I'm thrilled the president won, but one other thing is making me smile this morning

[A HERETIC I AM]

The fact that Ann Romney has been denied the opportunity to become First Lady.

I'm thinking to myself, what is she going through this morning? She doesn't get to ride on Air Force 1. She doesn't get to redecorate the White House. She doesn't get to hobnob with world leaders. She doesn't get to spend weekends at Camp David. She doesn't get to sod over the vegetable garden.


But most of all, she, like the rest of us, get to keep as first lady, one of the kindest, sweetest, well educated, eloquent, down to earth First Ladies we have ever had!!

Sorry Ann, but you couldn't hold a candle to Michelle.

[ananda]

1. That is so true.

Our White House has so much class!

[Fla Dem]

2. Here! Here! Well said. n/t

[jhrobbins]

125. And also - Hear, Hear!!

[ywcachieve]

3. I cosign every thing you said!

[JNelson6563]

4. Great point Heretic!

I am right here with you, smiling and toasting our lovely first lady!



Julie

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. Cheers Julie!

Thanks and backatya!!

[morningglory]

5. Good point! She reminds me of Leona Helmsley: The little people pay taxes. nt

[skeewee08]

7. LOL... good one morningglory...

[Raster]

6. Hip-hip-hooray for Michelle Obama, and her grace and style under the worst of....

....preassures. Here's to this century's Jackie Kennedy-esque First Lady!

[xtraxritical]

23. And Michelle does it all without the benefit of magic underwear too!

[gottavote]

47. Who was she wearing last night?

[Raster]

56. Other than Mitt Romney?

[Sophiegirl]

75. I rarely...

really LOL when I read things online.....but



That caught me off guard while having lunch. Spewing coleslaw would not have gone well. Not like mashed potatoes that have a single trajectory.

[Raster]

112. heh heh heh

thank you.

[xtraxritical]

58. I would guess her husband our President!

[jhrobbins]

126. well, I am shocked, shocked, I say...

[TardisBlue]

8. Very well said! n/t

[skeewee08]

9. "Sorry Ann, but you couldn't hold a candle to Michelle."

Amen!!! I love FLOTUS....

[babylonsister]

10. ...sod over the vegetable garden?

She probably would have, too!

[woodsprite]

13. Nah, She'd probably would have let Rafalca use it to graze on. n/t

[sarge43]

61. Also she would have had the First Bees destroyed.

"Oooo, they're bugs and they sting!"

[babylonsister]

62. "the first bees"...

Now that's funny!

[sarge43]

64. The girls insisted on the title

"Hey! If Bo can be the First Dog, we're the First Bees. Got it?"

[calimary]

100. She would have reallocated that to her horses.

Hey, one thing - and I almost hate to be altruistic about this, but - soon enough, I suspect she may become much happier, even grateful, that her husband lost. It may actually prolong her life.

She's still got a disease that is incurable. It's only gonna get worse as she ages. I've read that stress aggravates it, and she would not have a nice quiet low-pressure life if she were First Lady. Even if HER part of it was still fairly mellow and manageable, watching what mitt would have to deal with and sudden international crises and stuff - would be pretty rough on her, I'd guess. She wouldn't have any privacy (which she'd probably come to hate), and her presence would be required at tons of public events (which she may well come to resent). That would become more difficult with time, and there might be fears of exposure if she's out in public too much, as her health and her immunity system both decline and she becomes more physically delicate and vulnerable. She may not want to spend even a few minutes shaking hands with every Tom-Dick-and-Carrie who jumps in to invade her space and get a photo of him/herself with her.

For ayn wrongney, that kind of high-pressure existence would become increasingly uncomfortable and probably even dangerous to her health. So this outcome may actually prove to be far better for her personally. I'm wondering if perhaps she senses that already.

[Doctor_J]

11. Post of the day

so far. She is really crass. Probably a nice woman at some point, but she doesn't wear celebrity and stress well at all.

[Jennicut]

12. So glad we get to keep Michelle!

And Jill. I love them both.

Ann was so entitled. I wanted to give her a chance at first. I really did not have major issues with Cindy McCain. But wow, this woman. Cindy McCain has money but she was never this spoiled. I feel bad that Ann has an illness but she seemed to care less about those that had the same issues but not the power and money she has. See ya, Ann Romney.

[antigop]

15. +1000 n/t

[CTyankee]

16. It would be unbearable to watch the First Family pack up and move out of the White House!

Just the thought of those two beautiful girls leaving the White House forever would have killed me. They need to be there for the next four years, so important in their young lives to have that period of transition. In 2016 Malia will be 18 and in college and Sasha will be 15 and a HS sophomore. Their launch out there in the big world will be all the better for their 8 years living in the White House with their wonderful parents.

I feel like crying tears of thankfulness for their sakes...

[Ineeda]

60. So true.

Other than the big political picture, that personal one would be heartbreaking, for sure. They know their father/husband for the kind and always well-meaning, caring person he is. The rejection would be impossible to comprehend.

[xxqqqzme]

95. I know - I want those girls to grow

up in the White House.

[hue]

17. ...errr, it might have been "too hard" on her!

[George II]

59. "Listen, this is hard..........."

She'd probably be whining that for four years if Romney won.

[DawgHouse]

72. Stop it

[oldbanjo]

18. Very good comment I agree.

We don't need a first lady that thinks she's better than us. Non of the rich first ladies have acted like Ann Romney would. We don't need a Mormon in office and we need to take another look at the Christians that would support one over Obama.

[alcibiades_mystery]

19. The look on her face after the concession speech was unbelievable

Only Rick Santorum's kids after his Senate defeat looked more unable to control their sadness and rage.

A fucking weird person and we're all damn lucky that that whole crazy family can now go play White Horsey away from the levers of power.

[A HERETIC I AM]

67. I'm posting from my phone while at work today....

But I am going to have to find a video of that concession speech when I'm done for the day. I have to see that look!

[yankeepants]

20. You forgot pasturing Rafalca on the WH lawn. n/t

[sunwyn]

21. Damn straight

[heaven05]

22. SALUD!!!!!!!!

[1ProudAtheist]

24. I Don't Believe That

The White House would very conducive for riding a broom around in. There are too many narrow hallways and doors to bump into. I cannot look at her for more than 2 seconds without having nightmares about the wicked witch from The Wizard Of Oz.

[A HERETIC I AM]

68. Hopefully she'll be careful enough that one of her three houses doesn't fall on her! n/t

[Moonwalk]

70. That's an insult to the pretty darn smart and independent Witch of the West....

...Do you really think the Wicked Witch of the West would have been married to Mitt, making meatloaf and whining about how mean people were being to her husband and how hard it is to campaign? On behalf of all us broom-riding, independent-minded goth girls I ask you to...Take it back!

[kuba]

25. That is EXACTLY how I felt before and after the election.

Couldn't imagine Ann Romney being in the White House, I didn't want to.

She just seems too pretentious and would probably enjoy the lifestyle a little too much and not do a thing.
I always thought she would think she deserved it and wanted to live life like a Princess.


Thankfully, that'll never happen.

[A HERETIC I AM]

27. She DID think she deserved it

Didn't she say a while back "it's our turn now"?!?

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

66. I'm thinking they already have access to the lifestyle. But it's the position of honor and power

the she wanted to badly for herself and her hubby. (Maybe what you meant by lifestyle anyway.) I couldn't be happier to see her find that money cannot buy everything!

[wtmusic]

26. Can we just say that Michelle Obama is more qualified to be First Lady

and congratulate her without gloating over anyone's disappointment?

Seems a bit juvenile.

[A HERETIC I AM]

31. That's me!

"A JUVENILE I AM"


Please. If anything, today's the day to gloat just a bit.

[kwolf68]

28. Here Here

You know it burns up Michelle to see the vitriol and rancid hatred lobbed at her husband, our President. How one handles themselves in the face of adversity says it all.

[Avalux]

29. Ann looked stunned on stage last night, and as if she'd been crying.

Seeing that gave me immense satisfaction.

[Auntie Bush]

122. She was crying or had been crying.

Her left eye was really swollen....only one I could see. Probably what held up Romney's concession speech. Had to get Ann under control and all made up. I actually feel sorry for her. How can one not?

[Atman]

30. Poor Ann...her biggest decision will be which Cadillac to drive.

I feel no shame ragging on these people. The Romneys represent everything WRONG with America.

[snagglepuss]

79. Hammer meet nail

[jhrobbins]

127. That's BS - tomorrow Mitt is gonna say - to hell with all that patriotic American crap...

and go buy Ann a Bentley

[WeekendWarrior]

32. Feel exactly the same

All that hard work for naught.

[momsrule]

33. Sorry

For the Romney's. They were sure they could buy the White House with money from theirr fat-cat donors, they didn't even spend their own dime. Life's so tough for you. I feel sorry that you do not understand society as it should and could be, but last night we tried to teach you about it.

[clydefrand]

34. I agree with you

BUT she can ride her horse and pick up her shit! That would be her husband.

[nolabear]

35. No kidding. I'm too old to put up with that crap. Four more Michelle years!

[madokie]

36. We truly dodged a bullet

[heaven05]

37. another

good thing about the mitttwit run for the POTUS, is that he allowed the world to see the hate and vitriol of the american citizenry. Don't get me wrong. Hate did not win. Period. Yet we have work to do in changing the racist underbelly that america has. Four more years of Michelle and family will go a long way toward furthering that healing.

[treestar]

38. Amen!

That would have almost been worse than President Mittwit!!!!!!!

So glad Queen Ann can be out of the media soon!

[NBachers]

39. I am so glad that we have Michelle Obama as First Lady, First Mom, and our ambassador to the world

The best First Family that's ever been in the White House- Only JFK and Jackie were in their league.

The Romney's; ugh *shudder* what a nightmare.

Today, we woke up in the right version of reality.

[LibGranny]

40. Here! Here!

The best man won and he has the BEST 1st Lady!

[Aristus]

43. I remember reading a commentary on the respective spouses after one of the debates.

The author commented wryly: "How dare Michelle Obama wear that blouse, exposing what are quite possibly the most beautiful upper arms in the history of the human race!"

Love our First Lady!...

[BlueNoteSpecial]

41. Now "you people" stop denying her rightful place as 1st lady...

...of the Federal Penitentiary the "bishop" will be sElected to rule over. Got tax returns?!

[supercats]

42. YES!!

Perfectly said....My sentiments exactly!!!

[relayerbob]

44. My guess is she's packing ....

and they're taking the private jet out of the country before the IRS gets there.

"Dammit, Mitt, get your losing ass out of bed, we need to be in the Cayman's by lunch"

[Ganja Ninja]

45. I'm sure the White House staff is breathing a sigh of relief.

They dodged a bullet there.

[66 dmhlt]

46. I think Ann would be GREAT on "Dancing With the Stars"

[pegasis]

48. I totally agree and...

I won't have to see their smug "boys" until Tagg carries the torch for his dad.

[bluedigger]

49. Probably thinking, "Good! I can get rid of those goddamned Cadillacs and get that Maybach, finally!

[Arugula Latte]

50. STOP IT! Just STOP IT!

This is HARD for Ann! She's never been denied anything in her life! She's going to send her servants to smack you silly, Heretic!

[A HERETIC I AM]

78. I look forward to that with great eagerness! N/T

[guyfromla]

51. Last nights's winnners and losers

Winners - The Minority Majority, Nate Silver, David Plouffe.
Losers - The Tea Party, Carl Rove, Republican Obstruction

[evilhime]

52. OH YES!

The thought of seeing "this is hard" face as first lady with her arrogant attitude <shudder>.

[lyingsackofmitt]

53. Dear Ann,

No it wasn't your turn and it never will be!

-America

[zellie]

132. When she said that...

I wanted to slap her face off.

[Iris]

54. And this year the White House will see another joyous Christmas for the First Family.

That was one of the things I kept thinking yesterday morning when I started to have my doubts (why I started having doubts yesterday a.m.? I don't know. I was really optimistic all along.)

Anyway, I kept thinking about what Christmas in the White House would be like this year. And I didn't want it to be sad. And now it won't be!

[DCKit]

55. She never wanted any of that and has been sabotaging his campaign...

from the start. Don't pick on Ann, she saved us.

[Paka]

114. You are so wrong!

She wanted it even more than the Mittster.

[George II]

57. You could tell that she was bawling her eyes out before they went out to concede.

[Doodler71]

63. I love our First Lady - Michelle Obama

She is incredible.

Ann did in fact gave us "people" exactly "all we needed to know" and we the people voted accordingly.


Nah nah nah nah Good Bye!!

[blackspade]

65. Well put.

[Initech]

69. I think Ann wants to be first lady more than Mitt wants to be president.

[tomm2thumbs]

71. You mean you didn't want 4 years of THIS dimwit?

4 years of this?

talk about America dodging a bullet!!!

[demokatgurrl]

82. Good LORD!

Glad we were spared

[llmart]

115. Oh, God,

that was awful! I am so glad I never had to hear her say a freakin' thing (except now) because I use the "mute" button on my remote alot.

[savebigbird]

120. I think she needs a good, healthy dose of PBS.

STAT!

[noiretextatique]

73. let her eat cake

whilst riding her dressage horse. goodbye, queen anne.

[ErikJ]

74. Michelle vs Ann: That would be a GREAT debate

[sarge43]

77. Nah. It would have been a massacre

"God, Michelle. That's a lot of blood."

"Just for you, Darling."

[SemperEadem]

76. you and me both

I thought I was the only one.

I'll take that bowl of milk now, please....

[Fire Walk With Me]

80. I lament the loss of mandatory viewing of her weekly horse ballet show.

Sniff...

[thelarge]

81. I'm wondering

What is Ann's eldest, Turd doing this a.m.? Probably smacking an Obama doll! Hope he realizes his chances for public office are wasted too! Wouldn't want to be the help in the Rmoney Castle today!!!

[LynneSin]

83. She never would have been first lady - she wanted to be Queen of the USA

but first thing I figured she would do as Queen of the USA is plow over the garden so she could raise her prancing horses.

[Dollface]

84. In the words of Ann Romney, "Stop it".

Sorry, I have no affection for Ann Romney but I find this spouse bashing unseemly. I don't want to behave like the other side. If you must bash, bash Mittens and his handlers and their billionaire friends. They have earned it.

[A HERETIC I AM]

101. I'm not bashing her!

I'm merely pointing out that I'm glad she isn't going to be the first lady and that she can't hold a candle to Michelle. That's not bashing.

That's fact.

[Dollface]

135. On that I whole-heartedly agree.

My post was directed at the bashers.

[DemoTex]

85. Queen Ann denied

God, I love the smell of Schadenfreude in the morning!

[Booster]

86. I'm thinking the people wanted Michelle just as much as they wanted Mr. Obama. I love Michelle.

[hifiguy]

87. Hifiguy, J. concurs in the opinion of Heretic, J.

110%. Well said, indeed!

[elbloggoZY27]

88. We the Voters said no.

The past four years were a hell for the Democrats and their Party, especially the constant disrespect shown the President by Fox News. I am truly glad the President was reelected.

Mitts real problem was Paul Ryan as the VP candidate plus no real agenda.

[Cha]

89. PerZactly, HERETIC! I couldn't bear the thought of not having Michelle as our FLOTUS

anymore than I could bear not having her husband leading the country.



http://theobamadiary.com/

[smirkymonkey]

117. Beautiful Photo!

There is no way Ann could hold a candle to Michelle. I am so happy that she is off the scene!

[FailureToCommunicate]

118. Beautiful! And thanks for the link.

[outsideworld]

130. beautiful picture

[CrispyQ]

90. "She doesn't get to sod over the vegetable garden."

Ok, that one really hit me. So much like Reagan taking down the solar panels. Mean, spiteful people.

[mrsadm]

91. I am so relieved not to have this "princess" as first lady

First of all, Michelle has a lot of grace, humility and genuine empathy with other people. Ann is like a spoiled brat who believes she earned the white house.

Second of all, I've done dressage, and its world is pretty snobby. People like Ann have groomers, stable hands, people to chauffer their horse around in the horse van - they just show up in their white britches to the show and are handed a groomed and saddled horse.
That's what "you people" are for, to get my horse ready.

WHEW....................

[Pachamama]

92. At first, i liked Ann Romney- I had no reason to dislike her - I always felt spouses, family members

...of political candidates were off-limits and it was no fault of theirs for any flaws or issues one might have with the political candidate him or her self.

But then as Ann Romney started campaigning for her husband and doing interviews, she "revealed" herself and who she is. It was after watching her make statements, share her "values" and opinions that closely mirrored her husbands and showed me a woman who really is not only a lot like her husband, but really part of the "team" the "fabric" of what Mitt Romney stood for. She really and truly is "the love of his life" and partner in "crime" if you will. I came to dislike her passionately and my name for her was "Marie ANNtoinette Romney" - Let them eat cake!!!!

And the same process applied to Michelle Obama revealed who she is.....that she shares her "values" and is very much like her husband, Barack Obama, and that is what she stood for. The "Love of Obama's Life", Michelle Obama, his partner, the fabric of what he stands for is what is love, is it what is right and everything I love.

And I am smiling this morning because two people, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are in the White House and representing and being all that is to be loved.

[russspeakeasy]

93. Excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!

[xxqqqzme]

94. I remarked last night, her hair is a mess

when the clan joined Rmoney on stage. My cousin said "She had trouble getting the crown off".

[A HERETIC I AM]

102. LOL. Good one! n/t

[ChillZilla]

96. Well, I guess it wouldn't be a total victory without taking a shot at someones wife

Good call. We won't have to see all her friggin sons and worthless grandkids either. Good grief, maybe they'll all drown in the next hurricane and we can really have a party.

[Pachamama]

99. Seriously? Someone expresses their feelings (see mine in a post above) that accurately and fairly

Express how one feels, and you go off on a tangent that assumes the poster wants the entire Romney family to perish in a drowning death and then we can dance on their graves??? WTF????

Dont know where you came to that conclusion, but you couldnt be more wrong nor have a true understanding of what DU and what supporters of the Obamas feel...

[A HERETIC I AM]

104. Man, oh man

There's a handful of you on this thread that perhaps should get together and make sure you each don't fall from those incredibly lofty equines you're astride.

[DCKit]

97. She's being beaten to a pulp by the psychopath she married. Happy now? nt

[A HERETIC I AM]

103. Ummmm. Errrrr..... No?

Edited




Whatever, Dude.

I deleted what I wrote earlier in case it gets alerted on and I lose the ability to post in my own thread.

[R B Garr]

98. She always came across as a weirdo to me

along with the rest of the family. Nothing they ever said or cared about resonated in any meaningful way -- it was just a compilation of oddities that appealed to their petty and hostile base. Her hostility was always so near the surface. For all her riches and travels, she didn't seem wordly at all. She seemed to shrink in stature the more you saw of her (wow, a lot like Sarah Palin's persona shrank).

Michelle, otoh, always comes across as a graceful, intelligent and worldly person. Wise yet fun. And she is constantly growing in her role(s) in every way. Michelle is world class all the way. We are so lucky to have her.

[Beacool]

105. Why so much hate for Ann?

Michelle is doing a great job as first lady, but I have no bad feelings for Ann. The only first lady I really disliked was Nancy Reagan.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

106. I wouldn't like her choice of curtains in the WH!

[Taverner]

107. Michelle Obama in 2016!!!!!

[Tumbulu]

108. I want it to be a ticket- Hilary and Michelle co presidents

what a team they would make !

[slutticus]

109. SCHADENFREUDE!!!

[libdem4life]

110. Ann is physically ill and Mitt is mentally ill. They need to go home and take care of each other.

[A HERETIC I AM]

111. Thanks, DU. Thanks for the warm reception this thread received.

Over 8000 views, 110 responses and 257 Recommends.

Throughout the day I have checked back and watched it grow and when I had the chance, I responded to a few posts.

I'm flattered and grateful you all found this thread at least interesting, and perhaps at most, agreeable.

I'm very pleased it was so well received.


Thank you very much.

[Paka]

113. Our Flotus is every bit as amazing as our Potus.

[sonibeth]

116. I could be wrong but

it never seemed to me that she even wanted to be first lady. Like it would be a real imposition and certainly a step down housing wise.

[lonestarnot]

119. K & R!

[Mdterp01]

121. This thread is everything

I couldn't agree more. She was so smug throughout this campaign and you could tell she had a sense of entitlement. You could just sense how ready she was to replace Michelle. I remember specifically an interview she was doing with Mittens about a message they wanted to give to the President and First Lady. She said "start packing". Ugh!!!! So glad we won't have to deal with her.

[juajen]

123. She is wonderful; but please don't forget how wonderfully Hillary served us as First Lady.

At least Ann can now have all the illegals working for her that she desires.

[AverageJoe90]

124. Well said, man. n/t

[BadSaratoga]

128. Well, She Does Have Those Car Elevator Rides To Look Forward To

Enjoy them Ann...

[Chemisse]

129. The designers will never feel obligated to create dresses for her.

[ermasdaughter]

131. Totally!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

133. Michelle and Hillary...

vs. Laura and Barbara.

When it comes to First Ladies, the Democratic Party has no competition.

[valerief]

134. Yep, she's a real c-word (not allowed to use the real word here). nt

[Phentex]

136. Stop it! This is hard!

Poor Ann! Now that she's over the hard stuff, she can go back to her limo and leave the rest of us alone!

We have the Real First Lady! She's amazing.