[fightinJAG]

I also thought it quite strange that Michelle did not accompany Obambi to the Ground Zero ceremony on 9/11.

Cindy was there and it just seemed like one of those occasions where Michelle should have been there, too. If nothing else, it would have been the chance for ma Belle to demonstrate how much she “loves” her country.

I wonder, sometimes, if the Obambas might have had a falling out since the convention. It’s widely rumored that Michelle was the one insisting that Hildy be kept off the ticket. Since, rightly or wrongly, history will state that was the reason for Obambi’s political demise, one wonders if that decision also caused a controversy at home.

[The KG9 Kid]

Something could be up. You just know that her absence at the 9/11 Memorial was a point of consternation with Obama's campaign managers.

Of course, on the other hand, they're so inept that it's entirely possible they didn't really consider the fallout from it. Someone ought to check and see if her kids really did start the new school year on a Thursday when she declined to be at the memorial in NYC.

[Fred Nerks]

I also thought it quite strange that Michelle did not accompany Obambi to the Ground Zero ceremony on 9/11.

On a previous thread, during the visit to Hawaii, there were a series of images posted that showed both of them walking far apart, not communicating. The image below is one from that same period IIRC, sorry I can't find the others now...

below is another occasion when Michelle was missing...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., second from right, walks with Bobby Titcomb, second from left, and Greg Orme right after throwing a lei in the Pacific Ocean at the point where he scattered his mother's ashes in Honolulu, Hawaii, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. Sen. Obama is in Hawaii for a vacation.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)