Michelle Obama is making her way through the office right now, shaking hands and pumping up the troops. Not to be star-struck, but I did get to shake the hand of our future First Spouse! She shared with us how kids call her husband, in one word: “Barackobama.”
I first saw her speak in Concord, NH, and began at that moment to imagine her in that role. After 8 years not seeing very much of the retiring Laura Bush, it will be quite something to have a dynamo in the East Wing again. (Yes, I do consider Hillary Clinton a model First Spouse). The volunteers were so excited to meet her — especially many of the women, and even more particularly the African-American women. It’s interesting how much more complex issues of gender and race play out in real life than in the media, where somehow “women” support Clinton and “blacks” support Obama. That’s definitely not true in the individual case, and even when it is, it’s never quite as simple as “Oh yeah, I support him, he’s black!”
“One of the worst things for this country is Bill Clinton rumbling around the White House with nothing to do.” – per Mitt in this evening’s Republican debate.
Sounds like a great reason to support Obama!
A change of gear here, I’ve read an article of Michelle Obama in Time magazine in which she was in the cover page. She looked good and regal.
In that article, she mentioned that one of her agenda is to help minorities in their educational dreams:like getting in at Harvard School.My son is a junior at Brooklyn Tech.A very smart child, although,he was not lucky enough to have a good start in his freshman, little better in sophomore years because of once again,sometimes we do get hit of some ” STROKE OF BAD LUCK “if I may allow to say it. I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer around those time,got layed off due to company downsizing and went totally broke. My son and I ended up in a family shelter. But my son and I never stop giving up the dream of one day he will go to Harvard for college.His grades are better. at least competitive enough and SAT score as well.I wonder if you may please try to have this message reach Ms. Obama (Future First Lady). I need her help urgently and most especially her advise for my son.Thank you and God bless.