Could you do it?

[jamsmom]

Could you be President or First Lady? Every First Lady I remember is able to control her emotions in public.

Watching Laura Bush today, standing there holding hands with President Bush during the moment of silence and maintaining dignity........ seeing Hillary Clinton at the WTC Memorial standing there and not crying.

I was crying like a baby off and on all day and I did not know anyone personally. I would have been a total mess at either one- totally embarassing as a First Lady. I think they should show emotion, but still have it under control. I am not good at that.


How do they do it?

Could you?

 

[Aurora63]

I think I could, but I tend not to be emotional in public very often.

I save that for my close loved ones! So the world thinks I'm normal, but my family knows otherwise.

 

[jamsmom]

I wish I could contain it in public!!

I cry if I am happy, mad, sad........

 

[Blondie]

How do they do it?

Xanax

 

[jamsmom]

Blondie- is that what I am missong? Xanax?

 

[jamsmom]

Blondie- is that what I am missing? Xanax?

 

[jamsmom]

Blondie- is that what I am missing? Xanax?

 

[Swamp_Fox]

Hillary didn't get the nickname "chillary" for nothing.

I'll be honest with you I'm very anti-Clinton and I believe nothing they (Bill or Hillary) is done without purpose. She was just getting TV exposure today. Most people in NYC do not like her as seen at the Concert for New York but the rest of the state for some crazy reason loves her.

Swamp_Fox

 

[AMClvsMKY]

I could never do it. Just a thought, would you feel differently of her if she had broken down and cried? I don't think I would. In fact. I think I would respect her more if she had shown some emotion.

 

[jamsmom]

I am not a Hillary fan, but was amazed how composed she was as well as Laura Bush

 

[Swamp_Fox]

Laura Bush was composed, Hillary is an ice queen.

Swamp_Fox

 

[Mishetta]

I couldn't do it! I'm Italian & "composure" is not in our vocabulary!

 

[Michelle]

COULD I do it? Yes.

WOULD I do it? No.

I also don't think it's appropriate to politicize the topic with personal attacks on either of the ladies mentioned in the OP's question.

 

[Lady M]

You've got that right, Mishetta!!! I agree with you wholeheartedly. My emotions are usually "out there" for everyone to see. But I don't think that is necessarily a bad thing. I look at it this way: at least people always know where they stand with us and there's no "hidden agenda."

Marie

 

[Mishetta]

Lady M ~ couldn't have worded that better myself!

 

[browneyes]

I'd rather be President than First Lady, but I don't even want that responsibility. We had 1 Georgian in office once already.

I would rather see a President or First Lady that showed emotion.

 

[nativetxn]

Not only <i>couldn't</i> I do that job, I wouldn't want that job, ever.

 

[catsrule]

no

 

[Deb in IA]

As several posters have already mentioned, there is a BIG cultural component.

In this country, for example, funerals are usually quiet, respectful, dignified. Not a lot of wailing and screaming . . .

In my parents' culture (Chinese), this would be unacceptable. Open shows of grief are considered an indication of how loved and respected the deceased was. In fact, families would often hire paid "criers" for the funerals. These were people who were not relatives and in fact, did not even know the dead person, but could cry, wail, and scream on cue . . .

 

[Kitty 34]

I wouldn't want to be the First Lady but yes, I can compose myself in public. When I watched 9/11 taking place 2 years ago in front of 25 fifth graders, I would have loved to scream and cry in horror, but I just sat there holding back and trying to quietly calm the children.