[2ndDivisionVet]

What say you?

[stboz]

“R2,” let the Wookie win!

[Lancey Howard]

Of course it’s ridiculous. But the people who rank Michelle Ubama as the “most powerful woman” probably feel good about themselves. (shrug) It’s simply a case of “political correctness meets affirmative action meets liberal morons”.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I mean, Lady Gaga is third. Credibility is gone out the window.

[wiseprince]

Pretty sad that Lady Gaga, Beyonce and De generes have so much sway. Says all one needs to know about the degradation of American culture

[Walkingfeather]

The way of getting back in the good graces of the admin after last months article?

[mojitojoe]

Color matters.

[Dallas59]

What’s next/ A run for senator?

[Question Liberal Authority]

Michelle Obama is an extraordinary woman but would have little impact were she not the wife of the president of the United States.

That's like saying 'Queen Elizabeth II is an extraordinary woman but would have little impact if she were not the Queen of England.'

Michelle My Belle is the first lady. She is powerful. You can argue about who belongs where on the list, but if you're going to have a list like that, she belongs on it somewhere.

[Newtoidaho]

Most powerful woman...

Guessing this means she can bench press the most? She certainly could kick the ass of the zero she is married to.

[Vendome]

What a load of crock.

I don’t see her having the ability to marshal any more than a fickle throng of adoring sycophants who desperately want MO to be something she is not.

They are merely projecting and Idealized unreality.

Hillary and Sarah are indeed forces to be reckoned with and could easily muster armies of pragmatically attached citizenry and foot soldiers.

Michelle is a cheap two bit knockoff of Marie Antoinette and the factory stamping out her model is from the frontier lands of China.

[lara]

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.

How has Hillary accomplished anything “in her own right”? The only reason she became a U.S. senator, a presidential candidate and Secretary of State was because she was the wife of a president.

[Question Liberal Authority]

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.

The list is for 2010, not 2008.

Let's say the list was for 1986. You have Geraldine Ferraro and Nancy Reagan somewhere on the list.

Now, 2 years earlier, Geraldine Ferraro was "potentially within a heartbeat of the presidency", while, at present, Nancy Reagan is merely the unelected wife of the president.

Shouldn't Nancy Reagan still have been ranked ahead of Geraldine Ferraro?

As for Hillary Clinton, she is Secretary of State. A few years ago, Condoleeza Rice was Secretary of State. Did that automatically make her the most powerful woman on the planet?

[calcowgirl]

More than the ranking, one has to question Forbes’ description of Palin: “Political Maverick and Commentator.”

Not “Alaskan Governor and prior candidate for Vice President of the United States.”

Of course, any list that places Arianna Huffington far above Queen Elizabeth II has to be pretty worthless.

[freekitty]

Moochelle is most likely more powerful in the cheeseburger eating arena.

[Carley]

Not sure who Forbes was trying to reach with their absurd poll but they have lost us as subscribers.

Blech.

[Cowboy Bob]

Michelle Obama is an extraordinary woman...

Extraordinary woman? If she was not married to the President of the United States, would she still be considered extraordinary?

[kromike]

Michelle Obama is an extraordinary woman

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.

[rfp1234]

Why not? He has the nuke codes and she has his genitalia locked up in a box.

[Artcore]

Nothing more than an Affirmative Action quota...

[SWAMPSNIPER]