If Kamala wins, what with the First Gentleman do?

He gets Nancy's old make-up parlour which I transformed into an office

Fuck Hannukah. Who gives a shit about Hannukah?

Have extramarital affairs

He'll probably stay out of the spotlight and do his own thing, like Melania and Jill.

Maybe he could be like the Bro Gentleman, hosting fund raisers, cocktail parties at private men's clubs, golf events, sports events etc.

I will be PISSED! If the media still expects Kamala to decorate the White House for Christmas. Would they ask that of Obama? Let the media mahogany roll. Watch it will happen. Probably starting with Fox.

^^Misogyny

f-ing spell check!!!

Hire a fabulous gay secretary to do all the social planning, so he need not be bothered with that sort of thing!

There's nothing to say that the First Lady has to be the wife of the President. At the tail end of her father's term in office, Chelsea Clinton served as First Lady because her mom was busy in the Senate. It's not outside the realm of possibility that Kamala's sister or niece could serve in the same way.

Ivanka often stood in for The First Lady. In many capacities.

R8 you can’t just make shit up and make it true.

R8, Hillary may have been busy running for the Senate in ‘99 & ‘00, but she didn’t become a Senator until 2001, just weeks before leaving the White House.

[quote]Ivanka often stood in for The First Lady. In many capacities

Nightly visits while Verst LaDee is in a separate room is usually not part of that roll.

First thing he will do is unpack his trench coats and spray paint "I really don't care. Do u ?" on the back of each of them. You never know when those come in handy.

Lifelong bachelor, "Miss Nancy," had his niece, Harriett Lane, serve as First Lady.

"Aunt Fancy" could easily have performed that function, since Ol' Rufus was quite the fashion plate and known for his flawless appearance!

But he died before Buchanan became president.

I bet Doug has some killer ideas for Christmas at the White House 😉

Jesus, no, we will not make a female president bring along a sister/daughter/niece to play First Lady. Talk about 2 steps forward and one step back.

I'm sure they have a ton of Hollywood connections, him being a former entertainment lawyer and her being a California politician. They'll be able to bring in some talented people to do decorating and event planning.

Decorates!

[quote]you can’t just make shit up and make it true.

VOTN is correct about Chelsea Clinton. Per Wikipedia:

[quote]During the last year of her father's presidency, Chelsea assumed some White House hostess responsibilities when her mother was campaigning for the U.S. Senate, traveling with her father on several overseas trips and attending state dinners with him.

I do know a few things.

I'd be glad to share my decorating skills!

A Jewish Christmas? MAGA heads will explode.😂

Jews for Jesus.

I apologize Voice.

If anyone is decorating the White House, it’s ME, Doug’s BFF!!

I have been Pinteresting THE SHIT out of Christmas Trees!

Accompany her to events.

I think he'll keep doing basically what he's been doing as the Second Gentleman. He's been very much in evidence the whole time, supporting initiatives, giving talks, making appearances on her behalf. It used to bother me because "Second Gentleman" is even less of a thing than "First Lady" in terms of official role, and I felt like he was bordering on inserting himself into an administration he wasn't elected to. But all in all, he's done a good job supporting the Biden-Harris administration without overstepping that line. He really is a gem. As First Gentleman, he'd have to be even more circumspect about that, though.

He will have to find a 'cause' to support which he feels passionate about.

Lady Bird Johnson cleaned up the highways and the byways, Jackie Kennedy cleaned up and updated the White House, Nancy Reagan had her (failed) 'Just Say No' campaign, Barb Bush was the voice of 'Foster Grandparents' (I think it was somewhat successful), Laura Bush sponsored 'Adult Literacy' , etc.

Of course, Melania pushed 'Be Best' which, to this day, she doesn't even know what that was about.

Melania didn't do squat. I must say though, she had a young boy to raise.

^ She raised him to be 7' tall 😳

Go On-Assistance, I guess...

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Who the fuck cares about Christmas decorations, R15?!

He'll plant a rose garden and give a televised tour of the White House.

Media Mahogany - where would we be?????

DataLounge will be enthralled if he shops for new White House china!

[quote] Let the media mahogany roll.

When you look behind you, there's no open door!

I wonder if Diana Ross will come to the White House

R29 I very confident that Melania did squat.

If Donald not win, let Doug Emhoff give fuck about Christmas.

[quote] I bet Doug has some killer ideas for Christmas at the White House.

Many American Jewish homes put up Christmas trees. The L.A. Times reported the figure to be 33% ten years ago. (In the UK, it's been reported to be as high as 58%.)

And there's nothing wrong with having Chinese food on Christmas Day.

All those Jews among the first and second families if Harris wins. I’m reminded of an ‘80s local station whose tagline was “Detroit, here’s your news.” When the station started fielding an all-Jewish weekend team of anchors, sportscaster & weather person, I was told that the inside joke was, “Detroit, here’s your Jews.”

Doug and Chasten raised $321k for the campaign today in Fire Island. Imagine the fun they could have together if Pete is VP.

Oh dearie me, R42, imagine Jews in the White House!

He can fix the disaster Melania made of the rose garden and pick any cause he would like to champion. I’m sure he will have a great time! He thrives in this role.

Perhaps in our sexist society, people will finally admit how pointures and inappropriate the role is in a democracy when forced upon a man and the institution will disappear.

He’ll grow the merch business.

Doug was a cutie!

[quote] Ivanka often stood in for The First Lady. In many capacities.

And Ivanka is Jewish.

R47, he was a cute Jewish guy when he had hair, no wonder she grabbed him

[quote] As First Gentleman, he'd have to be even more circumspect about that, though.

Agree with r46. Nothing will be expected of him. Everyone will just feel sorry for him that he has to suffer in his wife's shadow. So everything he does will be lauded by the press. Melanoma has already destroyed the tradition of what a First Lady is supposed to be. This will be another nail in the coffin.

Dancing With the Stars.

Hé can dance with the First Lady of France!