Obamas on marriage and that picture

politico44 ^ | 12/26/12 | DONOVAN SLACK

[ColdOne]

"And then there's a lot of laughter," Michelle Obama added.

The president said that everyone thinks his wife is the funny one, but, he said, "I'm funnier than people think."

"I am," he insisted.

[Old Grumpy]

Being his beard has its perks.

[caveat emptor]

[CitizenM]

"I'm funnier than people think." "I am," he insisted.

My gawd, when does he ever stop promoting himself? Even when talking about his wife, he has to make it a competition about how much "funnier" he is than her.

[CitizenM]

With the free house, free staff, free drivers, free chef, free jumbo jet, working vacations every month, designer cloths, the divorce can wait.

And, have you ever wondered: Does that Grandma who is there, living "rent free" and does she get paid a salary for babysitting the Obama daughters? I am sure they have finagled some way to make her grandmother role an official, salaried one...like "professional nanny" or something. And, I just bet our tax dollars are being used for that, too.

[certrtwngnut]

When I read some of the comments below the article I got sick to my stomach.
They really have a hold on some of us.

[Ron C.]

Yeah - he’s one funny ass alright - funny like a rattlesnake.

[Ladysforest]

Yeah. And why do they need her now? Those kids are not babies, and have SS agents up the wahoo watching their every move.

[patriotsblood]

"We've been married now 20 years, and like every marriage, I think, you have your ups and you have your down lows," the president said in an interview with Barbara Walters.

Fixed it.

[Pollster1]

It's a pretty good picture. I wonder how many shots the photographer took to get that one perfect. I do know that if they had taken that good a picture of George W. Bush and Laura Bush, they would have kept shooting until they got something awkward and unflattering:

[llevrok]

To paraphrase Ralph Kramden-

Oh you're a riot Alice Barry. A RIOT !

[llevrok]

Mrs Bush never takes a bad pic (but then, I’ve had a little crush on her for some time now.....)

[Pollster1]

Some pics are better than others. The official White House photographer’s pics of the Obamas are almost as good as the ones the press chooses to use. The official pics of Laura Bush (whom I also love) are dramatically better than those the press selects. The selection bias is as striking as the rest of the press bias.

[bgill]

"I like giving you hugs," the president added.

As he winks to his extra special secret service dude.

[Mama Shawna]

That’s it in a nutshell. Narcissists ALWAYS must one up anyone else’s story. Hubby and I were in a band one time with a lead guitarist who was like this. Thought he was Gods Gift To Women, and no matter WHAT story you told, he had ALWAYS done the same thing, only better. I remember after one gig, he decided to go home with a gal in the audience who was NOT his wife, and expected me to keep quiet about it. I told him in NO UNCERTAIN terms that if I was asked, I wouldn’t lie for him. Talk about fuming (him, not me). After all these years, I wish I’d told her anyways, but she eventually figured him out on her own. As soon as I come across people like this, I steer clear.

[caveat emptor]