It looks as if the First Lady was suckered by Matt Lauer to make the sexism charge on the airwaves. Don't doubt that the liberals love the intramural brawl and that they are fully aware that the White House spokesman who had earlier made the sexism charge to a group of conservatives succeeded not in shaming them but infuriating them. Lauer's ploy worked. Look at the multiple and long threads today about Laura Bush's agreeing with Lauer's loaded question.
Divide and conquer, unite and rule.