Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born on January 17th 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. She is the wife of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and has two daughters (Malia and Sasha).

A graduate of both Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Michelle Obama worked for Chicago law firm Sidley Austin immediately after graduation. Subsequently, she worked on the staff of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley before helping her husband campaign for the Democratic nomination and eventually his successful 2008 presidential bid.

As the first black first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama has received substantial media attention since arriving in office. You can read about her in the blogosphere on The Huffington Post.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Michelle Obama”

• Who chooses Michelle Obama’s clothes and why do they hate her?

  
  Cynthia Yockey, A Conservative Lesbian — Authority: 559
  From the Greenroom at Hot Air, Track-a-crat profiles “A Day in the Life of Michelle Obama.”Remember that I wrote about the colorful abstract print dress included above because she chose that cheerful pattern over her signature funeral director color palette from the Malcolm X line of designer Louis Farrakhan, ...
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• Obama Hatred on Billboard in Colorado

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 143
  Below, more far right President Obama hatred. By the way, death threats directed toward the president have gone up 400% since his election, and the number of death threats dwarfs those received by previous presidents. The teabaggers are keeping the Secret Service busy. And now Wolf Automotive in Denver has just put ...
  18 hours ago

• GEE, WHAT IF IT WAS AN ANTI-BUSH STICKER?

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 498
  A fireman in Connecticut (a liberal hell-hole) has been told he can’t park with the other firemen because these bumper stickers were on his car:     A firefighter says he is in hot water with his department after his supervisors noticed his anti-Obama bumper stickers and banned him from parking inside the ...
  22 hours ago

• AMERICA THREATENED BY TERROR? ISLAM? BIN LADEN? DEFICITS? NO!!!! SARAH PALIN? YES! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 498
  OK, this one goes into my collective memory banks as: democrats are fucking stupid and Barack HUSSEIN Obama (mmm, mmm, mmm) needs to be impeached. They consider Palin’s book tour to be “DANGEROUS!!! Organizing for America, a fundraising arm of the DNC, sent an email to supporters today in an attempt to raise ...
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• HOW THE DEMOCRATS PLAN TO DESTROY OUR ECONOMY

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 498
  Easy, really, they plan to raise taxes on the one segment of America that is its sole salvation from the economic mess we’re in: those who make over $200,000 ….. to fund the war in Afghanistan. Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of ...
  23 hours ago

• The Latest Barack Obama Assassination Meme: Psalm 109:8 (“Let His Days Be Few”)

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 143
  This is infuriating, but there are Christians—Christians!—distributing a bumper sticker that says, “Pray for Obama—Psalm 109:8″. This sounds innocuous until you actually go and read the verse, and those verses following it: 8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be ...
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• First Lady on Health Insurance Reform and Older Women

  
  Health and Wellness — Authority: 149
  First Lady Michelle Obama speaks about the difficulties senior women face in today’s health insurance market and the importance of reform. November 13, 2009. (Public Domain)
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• Is Glenn Beck a Gateway Drug to White Racial Consciousness?

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 143
  Is Glenn Beck conservative marijuana? A gateway drug? Baby steps? The first free hit? According to a Salon survey of racist website discussion groups, these are some of the analogies that white power enthusiasts are using for Glenn Beck. Here, for example, is what a Stormfront member with 3500 postings to the site ...
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• Chicago heartache: Michelle and Oprah hate each other

  
  I Hate the Media Article Feed — Authority: 621
  The Most Glamorous First Lady In History gives Oprah Winfrey the evil eye We’ve been crying our damn eyes out over this one — wishing, hoping, dreaming that it’s not true, but knowing in our heart of hearts that it probably is. The National Enquirer reports: A distraught Oprah Winfrey is telling pals her ...
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• The Pratt Gallery’s Shades of Green

  
  Style File — Authority: 147
  Sustainable design? “It’s nearly impossible,” says Bodkin designer Eviana Hartman. “But I definitely make an effort to try. I really consider fabrics, and not just your usual 100 percent organic cottons.” Looking at a pair of Hartman’s navy shorts in a gorgeous, filmy re-purposed polyester at Pratt’s ...
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• M Is For Michelle, An Elegant Mystery [The Name Game]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 817
  Michelles turn heads with their elegance — even when theyre wearing acid-washed jeans. Michelle is a variant of Michael , which apparently means "Who is like God?" And while Michelles dont necessarily breathe life into clay, they can certainly take your breath away. My image of Michelle is stylish and classy — ...
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• Got Class? Slovenly as Chic? First First Lady to Wear Shorts on Air Force One

  
  LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH — Authority: 138
  How should the first family present themselves in public? Does it make a difference if they are heading out on vacation to the Grand Canyon or is there even a standard for vacation casual? Do we want to see the First Lady in a bikini at the beach, for example? How about a thong bikini? Clothes may not make the man (or ...
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• The Meaningless(ness) Of Flags

  
  FITSNews — Authority: 681
  “Y’all have stirred up a hornet’s nest now,” a friend of ours emailed our founding editor today, referring to a story we posted Thursday regarding the Confederate flag. Actually, we have Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod to thank for that, as we were merely covering the Confederate flag issue ...
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• Friday Headlines – Google Images, Mentoring & Nutrition

  
  Barack Obama | positively Barack — Authority: 134
  Michelle Obama edition…Google Rocks! Offensive Caricutre of First Lady Removed from Images Search via Michelle Obama WatchGoogle has removed the racist image of First Lady Michelle Obama from their images search.Google employee Jem left this comment in the Google Web Search help forum… “If you recently used ...
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• Our Morning Roundup: The “Palin-Winfrey 2012″ Edition

  
  City Desk — Authority: 696
  Mornin, City Desk readers! Welcome to the second edition of what used to be but is no longer Freedom Friday. Remember: Freedom is dead . Dont worry, youll get used to it. One word: Oprah ! The "queen of daytime television" will announce today shes ending her show in 2011. This is huge! Now, in case youre a little ...
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• WILL OBAMA’S KEPT WHORES EVER START GOING AFTER HIS LINKS TO CRIMINALS?

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 498
  Yeah, it’s rhetorical. But here’s another example of the crooks, thieves, liars and criminals Obama is appointing to positions of power. It’s a woman to work in the Treasury Department (of all places!!) who makes Timothy Geithner look like a piker for failing to admit what she’d done: President Barack ...
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• MUSLIM ISLAMIC TERRORIST KILLS G.I.S IN US; OBAMA KISSES MUSLIM ASS; PELOSI DEMURS

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 498
  After witnessing a Muslim Islamist fanatic killing 14 Americans what does Obama do? Gives them “security posts!!” Barack Obama continues to “reach out to Muslims” by appointing them to key security posts amid charges he wrongly ignored internal Muslim terror. One recent appointee was harshly criticized ...
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• OBAMA CARE NOW RESTRICTS PAP SMEARS

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 498
  This must be “piss off women” week in the Obama administration. Either that or it is a cleverly conceived ploy to get us used to diminished health care choices. How? Introduce something controversial, claim no knowledge of it and get others to stand up for the status quo (while never really refuting or rebuking ...
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• ON THE OBAMA-CARE BILL: DEFICIT RUNUPS, ABORTIONS, PAYOLA

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 498
  HARRY REID…..LIAR!!!!!! He said the Obama-Care bill would reduce the deficit. WRONG! The Budgetary Impact of Enacting Both H.R. 3961 and H.R. 3962 Under current law, including the new rule, Medicare’s payment rates for physicians’ services will be reduced by about 21 percent in January 2010, and ...
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• Hillary in Kabul, Michelle in Denver — Style Is Suddenly ‘IN’

  
  Maryland On My Mind — Authority: 427
  Dazzling. Amazing. Beautiful colors. Gorgeous flowers. Is this the sort of thing a secretary of state is supposed to wear on official business?  What do you call it?  Have they got it in the department stores yet?I’m don’t usually notice women’s fashions, but Hillary Clinton’s colorful and stylish attire ...
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