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Michelle Obama Not Surprised By Reaction To Oscars Appearance
DARLENE SUPERVILLE
CHICAGO (AP) Michelle Obama says it was absolutely not surprising to her that her satellite appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony provoked a national conversation about whether it was appropriate, after some conservative critics accused her of selfishly crashing the event in an attempt to upstage it.
She attributed the chatter to a culture shift that has spawned legions of bloggers, tweeters and others who talk about anything and everything all the time.
Shoot, my bangs set off a national conversation. My shoes can set off a national conversation. Thats just sort of where we are. Weve got a lot of talking going on, the first lady said only somewhat jokingly Thursday before an appearance in Chicago, her hometown. Its like everybodys kitchen-table conversation is now accessible to everybody else so theres a national conversation about anything.
In what was not the first-ever Oscar appearance by a first lady, Mrs. Obama was beamed live from the White House into Sundays ceremony in Los Angeles to unseal the envelope and announce that the nights final award, for Best Picture, would go to Argo. In 2002, Laura Bush appeared at the ceremony on videotape.
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DARLENE SUPERVILLE
CHICAGO (AP) Michelle Obama says it was absolutely not surprising to her that her satellite appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony provoked a national conversation about whether it was appropriate, after some conservative critics accused her of selfishly crashing the event in an attempt to upstage it.
She attributed the chatter to a culture shift that has spawned legions of bloggers, tweeters and others who talk about anything and everything all the time.
Shoot, my bangs set off a national conversation. My shoes can set off a national conversation. Thats just sort of where we are. Weve got a lot of talking going on, the first lady said only somewhat jokingly Thursday before an appearance in Chicago, her hometown. Its like everybodys kitchen-table conversation is now accessible to everybody else so theres a national conversation about anything.
In what was not the first-ever Oscar appearance by a first lady, Mrs. Obama was beamed live from the White House into Sundays ceremony in Los Angeles to unseal the envelope and announce that the nights final award, for Best Picture, would go to Argo. In 2002, Laura Bush appeared at the ceremony on videotape.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/michelle-obama-oscars-reaction.php
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Michelle Obama Not Surprised By Reaction To Oscars Appearance (Original Post)
ProSense
Mar 2013
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Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)1. Smart lady n/t
Botany
(70,498 posts)2. " ..... others who talk about anything and everything all the time."
Bingo!
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)3. Makes me laugh
They criticize and she more or less just laughs it off.
Love it!
randome
(34,845 posts)4. That's because she has class.
Unlike the surly, whiny performances we knew from Laura Bush and Barbara Bush
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)5. To our First Lady Michelle!
She has more class in her pinky, than the talking heads have in their entire bodies!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)7. what you said!
Love how she says, "Shoot". Like a regular person.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)6. Thanks.
K & R