Posted on 06/19/2013 5:56:15 PM PDT by drewh
MICHELLE Obama dazzled Dublin with her grace and charm, and almost outshone her husband in Belfast with her eloquence, sounding every inch the professional politician. And that is exactly what could be on the cards for her.
The talk in Washington is that she is a politician-in-waiting with her eyes on a particular seat.
"She (Michelle) is only waiting for the right time," a Washington political insider told me. And 2016 would fit that bill.
By then, her husband will be ending his second term and she would have no campaigning constraints. And 2016 also happens to be the year that a US Senate seat will be up for grabs in her native state of Illinois.
Republican senator Mark Kirk, who won her husband's old seat there, is up for re-election that year and Mrs Obama would have little trouble getting the nod from the Democratic Party.
She would be a fundraising magnet with the power of the Obama political machine behind her. A poll has even been carried out on her chances in a hypothetical match-up against Mr Kirk. It had her leading 51pc to 40pc.
She would be a formidable candidate. A lawyer and an intellectual powerhouse, who excelled at Princeton and Harvard Law School, she first met her husband when she mentored him at a Chicago law firm.
She lacks political experience. But so did another first lady before she went on to become a US senator for New York.
Hillary Clinton has already blazed the trail for Mrs Obama, and what Mrs Clinton did in New York in 2000, Mrs Obama could do in Illinois in 2016.
Chicago is also the Obama political power base and it has a strong African-American electorate. Mrs Obama would also do well among Irish-American voters.
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Both! ;^)
People in IL will be thrilled beyond words if she throws her shawl into the ring.
The Obamas may bring out the worst in you or me, but to the American people they are a precious godsend.
“A lawyer and an intellectual powerhouse”
That is funny, since she’s neither!
No license to practice law, and dumb as stump.
She’s an alcoholic. So that probably is part of it.
Now, she wants to go into politics? Didn't she have lunch with Bono? She'll want to be a singer next. If the dog gets sick, she'll probably want to be a vet.
Who knows what evil the First Wookie can spell?
Basically, she wants to live large on other peoples' money. That is one sure thing about her and the mister.
It gratifies them for their own greedy values and sense of entitlement.
I think the bonus is that they are on the same street as the Saudis, etc.
They can ride along with the big Middle Easter dogs who have enough wealth to do whatever they damn well please.
Kind of like the Obamas.
Grifters - First Class Grifters.
She might look into skirts like the ones in that dress.
If she keeps eating like a hog, on the peoples' dime, she'll need a "wide load ahead" sign over her ever-growing ass.
Compare shots of France's Carla Brunei (sic) and the First Wookie.
A photo is taken from behind M.O., C.B. and another attractive woman climbing some stairs. Wish I had it to show you. It's a CLASSIC, too!
That is exactly the photo to which I referred!
Gonna' save it NOW!
First Wookie - too much lobster and Kobe beef and the liquor and deserts don't do much for her figure.
I'm going to print this out and the other First Wookies photos and paste them around refrig and other places where there is too much temptation.
I believe my pounds will drop easily!
*snicker*
*snicker*
quota queen lawyer
What's that all about, or am I seeing something that isn't there?
heh, heh.
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