Posted on 04/04/2009 5:01:02 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Europe melts for Michelle By: Nia-Malika Henderson and Jonathan Martin April 4, 2009 06:33 PM EST
He was cool and understated, the slightest bit aloof. She choked up as she told young minority girls to follow their dreams.
He gave speeches. She gave hugs. And while Barack Obama came to Europe as the American president, Michelle Obama came as something entirely different – almost an American tourist, but the kind even jaded Europeans could love, big-hearted, curious, sophisticated yet accessible.
They simply melted for Michelle.
Of course, the Europeans were eager to gush over a First Couple not named Bush. In fact, if one of the White House’s goals for this trip is repair the U.S. reputation abroad after the Bush era, Michelle was an equal partner in the effort, in ways different from her husband.
Barack Obama wins them over with a personal style and an embrace of internationalism that seems almost European. Michelle Obama is the approachable one, fashionable yet down-to-earth, and effusive (rubbing the Queen’s back!) in an endearing way.
“She still seems to be wide eyed in the job and pinching herself as if she can’t believe it, because who would have predicted this?" said Joanna Coles, who is British and is editor-in-chief of Marie Claire.
"And that’s what’s exciting about her, and that’s what exciting about America, and that’s what she represents,” Coles said.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
As for the rest; they are thanking Obama. . .and damning America as they think they know it.
NO one in their right mind can find Michelle's wardrobe and 'appearance' praisworthy! (She goes from wrong-button to 'slip is showing'. . .) And her style is PAINFUL! (Noticed she shed her jacket for pictures - no doubt to get her award-winning 'shoulders' in. . .)
You can go here and pick the best of show: gallery link
Looks like; in addition to not buttoning up her sweater up ‘right’; she may have missed the ‘full zipper’ closure. (Did she even try on these clothes before wearing?)
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