown around the world
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OldCoyote
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Post by OldCoyote on Jun 22, 2018 19:21:08 GMT -5
What if, just what if, she is concerned about the children,, made this trip on her own against the advice of the controllers. Her jacket was not meant for any thing to do with the children but pointed to the powers that didn't want her to go to the border, Just saying!
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Post by bean29 on Jun 22, 2018 19:48:12 GMT -5
I understand their strategy now. Send double messages all of the time. Rile up their base, and their opponents, then deny and deflect. I no longer think this is done out of sheer stupidity--they are doing this on purpose. The more I think about this the more I think something like the above was the motive. I think it best we just ignore her completely in the future.
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Post by Opti on Jun 22, 2018 19:52:00 GMT -5
What if, just what if, she is concerned about the children,, made this trip on her own against the advice of the controllers. Her jacket was not meant for any thing to do with the children but pointed to the powers that didn't want her to go to the border, Just saying!
Even if that was the case, the optics look differently. Most people don't care about intentions. Remember the big deal over Kathy Griffin's "art". Few cared that her intention was a riff on "bleeding out of her whatever". Most chose to see it as a beheading and reacted to that.
Maybe its a fun jacket, but it should probably not be worn until she is no longer FLOTUS. She wasn't dressed for a girl's night out and just happened to go visit the children.
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Gardening Grandma
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Jun 22, 2018 19:55:41 GMT -5
What if, just what if, she is concerned about the children,, made this trip on her own against the advice of the controllers. Her jacket was not meant for any thing to do with the children but pointed to the powers that didn't want her to go to the border, Just saying!
That is ridiculous when you consider tbe fact tbat she never wanted to be FLOTUS in the first place. She is probablythe most invisible FLOTUS. in recent history. Ivanka has taken on many of the duties traditionally carried out by FLOTUS. Tbe notion of her doing something like this on her own is totally out of character. Lame try
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ken a.k.a OMK
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jun 22, 2018 19:56:18 GMT -5
She's very conscientious of her appearance and wears clothing costing K$. So to wear a $39 coat is way out of character. What was her motivation? No matter what it failed.
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Post by OldCoyote on Jun 22, 2018 22:21:54 GMT -5
She's very conscientious of her appearance and wears clothing costing K$. So to wear a $39 coat is way out of character. What was her motivation? No matter what it failed. Ken, If she didn't care about those children, she would not have made the trip to see them. She did not have to go there!
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Post by retread on Jun 23, 2018 6:40:55 GMT -5
So to wear a $39 coat is way out of character. Well, I suppose if someone chooses to be consistent, that's okay. And if they choose to mix it up on occasion ... I really don't care, do you? Impossible to say. Might have been a statement about something in particular. Or just a desire to dress down. Or maybe it's her response to PLBs have no interest in knowing the context but will seize any opportunity write their own script and go ballistic: I really don't care, do you? That's the beauty of ambiguity, Ken. It allows some to make complete fools of themselves when they sit in judgment and make rash statements, while intelligent people like you ask questions.
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