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Posted on 11/12/2025 9:16:18 AM PST by simpson96
Former first lady Michelle Obama revealed on a recent episode of her podcast that she was left infuriated by a moment on Air Force One in 2009 when she debated whether to wear Bermuda shorts while on vacation (snip)
"The fact that we had to spend time thinking about that kind of stuff in ways that my husband didn’t — it was really infuriating," Obama said during an episode on her podcast (snip)
The former first lady explained that in August 2009 she and the former president were set to depart Air Force One for a hike in the Grand Canyon while on their first vacation since the inauguration earlier that year. While she fretted over what attire would be appropriate for a first lady and not draw public criticism, Barack Obama did not need to put effort into thinking about his outfit, she recounted.
"It was 100 degrees," Michelle Obama remembered of the conversation. "Barack — I was like, 'Well, what are you wearing?' He was like, 'Well, I'm gonna throw on some sneakers, I'm gonna take my jacket off and roll my sleeves up' because that's what men can do. White shirt, no collar, no tie. That was how he changed." (snip)
"I can't wear hiking shorts there, and I can't wear a dress to hike," she said. "That would be crazy. People would call me 'disconnected' and 'un-American.' I'm at the Grand Canyon in a tea-length dress with flats? I was like, 'That's not how people go to the Grand Canyon.'"
"I eventually opted for the thing that felt mostly me," Michelle Obama continued. "And it was the Bermuda shorts. Because if we're going on a hike, this is how a normal person would go on a hike."
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Poor baby.
Grow up and get over it already....
She wouldn't have the first clue about what normal people think.
Stopped reading at the image of Michelle in Bermuda shorts. There’s just so much I can take.
3) STFU
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The last time I was on my private jet, which is fully equipped with full bed and bathrooms, secure with the Secret Service, and Waited on hand-and-foot by fawning staff members, I had to think twice about what I would wear on a hike in the Glorious Grand Canyon.
Oy the AGONY!!!!!!!
I’m so oppressed.
How long was their “hike” in the Canyon? No way they went more than a mile down into the canyon. Maybe to the first scenic view and right back out.
Wear what you wish too, you can have a nice long jacket for boarding and de-boarding.
Well Done!
I guessed wrong, thought it would be that they made Mike-shell use the men’s washroom.
I think of her as a chimpopotamus, since she oscillates between those two identities, sometimes in the same few minutes.
I think of her as a chimpopotamus, since she oscillates between those two identities, sometimes in the same few minutes.
In the words of Biff (from Back to the Future), “make like a tree and go away”.
Her rage over the White lady in Target who dared to NOT recognize her will always be my favorite.
Big Mike, the perpetual victim. What, was he worried the Bermuda shorts wouldn’t hide his package?
This pathetic perpetually whining guy should stfu.
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