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SarcasticSatyr

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17. Why was Melaina not wearing black?

Tue Nov 28, 2023, 04:08 PM

Nov 2023

I'm not saying she was dressed inappropriately (it could have been much worse), I guess I just thought it was odd that she was the only first lady not dressed in black or an extremely dark color.

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Judy Woodruff just zinged trump*, BIG time [View all] Siwsan Nov 2023 OP

All the speakers are zinging Melania GarySeven Nov 2023 #1

I've been thinking the exact same thing. Siwsan Nov 2023 #2

All the First Ladies were invited. Only one ex-president was not. Melania's fine, imo. Hekate Nov 2023 #12

Well. Melania is an asshole, but the Carters are better people than I am Maru Kitteh Nov 2023 #13

Yeah, me too Hekate Nov 2023 #22

Not sure I do. This isn't a matter of turning the other cheek. Artcatt Nov 2023 #33

There are public occasions to which any person may be invited in which they are expected to show good manners Hekate Nov 2023 #40

Fine at what??? TxGuitar Nov 2023 #35

At wearing an appropriately-styled gray outfit to a funeral, which people are complaining about Hekate Nov 2023 #38

At least she kept her "kidneys" covered dflprincess Nov 2023 #51

Yes, I'm surprised she attended as well PatSeg Nov 2023 #14

I noticed she dressed to stand out. calimary Nov 2023 #39

The biggest ZING was America The Beautiful. sjr2323 Nov 2023 #3

America the Beautiful should be the national anthem BComplex Nov 2023 #63

Rosalynn Carter is a very tough act to follow, Ocelot II Nov 2023 #4

I was trying to remember the name of her 'initiative' Siwsan Nov 2023 #5

Some staff people cooked up those initiatives so it would seem like Ocelot II Nov 2023 #7

The closest Trump comes to doing work Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #21

Even her "Be Best" sign - the placard it was printed on, was LAME LAME LAME. calimary Nov 2023 #42

And breathable air. 2naSalit Nov 2023 #10

I thought it was, "I really don't care, do U?" progressoid Nov 2023 #16

Yes, that was it: Be Best. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #19

Arguably the only one who wanted to be FLOTUS less than Melania ITAL Nov 2023 #20

Interesting. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #49

Their son died in a train crash ITAL Nov 2023 #50

Wow. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #57

I thought it was "I really don't care do U?" n/t whopis01 Nov 2023 #59

She RUINED the Rose Garden... ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2023 #26

You're referring to Malaria, right? Ocelot II Nov 2023 #28

I wonder if the butterfly garden dflprincess Nov 2023 #53

I thought so too, but Snopes effectively debunks that and finds it false. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2023 #36

Check the before & after pictures dflprincess Nov 2023 #52

You have no link Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2023 #54

Hopefully this will work. I have trouble with my phone copying them dflprincess Nov 2023 #55

You are comparing ten years before and it shows you haven't read the Snopes Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2023 #56

I copied the first link that popped up dflprincess Nov 2023 #58

At least she didn't show up in her best-known outfits... Grokenstein Nov 2023 #34

There's this photoshopped collage I saw somewhere... Pluvious Nov 2023 #62

Yes, we have a video underpants Nov 2023 #6

Thanks! Siwsan Nov 2023 #9

Excellent! TY Cha Nov 2023 #15

Zing! Kingofalldems Nov 2023 #23

Yes it was a great relief. And it still is! calimary Nov 2023 #44

Did I ever laugh malaise Nov 2023 #8

Wind beneath my wings malaise Nov 2023 #11

Why was Melaina not wearing black? SarcasticSatyr Nov 2023 #17

To make sure she stood out. calimary Nov 2023 #45

She had to dress different Demnh2fl Nov 2023 #18

So we don't forget KS Toronado Nov 2023 #24

EXACTLY what I thought -- she couldn't find ANYTHING black to wear ??? fierywoman Nov 2023 #25

Saving it for Тяцмp's funeral? KS Toronado Nov 2023 #27

heh-heh-heh! I expect her to wear shocking pink for that... fierywoman Nov 2023 #29

Nah, I think she'd wear a bright happy color! Scottie Mom Nov 2023 #30

Yeah, like she's showing up for his funeral .. SarcasticSatyr Nov 2023 #46

She probably doesn't own a black dress that's anything but slightlv Nov 2023 #60

Hope Melanie doesn't do her pole dance. Basic LA Nov 2023 #31

Ha! I can just hear her Slovenian mother: peppertree Nov 2023 #37

👍 Basic LA Nov 2023 #41

Surprised Judy was able to bring herself to say that marybourg Nov 2023 #32

I love MAGA pearl clutching on Twitter EnergizedLib Nov 2023 #43

Fuck 'em. calimary Nov 2023 #47

Yet they have no issue with the threats being spewed, pretty much daily, by trump* Siwsan Nov 2023 #48

Doing the right thing is something you do for yourself, flashman13 Nov 2023 #61