Oooh…so cool!

Jealous!!!

I saw that..she kept picking it up…that is the designer’s fault..not that of Barack.

Spill, Jane. Who’s your date???

I don’t like Michelle’s dress in the least. Not flattering, and clearly very uncomfortable. Girl needs color!

Please don’t start defining Barack Obama as a man who cannot rise to the occasion of dancing with his wife or a bi-racial man, incapable of dancing adequately with his wife with snide remarks. Lay off.

Spill, Jane. Who’s your date???

I’m still waiting by my phone…

Must’ve been taking dancing lessons from my date John Roberts.

Corrected for accuracy.

As are many FDLers, I’m sure! Eyes on the prize!

I loves me my shiny new president!

Nice lady, weird dress. YUK

Michelle…Next time you are backstage…CUT THE FORKING 6 INCHES OFF THE DRESS WITH SCISSORS….

NOBODY WILL NOTICE!!!!

DO IT NOW!!!

OK let’s stop obsessing over Jane ! Even if she is quite stunning !! LOL

Hi, guys! So, Jane, you’re just going to tease us about who your date is????

*sobbing*
“Leave Michelle’s dress alone!”

Jane, Name-dropping again?

God bless ya.

Heh, heh, newt you are too funny!

Barack kept stepping on her train. Must’ve been taking dancing lessons from my date.

I found that inexpressibly comforting! It implies that she doesn’t spend all her evenings in ball gowns… It’s a new day and a new dawning, thank heaven!

Hey Chris!
Of course I have the benefit of never having to wear said garment, so I may be completely wrong. But I like it.

I don’t care if he’s stepping on her dress, I’m enjoying a President and First Lady who have a little bit o’ soul. You can tell these two are the real deal.

Obama days
Obama days
Oh when they danced
(Oh when they danced)
Oh when they danced
(Oh when they danced)
Oh when they danced
(Oh when they danced)
They danced my blues away
Obama days…..

I trust Michelle has a great sense of who she is as person, has confidence in her choices and it’s reflected in her style.

Exactly. Most guys have no clue how to cope with a true floor-length skirt, let alone a train. Maybe there’s a practical reason the lady is supposed to be “half a pace” behind the gentleman after all…
And 6″ isn’t really that much of a train. If you’re shaking hands, etc, just unobtrusively pick it up with your left hand…
FunnyD

Slightly OT- are we all watching MSNBC? Has anyone seen their set? It looks (and sounds, when people around it cheer) like they are right out in the cold – bt they aren’t wearing outer wear or shivering, so there must be glass or something, no? Just curious…

Me likey! I even figured out the tune. Ya got soul, too, bra!
FunnyD

maybe some of those propane heaters like at outdoor restaurant patios?
or maybe there’s a live feed out to the crowd, which is miked back in?
Where’s katymine when we need her?
FunnyD

It is not Barack’s fault or responsibility. The designer had designed a dress that is way toooooooo long. Period.

She needs to go backstage and demand that the dress be adjusted, or put on another dress. Period.

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White people would love to saddle BO with the mantle as an African-American or Black American…unable to adequately DANCE with his lady. This is outrageous BS.

BO dances just perfectly. The dress is Too long. Period.

I’m so pissed off.

Okay, racking my brain, googling – thought I heard a tune in my head but..I got nothin’. Tell us, please!

Oh happy day
(oh happy day)
Oh happy day
when Jesus washed
(when Jesus washed)
my sins away…

FunnyD
Who doesn’t actually have any soul…just a “photographic” memory for songs…

Haven’t seen the dress, but I didn’t think what she wore today to the inauguration was in her colour palette. It wasn’t as far off as Hillary’s, when she wore pastel, but it didn’t show her complexion to best advantage. This is the abc’s of dressing. What’s up with her advisors. Mrs Bush’s outfit on the other hand — colour-wise — was appalling. She looked like someone standing up who should be in a hearse!

Colour is basic. Michelle Obama would look good in a gunny sack, but it needs some colour.

And you’re pissed off at the wrong people. People who don’t appreciate having that sort of attitude projected on them.
Lighten. Up.
It’s not a color issue, it’s an “unfamiliar with certain formal attire” issue.
FunnyD

The land of Lincoln

sends us Barack Obama

to fix our problems

my only problem with the inaug outfit was that the green of the coat and the green of the gloves really clashed. Well, that and it was in a color palette I can’t wear and therefore “isn’t my favorite.”
FunnyD

I’m hoping for some cool state dinners. Maybe shallow, but there it is.

And to inspire us all to work hard fixing our problems.
FunnyD

Everyone needs to sign up for ballroom dancing lessons. We’ll all be at the next inaugural FDL ball!

But it’s a memory they can laugh about their whole lives. Besides, they are the Prez and his lady – what the heck !

With video they can show the grandkids.

They will probably have to have it converted 7 times before they have grandkids.

Hey Jane
A personal question..
Did you get a small box of chocolates as part of your dinner favors??
A small chocolate shop located next store to my office said they supplied several hundred boxes to one of the balls and I think it was Illinois.
If you had them, I was wondering what you thought.
Let me know, if you can (I believe ADM paid for them)