What Michelle Means to Us

Just my impression of the next First Lady, but it appears to me she has a mind of her own and no qualms about speaking her mind; she's likely to bring significant change of her own to the American landscape beyond just the image of African-American women.

A lot of us have been complaining about the glitches in the postings. Often you had to reply using the regular comment block. I'm glad it's working today but I did enjoy it when one of the nasty Republican party hacks had to write REPUBSSUCK to assure the reply was correctly understood.

michelle obama does not matter, she never has, she never will. On the other hand she might, albeit as a dimly lit "beacon"...., to angry, racist (pro congoid), lying, hate filled, corrupt, pretentious, ignorant, hypocritical and anti-American "individuals".................., of which there tragically is no short supply.
The New Yoker cover got it so right!

I gotta go. Before I do I would like to thank all of the lame brained Republicans that made these next 20 plus years possible. Please never stop being yourselves. At the same time i want you Republican Wives out there to know there is still hope. The day will come soon when you can openly admit to voting Democratic in the booth, out of sight of your husbands like you did in N.C., Va., Ohio, Florida and Indiana. You've come to realize that when you became married, you didn't have to stop thinking. we love you.

Life is Good and God is Good!

I feel sorry for "Black America". MO will set them back years in the fight to to be treated fairly.
Grow Up Black America. Become Americans. Quit perpetuating the racism of which you claim to be a victim. See MO for what see is, a person who doesn't like white people, while screaming racism.

in horror, You would muzzle the woman who just might become the First Black Female Pesident in 2016?

in horror, You would muzzle the woman who just might become the First Black Female Pesident in 2016?

Check out this video commentary on Youtube about Michelle Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrdHWuBj0Ng

Check out this video commentary about Michelle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrdHWuBj0Ng

Michelle and Barack are classy, intelligent, educated and ready for the White House because they prepared for it. As far as Michelle having the responsibility of projecting a positive image of Black women, that is nonsense. It is a sad commentary that until now, Black women have not already done that. Michelle is not a savior or messiah for black women or the black community. We are each responsible for our own households and families. Growing up in a multiracial multi-hued family, I learned self -respect, self- sufficiency and self-love. Our role models were our parents, not the guy next door or any local or national policitician. Again, it appears that the black community is projecting their responsibility for wellness and wholeness on a celebrity. My family did not have to wait for Barack and Micelle to emerge to feel good about ourselves and to know that we are worthy of success. Take responsibility for your own ives, children and communities. As far as complexion is concerned, see and accept your own beauty and teach your children from infancy that they are beautiful now matter what society says. Lastly, this article evidences the disdain that some brown women have for their lighter-skinned sisters. Well, just get over it already! Life is really no better on the other side because lighter skin may get you closer to the table but you still have to work hard and be 110% better to be accepted because light-skinned still is not white-skinned. I would not care if Michelle was purple or green because she would still be a beautifulI first lady but, I did not vote for her. Barack is the person that I expect to fix the economy and put Americans back to work.

I hope the author realizes that everyone does the "delicate tap dance" of acclimating to a corporate culture. The racial aspect comes from lacking friends and associates in these circles, but business is business and politics is politics. It isn't the "white world".
Also, I didn't know that the cover of Vogue meant anything, other than having a good publicist. No beautiful dark skin women? How about Angela Bassett, Regina King, Cicely Tyson>? How about En Vogue? How about the rest of Destiny's Child, or gosh, Janet Jackson? Please, girl, there's plenty.

I hope the author realizes that whites also do the "delicate tap dance" of acclimating to the corporate world. Business is business, law is law, politics is politics. The idea that you have to acclimate to the "white world" is just as ludicrous as Eminem or JT having to acclimate to the black world.
Also, I didn't know that the cover of Vogue was the ideal of beauty. I'll grant you there's few women with dark skin held up in the mainstream - Regina King is the only one I can even think of - but at least the adult film world isn't lost about it.

Right on point Doc. You just can't come a blog these days without reading a Republican Whiney comment. We better get used to it. In 2010 things will deteriorate evn further for the GOP. I liken it to the once powerful Brittish which shrunk so bad it had to send a cruise ship to fight in their battle with the Argentinias in the Faulkland war In 2010 the Democrats will gain at least 3 more Senate seats and will cross the isle in order to move more chair to the democratics side. The republicans have already begun what they describe as the recovery process. They are moving further out of the mainstream and using the same puppeteers as before. Hannity, Limbaugh, Matalin, Morris and a few dozen whaco shock jocks from hate radio, Of course fox news will be playing a large part as always.

Today a Republican pundit opined that hillary is a bad choice because of Bill's ties to the muddle east. She stated that Bill's foundation make millions and is a conflict. When she was asked about Cheney's involvement with Haliburton which makes Billions in no-bid projects every year in the Middle East, she said she wasn't familar with Cheney's relationship with Haliburton. I would love to see how Cheney's "Blind Trust" has been doing during the Financial meltdown we're in. meanwhile Bush is on the traditional out going president trip tour, ala Ronald Reagan, picking up his deferred graft from foriegn countries he's sold us out to. Ronald Reagan made a trip to Japan at the end of his term to give a speech which netted him $1,000,000.00. Why would the japanese give that kind of money to him?

Great article!

Good reading!!! with more balance than the usual fare of her dress and style, issues which are not high on the list of priorities of the majority of the people at this time as they face very pressing problems.