Criticism of Obama’s daughters
Wrong advice for Obama
Re: “Parenting advice for Obama,” by Barbara Wiskow, Wednesday letters.
Barbara Wiskow’s letter suggests that the proper response to a GOP aide’s criticism of the Obama’s teen daughters should have been “Mom and I will look into this.” I’m going to picture Wiskow with two teenage daughters. She finds on her daughters’ Facebook pages such things as “Your mother certainly hasn’t bothered to teach you anything.” Or, “You Wiskows look dressed for a night out at a bar. You’re short on ‘class,’ but what should we expect?”
Now, I wonder if Wiskow would still respond with, “I’ll look into this.”
Eulaine Hall, northwest Dallas
Laughter the best response
It had never occurred to me how clever it would have been for the Obamas to simply laugh off the criticism by that Republican congressional aide. I believe they handled it appropriately by simply not commenting. However, in hindsight, I agree with Wiskow that Obama could have even gained points by making fun of it.
Scott Wheeler, Dallas