Godwin...plus banality...equals ridiculous.
Ridiculous commentary: Remember, Hitler was also influential
Yes...leaders, no matter who they are and what they accomplish, are "influential".
Why is it a simple discussion about First Ladies almost immediately gets turned into a Hitler thread?
Why not, say...discuss the women who don't appear? For example, Nancy Reagan is not on the list. She was decidedly influential with her "Just Say No" campaign. Laura Bush is not on that list, although she pushed literacy, and I can find no fault there. Laura just isn't a dynamic personality on screen. She's clearly strong, as she made Georgie behave, laying down the law on his drinking. That makes her influential in a different way.