Unbelievable!! What does that make big mo and her guns.

On a positive note, Happy Thanksgiving. I´m thankful for all of you who help keep me sane.

It´s fair game only if you have nothing of substance to talk about. If you know what´s going on, you won´t care to talk about such trivial things. Ruth obviously doesn´t care to inform readers, just obfuscate the truth.

Meow, meow!

It´s not what she wears. In general, it´s what´s taken off.

If I had those shoulder and guns I would be showing them off too!!!

Why not......Sure beats finding out about Benghazi or all the stupid things Bam Bam is doing.

Professional women should adapt a day-to-day wardrobe of conservative suits and dresses, in conservative trim and colors, suitable for the various settings in which they they work. I have noticed our local women district attorneys and their assistants doing this, just as their male counterparts have.

There is no need to try to imitate a network anchorwomen in wardrobe. Their MALE counterparts don´t.

A major "yes!" to the whole essay.

My first comment about Broadwell (after watching her in videos doing various performances - Morning Joe, the Daily Show, etc.) was she´s "obvious".

When a West Point graduate and former military officer (still one in the reserves) dresses that way, it sends major signals. Especially to men. Even more so to men of a certain age who have prostate problems (Petraeus), consider themselves to be waning in their own sex appeal, and suddenly have this smarty pants hotty who seems to think they are the cat´s pjs.

Skip the Kelley sisters. They have always dressed that way and are probably a barrel of fun. Otherwise the officers wives wouldn´t enjoy them, too.

But Broadwell sends signals that are unmistakeable to a savvy woman. One like Ruth Marcus. And me.

Like all things with the media: it depends. If she´s a Republican, then yes. If she´s a democrat, then no. Simple enough.

Well said, #8, and I agree!

I have known plenty of beautiful women who do not dress in the "come hither" manner. Women who complain of sexism are clueless if they think revealing clothes do not turn men on; they may have never have been conceived if their mothers covered up like burqa tent peephole eyed Islamistes. Get off your high sounding shock stupid ladies. And for Petraeus, he should have known it would crash his career. Such situations have ruined more men than can be counted in history.

In a way, women bring this clothing criticism on themselves with their selling. Women are sellers by nature. A seller elaborates the shop window, so to speak.

The problem is that liberalism exaggerated things for women by encouraging them to sell even more than what is normal and natural. Now, it´s constant selling. Sell, sell, sell. Everything has to be flattering or revealing so as to obtain the approval of the buyer.

As for Paula Broadwell, her wardrobe is the last thing I noticed about her. I couldn´t get beyond those staring eyes.

Face it, she is an exhibitionist and loves the attention, along with the twins.

Everyday you get up and make choices. The general and his girlfriend chose not to honor their marriage vows.

Broadwell´s wardrobe is symptomatic of the coursening culture on and around military bases today. The Army used to have and enforce dress codes for civilians (particularly women) on post. Where the dress codes still exist, they certainly aren´t enforced.

When my son-in-law and daughter were preparing for their first Army formal event in 2009, they were both given lengthy instruction regarding the acceptable wardrobe choices for the ball. My daughter was annoyed at the waste of time but she figured out why it was necessary on the night of the ball. Many of the soldiers´s wives/girlfriends looked like off-duty topless dancers and on-duty hookers.

Lots of folk criticize Michelle Obama´s broad shoulders but just love this bimbo´s shoulders. This "lady" is just another one of the millions of slutty women preying on innocent seniors with prostates that are no longer in working order.

I don´t see where the garb was the least bit offensive or inappropriate. This same bunch of critics can´t get enough of MO´s arms but demonize this woman for it.

If all that Broadwell had exposed was her arms, we wouldn´t have this conversation.

Her wardrobe is a distraction. This is the second article the WaPo has devoted to her clothes. Next, they´ll talk about her teeth, makeup, hair, whatever. None of these things is important.