Posted on 11/29/2008 6:20:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
It started with the fist bump seen ’round the world. Soon there were stories of rousing family Scrabble battles and date nights, in spite of election mayhem. Then President-elect Barack Obama referred to his wife Michelle as “the love of my life” during his election night victory speech, embracing her tightly and kissing her afterwards, while millions of people worldwide watched.
“They took a moment to face each other, to kiss and hold one another, regardless of the magnitude and spectacle of the night,” said Camille Washington, a Bay Area blogger on Soulbounce.com, a music and culture site. “That says a lot.”
The Obamas represent a welcome change as an openly affectionate and romantic couple for many Americans. Some experts say that the soon-to-be first couple embody the ideal healthy relationship, and that they can stir up love around the country. The New York Daily News even predicted a baby boom attributed to election night friskiness inspired by the Obamas.
“Michelle and Barack are so obviously in love it's actually helping me to believe in love again,” Washington, 25, wrote on her blog.
Icons of love
For African-Americans, the image of a powerful black couple in love is particularly meaningful. In the 2005 census, 51 percent of American women reported they were living without a spouse. Among African-Americans, this number rose to 70 percent.
“With such a high percentage of black people unmarried, everyone is looking for images of black love,” said Michael Perry, 47, a librarian at Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. “[The Obamas] personify that. It makes people say, ‘Wow, we want to be like them.’”
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“Michelle and Barack are so obviously in love it’s actually helping me to believe in love again,” Washington, 25, wrote on her blog.
Gee, seems this person doesn’t get out much nor she musn’t know many people either cause there are LOTS of people we know who are in love. I NEVER failed to believe in love my entire life.
Of course they’re a perfect couple, they’re so much alike. Neither one of them is an American because to be an American you have to be of a certain frame of mind which neither of them are. They are both radical communist traitors whose only purpose for existence is to set up a soviet style dictatorship in America. They are both the personification of evil. In their heart of hearts there is nothing but hatred for Americans and American culture and this hatred is the core of their being. Yes indeed, this satanic duo, is a perfect couple.
Last time I was in lurve...I did it on my own.
I agree, but the Bush's problem is that they aren't 'cool' and have no messianic content.
Thank you! I was looking for a picture of her.
Yep. They are so gitty about these two, it’s sick. It’s cultish. Wierd.
LLS
Forgot MASSIVE BARF ALERT.
not Vera Baker,silly, Larry Sinclair lol
Prurient peeping Toms and Thomasinas.
Laura Bush = Best first lady - ever.
Pat Nixon and Laura are tied for first.
This article was typed one handed.
Ugh.
Am in diabetic acoma as we speak!!!
Do not believe that this is the American culture...IT IS NOT!!!
She was nowhere to be seen with him in Hawaii. She walks apart from him. He booted her off the stage on election night. She had to take a different airplane home. Yep, true love.
Barack Obama is married to the mother of his two children, he has stayed married, and it appears that the girls are well taken care of by their parents. If all American parents were similarly responsible, many of our social problems would disappear. In particular, it would be great if more black men acted as if being a father was more than being a sperm donor, and if more black women thought twice before sleeping with such men. So I’ll give Barack and Michelle Obama credit for setting a good example in this respect.
No word on obamas little carib hoochie
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