Ruby Cramer at The Washington Post wrote a more eloquent piece of garbage about Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis compared to the one at The Daily Beast.
Without flat out saying it, Cramer’s words craft an essay to reinforce the left’s push that Casey is akin to Lady Macbeth, whispering in her husband’s ear to do the dirty deeds. Somehow her “insular marriage” and success before marriage are a problem.
At least Cramer admits the obvious through her words, probably without meaning to: people are scared of Casey because she’s normal.
Reading the comments showed me that the paper achieved its goal.
The left had NO PROBLEM with Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama taking center stage with their husbands. They had no problem when Hillary and Michelle received a ton of attention during their campaigns and while in the White House. Then there’s DR. Jill Biden.
They still fawn over Barack and Michelle’s love story and marriage. You cannot do that with the Clintons.
But somehow…despite Ron and Casey having a great love story and marriage, the press treats them differently.
It’s not a shock. Casey can relate to people, she’s likable, and most of all, she’s approachable.
Cramer and others seem to have a problem with Ron “talking about the two [Casey] of them as one.” Weird:
Ron was always talking about the two of them as one — when “we” got elected, when “we” protect freedom, when “we” fight the woke agenda — as if it was hard to see his role and hers in clear relief. Reporters approached Casey’s story with phrases like “co-governor,” “secret weapon,” “not-so-secret weapon” — the “X-factor” who “knows what’s best for Ron.” Ron was known to inspire fear, even in his allies. “If you can’t make ’em see the light,” he has said, quoting Ronald Reagan, “make ’em feel the heat.” But Casey — she was a subject they wouldn’t touch if they didn’t have to.She stood, as many political spouses do, whether they wish to or not, as a mirror onto which the public could project its doubt and its criticism: Where Ron was hard and bellicose, people said, Casey was soft. Where he was unable to connect with voters, she was charming, telegenic, warm to the touch. Where he broke his stage presence — with an angry outburst, or a wild, sarcastic look in his eyes — she was steady in front of an audience. As a young TV anchor, she would stand in front of her bathroom mirror, practicing, practicing, practicing. Before debates during his campaign for governor in 2018, he was instructed to write “LIKABLE” in all-caps across the top of his notepad, according to footage published by ABC News, like a reminder.
Melania Trump is a quiet lady but also seems approachable. She’s relatable because all she wants to do is be a mom and wife. Her son is her top priority.
November 7, 2020, in USA Today: “Former second lady Jill Biden, wife of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, has been an enthusiastic and key campaigner for her husband during the 2020 presidential race. Take a look at her and her family over the years and on the campaign trail.”
Look at what I found in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in 1993. It’s an article titled “Hillary Clinton as first lady: a very leading role.” It’s an article admitting Hillary would take a center role during her husband’s presidency, and that’s okay.
Hillary and Bill even had a cutesy nickname: Billary. The nickname followed them from Arkansas to the White House.
The article gushed about how Hillary became Bill’s “most important political asset.” The left apparently didn’t have a problem with Bill placing Hillary on an advisory committee, too. The article celebrated Hillary’s achievements on the Rural Health Advisory Committee.
In 2016, The New York Times published “The Closer: Michelle Obama.” The excerpt: “Dismissed early on by critics, the first lady has evolved into a powerful presence on the campaign trail.”
It is so cool that Michelle spoke her mind and became an asset (LOL) in Hillary’s eventual FAILED campaign:
“She has ended up to be the most effective and reassuring antidote to Trump that we have, and the best at making that contrast,” said Jennifer Palmieri, Mrs. Clinton’s communications director.Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster, said that Mrs. Obama had a special voice for women. “This isn’t a politician’s articulation of what’s going on here,” Ms. Lake said. “This isn’t a man’s articulation. It is a woman who never asked for this platform using it to say what she thinks.”
They celebrated Michelle’s parenting, which I admire. Their daughters had to be active and absolutely no TV and computer entertainment during the week. She made sure she always had time with them and their activities.
They even celebrated how Michelle keeps to herself, doesn’t grant a lot of interviews, etc. But Casey and Ron? Man, it’s so weird how they limit their circle and do normal stuff:
Ron and Casey live as an inner circle of two. They were always two private people, trusting of each other, often exclusively so, but the level of prominence and power they achieved in Tallahassee seemed to insulate their world further, creating a level of distance between Ron and Casey and everyone else. They don’t take social calls to the mansion, except for Christmas receptions and Easter egg rolls and the like. DeSantis’s supporters say this is a good thing, to be so focused on “the mission” at work and on their family at home. They say Ron and Casey are normal people in abnormal positions. Normal people go to Chick-fil-A, they say, just like Ron and Casey do. Normal people play T-ball with their kids, just like Ron and Casey do. At the residence, invited guests post Instagram photos standing next to a sign that reads “Governor’s Mansion: Closed to Visiting.” Outside, new layers of security fencing have been added to the perimeter.
Then Cramer bemoans that it’s hard to find anyone in Jacksonville who still has connections to Casey. She worked at a TV station and remained driven in her career. God forbid she had determination and dreams.
You guys. Someone researched how The Washington Post portrayed Hillary, Laura Bush, and Michelle. JACKPOT.
Caveat: This study concerned their first 100 days as first ladies. But still, it gives us an idea.
Conclusion: The majority of the articles portrayed all three women in a positive light.
Keep that study handy in case Ron wins in 2024.
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