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Laura Bush hatred at the SF Chronicle

By Michelle Malkin  •  April 30, 2008 02:29 PM

Mark Morford of the San Francisco Chronicle’s website is one of the MSM’s most unhinged, hate-filled columnists. Today he earns his pay by railing against Laura Bush because she isn’t an obnoxious, left-wing elite bigmouth like Teresa Heinz Kerry and because she doesn’t believe, as Hillary Clinton did, that her role as First Lady gives her the prerogative to plan the massive government takeover of huge swaths of the private sector.

Here’s your daily allowance of bile:

Laura Bush, docile doormat
Behold, the ideal Republican wife: Prim, sexless, nearly useless, lets the men do the real thinkin’. Hot!

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

I fondly recall, just before the tragic Bush/Kerry presidential election, an impassioned discussion I had with a family friend, a conservative Catholic mother of four and grandmother of six, headstrong, outspoken, hilarious, a real no-BS matriarch of her big crazy messy family and clearly the wearer of the pants in her marriage and a woman whom I always liked for her wit and her outsized personality, despite her unfortunate choice of religious and political affiliation, a woman who, it turned out in our discussion, absolutely hated — hated — John Kerry’s wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry.

Remember her? Controversial. Fiery. A little weird, prickly, unpredictable. Also: headstrong and outspoken and didn’t take any crap from any men, no matter how powerful.

Heinz is also rather amazing, in terms of sheer accomplishment and self-made acumen: world traveled, highly educated, spoke multiple languages (she was an interpreter for the United Nations, early on), took over the philanthropic arm of the Heinz empire when her husband died unexpectedly, almost ran for senate, raised her enormously accomplished, well-adjusted sons to adulthood by herself, and so on. I thought she was great.

And my friend hated her. And why? Well, ironically enough, for most of the reasons I list above. Apparently, Heinz had too much personality. She was too strong, too in your face, too fearless and outspoken, something was “just not right about that woman.” All this, of course, made Heinz into “a total bitch.”

(And yes, this completely echoes the right’s hatred of Hillary Clinton during the Bill Clinton years and up through today, because she dared to be the opposite of meek and quiet, dared to try and actually do something progressive and radical as first lady. Yes, she botched it badly, overshot her abilities and overestimated her powers to revolutionize health care. But the real problem was how badly she underestimated the violent, inbred misogyny and anti-feminism of the old-boys network in Washington).

I was equal parts appalled and amused. And not only because my brash, blunt friend and Heinz obviously had far more in common, personality- and attitude- wise, than she cared to acknowledge. No, I was stunned because my friend far preferred, as the perfect counter to Heinz, as a role model and a woman and the ideal presidential wife, one tepid, timid, thoroughly useless Laura Bush.

Wait, what? You mean docile, prudish, former librarian Laura Bush, she of the nonexistent inspiration and dull-as-dishwater personality? Yes indeed, that Laura Bush. Here was my friend, brash and funny and who spoke her mind without the slightest reservation, and who could drink and think and opine with the strongest of men, and yet she admired this … limp wallflower? I didn’t get it. I still don’t completely get it, to this very day.

All of this comes to mind as I see, skirting across the newswires, a handful of generic photos and sidebar stories of Laura Bush out on tour recently with her twin Styrofoam peanut daughters, Jenna and Barbara, promoting a new children’s book they all apparently, and yeah right, wrote together and isn’t that sweet.

There is Laura, looking exactly as she has looked for the past eight insufferable years. Prim, a bit glassy, reserved, her hair some sort of ironclad helmet of awkward architecture, the very epitome of nice, meek, domestic Republican female, not making the slightest wave and hoping no one really notices because, well, she’s just a woman…

Conservative ladies: If you’d like to offer your non-docile feedback, here’s contact info for the SFChron/SFGate:

Reader representative: If you have comments on The Chronicle’s coverage, standards or accuracy, please call Dick Rogers, the readers’ representative, at (415) 777-7870. Written comments can be e-mailed to readerrep@sfchronicle.com, faxed to (415) 442-1847, or addressed to Readers’ Representative, c/o San Francisco Chronicle, 901 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103. For information on delivery, billing or how to become a subscriber, call (800) 281-2476.

Letters to the Editor should be addressed to letters@sfchronicle.com. Due to space considerations, only letters of less than 250 words will be considered for publication. Please provide your name and telephone number along with your letter. You will be called if your letter is being considered for publication.

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  1. #1
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:32 pm, meatpieandtatters said:

    Like a newspaper in the bottom my birdcage, some scribes are more worthy of other for the distinction of having my parrot’s skat obliterate their story.

    In this case, the SF chronicle produces enough text for an entire flock of rather large birds, keeping them busy for years.

  2. #2
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:33 pm, John Ansell said:

    What an idiot.

  3. #3
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:34 pm, mymanpotsandpans said:

    It’s such a beautiful city. Why are its people so rancid?

  4. #4
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:34 pm, will_in_ky said:

    What Mark Morford and the SF Chronicle has done was beyond sick.

  5. #5
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:35 pm, John Ansell said:

    Guess he never saw “Journey With George” (or is that Journies, who cares Pelosi’s kid did it). Behind the scenes shows Laura Bush as is.

  6. #6
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:36 pm, terrig said:

    Stryofoam peanut daughters-geeze this fool really is reaching isn’t he? I also wonder why the people there are so full of hate. It is a beautiful city (or it was).

  7. #7
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:37 pm, Barry F. said:

    Mark Morford, standardbearer of the intolerant left? Looks like he is in the running.

    But, he did have some insight on sHillary…

    overshot her abilities and overestimated her powers

    But, Mark, why limit her on this to just healthcare? ;-)

  8. #8
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:38 pm, wise_man said:

    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:34 pm, will_in_ky said: What Mark Morford and the SF Chronicle has done was beyond sick.

    Then I hope you have never seen what the Onion did to Laura Bush.

    Liberals and democrats can be some of the most vile, disgusting degenerates on the face of the planet.

  9. #9
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:38 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    I’m presently unemployed and even I wouldn’t work for that paper!! Why in the ever living world would a sane person even think to write such drivel…..oh wait……

  10. #10
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:40 pm, Beaker1214 said:

    “… despite her unfortunate choice of religious and political affiliation …”, says it all.

  11. #11
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:40 pm, DagneyT said:

    This mental midget wouldn’t know a truly classy lady if he tripped over one! Outrageous, but not surprising coming from a SF moonbat.

  12. #12
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:40 pm, Jeddite said:

    I’d wager $20 on the First Lady in a no-holds-barred brawl between Laura Bush and this twerp.

    Of course, one expects Mrs Bush has too much class for that, but hey.

  13. #13
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:41 pm, DesertLover said:

    Based on those descriptions I would have to say this loon also didn’t like a lot of Democrat First Ladies such as Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Byrd Johnson, Rosalind Carter … none of them took an in your face attitude either …

    This guy has not a clue what makes a good first lady … The key words here are “First Lady” not “Co-President” … Many first ladies have accomplished much for worthy causes worldwide without having to be “confrontational” types …

    Give me brains and common sense in a first lady any day of the week over someone who is too full of themselves just because they live in the White House …

  14. #14
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:42 pm, DelosWorld said:

    One would think that someone so bitter (and intolerant) would be clinging to their guns and religion.

  15. #15
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:45 pm, SPCOlympics said:

    This essay is the liberal elite’s version of those t-shirts that say “I’m with stupid” and have an arrow that points up.

  16. #16
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:45 pm, Barry F. said:

    That Mark Morford is quite the….errrr…columnist guy individual.

    Appears to write on a wide variety of issues, according to the “About Mark Morford” section.

    …He writes about politics, pop culture, sex, music, design, a wry and punch-drunk universe, vibrators, scotch, media, spirituality and small European cars. And sometimes, genital grooming

    Definitely a man of many…uh….talents, I guess.

  17. #17
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:47 pm, dejack said:

    It reminds me of the HuffPo crowd wishing Nancy Reagan had died when she fell and broke her hip. What on earth has Laura Bush ever done to draw this kind of hate? Oh that’s right. She married George - the guy that is worse than Hitler.

  18. #18
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:48 pm, Christian Soldier said:

    Would that be the Laura with enough backbone to tell George to straighten himself out or the party was over?

    Gee-it seems the twins love and admire her. Was that admiration formed in a vacume?

  19. #19
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:49 pm, BipolarNation dot Com said:

    He decries Laura Bush as a cardboard cutout “Republican wife” and yet provides no real depth to the angry, androgynous female liberal template. There’s nothing less cookie-cutter about vicious liberal women.

  20. #20
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:49 pm, tropicalwave12 said:

    He must not be gettin’ any????

  21. #21
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:50 pm, richardbo said:

    It no longer surprises me how much people like this hate the existence of anyone other than themselves and those of their image. Their own lack of substance as human beings brings out their need to demean and diminish all others. But why Laura Bush ??

  22. #22
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:51 pm, max said:

    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:49 pm, tropicalwave12 said:
    He must not be gettin’ any????

    i’m sure he’s gettin’ plenty…just not any of Laura’s gender…

  23. #23
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:52 pm, letget said:

    In my opinion, Mrs. Bush is a wonderful first lady, and I stress lady. Mrs. Bush looks great in a dress and has knees, unlike hc. That peanut thing about the twins was just horrible. It smacks of jc, the worse president in my lifetime.
    L

  24. #24
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:53 pm, gippergirl said:

    The First Lady redefines dignity and class. The left could use a lesson or two.

  25. #25
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:53 pm, MissEm said:

    HAHAHA! That article is so stupid. How annoying that acting like a lady is seen as being a “docile doormat.” And that comment about the perfect Republican wife is quite offensive. I’m pretty sure my Republican fiance would disagree with that.

  26. #26
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:53 pm, av8tr said:

    Well, here in Texas, our women follow TR’s advice - they speak softly and carry big sticks.

    And Jeddite, come on! $20 bucks? Sounds lite, but you have the right idea. That milquetoast little jerk, a true coward’s coward, hiding behind his keyboard wouldn’t last 5 seconds with a real woman. Real gentleman, that guy. I can see his parents didn’t teach him any manners.

  27. #27
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:54 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    He’d prolly hit a girl in a wheel chair too!

  28. #28
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:55 pm, wighttrasch said:

    The worst thing you can do is read his tripe. Or maybe it’s the best thing you can do…

  29. #29
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:56 pm, DagneyT said:

    please call Dick Rogers, the readers’ representative, at (415) 777-7870.

    I was happy to call, and said to the voicemail recorder what I basically said above. Mr. Rogers is hiding under the desk, and not actually answering the phone.

    Good job, Michelle!

  30. #30
    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:59 pm, St. Louis Blue said:

    What would Mark Morford know about real women? Not the Folsom Street substitutes he patronizes, but real women?

  31. #31
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:04 pm, tropicalwave12 said:
  32. #32
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:06 pm, Southpaw said:

    I read SFGate occasionaly and, surprisingly, the number of conservative posters is about equal to the number of liberals. The editorial staff at the Chron must be struggling to figure out who their readership is. Maybe they’ll change. Nah. I’ve read some of Morfords articles, and seeing this one was on Laura Bush, I didn’t even bother to read it.

  33. #33
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:07 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    The monsterous hate that fills the hearts of leftist moonbats is frightening. Laura Bush? I can understand why people don’t like George. But, to go off on Laura like this is simply unhinged.

  34. #34
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:07 pm, juliesa said:

    Good point on the Dem First Ladies, Desertlover.

    When I think of all the good works Laura has done promoting literature, and with her ecological restoration project at the ranch, this article just makes me sick.

    And the styrofoam peanuts have each done many months of volunteer work with AIDS patients: Barbara in Africa, and Jenna in Latin America. Jenna teaches underpriveleged black children in the DC school system.

    This guy obviously knows absolutely nothing about Laura and the girls. This is what Karl Rove said recently in answer to this question:

    “Did you know that Laura called you Pigpen?
    Rove: Yeah. [laughs] Laura Bush intimidates me. All the Bushes—well, most of the Bush men marry incredibly strong women, and they all intimidate me. Barbara Bush I’ve lived in fear of for thirty-seven years.”

    Teresa’s problem is not that she’s outspoken, it’s that she’s self-centered and weird. Remember her convention speech in which all she talked about was herself and her dead first husband? I lost all respect for her at that point.

  35. #35
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:09 pm, Salt said:

    On April 30th, 2008 at 2:41 pm, DesertLover said:

    This guy has not a clue what makes a good first lady … The key words here are “First Lady” not “Co-President” … Many first ladies have accomplished much for worthy causes worldwide without having to be “confrontational” types …

    DesertLover, you hit my thoughts precisely on the whole “Co-President” misnomer. I struggle to understand why the left seems to believe that the presidency should be like some sort of distorted monarchy.

  36. #36
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:10 pm, sambo said:

    On-my-soap-box said:
    He’d prolly hit a girl in a wheel chair too!

    Thats funny…and it would be a cheap shot.

  37. #37
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:11 pm, jkoolpe said:

    Murford is a total loon…he helps to explain why my local paper’s circulation continues to go down the proverbial toilet…I won’t even click on his columns anymore…I just roll my eyes when I see his headline.

    Is it just me, or in addition to being a lefty loon, does his writing style seem not much better that a 3rd grader or so? When I used to actually read his columns (just to get the picture from the “other side”), I couldn’t help but notice how poorly written they were. Compare his sentence structure and his lexicon to a great columnist such as Peggy Noonan or Victor Davis Hanson…I just have to wonder how he continues to stay employed. But then again, this is the SF Chronicle :)

  38. #38
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:17 pm, Guddommelighet said:

    nothing is sacred to the “Feelers”. Animals posing as humans.

  39. #39
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:20 pm, Bill Mack said:

    If Laura Bush was the brassy babe he says he prefers he would be all over her. The anticipated first line of the column would be something like “How dare Laura Bush diminish the role of the First Lady with her behavior”.

    Liberals don’t know what they want. They only know they want something different.

  40. #40
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:21 pm, tre said:

    So, I suppose in his mind a First Lady is supposed to try to overshadow the President. Laura is wrong, then, for just trying to be supportive of her husband.
    Can he explain, then, why Laura Bush’s approval rating is more than George’s?

  41. #41
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:22 pm, flyovercountry said:

    Me thinks he doesn’t know the First Lady very well.

  42. #42
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:23 pm, corona said:

    Even conservatives can agree on that hairdo …

  43. #43
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:26 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Heinz is also rather amazing, in terms of sheer accomplishment … almost ran for senate…

    Ooohh, almost ran, swoon…

    This guy is from SF, does he know anything about women? Just asking.

  44. #44
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:27 pm, Mookie said:

    Morford isn’t gay.

    But he is a moron.

  45. #45
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:28 pm, Regulus said:

    Laura Bush doesn’t need to do anything for someone like Murford to hate her; her existence is enough for him.

    It’s like my mother’s and my sisters’ visceral hatred of Nancy Reagan; they’re convinced that she’s evil incarnate, yet not one of them can point to a single thing that Nancy Reagan ever said or did to infuriate them so.

    She was Ronald Reagan’s wife; that’s enough to earn their eternal enmity.

    “Guilt by association” may be a bad thing for the Murfords of the world when it comes to Obama/Wright, but it’s perfectly reasonable when it comes to the wife of a Republican president.

    Situational outrage at its lowest.

  46. #46
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:31 pm, ThePosthumousLuger said:

    Michelle — Thanks for picking up on this! I posted on Morford a long time ago, here:

    The Worst Writer In America

    Go through his archives — the Laura Bush article isn’t remotely his most offensive work.

  47. #47
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:32 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    And the styrofoam peanuts have each done many months of volunteer work with AIDS patients: Barbara in Africa, and Jenna in Latin America. Jenna teaches underpriveleged black children in the DC school system.

    juliessa thanks, and mookie, agree.

  48. #48
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:34 pm, typicalwhiteboy said:

    Along with Barbara Bush, Laura Bush is the epitome of dignity and class. This SF moron is typical of the sewage spewing Liberals that know no depth to their gutter thoughts.

  49. #49
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:34 pm, tbear44 said:

    Laura is a wonderful person so that alone is enough reason for some S.F. worthless lib to not like her. What a dope.

  50. #50
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:37 pm, ThatSamIAm said:

    First, I wouldn’t read a San Francisco paper if my life depended on it and I won’t start now. Second, I doubt the writer has the balls to say something like that in person.

    This is the sort of cowardly low life behavior you find in a socialist liberal in San Francisco. Anyone that is normal, obeys the law and actually lives a decent life irritates them to no end. They will never speak well of someone that is not as perverted and depraved as them.

  51. #51
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:37 pm, DanVanSmak said:

    Wow…what a guy! He’d be the perfect man for Mauron Dowd. Just imagine the pillow talk after the lovin’:

    Morford: Wasn’t I great?
    Dowd: No, just typical.

    The degree of separation between Laura Bush and president-elect Yoko Ono is as wide as the gap between Morford’s ears. Yokie is gravy-training off Bubba to help herself get over, yet she somehow convinces herself that her power is not inherited, whereas Mrs. Bush is comfortable with who she is, and she doesn’t need blind ambition to feel complete.

    As for Morford’s comments, lesser idiots have been fired for far worse, but we won’t hold our breath waiting for the SF Chron to can this schmuck, now will we? *out*

  52. #52
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:39 pm, rplatt said:

    That newspaper is definitely at the bottom of the bird cage and Morford is what’s falling on that newspaper. Morford is pure pond scum.

  53. #53
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:39 pm, ThePosthumousLuger said:

    My full post, from early April:

    The Worst Writer in America

    Mark Morford of the San Francisco Chronicle. I simply can not find a more loathsome combination of content and writing style in a mainstream American publication.

    Each column begins with a 12-comma rant of hatred, followed by a few hundred words of justification, then ends with an “it’s all tripe, anyway” signoff – as if even he can not stomach another moment of his work. He’s the guitar-smashing opening act — desperate to be relevant, but dreadfully aware of his mediocrity. So he acts out, stomps off-stage, hoping the attitude shows how little he cares what you think.

    Here are his archives, would love to hear anyone else’s opinion.

    http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/archive/

  54. #54
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:40 pm, aunursa said:

    Controversial. Fiery. A little weird, prickly, unpredictable. Also: headstrong and outspoken and didn’t take any crap from any men, no matter how powerful.

    This sounds like a description of you, Michelle. He must love you!!!

    is also rather amazing, in terms of sheer accomplishment and self-made acumen

    Two top websites, three best-selling books, frequent appearances on national television…

    He’s got you pegged.

  55. #55
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:44 pm, behiker said:

    When I vote for president, I vote for one person, not the nominee’s spouse. And, I prefer that that person’s spouse not want a part in running the country, especially from behind closed doors. Laura Bush is one classy and ideal First Lady. Morford isn’t worthy of even shining her shoes.

  56. #56
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:46 pm, ACHefty said:

    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:34 pm, typicalwhiteboy said:

    Along with Barbara Bush, Laura Bush is the epitome of dignity and class. This SF moron is typical of the sewage spewing Liberals that know no depth to their gutter thoughts.

    Drat! Beat me to it.

    We never voted for Laura. We voted for GWB. Laura is content with her role as support for her husband and mother to her daughters. I’d pit any stay-at-home mother against any liberal columnist in a battle of wit and wisdom any day.

    But most stay-at-home moms would prefer not to battle an unarmed opponent.

    When people learn how many children are at home, they always ask if my wife works. The answer is always, “Yes, harder than any of us combined.”

  57. #57
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:49 pm, CJ said:

    This preference for strong, outspoken women must be the explanation for all the love one finds on the left for Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter.

  58. #58
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:51 pm, bradley said:

    Morford represents the city of San Francisco perfectly. Just as intolerant, just as myopic, just as vile and nasty. I wonder how he sleeps at night with all that bile inside. He’s another reason I don’t miss living there, after spending eight years within the city’s walls. When I left, I felt like I’d just gotten out of prison. Any paper that prints his verbal vomit deserves to lose circulation, which the Chronicle is, on a daily basis. One day soon, the only person around to read his crap will be himself.

  59. #59
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:53 pm, Scooter36 said:

    Laura Bush doesn’t do anything…so its kind of hard to bag on her.

  60. #60
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:54 pm, drivingjack said:

    He speaks like a true feminist. Maybe he was a gender-confused woman and got a sex change.

  61. #61
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:56 pm, Chuck said:

    SPCOlympics said:
    This essay is the liberal elite’s version of those t-shirts that say “I’m with stupid” and have an arrow that points up.

    ROFL, I never saw one of those T-shirts, but I have a list of folks I’d give one to. :-)

    Laura Bush is a lady of the first class. Any yutz that slams her for it tells you all you need to know.

  62. #62
    On April 30th, 2008 at 3:57 pm, cpodug said:

    IMHO, Mark Morford, as we say, ain’t worth the effort to work up a good spit.

  63. #63
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:03 pm, baldilocks said:

    Morford’s just jealous because he has a crush on GWB.

  64. #64
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:06 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    …and he kicked his dog too!

  65. #65
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:06 pm, St. Louis Blue said:

    Laura Bush doesn’t do anything…so its kind of hard to bag on her.

    Only a seagull loon would characterize raising children as “doing nothing.”

    In LiberalLand if it didn’t happen in front of a camera, it didn’t happen.

  66. #66
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:07 pm, Dave the Libertarian said:

    Well, you know, some guys just cannot deal with a normal woman. Some guys (like that one) likely need to find themself a pushy dominatrix to tell them what to do.

    It’s probably some kind of mommy complex.

  67. #67
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:10 pm, abstractmind said:

    Its good to see people like this @$$clown can actually type up this kind of crap and get paid for it.

    If this had been a democrat, there would be all kinds of stuff hitting the fan.

  68. #68
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:12 pm, alt said:

    Sounds like this guy, and I use that work loosely, prefers to be ‘whipped by dominating women. Can’t fault him too much, after all, he does live in San Fransicko. Must have some poor role models to follow.

  69. #69
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:15 pm, alt said:

    Dave (number 66) you and I are apparently on the same page. You beat me to it.

  70. #70
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:15 pm, USMCgramma said:

    Class and dignity. Something lacking on the left. The hatred is palpable!

  71. #71
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:19 pm, Scooter36 said:

    Laura’s a dull first lady…she looks half drunk all the time…im just saying..

  72. #72
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:21 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    Whenever I read stuff like this, I remember my last semester of college. It was fall, 2004 (I graduated in December). Right before the election, I expressed dismay over some of Teresa Heinz Kerry’s behavior and a classmate told me I was “jealous” because she’s a “real woman”…

    Of course, this classmate was a vocal and rabid feminist who tried very hard to deny and erase any semblance of difference between the sexes. Guess a being a “real woman” is codespeak for total andgroyny.

    By then, I was already on the road to being a conservative, so apparently I no longer possessed two X-chromosomes and ceased to be a woman.

    But remember, kiddos, liberals like Moford are the compassionate, caring individuals who love and respect women.

    Yeah, so long as those women toe the liberal lines of behavior and what is “feminine”… :roll:

  73. #73
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:22 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:19 pm, Scooter36 said:
    Laura’s a dull first lady…she looks half drunk all the time…im just saying..

    Nobody asked you. Your an a$$ - just saying.

  74. #74
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:23 pm, libertybelle said:

    OH NO he didn’t!

    As a strong, Conservative woman who:
    -has an undergraduate degree in Biology and Mathematics
    -has a graduate degree from the University of Oxford
    -performs improv comedy (that means made up on the spot for all the trolls - no scripts needed here) in front of 200 people on a regular basis
    -has lived in four other nations besides the U.S.
    -has backpacked (sometimes alone)through sixteen other nations
    -volunteers every Saturday to support the troops
    -teaches math and computers to homeless, and/or low-income, and/or drug-addictedd, and/or ex-offenders, and/or immigrants for a non-profit…

    I respect women who know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, and know when to walk away.

    I would love to see this junior high journalist debate any number of “prim,” “proper,” “quiet,” and Conservative women, and watch him go down in flames.

  75. #75
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:27 pm, docflash said:

    Laura Bush brought some real class to the Whitehouse after 8 years of that other hag and their pizza parties and rumored coke zings.That slug wouldn’t make a pimple on a good writers butt ala our MM.

  76. #76
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

    Mrs Bush has for the past 7 + years, in the larger context I submit her entire life, given this country a respectful poised role model.

    Mr Morford has given us what? Hate, anger, insight into a diseased mind.

    Rarely is the choice between two camps clearer than this.

    Mr Morford you and paper are simply a symptom of a larger illness, which has infected too many weak minds.

  77. #77
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:35 pm, tropicalwave12 said:

    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:23 pm, libertybelle said:
    OH NO he didn’t!

    As a strong, Conservative woman who:
    -has an undergraduate degree in Biology and Mathematics
    -has a graduate degree from the University of Oxford
    -performs improv comedy (that means made up on the spot for all the trolls - no scripts needed here) in front of 200 people on a regular basis
    -has lived in four other nations besides the U.S.
    -has backpacked (sometimes alone)through sixteen other nations
    -volunteers every Saturday to support the troops
    -teaches math and computers to homeless, and/or low-income, and/or drug-addictedd, and/or ex-offenders, and/or immigrants for a non-profit…

    I respect women who know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, and know when to walk away.

    I would love to see this junior high journalist debate any number of “prim,” “proper,” “quiet,” and Conservative women, and watch him go down in flames.

    OMG!!! I THINK I LOVE YOU

  78. #78
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:40 pm, Anton said:

    Laura Bush has said, many times, that she never wanted to be a politician’s wife. She has no inherent love for publicity. Her “dullness” comes from being camera-shy. Nothing wrong with that.

    I would bet that “librarian” Laura Bush could intellectually outclass Moford in the area of literature (most journo’s chosen area of expertise). One of the early debacles of the Bush Presidency was Laura’s idea to invite the nations’ top poets to a White House reception to promote literacy and awareness of poetry. Naturally, some of the poets threatened to use the occasion to childishly grandstand and speak power to The Man (or, in this case, The Man’s Woman). Therefore the reception had to be canceled. It doesn’t say much for her planning skills, but the event proved that she reads and enjoys a full range of living poets — something that you can’t say of many people these days. Laura Bush was also instrumental in the selection of poet Dana Gioia as the chairman of the NEA — proving at the very least that she reads The New Criterion and other small-press literary magazines (just like liberal icon Jackie Kennedy).

    Behold, the ideal Republican wife: Prim, sexless, nearly useless, lets the men do the real thinkin’. Hot!

    Hmm…. Must be a Red/Blue thing. My objection to Theresa Heinz was that, despite her intellectual accomplishments, she was uncouth, arrogant, and unattractive. Although Laura Bush has more than a few years on me, I find her pretty face and mischevious smile to be the very opposite of “sexless.”

    As to letting the men do the “real thinkin’”…anyone on the right can tell you that Laura is the one who first proposed Harriet Meyers for the Supreme Court. I don’t say that was correct thinking; but it does put the lie to any claim that she is passive.

  79. #79
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:40 pm, geminicontender said:

    I think this guy was raised by transgendered Lesbians.

  80. #80
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:44 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    Thanks, libertybelle.

    Unfortunately, Laura Bush is condemned via guilt-by-association. No amount of education, no amount of volunteer work, no child-rearing will ever count if you’re a conservative woman.

    If you’re a woman with advanced degrees, but a conservative, you’re “wasting your education.”

    If you’re a woman who volunteers her time, but a conservative, you’re still a greedy capitalist pig.

    If you’re a woman who stays home to raise her kids, even with an education (which you’re “wasting”), you’re a useless eater, a drain on the economy, and setting feminism back ot the dark ages.

    And then people wonder why I don’t believe it when feminists say they have my best interests at heart, or that they support “choice” - their “choice” means doing what they want, or be criticized.

  81. #81
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:45 pm, DesertLover said:

    geminicontender

    Maybe he was conceived at the Folsom Street Fair …

  82. #82
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:46 pm, cpodug said:

    … under the Coors truck

  83. #83
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:48 pm, DesertLover said:

    right behind the Miller booth

  84. #84
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:51 pm, mchristian said:

    Literacy, what kind of a stupid cause is literacy? At least if we were illiterate, we couldn’t be expected to read this moron’s ravings. I mean writings.

  85. #85
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:52 pm, sonofdy said:

    They violated thier own terms of service with that article.

    “We ask all readers to expect diversity of opinion and to treat one another with dignity and respect”

  86. #86
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:56 pm, publiuswarmac9999 said:

    When you have nothing of value to say, but have to say something - and you are a radical Democrat to boot, then this is what you say. We have idiots like this Morford in my neck of the woods, and insult is their stock and trade. They are not funny, clever, competent — but they are employed.

  87. #87
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:56 pm, carstairs38 said:

    I had a hard time getting past that first sentence/paragraph. Does it even make sense? Talk about needing an editor.

  88. #88
    On April 30th, 2008 at 4:59 pm, Texas Tiger said:

    Laura Bush, docile doormat
    Behold, the ideal Republican wife: Prim, sexless, nearly useless, lets the men do the real thinkin’. Hot!

    I think David Spade said it best, “Here’s my idea. Why doesn’t the fashion industry tell us what men are good looking…and let the heterosexuals pick the girls?”

  89. #89
    On April 30th, 2008 at 5:00 pm, jeanie said:

    Terry Kerry and self-made in the same sentence!!! That alone makes this guy questionable.

  90. #90
    On April 30th, 2008 at 5:06 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    They violated thier own terms of service with that article.

    “We ask all readers to expect diversity of opinion and to treat one another with dignity and respect”

    You think? That’s an understatement.

    And I absolutely hate it when conservative women are classified as “sexless” - just because we choose not to sleep with everything that moves, or choose to wait until marriage, or choose to live chastely , doesn’t mean we’re cold fish. It means we’re smart - avoiding things like STDs, unplanned pregnancies, and the emotional trauma that comes with sleeping around. And respectful - of our bodies, our health, and our husband.

  91. #91
    On April 30th, 2008 at 5:08 pm, srhoades said:

    despite her unfortunate choice of religious and political affiliation

    This by itself tells you all you need to know about this guy. He hates truly strong women.

  92. #92
    On April 30th, 2008 at 5:09 pm, DBNinKY said:

    “…a conservative Catholic mother of four and grandmother of six…a woman whom I always liked for her wit and her outsized personality, despite her unfortunate choice of religious and political affiliation… .”

    Not only does he proceed to bash one of the most lovely, gentle first ladies the country has ever known, he also bashes Catholicism at the same time! Who knew the SF Crock-icle was into two-fur’s?

  93. #93
    On April 30th, 2008 at 5:14 pm, sonofdy said:

    englishqueen001,

    The last thing I would call conservative women is sexless or doormats. A doormat would be a woman who sleeps with any male with a pulse. First ladies are NOT elected officals. If they want to be political leaders or cabient members, let the run for office or go through the congressional approval process. Otherwise first ladies should be supportive wives. And anyone who think wives don’t don’t influence thier husbands has clearly NEVER been married.

  94. #94
    On April 30th, 2008 at 5:18 pm, srhoades said:

    libertybelle are you married? If not what do you think of police officers/former Marines in their late thirties, 6′2″ tall, 200 lbs with a 30″ waist, ruggedly handsome (if I do say so myself), gray eyes and dark brown hair? Kind of a John Wayne meets Robert Mitchmum look.

  95. #95
    On April 30th, 2008 at 5:19 pm, AnonymousOpinion said:

    Is it just me, or does Mark Morford sound remarkably like a certain devil by the name of Screwtape?

    a vile, sneaking, simpering, demure, monosyllabic, mouse-like, watery, insignificant, virginal, bread-and-butter miss. The little brute. She makes me vomit. She stinks and scalds through the very pages of the dossier. It drives me mad, the way the world has worsened. We’d have had her to the arena in the old days. That’s what her sort is made for. Not that she’d do much good there, either. A two-faced little cheat (I know the sort) who looks as if she’d faint at the sight of blood and then dies with a smile. A cheat every way. Looks as if butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth and yet has a satirical wit. The sort of creature who’d find ME funny! Filthy insipid little prude—and yet ready to fall into this booby’s arms like any other breeding animal.

  96. #96
    On April 30th, 2008 at 5:27 pm, Lilycat said:

    Isn’t he the pretty boy, though. Maybe he likes ‘em rough and tough?

  97. #97
    On April 30th, 2008 at 5:27 pm, Freddy said:

    I gave up reading the SF chronicle in the early 80’s when they started dragging political opinion into the sports section. They cannot be far from bankrupt at this point, so it is almost predictable that ’shock journalism’ will become their final epitaph. Only suggestion I have is to NOT click on a link to em!

  98. #98
    On April 30th, 2008 at 5:31 pm, ThePosthumousLuger said:

    One thing, for all of you dumping on the Chronicle — they do employ the great Cinnamon Stillwell, who also runs CampusWatch.

  99. #99
    On April 30th, 2008 at 5:39 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    I agree with the part of the article that mentions Heinz being “a total bitch.”

  100. #100
    On April 30th, 2008 at 5:40 pm, MissEm said:

    Ok, I couldn’t help myself. Apparently, this Mark Morford guy is, shall we say, enamored of Mr. Obama.

    Another gem!

    Not only is this guy a flaming moron, he also apparently lives in an alternate universe.

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