10/21/2004 02:10:00 PM|||Joe|||You know, this would probably make me mad if it weren't so ridiculous. Laura Bush graciously accepted Teresa Heinz Kerry's apology. In fact, she said that no apology was necessary. Not Karen Hughes, though:But Karen Hughes, an adviser to President Bush, said Heinz Kerry's apology “made it worse because she left out the very important real job of a mother. Clearly she knows Laura Bush was a mother ... who chose to stay home and rear her family. That's a noble choice that should be celebrated not denigrated.”
Come on. Here's what Hinz Kerry said:Q: Do you have a role model for first lady in mind?
A: The one thing I've learned from watching is that there really isn't a model, because every person coming in is different. Their experiences are different, and times have changed.
Q: You'd be different from Laura Bush?
A: Well, you know, I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job — I mean, since she's been grown up. So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things. And I'm older, and my validation of what I do and what I believe and my experience is a little bit bigger — because I'm older, and I've had different experiences. And it's not a criticism of her. It's just, you know, what life is about.
You can pick that apart and call it a criticism of stay at home moms if you want.
Like I said, everyone will be reduced to lawyer talk. Instead of “had a real job,” she should have said “entered into a contractual agreement for the trading of physical or intellectual labor in exchange for various benefits, such as capital and/or various forms of insurance.” In fact, you know what? I'm feeling stupid — I'll just put it in more exact terms:Q: You'd be different from Laura Bush?
A: Well, you know, I don't know Laura Bush. And by “know,” I mean in the sense of being acquainted with her on a personal level, not in the Biblical sense. Which I also don't know her in, incidently. But she seems to be calm (by which I mean composed, by which I mean she has an air of dignity), and she has a sparkle in her eye (not literally — I mean in no way to imply there's something wrong with either of her eyes or that she is some kind of robot), which is good (I don't mean this sarcastically. It is positive, beneficial, etc.). But I don't know that she's ever entered into a contractual agreement for the trading of physical or intellectual labor in exchange for various benefits, such as capital and/or various forms of insurance — I mean, since she's been grown up (by grown up I mean since she's reach the age of 18 or mental maturity). So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things. And I'm older (in that I was born at some point before she was), and my validation of what I do and what I believe and my experience is a little bit bigger — because I'm older (see above), and I've had different experiences. And it's not a criticism of her. It's just, you know, what life is about.
I need to go home. Also, a life.|||109839304496960293|||Karen Hughes - Moron