Posted on 09/30/2009 3:11:57 PM PDT by smoothsailing
In her speech in Copenhagen today, First Lady Michelle Obama said her trip to Denmark, along with the travel of her "dear friend" and "chit-chat buddy" Oprah Winfrey, as well as tomorrow's visit by President Obama, is a "sacrifice" on behalf of the children of Chicago and the United States. "As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me or Oprah or the president to come for these few days," the first lady told a crowd of people involved in the Chicago project, "so many of you in this room have been working for years to bring this bid home."
"As first lady, as many of you know, I’ve made it a priority to bridge the gap between the White House and communities across D.C. and across the country," Mrs. Obama continued. "I’ve spent much of my first nine months trying to open the doors to the White House to kids who might not otherwise see themselves having access to these institutions, because that’s where I came from – communities like that where kids never dreamed that they could set foot in the White House, let alone live there&hellipAnd Barack and I made a point of doing the same thing when we lived in Chicago – making the concerns of kids in all sorts of communities our own."
Mrs. Obama said bringing the Olympics to Chicago is especially important right now because "athletics is becoming more of a fleeting opportunity." "Funds dry up so it becomes harder for kids to engage in sports, to learn how to swim, to even ride a bike," she said. In addition, with childhood obesity on the rise, "it is so important for us to raise up the platform of fitness and competition and fair play," the first lady said.
Finally, having the Olympics in Chicago would be important to "let people know that we understand that sports saves lives, that it makes dreams come true, that it creates visions in kids’ heads to make them think they can be the next David Robinson, the next Barack Obama, the next Nadia Comaneci, the next Oprah Winfrey," Mrs. Obama said.
Let me tell you something, Barry. Michelle don't fly VC25, Michelle flies Air Force One. Oprah don't do VC25, Oprah do the best. You just get your bony behind on that VC25, you hear??
Yes, dear. I'm sorry, it won't happen again.
Here's the deal: I think because of the 60 Minutes broadcast last Sunday night, Obama is going to drop in on General McChrystal in Afghanistan.
Well maybe on their next vacation, what is it now 5 or 6, they could go like this since the tax payers are footing the bill:
1 plane for “The one”
1 Plane for “The Ones” wife
1 Plane for each of “The Ones” girls.
1 Plane for “The Ones” and “The Ones” wife and girls baggage
1 Plane for all his special equipment
and
1 Plane for the most important cargo of all, his crutch, best friend and most important asset his prompter.
Obama should have stayed in the U.S. He’s not the mayor of Chicago or the Governor of Illinoise.
He can’t even perform the job he was elected for the sap.
But aren’t you glad she threw at least ONE white person in there,among those four Mocha luminaries, even it was a female Roumanian gymnast nobody remembers. You’re right, too, the focus on celebrity is particularly rancid, considering that she put both herself and her husband and their friends in there in prominent spots,and as I mentioned, deigned to let a white person enter their exclusive club. What a clueless First Beeyotch.
Because Oprah first became famous due to her pole vaulting skills.
The truth is, I believe this is a job for the First Lady, going as an Ambassador for America to win the Olympics. This is NOT the job for the POTUS.
Everyone in the gymnastics community remembers Nadia and she is American now and married to Bart Connor. Don’t you be dissin’ Nadia. :)
My GOD! She has a HUGE Ass!
"Mr. President, I have some bad news. Terrorists have seized Air Force One and are demanding we release General Radek. They are holding Prompter hostage."
"OK, no problem, release him."
"But Mr. President if he seizes power again he'll have nuclear weapons."
"I don't give a damn about that, we're talking about my Prompter here!"
It’s a bitch being first skank, eh? Feel free to resign.
“’... to make them think they can be the next David Robinson, the next Barack Obama, the next Nadia Comaneci, the next Oprah Winfrey,’ Mrs. Obama said.”
It’s very telling that she mentioned no white men at all as role models, and the only white she did name was not an American. Thw woman is a racist bigot.
DID OPIE PAY HER OWN WAY?
As someone who has been involved in the field of education most of my life, I can say from long experience that the phrase “for the children” almost always emanates from the mouth of a self-serving scoundrel.
On this trip, she's only the , uh, "silver medalist" in that department....Here's the champ:
They’re going to sacrifice the Obamas?!
“As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me or Oprah or the president to come for these few days,” the first lady told a crowd of people involved in the Chicago project, “so many of you in this room have been working for years to bring this bid home.”
Who is saying that they are “sacrificing???”
Is it you??
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