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Is anyone else annoyed by the "first dude" thing?

SuzannePjamSuzannePjam Posts: 411
edited September 2008 in A Moving Train
It's like nails scratching across a chalk board for me everytime the press says Palin calls her husband the "first dude." It just sounds so stupid.
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  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    SuzannePjam wrote:
    It just sounds so stupid.

    if the shoe fits...
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    She's all class...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    SuzannePjam wrote:
    It's like nails scratching across a chalk board for me everytime the press says Palin calls her husband the "first dude." It just sounds so stupid.
    ...
    The annoying part is... wouldn't that mean SHE is the President? I mean, Cheney's wife isn't the First Lady'... (technically)... is she?
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Maybe she plans on offing McCain in a deal with Cindy.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • CorporateWhoreCorporateWhore Posts: 1,890
    Palin's comments drive leftist scum up the wall because she's a small town conservative who clings to guns and religion.

    The important thing to remember is that leftist scum don't have children and Palin has had 5, which means the lefts die out and the conservatives produce little Right wingers who think up catchy tags like "first dude."

    That said, "first dude" is kind of lame.
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  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    The Decade of the Dude

    http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/22694342/the_decade_of_the_dude
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  • yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    Doesn't dude mean Camels penis?

    Least, that's what we were told in school :/
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  • pearljammer20pearljammer20 Posts: 116
    so does that make her first vp dudette? even more lame....
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  • Kel VarnsenKel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    I find it kind of funny, she is obviously trying to appeal to a younger crowd. And maybe I have been watching too much Deadwood, because I always thought that for the rough, gun-shooting, frontier types, (which are probably her base being that she is the governor of Alaska) that the word "dude" was an insult (basically meaning that you are a pretty boy city slicker).
  • saveuplifesaveuplife Posts: 1,173
    I agree that it does sound kinda strange. But, the real question is.... what's the alternative? First Man? I think that's even worse.
  • Kel VarnsenKel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    saveuplife wrote:
    I agree that it does sound kinda strange. But, the real question is.... what's the alternative? First Man? I think that's even worse.


    I thought the normal phrase was first gentleman.
  • saveuplifesaveuplife Posts: 1,173
    Kel Varnsen wrote:
    I thought the normal phrase was first gentleman.


    Well, that's too English for me, but I'd agree it's a bit more classy than "first dude".

    From my point of view, this guy is an awfully difficult position. He's obviously a country-type, who are typically macho. It's kinda obvious who wears the pants in the relationship (sarah). He wants to seem down to earth and keep some of his masculinity. I can understand why he wouldn't want to be called "first gentleman".

    Personally, I wouldn't want to be called anything (I bet he agrees), but I don't think the media will let you get away with that.
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