Comments on: RIP Betty Ford

By: daisy

daisy — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:31:09 +0000

Actually I wish she’d kept her mouth shut about the drinking. It’s now glamourous and darn near a rite of passage to go to rehab.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:36:39 +0000

Classy only means you don’t get to undo my buttons unless you make a very substantial amount.

By: Don Carlos

Don Carlos — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:35:34 +0000

SteveH:
You are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own vocabulary. I was trying to make a modest point: while Betty was many things, “classy” doesn’t fit. There is nothing in its definitions about unplayfulness, anal retentivity, or being refreshing. Classy has to do with propriety.

By: rickl

rickl — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:37:29 +0000

Michelle would probably break the table if she did that.

Yes, I went there.

By: SteveH

SteveH — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:19:29 +0000

Classy is not unplayful and anal retentive. I find the pic of her on the table a refreshing one that says something positive about her personality.

By: Don Carlos

Don Carlos — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:34:19 +0000

Wiki defines classy thus:
“Possessing elegance, the attribute of being tastefully designed, decorated and maintaining refined grace and dignified propriety.”

Webster: “Having or reflecting high standards of personal behavior.”

I rest my case.

By: Kathi

Kathi — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:58:45 +0000

Which of those was private? Standing on a table having your picture taken for publication or jumping on the bed in the People’s House. If they were in there own private house on their own private furniture I would have no issue with it at all.

By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:04:10 +0000

I will say this about Mrs. Ford. She did make it fashionable to publically admit one’s addictions and to get help for same. Whether that is a good thing is probably in the eye of the beholder.

By: Cap'n Rusty

Cap'n Rusty — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:04:25 +0000

Hm. Personally, I don’t think a little private exuberance displays a lack of class. You comparison falls short; I could never have seen Betty Ford marrying Aristotle Onassis if Gerry had died. But then, maybe Jackie-O was just getting even for the humiliation of Ms Monroe cooing Happy Birthday to her hubby in a sewn-on dress . . . classy bunch, those Kennedys.

By: Kathi

Kathi — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:29:02 +0000

I agree with Don Carlos. The first thing I thought when I saw a First Lady standing on that table was, “Was she drinking at the time?” Reminds me of Markie Post and friends jumping on the bed in the Lincoln bedroom during Clinton’s tenure. Complete lack of class.