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First Lady Michelle Obama: A Champion For The WorldOnce she got her daughters acclimatedshe routinely referred to herself as Mom in chiefthe Harvard-educated lawyer took on issues like support for military families and healthy eating. It was pooh-poohed as a sort of soft swing at the ball, she says. By the middle of the second term, she had become more ambitiouslaunching two education initiatives, Reach Higher and Let Girls Learnand over the past year and a half finding her métier, turning herself into the First Lady of Popular Culture, mastering social media (thanks to her proximity to a certain couple of teenage girls), appearing as herself on shows like NCIS and Parks and Recreation, singing karaoke with James Corden, and basically charming the pants off of everyone. Somewhere along the way, she became the greatest political communicator of our timebetter than Bill Clinton, better than her husbandsomeone whose speeches actually start national conversations. And throughout all of this, she has remained one of the most glamorous women in the worldadmired by teenagers and grandmothers alike
whose daring fashion instincts have won her near-universal accolades from an industry that had a champion in the White House for the first time in decades. When she wore that showstopping Atelier Versace rose-gold chain-mail column to her final state dinner in October, the Internet worked itself into a state of collective mourning over the fact that there will be no more Michelle Obama fashion moments to obsess about. The White House has changed quite a bit in the past eight years, becoming much warmer, far less formal, and distinctly more diverse. Obamalot, if you will.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/11/18/first-lady-michelle-obama-a-champion-for-the-world/
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Bless your heart Michelle.
onecent
(6,096 posts)Auggie
(31,167 posts)handmade34
(22,756 posts)riversedge
(70,200 posts)brer cat
(24,560 posts)I will miss her as much as I miss her husband, what's his name.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Unlike the incoming one who carries her stripper pole with her.
Ligyron
(7,629 posts)the new First Lady is available in multiple spreads on the internet.
sheshe2
(83,748 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)She's been using it for a long time on her morning show. I don't know where it started, but it always cracks me up.
sheshe2
(83,748 posts)However, it cracks me up as well.
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)But I bet he does, at some point. And his charitable foundation will buy the enlarged prints along with his viagra.
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)to carry her own stuff. She has people for that.
sheshe2
(83,748 posts)I hope she won't be the entertainment at state dinners.
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)Inauguration Day, along the route.
I bet, like when W was installed, there are lots of rotten eggs and tomatoes tossed.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)But I readily admit that I'm an old fuddy duddy who doesn't like my first lady posing like she's trying to sell clothing in a fashion magazine.
And I fear that I'm going to see a lot more of these photos of Melania. Heck, maybe she will be selling the clothing she's wearing.
I'm going to miss Michelle so much. She's the first approachable first lady we've had in my life time.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)veteran's issues? She wouldn't dare be around where a kid might touch her! Just not the loving, caring type when it came to anyone but her St. Ronnie.
Classiest 1st lady of my lifetime.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)nt
jalan48
(13,860 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)inside and out. I'll miss her and her entire family.
mopinko
(70,089 posts)only better.
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)bdamomma
(63,840 posts)she knew how to relate to people, going to miss her.
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)Every time I see them..my eyes well up
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Bill is always reminding us we put the wrong Clinton in the White House (even though she was there ).
Like Hillary before her, could Michelle have a new outlook on 'politics'?
We still have never had a First Gentleman!
spooky3
(34,441 posts)and asked him that. He said there is no chance she would run, IHHO, because she is a very private person and wants to return to private life.
madokie
(51,076 posts)for having had Michelle as our first Lady. For having Barack as our President as well as having their family as our first family
I simply love the Obama's, every last one from the youngest daughter to the Grandmother
the two Pet family too
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)RazBerryBeret
(3,075 posts)she will be missed!!!
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)I wish her a nice long vacation, then I'm looking forward to seeing what she does next.
mrmpa
(4,033 posts)Give President Obama credit for living with 4 outstanding women, and understanding that one of them reared a woman he admires and loves and to allow that woman to bring her special gifts in helping he and his wife to raise their two daughters.
asuhornets
(2,405 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)admire this incredible woman!
Hekate
(90,662 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,417 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)sheshe2
(83,748 posts)liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)We are going to miss her.
gademocrat7
(10,656 posts)First Lady Michelle Obama is a national treasure.
Silver Gaia
(4,544 posts)Those are Annie Leibovitz shots. Can't get any better than that... amazing.
We are so blessed to have been graced with someone so beautiful, both inside and out, as our First Lady for eight wonderful years. I feel blessed to have lived through the era that saw the Obamas in the White House. It is, at least, a beautiful memory to carry with me as we descend into the darkness. They are both beacons of light, now and always. I will cherish my memories of these eight years.
kebob
(499 posts)I'm gonna his her so much. , ma'am!
lark
(23,097 posts)Such a contrast to the foreign beanpole and former nude porno model, Melania. She makes me gag and is nothing more than a gold digger and fraud who steals her betters material and tries to pass it off as her own. Ugly is as ugly does