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Why so glum, Michelle?
The Washington Times ^ | August 28, 2011 | Joseph Curl

Posted on 08/28/2011 6:47:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Man, how miserable is Michelle Obama?

About 2½ years into her ceremonial stint as first lady, Mrs. Obama seems to have had quite enough of the gig. More to the point, she doesn’t seem to have ever warmed to the second-fiddle slot as other first ladies before her did. And even more than that, she doesn’t seem all that happy with the man she married 19 years ago.

A look at just this past month is illuminating. On Aug. 9, the first lady sneaked out of Washington and flew aboard a government plane to Corvallis, Ore. On board, dozens of staffers, Secret Service agents, Mrs. Obama’s mother and one of the Obamas’ daughters (we never did find out who). No husband. Her office never announced the trip; the news was broken by Oregon’s Register-Guard newspaper.

“She’s on a private, family trip to meet with her brother and his family,” aide Semonti Stephens said.

But security for the first lady locked down a ritzy country club neighborhood. “We couldn’t go out and get our mail without first telling them our names,” a neighbor told the Register-Guard.

Of course, the optics were terrible. Just as the markets were melting down — and millions of Americans settled in to enjoy a “staycation” — the first lady was off on vacation, again. Why wouldn’t her brother — even his whole family — just slip into Washington for a couple nights at the White House during the summer break?

But things got really weird this month when the first family went on yet another vacation, this time a 10-day break on Martha’s Vineyard......

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: economy; michelleobama; obama; shesabeard; vacation
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Earlier in this thread, I stated that Michelle is suffering from low self-esteem. A few minutes ago, someone posted a column by Jack Cashill in which he states concerning Michelle:

Had the partners investigated Michelle's background, they would have foreseen the disaster to come. Sympathetic biographer Liza Mundy writes, "Michelle frequently deplores the modern reliance on test scores, describing herself as a person who did not test well."

She did not write well, either. Mundy charitably describes her senior thesis at Princeton as "dense and turgid." The less charitable Christopher Hitchens observes, "To describe [the thesis] as hard to read would be a mistake; the thesis cannot be 'read' at all, in the strict sense of the verb. This is because it wasn't written in any known language."

Cashill has a couple of other paragraphs about her as well, but this is the crux of it.

I think this explains her unhappiness.

The Cashill column can be found at:

Early Obama Letter Confirms Inability to Write

101 posted on 08/29/2011 1:46:07 AM PDT by Rocky (REPEAL IT!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Eventually a blowup between obammny and his unAmerican shelf ass wookie bride will come to light.
In full view of rolling cameras. I hope.


102 posted on 08/29/2011 3:50:56 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) an affirmative action mistake)
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To: Migraine

I was talking about the kids - maybe they’ll have a tale to tell. Not clear that they are the liars that their parents are.


103 posted on 08/29/2011 3:58:26 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: gov_bean_ counter

I haven’t noticed any change. He has always looked like that.


104 posted on 08/29/2011 4:19:57 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: gov_bean_ counter

ADD & ADHD are due to magnesium deficiency


105 posted on 08/29/2011 5:28:07 AM PDT by spacejunkie01
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To: buccaneer81
As for her, she's turned into a bitter drunk.

Can anyone blame her? After becoming first lady, instead of getting her mule and 40 acres, she gets a Portuguese water dog and a garden...............

106 posted on 08/29/2011 7:41:06 AM PDT by varon (Allegiance to the Constitution, always. Allegiance to a party, never!)
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To: varon

OMG(oodness), that was funny!


107 posted on 08/29/2011 8:22:07 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: caww
He was not speaking TO the people IMO, he was speaking over them in order to "get it done" from his check list for the day.

That's a perfect example of the effects these drugs have on some people.

I'll give you an example of a guy who, IMO never took them...Bill Clinton.

108 posted on 08/29/2011 8:49:23 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: dupree
It's an opinion piece. Not hard news. That said, I believe every word of it.

You must not have been paying attention to the way these two specimens interact with each other.

109 posted on 08/29/2011 8:52:32 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Rocky

What you describe would require Moochelle to have a conscience, and, well, intelligence.

She’s never had either, and never will.


110 posted on 08/29/2011 9:23:41 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: buccaneer81
I'll give you an example of a guy who, IMO never took them...Bill Clinton.

Ha! The guy had charisma no doubt. People may have hated his poltics but the guy new how to use his personality to his advantage.

The public is so accustomed now to a politician who gives them "shivers up their legs" and "feel good drauma"...that critical thinking has little if no place in their daily decisions.

111 posted on 08/29/2011 10:40:53 AM PDT by caww
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To: caww

Spot on.


112 posted on 08/29/2011 10:52:16 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: AFreeBird

Neither of them have a soul, either. Like Bill & Hill. And even Chelsea, it’s appearing.

-Leave it to America to elect the first black President with no soul - Kinky Friedman


113 posted on 08/29/2011 2:00:42 PM PDT by txhurl (Did you want to talk or fish?)
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