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First Lady Michelle Obama Visits US Open
AP ^ | September 9, 2011

Posted on 09/09/2011 10:19:27 AM PDT by maggief

First lady Michelle Obama says she hopes to still be playing tennis when she's 90.

Obama visited the U.S. Open for the first time Friday to promote her campaign against childhood obesity and praise the U.S. Tennis Association's initiative to build kid-sized courts.

Obama played doubles against Serena Williams, clocked 55 mph on her serve and even did some hula-hooping ...

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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To: maggief
Someone with good photoshop skills should shop an umbrella into her left hand.


21 posted on 09/09/2011 10:46:42 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, please let it rain in Texas. Amen.)
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To: driftdiver

More “diversity” ...

AP image

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/first-lady-michelle-obama-center-james-blake-left-photo-164720167.html


22 posted on 09/09/2011 10:47:13 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Ooh, good one. That face is perfect for photoshop. :P


23 posted on 09/09/2011 10:49:12 AM PDT by mojitojoe (WH says potus didnÂ’t feel the earthquake. No worries. Another is scheduled for November 2012)
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To: maggief

That’s actually a good picture of her.


24 posted on 09/09/2011 10:50:53 AM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

Someone with good photoshop skills should shop an umbrella into her left hand.

....or a "sickle and hammer"

25 posted on 09/09/2011 10:52:12 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: Thank You Rush

I guess there wasn’t an Affirmative Action tennis program in her hood.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2011/09/michelle_obama_despite_lack_of.html

Michelle Obama: Despite lack of tennis courts on Chicago’s South Side, she came to love the game


26 posted on 09/09/2011 10:54:34 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Thank You Rush

>>Shall we take pity on her?<<

*snicker*

We didn’t either. We would take the single racket my dad got from Salvation Army and bring the can of tennis balls we saved up for to the local elementary school and use the wall as our “opposition”.


27 posted on 09/09/2011 10:54:40 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice)
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To: maggief

she looks like she is going to bite someones head off.


28 posted on 09/09/2011 10:55:42 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: maggief

Billie-Jean. The token white person.


29 posted on 09/09/2011 10:58:17 AM PDT by sissyjane (Did you plug the hole yet Daddy????)
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To: maggief

Such a strong face.

30 posted on 09/09/2011 10:58:45 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (To ACLU & its plaintiffs: Stop dragging the public into your personal struggle w/ God. -Mark Baisley)
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To: netmilsmom

I had a Poncho Gonzales wood racquet, and a couple dead tennis balls. My “opponent” was the garage wall, between snow shovels, and other obstacles. I still have awesome ground strokes. :)


31 posted on 09/09/2011 10:59:05 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Nope. Serena withdrew last week, because she was recently diagnosed with Sjogren’s syndrome. An autoimmune disease.


32 posted on 09/09/2011 10:59:45 AM PDT by sissyjane (Did you plug the hole yet Daddy????)
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To: Albion Wilde

http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/09/the-fashion-police-are-after-the-first-lady-again/

“I like her face, the cleverness of her face. Her face is stronger than the clothes,” (Karl) Lagerfeld said.


33 posted on 09/09/2011 11:00:52 AM PDT by maggief
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To: sissyjane

Serena is playing Wozniacki tomorrow evening.


34 posted on 09/09/2011 11:04:12 AM PDT by maggief
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To: driftdiver

So its a picture at a tennis event and the single non-black person is a prominent lesbian.


She’s obvious.


35 posted on 09/09/2011 11:05:00 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: sissyjane
Billie Jean stills out like a sore thumb ...

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C), taking part in a "Let's Move" tennis clinic at the U.S. Open to promote physical activity for kids, waves as she sits with a group of children as they watch the ... REUTERS

36 posted on 09/09/2011 11:05:39 AM PDT by maggief
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To: sissyjane

So...Venus is still in the hunt?

(Insert typical bigoted “look alike” statement here.)


37 posted on 09/09/2011 11:05:44 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a violent and tyrannical political ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/tennis/williams-and-wozniacki-to-meet-in-feature-semifinal-at-us-open/2011/09/08/gIQAMSXGDK_story.html

(Serena) Williams and Wozniacki to meet in feature semifinal at US Open


38 posted on 09/09/2011 11:07:28 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

I collect wooden raquets. The Tad Davis line is a favorite but Donnay (Bjorn Borg) is a difficult find.

Johnny Mac’s Dunlop is a dime-a-dozen.


39 posted on 09/09/2011 11:07:49 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a violent and tyrannical political ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

I’ve got a Ashely Cooper and a Don Budge. I wish I saved my Poncho. LOL


40 posted on 09/09/2011 11:12:48 AM PDT by maggief
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