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Michelle Obama on White House: ‘It’s Like I’ve Been Living in a Cave’
PJ Media ^ | June 16, 2016 | Nicholas Ballasy

Posted on 06/16/2016 3:41:11 PM PDT by Kaslin

WASHINGTON – First Lady Michelle Obama told Oprah Winfrey that she and Barack are “regular folks” who don’t want to "waste our talents just making money for ourselves.”

She said President Obama “hasn’t changed” because he is “an authentic man” who is going to leave the White House as the same person.

“So I want to know, what are those days when you just say, mmm, mmm, mmm — look at me in the White House,” Winfrey asked Obama at the White House’s United State of Women Summit in Washington.

“There are so — yeah, just sitting up here, mmm, mmm, mmm. There are a lot of those moments. Prince and Stevie Wonder singing in the East Room, just — may he rest in peace. I mean, those rare gifts of entertainment, the kind of music we have been able to bring into the White House,” Obama said. “Sitting with the Pope, watching my mother and my daughters talk to the Pope. That’s like a –” she added before Winfrey interrupted to say, “Mmm, mmm, mmm.”

Obama told the audience that “dinner with the Queen of England” is “just like, mmm, mmm, mmm.”

“You know, you try to play these moments off, like oh, yes, yes, I know what I’m doing — and inside you’re going, mmm, mmm, mmm,” she said.

“Good Lord. Watching my husband walk off of Marine One and go to the Oval Office, it’s like, mmm, mmm, mmm,” she added.

Winfrey replied, “He’s got the swag. Did he always have that swag or has he gotten swaggier?”

“No, he was very swagalicious. Look, I told people this from the very start, when I started running Barack Obama is exactly who he says he is. We both are. That’s what I’ve been trying to tell people. Ain’t no surprises. We’re telling you who we are, and no tricks up our sleeves. We’re regular folks,” Obama said.

“We care about people. We care about family. We want to do well. We want to make our country proud. We don’t want to waste our talents just making money for ourselves. Barack Obama hasn’t changed, not as a person, because he is an authentic man who came in, and he’s going to leave that same person,” she added.

Obama said the office of president does not “change you, it amplifies who you are.”

And that’s something that we should all remember,” she said.

Obama declined to comment on her family’s plans after the White House but said she is most looking forward to walking down a street and shopping.

“I’m alone with 800 people walking behind me but I’ve learned how to — ‘I’m by myself.’ But I do, I want to walk down a street. I want to sit in a yard that is not a national park,” Obama said.

“I do want to drop into Target. I want to go to Target again. I’ve heard so many things have changed in Target. I tell my friends they’re going to have to give me a re-entry training for like, okay, what do you do at CVS now? How do you check out? It’s like I’ve been living in a cave,” she added.

Winfrey asked Obama if she had a message for the men in the audience at the United State of Women Summit. Obama challenged men to “be better” than “making deals” on a golf course with a “bunch” of other men.

Michelle Obama: Barack and I Are 'Regular Folks'

“Men can be better husbands, which is, be a part of your family’s life. Do the dishes. Don’t ‘babysit’ your children. You don’t babysit your own children. Be engaged. Don’t just think going to work and coming home makes you a man. Being a father, being engaged, all that stuff is important,” Obama said.

“Be a better employer. When you are sitting at a seat of power at a table of any kind and you look around you just see you, it’s just you and a bunch of men around a table, on a golf course, making deals, and you allow that to happen, and you’re OK with that — be better,” she added.

“Be better. I love that,” Winfrey replied.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) also addressed the summit and praised presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

“We know Hillary Clinton will engage in a dignified campaign of ideas, vision about the future, a campaign worthy of the office of president and worthy of the American people. Hopefully the other side will, but let’s remember this: We must remember that electing a women president or electing a woman to any office is not about one woman’s achievement but what it means to other women,” Pelosi said.

“For us to see how Madam President will ensure our national security, Madam President will ensure our national security, strengthen and empower our families. It will resound in the dreams of every young girl in every corner of America,” she added.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
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To: Kaslin

Neanderthal comes to mind. Perish the thought.


21 posted on 06/16/2016 3:49:23 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: shelterguy

I never drank her Kool Aid.


22 posted on 06/16/2016 3:50:14 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (<<<<<<< he no longer IS my 'teddy bear'.)
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To: Kaslin

Hope she survives until her next vacation.


23 posted on 06/16/2016 3:50:18 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (President Trump: It's all over but the counting)
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To: Kaslin
We care about people. We care about family.

The aunt on welfare? The brother who lived in a shack?

24 posted on 06/16/2016 3:51:29 PM PDT by x
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To: Kaslin

Some jokes write themselves.


25 posted on 06/16/2016 3:52:05 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Kaslin

She’s disrespecting the office after looting it. Mooch is the name. Money and power tripping is the game.

And, as an aside, although I think Barack is a Muslim first and a racist second, I don’t believe Mooch cares about Islam. But she’s racist, arrogant, entitled, and greedy.


26 posted on 06/16/2016 3:52:49 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Kaslin

There’s a reason for that, Moochelle.


27 posted on 06/16/2016 3:53:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If the Orlando terrorist doesnÂ’t represent all Muslims, why does he represent all gun-owners?)
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To: Kaslin

I’m sure we all believe that the first moose is just dying to shop at Target if only to use the open gender facilities.


28 posted on 06/16/2016 3:53:27 PM PDT by onyx (DONATE MONTHLY because YOU POST HERE!)
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To: Kaslin

Find one, and move there.


29 posted on 06/16/2016 3:53:41 PM PDT by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: Kaslin

“When I started running?”

That’s how Heidi Cruz talks.

Yuck!


30 posted on 06/16/2016 3:53:58 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Kaslin

Then stop throwing bones on the floor...


31 posted on 06/16/2016 3:54:23 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: dead

It looks to have worn a cup that day.


32 posted on 06/16/2016 3:54:34 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (<<<<<<< he no longer IS my 'teddy bear'.)
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To: onyx

They probably keep the heat at 90, sheets over the windows and melt candles on top of an XBOX.


33 posted on 06/16/2016 3:54:49 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: Kaslin

I had to put my waders on to read that article.


34 posted on 06/16/2016 3:55:16 PM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: Kaslin

Why are Okra and Mooch making yummy noises?


35 posted on 06/16/2016 3:58:14 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Kaslin

Vini Vidi Vomitus


36 posted on 06/16/2016 3:59:02 PM PDT by Salamander (Disco bloodbath boogie fever...)
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To: Kaslin

Can’t put a shine on a sneaker.


37 posted on 06/16/2016 3:59:13 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: Old Yeller

She is so full of crap she should explode. This BS “Cave Lady” in designer this and that is the only first lady who has had a staff that few, if any fortune 500 CEO’s spend as much for. The BS is so deep with the Obamas one needs waders.


38 posted on 06/16/2016 3:59:47 PM PDT by Lumper20
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To: Kaslin
how would the b!tch know??? it's always on vaca wasting as many tax dollars as possible!
39 posted on 06/16/2016 4:01:03 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: Moonman62
A cave isn’t so bad when you have a staff of 22, chef cooked food, and frequent million dollar vacations..


Earth Lodge - Sabi Sabi Game Reserve- South Africa

40 posted on 06/16/2016 4:01:31 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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