Stop the madness! Message to newscasters, magazine editors, fashion pundits and entertainment gossip-mongers: Please refrain from forced comparisons stacking up fabulous Michelle Obama alongside fantastic Jackie Kennedy, both portraits of perfection revealing two distinctly different, spectacularly mesmerizing personalities.

Do not minimize the allure and limitless potential of Obama, downgrading her charms to retro-competitiveness with Kennedy. Each person’s unique sense of style, intellectual capabilities and joie de vivre enhances our country’s reputation as well as achieves legendary status for these ladies, as we once witnessed decades past and are watching admiringly now.