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Barack and Michelle Obama and Kids: Looking Very First Family-ish
By sweatpantsmom, on Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:16am PDTHere's a shot of Barack
Obama, his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia shortly
after he finished giving his incredibly moving acceptance speech at
the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night...
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Barack Obama Acceptance Speech (Video)
By sweatpantsmom, on Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:00am PDTFor those of you that missed
it, here's the full video of Barack Obama's acceptance speech last
night at the Democratic National Convention. Even my two young
daughters almost made it through the whole thing - no small feat
considering it was on at the same time as one of their favorite
reruns of...
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Michelle Obama at the DNC: Isn't she lovely
By Product Fiend, on Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:17am PDTLike many of us, I've been
trying to keep up with this historic Democratic National Convention,
and the ladies are really shining through this year. Michelle
Obama's speech was rousing, as was Hillary Clinton's, who proved
that...
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Michelle Obama - A Role Model for My Daughters
By Intent, on Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:02pm PDTEvery night before we go to bed, my daughters and I talk about our worst and best parts of the day. Today, we all agreed that the best part was watching Michelle Obama's warm and passionate speech, and then seeing her girls come onto the stage. As a mom, I felt we were experiencing a piece of...
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Who was the best First Lady ever?
By Joanna Douglas, Shine Staff, on Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:07pm PDTIf you watched Michelle
Obama’s speech at the Democratic National
Convention on Monday evening, perhaps you will join us in feeling
touched by her words, and feel downright excited to have an
intelligent, compassionate, of-the-people woman in the running for
First Lady. If you missed her speech,...
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Michelle Obama: Smart speech, sassy dress
By Jennifer Romolini, Shine staff, on Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:00am PDTWhen Michelle Obama appeared on stage last night at the Democratic National Convention, I felt nervous. Not only for what she would say, but also because I feared she had made a huge fashion mistake with that starburst brooch. However, quickly into her speech, all of my fears were laid to rest. Obama was smart, smooth, warm, accessible and powerful. I loved the message of her speech, the idealism, the American dreaminess of it. I know this is exactly how I was supposed to feel, that these particular words were put together so I would respond in this particular way. But it still got me (in fact, I'm embarrassed to say, there were points when I had chills--then again, I'm a sucker for love, moms, kids and bootstrap-success stories).
photo courtesy of the Associated Press
And as for the dress? I still think the front bling flower was a little odd, but the shape and color were both gorgeous. It looked good on her, it suited her frame and was far, far superior to some of the uptight, dowdy-horrible suits we've seen at these things in the past. Part 2 of Michelle Obama's speech, after the jump.
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Michelle Obama's Speech: Love and Family
By sweatpantsmom, on Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:52pm PDTWhile Michelle Obama's
much-anticipated speech tonight at the Democratic National
Convention will certainly address husband Barack Obama's campaign
for the presidency, she will also focus on personal issues, most
poignantly her love of family and of her enduring
marriage...
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Is Michelle Obama Pregnant?
By sweatpantsmom, on Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:43pm PDTWhen Barack Obama wins the
race for president will there be a new baby in the White House as
well? Rumors are surfacing today that Obama's wife Michelle
is pregnant. Hey, I don't make these rumors up, I just
irresponsibly pass them on...
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Is this wrong? Tyra Banks poses as Michelle Obama (UPDATE: there's a video, too)
By Jennifer Romolini, Shine staff, on Tue Aug 5, 2008 3:48pm PDTIn the September issue of Harper's Bazaar, Tyra Banks dresses up as Michelle Obama, stands in a mock Oval office next to a fake Barack Obama, smiles with her eyes and basically pretends to be America's next first lady (who, by the way, has not been elected first lady yet and this is just the kind of thing that probably won't help her chances).
In the accompanying interview, the model/talk show host/wanna-be world dominator reveals that she "bawled" when Barack won the nomination, that the first lady should "know how to take a fierce picture,” and that Michelle Obama is "one hot mama."
Also?
Banks says if she were first lady, her Secret Service acronym would be "KMFA: Kiss My Fat Ass."
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Do you know what sucks? This New Yorker cover
By Jennifer Romolini, Shine staff, on Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:35pm PDTOh, Lord. For its July 21 cover, somehow, someone at The New Yorker thought it would be hilarious and satirical to depict presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle wearing a turban and military fatigues, carrying a machine gun, burning a flag and fist-bumping—all of which while standing under a picture of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
I'm all for poking fun at the absurd and exposing the outlandish, inappropriate and oft racist allegations the Obama campaign has endured. But there's something about this image that goes too far, that feels egregious and exacerbating, that veers quickly from edgy to downright irresponsible... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (87) | Blog
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