Posted on 10/16/2010 9:49:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Forbes Magazine has rated Michelle Obama ahead of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin as the most powerful woman in the world.
Big mistake.
Michelle is named as No.1. Hillary is rated as No. 5, Sarah Palin at No.16
Michelle Obama is an extraordinary woman but would have little impact were she not the wife of the president of the United States.
There is also the reality that while the First Lady can inspire and encourage she cannot actually impact policy in any direct manner
Hillary Clinton,of course, knows that very well and while she was initially in her husband's shadows she has since emerged as a leader in her own right first as a U.S. senator then a presidential candidate and then as Secretary of State.
She is by far the most accomplished woman of her generation. To rate her behind not only Michelle Obama, but Oprah Winfrey too is ludicrous
It is hard to argue, as Forbes do, that a First Lady with no executive power is as powerful as the U.S. Secretary of State who has intervened in some of the world's major trouble spots and has played an increasingly key role in the foreign policy agenda of Barack Obama.
It is also hard to argue that Michelle is more powerful than Sarah Palin who at one point was potentially within a heartbeat of the presidency.
Prior to that she was a popular governor of Alaska, one of the few women to run a statehouse.
Since her presidential run she has become a political phenomenon influencing millions of Americans through her speeches, tweets and television interviews.
Yet she is rated not only behind Michelle Obama but also Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Ellen De Generes
But before some of you say it some liberal agenda, this is Forbes magazine, bastion of conservative politics.
So their choices are bound to be controversial across the board. No question in my mind when it comes to power, Hillary Clinton should be rated first with Palin second.
Did Geraldine Ferraro, a minor backbencher in congress, go on to campaign sucessfully for scores of other candidates, write a national bestseller, influence legistlation with a note, and etc?
Moochelle is most likely more powerful in the cheeseburger eating arena.
The jury is still out on Hillary as SOS. Obama has her conveniently strapped, still, to the belly of a plane destination out to sea, 24/7 to do nothing that is normally attributed to the duties of SOS. Hillary is simply the global abortion provider, and that is all in her own right, that she appears to have “accomplished” in foreign policy. She loves her new flight job, but policy powerful in the office, extremely doubtful. A zero in the senate, the gift office by way of her marriage, not her desirability. A campaigner? Yes, wildly successful, but even then not enough.
I know who Ellen De Generes is, didn’t she have a bit about airline peanuts? But who is Beyonce and Lady Gaga, I just haven’t been keeping up..
Not sure who Forbes was trying to reach with their absurd poll but they have lost us as subscribers.
Blech.
Extraordinary woman? If she was not married to the President of the United States, would she still be considered extraordinary?
What absolutely lazy writing. "Extraordinary" is usually applied to individuals that have accomplished positive goals that far exceed the abilities of their peers.
Please list at least FIVE legitimate accomplishments that qualify the Wookie as "extraordinary". And being married to a "dog" doesn't count.
Why not? He has the nuke codes and she has his genitalia locked up in a box.
Nothing more than an Affirmative Action quota...
Number one contender.
that is just stupid. Michelle obama needs to be prosecuted for campaigning in a polling place. Hillary needs to be tossed out on her but, and the rest of the article is useless.
That frivolous award and 1.50 will buy her a cup of coffee.
So when did having the bigger ass make you the most powerful?
Probably the “award” and $1.50 will buy her something deep-fried.
Even awards are deflating in there significance under this administration............
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