Michelle Obama Watch

The WAPO has another article on Michelle Obama called When Michelle Met Barack. They interview former coworkers about how MIchelle and Barack met and Sidley Austin (for some reason I thought there was an "&" in there, but the WAPO is leaving it out). The article is the typical retread but has more details from Michelle's time at Harvard Law. There has been a great deal of attention to her Princeton undergrad days. Not so much about her time at Harvard. But ... Read More

Posted by SjP of Sojourner's Place With so much focus on the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate, Gov. Sarah Palin, there doesn't appear to be much out there in the blogosphere related to Michelle. Sure, there remain a couple of blogs, like Scared of Sarah, who continue to suggest that Michelle plays the race card or her "racist" thesis (see here, here, and here). Nothing new. Still other blogs appear to be into Michelle's appearance or what she wears. Nitro:Licious really liked seeing Michelle in ... Read More

They have been everywhere over the past few weeks, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden. Here is a YouTube clip of Michelle Stumping in Tallahasse, Florida. Read More

We haven't been covering them, but Michelle Obama has been traveling all over the country doing town hall meetings with women. The October 6th issues of The Weekly Standard will feature an article written by Charlotte Hays called "A Kinder, Gentler Mrs. Obama" They basically say that during those meetings, Michelle has taken on the personality of Oprah which of course infers that she is not being her "true self" ie. the Michelle, the ABW. We are definitely ... Read More

I don't know what a "freeze mob" is, but they had one in Chicago for Michelle Obama's MORE cover. Apparently 105 people showed up holding a copy of MORE magazine with Michelle Obama on the cover. I am trying to figure out where to put all of these Michelle Obama covers. Here is the video from the freeze mob. Read More

I found this over at TransGriot. Maya Angelou in true Maya Angelou fashion introduces Michelle Obama. Angelou says she was a "serious supporter" of Hillary Clinton and when someone tried to interrupt her Angelou said "you wait for me." Dr. Angelou mentioned Oprah thoughts on Michelle Obama, "she's the real deal." Then she pulled out here poem from Bill Clinton's inauguration speech. Here is Michelle's speech. Read More

Cross Posted by Gina at What About Our Daughters? The man who brought us bronzed statutes of Britney Spears giving birth, Suri Cruise's first bowel movement, Paris Hilton's Autopsy, that hideous bust of Hillary Clinton topless and a sarcophagus and burial mask of Oprah Winfrey is at it again. This time his target isMichelle Obama. This is what a WAOD reader said via email: No words. I don't even know if it's good or not. I just don't know ... Read More

Posted by Meagan: In the never-ending cascade of racially-tinged slights against Michelle, Bill O' Reilly weighed in during his show last night, saying Michelle Obama resembles an "angry woman". From Crooks and Liars: O’REILLY: Now, I have a lot of people who call me on the radio and say she looks angry. And I have to say there’s some validity to that. She looks like an angry woman. Did you ask her about that? JOHNSON: Don’t they say that about you, too? O’REILLY: Yeah, but I’m not ... Read More

Posted by SjP of Sojourner's Place. Let's see what the blogs are saying about Michelle Obama. Seems that some folks are concerned about Michelle's absence from the 9/11 Ceremony on Thursday. Hillbuzz, Newsbusters, Sheep's Crib-Issues, Half Moon Bay Review, and many many more are asking the question: Where was Michelle Obama? According to Jake Tapper of the ABC blog, Political Punch, The campaign had originally thought the 9/11 Commemoration was just for the two candidates, and didn’t realize Cindy McCain was going until earlier this ... Read More

by Rhonda It's been confirmed the Sen. Barack Obama will appear as himself on the Saturday Night Live's 34th season premiere. Rumor has it that Tina Fey is in talks to portray Alaska governor/Republican VP pick/Fey doppleganger, Sarah Palin. And to play Michelle Obama? Lorne Michaels is reportedly looking to bring back Maya Rudolph. Here's to hoping they get Maya, or *gasp* that they discover and add a funny young Black female comedian to the line-up.  Because while Fred Armisen  (who is Latino and Asian) might ... Read More