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Michelle: Her first month as first lady
The Chicago Sun-Times ^ | February 22, 2009 | Lynn Sweet

Posted on 02/22/2009 8:17:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

It's Friday in the East Wing of the Obama White House, the realm of first lady Michelle Obama.

Many of the cream-colored walls are still bare. The Obama administration, after all, is just one month old.

But there is a growing photo collection in the hallways that charts the increasing activity of the first lady in the last two weeks as she settles in to her new role and starts expanding her portfolio of issues. The newest item on her non-controversial agenda is healthy living. That's in addition to assisting military families, pushing work-family balance, national service, women's concerns and opening up the White House to the community.

The pictures tell a story of the first weeks of the administration and the first lady ramping up her public appearances. There's the nation's first couple in formal wear at the Alfalfa Dinner. And Mrs. Obama receiving an American Indian shawl at the Interior Department. The first lady greeting White House staff in the East Room and hugging a little girl at a school in the city. An empty frame waits to be filled.

The first lady on this morning is in her office.

Some days, she works from the White House residence. Her schedule isn't rigid. A few hours from now, Mrs. Obama will head to the Transportation Department.

Desiree Rogers, the White House social secretary, is outside the first lady's office door with her two deputies, Ebs Burnough and Joe Reinstein. The East Wing is producing its first big dinner tonight, a black-tie affair for the National Governors Association, and the operative word, Rogers is saying, is that the event should be "fun." The governors wanted to dance, so Earth, Wind and Fire was booked for the gig. Mrs. Obama was involved in planning the evening.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: agenda; barackobama; bho2009; bho44; cow; first100days; flotusmichelle; michelleobama; obama; socialism; waterbuffalo; whitehouse
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I cannot wait to see the headline Michelle’s last month in office! Now that is something to look forward to IMHO!

What a bunch of crap this Chicago paper can turn out on a daily basis.


21 posted on 02/22/2009 9:08:06 PM PST by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER! Mary Fallin for OK Governor in 2010! LetsGetThisRight.com)
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To: BAW

I thought those were insulated horse blankets she’s been wearing


22 posted on 02/22/2009 9:22:52 PM PST by bigbob (-)
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To: Mengerian

I don’t think it goes far enough


23 posted on 02/22/2009 9:26:04 PM PST by al baby (Hi mom. I love sarcaism)
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Michelle’s only functions are to look the other way when Obama has a boytoy, and to come up pregnant around October 2012.


24 posted on 02/22/2009 9:33:21 PM PST by freeplancer (McCain Voters Catch the Lobsters-Obama Voters Eat Them)
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To: al baby

Thanks! I’d have my account suspended or banned if I could genuinely speak my mind about the horrible person she is. Alas, I’ll play it safe, as I know FR has a family-oriented audience.


25 posted on 02/22/2009 9:34:42 PM PST by Mengerian
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To: Prole
You forgot this one from Star Trek:


26 posted on 02/22/2009 9:49:36 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: dayglored
Good one!

Both are scary as hell!!!!!!

27 posted on 02/22/2009 9:56:35 PM PST by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Michelle is a bitter shrew who will do more damage to the perception of us abroad than any First ‘Lady’ before her. I watched an installment of The Monarchy on PBS and was enthralled at the portrayal of Laura Bush readying the White House for the visit of Her Majesty the Queen. I couldn't help but imagine the horror of Michelle trying to entertain Royalty. I'm not worried about that. The 0bama’s will NEVER invite the Queen or anyone else classy to the White House. They are a classless embarrassment to our country.
28 posted on 02/22/2009 10:10:58 PM PST by originalbuckeye
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To: Mojave
"A few hours from now, Mrs. Obama will head to the Transportation Department."
What business does she have being there?

She wants to help railroad the taxpayer.

29 posted on 02/22/2009 10:40:30 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Praise and worship" is my alternate lifestyle.)
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To: originalbuckeye
The 0bama’s will NEVER invite the Queen or anyone else classy to the White House.


30 posted on 02/22/2009 10:49:35 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Praise and worship" is my alternate lifestyle.)
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To: Prole
I must say I was impressed when I first saw Mrs. Obama. Quite a classy looking woman.

As soon as she opened her mouth and started spouting Anti-Americanisms, my initial impression changed dramatically.

We were expecting Tyra Banks, but instead we got Maxine Waters.

31 posted on 02/22/2009 10:59:03 PM PST by Jess Kitting
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To: Morgana
Ugliest first usurper lady ever.... ugly beeotch!!!
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34 posted on 02/22/2009 11:24:55 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: Mojave

Over at D.O.T. they need to fit a Mack truck around her shelf ass to move the big ole thing around.


35 posted on 02/23/2009 3:22:32 AM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Mojave

“What business does she have being there?”

she’s Affirmative Action. She doesnt need a reason other than being black.


36 posted on 02/23/2009 3:23:22 AM PST by Canedawg (Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.)
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To: Canedawg

Dear God, she is disgusting.


37 posted on 02/23/2009 4:04:48 AM PST by DooDahhhh (AMEN)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

38 posted on 02/23/2009 4:11:56 AM PST by maggief
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A month? Why does it seem like these a$$-clowns have been in the white house for eons? Man, it’s going to be a long four years.


39 posted on 02/23/2009 4:12:08 AM PST by stentorian conservative (FUBO!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“There’s the nation’s first couple in formal wear at the Alfalfa Dinner”

Buckwheat?


40 posted on 02/23/2009 5:55:03 AM PST by wolfcreek (There is no 2 party system only arrogant Pols and their handlers)
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