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My No 1 job as First Lady is to be First Mom
The Times ^
| 11/7/2008
| Michelle Obama
Posted on 11/06/2008 8:15:42 PM PST by bimboeruption
A few weeks ago at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, I shared with the nation some of the many reasons why I believed my husband would be an extraordinary president. It was the biggest speech I'd ever given. When I was finished, I headed backstage with my daughters. They turned to me, breathless with excitement.
Mom, Malia, our ten-year-old, said. We have something important to tell you. We need to have a sleepover!
That snapped me out of speech mode, with the bright lights and applause, and back into the role I love: Mom. The next night, 15 giggling girls - my daughters, the Biden granddaughters, and friends - took over our hotel room.
Now that Barack has been elected president, it will be an honour to be First Lady. I will work daily on the issues closest to my heart: helping working women and families, particularly military families. But, as my girls reminded me in Denver, even as First Lady, my No 1 job is still to be Mom. At 7 and 10, our daughters are young. My first priority will be to ensure they stay grounded and healthy, with normal childhoods - including homework, chores, dance, and soccer.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho2008; family; feminist; firstlady; michelleobama
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To: renosathug
To: bimboeruption
Ugliest dress I have ever seen in my life without a doubt... matches ugly Michelle Obama to a tee.
Does she ever have just a normal looking smile or expression on her face?
Oh, I miss Sarah Palin already on FR and her appearances on the campaign.... she is without a doubt the most beautiful, kind, gracious, warm, friendly, energetic, sincere & real woman in politics today. I pray daily for Sarah & her family. May God bless her & watch over her!!
To: bimboeruption
see this pisses me off! planned parenthood is government funded, which means taxpayer funded. is this even legal? if it is it should not be.
this is something that needs to be talked about. i know it should not be this way, but a lot of peeps have no idea their taxes fund abortion. i want to know why it is not talked about more? Americans have been so dumbed down.
i also dont see how a mom could walk her daughter down to a planned parenthood to get a abortion, as the obamas say they would. that they could consider one of their grand babies a “punishment”
To: rcrngroup
Yeah, but she sure has a big butt
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posted on
11/06/2008 9:07:22 PM PST
by
BooBoo1000
(Some times I wake up grumpy, other times I let her sleep/)
To: rcrngroup
Ugliest dress I have ever seen in my life without a doubt... matches ugly Michelle Obama to a tee. >>Does she ever have just a normal looking smile or expression on her face? Oh, I miss Sarah Palin already on FR and her appearances on the campaign.... she is without a doubt the most beautiful, kind, gracious, warm, friendly, energetic, sincere & real woman in politics today. I pray daily for Sarah & her family. May God bless her & watch over her!!<<
Yep, that dress wasn't very flattering. (I trying to be nice here.) Her legs looked like class 1 utility poles.
I miss my Darlin' Sarah too. I hope she appoints herself to the Senate.
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posted on
11/06/2008 9:07:36 PM PST
by
bimboeruption
(Proud daughter of a Normandy Invader)
To: KarlInOhio
I can’t imagine her as first lady. And, how about Christmas at the White House???? They don’t celebrate it, right?
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posted on
11/06/2008 9:14:17 PM PST
by
oldteen
To: CanadianMusherinMI
>>see this pisses me off! planned parenthood is government funded, which means taxpayer funded. is this even legal? if it is it should not be. this is something that needs to be talked about. i know it should not be this way, but a lot of peeps have no idea their taxes fund abortion. i want to know why it is not talked about more? Americans have been so dumbed down. i also dont see how a mom could walk her daughter down to a planned parenthood to get a abortion, as the obamas say they would. that they could consider one of their grand babies a punishment<<
Go here to sign a petition to stop the taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood, America's Number 1 baby-killer:
http://www.stopplannedparenthoodtaxfunding.com/
47
posted on
11/06/2008 9:19:38 PM PST
by
bimboeruption
(Proud daughter of a Normandy Invader)
To: oldteen
>>I cant imagine her as first lady. And, how about Christmas at the White House???? They dont celebrate it, right?<<
I don't know if they do or don't. They might consider celebrating Christmas as too intolerant and too selective.
We'll probably have Kwanzaa shoved down our throats.
48
posted on
11/06/2008 9:27:13 PM PST
by
bimboeruption
(Proud daughter of a Normandy Invader)
To: rcrngroup
***Oh, I miss Sarah Palin already on FR and her appearances on the campaign.... she is without a doubt the most beautiful, kind, gracious, warm, friendly, energetic, sincere & real woman in politics today. I pray daily for Sarah & her family. May God bless her & watch over her!! ***
They are an amazing family, just what this country needs right now. And I think God knows it and has a plan.
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posted on
11/06/2008 9:33:47 PM PST
by
kitkat
(THE DAY WE LOSE OUR WILL TO FIGHT IS THE DAY WE LOSE OUR FREEDOM.)
To: BooBoo1000
***Yeah, but she sure has a big butt***
She’s had five kids and is as slim as a reed. And she has the kind of a “butt” as you put it, that every woman wants and every man admires.
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posted on
11/06/2008 9:38:43 PM PST
by
kitkat
(THE DAY WE LOSE OUR WILL TO FIGHT IS THE DAY WE LOSE OUR FREEDOM.)
To: bimboeruption
To: K-oneTexas
My first job as a member of the newest socialist nation is to vomit daily.
52
posted on
11/06/2008 9:42:35 PM PST
by
mykroar
(A little science estranges men from God, but much science leads them back to Him. - Louis Pasteur)
To: K-oneTexas
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posted on
11/06/2008 9:51:54 PM PST
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Obama for President!)
To: kitkat
>>Shes had five kids and is as slim as a reed. And she has the kind of a butt as you put it, that every woman wants and every man admires.<<
I thought MObama only had 2 kids. Did she flush the other 3 down the toilet?
As for her butt. Around here, we call her type of butt a "bubble butt."
The reason it sticks out so far is to keep her heels clean when she takes a dump.
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posted on
11/06/2008 9:55:34 PM PST
by
bimboeruption
(Proud daughter of a Normandy Invader)
To: mykroar
>>My first job as a member of the newest socialist nation is to vomit daily.<<
We’ll all be nice and thin.
55
posted on
11/06/2008 9:57:43 PM PST
by
bimboeruption
(Proud daughter of a Normandy Invader)
To: CanadianMusherinMI
I miss Sarahs class act.
MO honestly looks like she was wearing a leftover halloween costume.
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posted on
11/06/2008 10:26:33 PM PST
by
GoRepGo
(I'm not a control freak; I'm a not-being-controlled freak)
To: GoRepGo
>>I miss Sarahs class act. MO honestly looks like she was wearing a leftover halloween costume.<<
You got it!
Where did you dig up that pic? It's perfect!
I miss Sarah too. I had high hopes for her. Still do.
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posted on
11/06/2008 10:35:39 PM PST
by
bimboeruption
(Proud daughter of a Normandy Invader)
To: K-oneTexas
Get me the bucket. I feel the urge to vomit. This woman is such a liar.
58
posted on
11/06/2008 10:43:58 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: GoRepGo
Cute; but is that suppose to be a black widow. Maybe that’s Michelle message.
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posted on
11/06/2008 10:45:01 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: freekitty
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posted on
11/06/2008 10:45:45 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
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