Posted on 03/20/2015 11:28:32 AM PDT by PROCON
Michelle Obama may be our best-dressed FLOTUS yet, but did you know she once was denied the "Best Camper" award because she swore too much?
That's just one of the surprising discoveries from biographer Peter Slevin's new book about our current First Lady, Michelle Obama: A Life, out April 7.
We got an early peek at the book, which follows Michelle from her working-class beginnings all the way to the White House with husband President Barack Obama. Here are 10 things you may not have known about Mrs. Obama:
1. During law school, she once dated the son of Patti LaBelle
"At Harvard," writes Slevin, "one beau was law student Stanley Stocker-Edwards, the adopted son of singer Patti LaBelle. Nothing lasted. [Michelle] said later, 'My family swore I would never find a man that would put up with me.'"
2. She handled marketing for Coors beer and Barney the dinosaur
"Michelle's assignments at Sidley [law firm in Chicago] ranged from the AT&T account to a series of marketing matters for Coors beer and Barney, the purple dinosaur on public television.
"One colleague said the work could be thankless and, frankly, dull – for example, reading storyboards to determine whether a beer advertisement conformed to television industry rules and standards. 'I knew Michelle was frustrated,' said John Levi, a senior partner who remained a friend."
(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...
During College, I dated the nephew of the first Chair of the Boston Symphony, as well as the son of Boston’s toughest, meanest judge.
Can I be a FLOTUS now?
I didn’t know about the beer but the dinosaur makes sense.
sorry, you're over qualified for that position.
Nice, more to the truth.
I know. I should be POTUS, not FLOTUS.
NOW you’re talking sense!
Is this book released for her Senate campaign?
I can image the MSM will be gushing....
Of course, my qualifications are:
Native Born (seriously...MicMac and Inuit)
Conservative
Christian
Bass Player.
(3 out of 4 ain’t bad)
How do you tune it?
By playing the scales.
How do you tune it?
How do you tun-a-fish?
Is that your question?
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