Posted on 11/19/2008 7:24:49 AM PST by jessduntno
Michelle Obama's Gluteal Golpe (Or, the Tale of the Transcendental Tuchis)
She has coruscating intelligence, beauty, style and -- drumroll, please -- a butt. (Yes, you read that right: I'm going to talk about the first lady's butt.)
As I gradually relaxed, as Michelle strode onto more stages and people started focusing on her clothes and presence instead of her patriotism, it dawned on me -- good God, she has a butt! "Obamas baby (mama) got back," wrote one feminist blogger. "OMG, her butt is humongous!" went a typical comment on one African-American online forum, and while it isn't humongous, per se, it is a solid, round, black, class-A boo-tay. Try as Michelle might to cover it with those Mamie Eisenhower skirts and sheath dresses meant to reassure mainstream voters, the butt would not be denied.
As America fretted about Obama's exoticism and he sought to calm the waters with speeches about unity and common experience, Michelle's body was sending a different message: To hell with biracialism! Compromise, bipartisanship? Don't think so. Here was one clear signifier of blackness that couldn't be tamed, muted or otherwise made invisible. It emerged right before our eyes, in the midst of our growing uncertainty about everything, and we were too bogged down in the daily campaign madness to notice. The one clear predictor of success that the pundits, despite all their fancy maps, charts and holograms, missed completely? Michelle's butt.
In this case, the phrase is used differently, as in, "Thank God Almighty, we are free from an oppressive history of First Ladies with insufficiently Sir-Mix-a-Lottian figures."
I only wish I could say the piece was tongue-in-cheek, but a) it's not very, and b) that phrase might be inappropriate given the subject matter.
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
yeah, I really want to research a piece of crap like this.
I'm a black woman who never thought I'd see a powerful, beautiful female with a body like mine in the White House. Then I saw Michelle Obama -- and her booty!
By Erin Aubry Kaplan
And what's a "gluteal golpe"? I've heard of that hallowed tradition from south of the border, el golpe de estado, aka un colapso de gobierno, but what does "golpe" mean in English?
There’s a lotta junk in that trunk!
I love that picture of Obama putting his hand up on Dubya’s shoulder. It speaks volumes about Obama the man. Talk about inappriopriate behavior.
BTW, just how tall is Michelle? She looks taller than her husband and at least a foot faller than Laura.
“And what’s a “gluteal golpe”
It’s a guitar with a large bottom; the pics will explain;
Never mind that, who ever heard of a black woman named Erin Aubry Kaplan?
“yeah, I really want to research a piece of crap like this.”
It wasn’t meant to be researched; it was for fun...carry on, professor...
You got that right. Whenever I see her, I can’t help but think of the “if my dog was that ugly...” joke... then I wash my eyes with Diesel fuel.
Ah! Thank you. But I think the bowling pin comes closer.
“Ah! Thank you. But I think the bowling pin comes closer.”
Duckpin, of course;
oh come on now, its all funny i don’t care who ya are.....lol..
Funny you say that, given your tagline.
I don’t think it is funny,,she is the First Lady to be and even thought I don’t like her, I think this is despicable,,to make fun of a woman’s body parts.
Have you seen Hillary’s? Jess! from the waist down, she’s huge!
“Man developed in Africa.
He has not continued to do so there.” — P.J. O’Rourke “
There certainly is some truth in that statement.
oh well, the o’s better get used to it...pay back for all the comments about the bushes.... :)
You mean the one she married?
Michelle is in desperate need of a clothing/manners/gait handler. Kind of a My Fair Lady routine. Oh, and a slip.
And a better attitude.
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