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February 27, 2009
Recessions are for the Little People
I called the White House to check if that quote was accurate. It was. An aide explained that first lady Michelle Obama "has taken a particular interest in showcasing the work of young up-and-coming designers who have chosen fashion as their path and who are artists in their own right and who are introduced at places like Fashion Week."We do this a lot, but just imagine if a Republican first lady were so mind-numbingly tone deaf to the mood of the country? Actually, we don't have to imagine. Read the next-to-last paragraph in York's story to find out what the press said when a Republican was in office.It's hard to put Herrera, Karan and Jacobs in the up-and-coming category, but never mind: Perhaps we'll be seeing punky, funky ponchos and Day-Glo metallics at some future White House function. I asked whether the first lady considered Rogers' hitting the fashion shows a little frivolous, given the seriousness of our times. "I think you're assigning a value judgment to the fashion industry," I was told. "She doesn't think it is frivolous at all."
h/t: Allahpundit.
Update - A commenter at Ace of Spades HQ (where this was originally posted) reminds us of a much more recent example of media OUTRAGE! over GOP spending:
Remember the outrage over Sarah Palin's New York shopping spree? Remember the savaging over Cindy McCain's $300K RNC outfit?Can you blame them? Maintaining consistent standards would get in the way of their attempts to make Michelle the new Jackie.Yeah. Neither does anyone else, I guess.
Posted by slublog at February 27, 2009 11:06 PM
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Jackie Zero.
Posted by: nustoff at March 10, 2009 02:39 AM