Sex Doesn't Always Sell

journalism of this caliber never ceases to amaze me. to highlight something so irrelevant to the greater concerns of our day. why is it that conservative thought makes such an apparent tantalizing dish for any and all amoral individuals who use such "values" as a scapegoat to justify there own lack of self standards. its so much easier it seems to point to the hypocrisy of others in order to lift oneself or even in more perverse situation , justify ones own lack of moral convictions. the idea of morality in no more than the simple ideal of self control. the controlling of ones passions , desires, hopes ,dreams what ever you want to say. and the purpose of this control is simply to better focus and attune ourselves so that we arent consumed and mastered by the things we seek after in this world..simply put if you cant master your passions , they will soon master you!!

Not sure how the author of this article came to work at Newsweek...he has little to no talent himself. Wear a dress and BE a woman for any length of time in any country and then you can write about how a woman of any stature ought to behave. Seriously!

Get real, Cindy resembles a paited barbie doll, only MUCH older.

Ameria loves deception from our political figures. Show us what the model American should dress, talk and walk like, and you will do just fine in office.

Well written article!

good morning,


i d like to comment on what the author wrote is bit rude about the new french first spouse as saying they are showing up their life style, well its true to me being french, but i guess in politics in better to judge people here MR Sarkozy on what he does and not regarding his family or marital life. Maybe i am all wrong but i do believe that people should be jusge on their acts and not on their personal relationship adventures as like talking about his wife CD who cares shes an artist liek the other plus cumulating the status of the first lady Peopel should be happy to see shes active being politically involved as well as singer.

Quentin Meunier

ahhhh

but Carla is so beautiful

But all is forgiven

Carla is so beautiful......

It's not "liberal" or "conservative". Those are misnomers. They are just two flavors of "we want to stick our nose all in your personal business," although one is at times worse than the other. It's all about being so uptight we waste our time whining about a live boob on national tv that lasted less than one second. Talk about being puckered. "Conservative values" simply lends itself very easily to food-for-gossip. What kind of value system is that?

To say that the French don't care about the First Wife is not quite true. Let us not forget that about two centuries ago, they did do in Marie Antoinette...

RichCurley you rock!

First Zebra typical redneck ignorant comment congrats!

Re: First Zebra Comment
Comment: Why stop at "Hussein?" What about "John," which also means, in English, a prostitute'x customer? Or "Cindy," which could mean either burnt out or Cinderella, which is probably farily close to her inherited fortune? Point here, for our redneck right-wing friends, that a name is just a name; I seem to remember that our founding fathrs had the idea of a "melting pot" in mind when they founded this place, and America, until recently, has been proud of the one-time foreigners who have successfully assimilated into our culture. Besides, just because your ancestors got here a hundred years before somebody else's doesn't grant you some God'given right to judge them, and doing so, especially by trying to slur a particular name, makes a person look pretty small.

glad to see newsweek is deciding for us what type of a first lady americans want

glad to see newsweek is deciding for us who we want for a first lady.

I oh-so-agree with Sameer....we like out steak medium rare...and our political women well done! Speak out, but be damned if you remind any red-blooded american male of his mother, or, worse yet, his wife of 20-some years or so. One of america's biggest problems is this two-sided view of morality; and it wouldn't fly if we just wouldn't listen to journalists (who are on the payrolls of the various candidates) who fan the fires of sensationalism in the name of american moralism. What nation of people in it's right mind would pooh-pooh a grown woman acting like a grown woman, and then exhonerate and almost crown as queen stage acts by barely-over-18-year-olds that obviously spit in the face of that same morality?! We are a nation of phoney's who cannot face the facts and reality of our own desires and needs. Youth can act this way because they are, of course, un-knowledgable of the wrongs they are commiting and easily pushed to acting in ways that are not quite up to our moral compass; anyone beyond the age of 30 however, had better toe-the-line when it comes to morality or steer clear of politics! You obviously cannot be a serious contender if you are so wanton....so willing to admit your humanity.

I hope that America is able to shake loose from it's shackles, political pundits and moral-compass mongers in the very near future. I don't advocate wanton, illegal, or foolish behavior; merely grown up and mature acceptance of one's wants, needs and desires. Perhaps then, we can really become the moral compass that we have always touted ourselves as being.

I admit that I misjudged Cindy McCain. After listening to her during a couple of interviews, I saw how smart and animated she is and I can admit I was quick to judge. I think Michelle and Cindy deserve to be remembered by their contributions/opinions rather than for what they wore to the inaugural ball.

We Americans are such fuss-potts! Imagine making our First Ladies an issue in a presidential race, tut-tutting ourselves to death over their hair styles, their speeches, their every little comment! We're such goody-goodies. Man, take a look at the French! We should all get a life! We're much too moralistic, quick to point out faults...

Mind you, Sarkozy is seen as a bit of a lightweight by many in France (the male, not Carla). So we'll see how things go for his own administration. The french were having a fit about some of his actions in the early months of his presidency... I'm sure Carla was just a small thing compared to other issues. And she was very well received by Her Majesty the Queen of England. She apparently acquiited herself well in the role of wife to the President of the French Republic....

But give me Hillary or Michelle any day - I like smart, well educated women who have opinions and prior careers, who can hold their own in a man's world and do extremely well there too.

Forget Laura Bush, we're moving into the 21 Century now, and her type is passe.

I think you miss the point that Sarkosy didn't divorce his conventional political wife until after he was elected. It was only then that he married Carla.