What Michelle Means to Us

E233-- I agree with you, this article is TOTALLY a propaganda article---------many left wingers are on a mission to try to put this lady on a pedestal and the attempts are quite comical.

What Michelle means to me-------------well let me see--------prior to becoming first lady, she expressed much discontent for the country and appeared to be a "angry black woman" so the Obama team (very smart in doing so) decided to give her a much needed overall make over and now that she has had a total makeover------- the media, probably pushed by the Whitehouse, are now trying to do their best to sell her as America's sweetheart!!

My guess is that the real Michelle Obama is the one who spoke truthfully and candidly prior to becoming first lady. The current, new and improved Michelle Obama is a product that the Whitehouse is trying to sell! Hey, I can't knock em though. The only ones who's buying it are the ones who supported Obama anyway but atleast the new product and marketing makes it almost impossible for the right wing press to talk trash about her UNLESS the "whitey tape" or some other very damaging audio/video is released........ but I am sure the Whitehouse is working overtime to try their best to ensure that this does not happen.

WHAT MICHELLE OBAMA MEANS TO US is just another propaganda article by far left writers in a wide range of media entities trying to justify their support for Obama. This is the same type of article headline usually found in a communist newspaper: "WHAT STALIN(etc) MEANS TO US"

Michelle is doing the same thing previous first ladies have done. She is not any better or worse -I would argue she is worse. She is also not a better mother to her kids than previous first ladies, unlike what the media is making it sound like.

If anything, her emphasis on BLACK and primariy dealing with african american issues is backfiring. By trying to come across as diverse she is actually divisive, creating and even stronger THEM and US attitude. Instead of embracing diversity she is projecting a racist attitude which is counterproductive.

Her so called "style", spending hundreds of dollars on a pair of shoes, while she is catering to the poor and talking about how everyone is having a hard time in this economy doesn't look to me like stuff of "greatness" to me.

What specifically has she down to justify this implied greatness which previous first ladies have not done? I'm having a very hard time coming up with something. Ohhh yeah, she made the Oprah magazine cover...I'll give her that.

My suggestion to Michelle? Stay out of the way, support your husband and stand for issues that impact everyone, not just african american issues.

But that's just me...

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Posted by Samar Hattar, I am a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, a neice, and a school teacher. I think Mrs. Obama is a beautiful, intelligent, woman, a great mother to her daughters, a wonderful wife to her husband, a great daughter to her own mother, a kind sister to her brother. She is a down to earth person who understands families and how much a family means to her. She is doing a great job as being The First Lady of the United States of America. She will do good for all Americans, whether we are parents, children, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandparents, what the case may be she is an inspiration to all Americans and the world. We are honored to have her as our First Lady.

Michelle Obama has no REAL meaning for the African-American woman. Since in real life only a light/white skinned woman is pleasant looking enough to socialize with, she will mean nothing real lasting or that is not deprived, and as for whoever paid her for real-life results, her work has only been on the edge of reality.

i think Mrs. Obama is beautiful .she has nice skin and a true smile and her eyes say shes kind hearted ,and that girlfriend comment makes her for real ,not a fake person .real down to earth, a first lady i can identify with .i think she will shine

No, success isn't the inevitable follow-up to hard work, Mrs. Jones, but the assumption that the deck is inherently stacked against women and non-WASPs is false. To paraphrase Nehru, the hand you are dealt is fate, the way you play it is determinism. The more each person of color--every color--refuses to live their lives under the weight of perpetual grievance, the more we can build healthy, positive, and lasting bridges between peoples in our society.

What Michelle Obama going to do for the black woman in general, nothing. What Barrack and Michelle represent the first black family to reside in the white house, as president and the first lady. That's all. If you take Obama's face and carve it on Mt. Rushmore right beside Abraham Lincokln, they all will look the same. So I don't think either one going to do anything special.

I was unaware that "The meaning of Michelle" had so much to do with the color of her skin. Do not get me wrong, this article was very well written and from a perspective that I will never know (being a young girl of the caucasian race) but I could not help feeling a bit left out at a comment such as this, "A self proclaimed fitness junkie, who works out every morning, Michelle could actually encourage women of color to take better care of themselves." Why must a statement like this be geared towards women of color. Is she not the First Lady of the United States? A first lady of all races, cultures, religion, sexual preference, etc. Is that not what this campaign is all about? I know that is why I voted for President Elect Barack Obama.

Michelle Obama has been a work in process, and now coming into her destined display of beauty. She has been readied and formed by God, her family, friends, foes , life's experieces and pressures into a very charismatic (woman /lady) in many ways. We have witnessed her ...., a natural beauty reflected in her ethnicity , and a successful , hardworking , career juggling mother/wife . It is evident that she Is confident.in herself .....and her husband Barak's abilitles......as well as in who they are and what they have and will try to accomplish. She also seems obviously humbly honored to be positioned as First Lady.-elect . Now all we have to do is give them our support along with our prayers and watch the unfolding as we have all others before them. I pray she is content with herself and any changes witl be minimal. I hope the major changes occur in the people who expect anything less or anything (extremely) more.. I pray she will know where her/their help comes from , how aptly able and fitted she is to be the "first BLACK" FIRST LADY and in no way come behind any of the former "great " first ladies. I further pray that as African Americans rise from oppression, and have the same opportunities as all other ethnic groups, their excellence is effectual to help eliminate the demonic attributes of racial prejudice in every arena (worldwide) where it exusts..I pray that effectual conversions take place in hearts, minds, and therefore the continual actions of oppressors and their supporters .Finally, I pray that she prays for herself, her family, her nation and her world in the familar words of "the Lord's Prayer".......YOUR KINGDOM COME YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.... and I will agree with her in prayer because prayer changes things and people....where warranted. Aunt Milly

Rocky 2001, The joke is really on you. LMAO. You're simple JEALOUS!!!! LOL...Ouch!

My hope is she can keep her knuckles from dragging on the ground at State Dinners???? LOL!!

Why such a reptilian picture of Michelle on the cover!!?

You know this is fantastic, have you guys heard of www.YesWeCandles.com Apparently, the family behind this start-up was inspired so much by Obama's newfound ability to influence the (especially) younger African-American population around him, that they created a candle to celebrate this new metaphoric "light" that shines in today's new populus. They say 20% of sales are going to the transition campaign, and it is infact also to support his Mother who has breast cancer. God Bless these young entrepreneurs, it is this kind of change Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been so proud to see.
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I don't know whether to be more insulted by the presumptions of this author or to feel sorry for Michele Obama. For just as there is no "white American culture," there is no "black American culture." There are ethnicities among black Americans as there are among white Americans. There are regional differences between black Americans. There are local differences AND similarities in each region between black and white Americans. As a participant in American corporate culture, I personally know the risks and dangers of being the 'one' of this or that AND being expected to , therefore, sppeack for all of 'them.' Michelle Obama can only speak for herself. She does not embody ALL black Americans.