Posted on 07/02/2011 5:17:43 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
I see the worry creasing his face: Michelle Obama reveals the toll of presidential office on her husband
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:22 PM on 1st July 2011
First lady Michelle Obama gave a fascinating insight into just how heavily the weight of office rests on her husband's shoulders and how the job of president has taken it's toll.
Speaking at a fund-raiser for the Democratic National Committee in Massachusetts she told of his total dedication to the job and told how she worries about the increasing number of lines on his face
She said: 'I see the worry creasing his face. I hear the passion and determination in his voice.
''You wont believe what these folks are going through;' he told me that last night.
''Michelle, it is not right. Weve got to fix this. We have to do more,'
'Barack always reminds me that we are playing a long game,
'He reminds me, as I said to you, too, that change is slow.
'He reminds me that change doesnt happen all at once, but that if we keep showing up, if we keep fighting the good fight, doing what we know is right, then eventually we will get there, because the truth is we always have in this country. We always have.'
Michelle Obama said that when her husband first told her he was planning to run for president she had serious doubts about how it would affect their young family.
She added: 'I was proud of the work that he was doing in the Senate. And I thought that he would make a phenomenal president.
'That wasnt the issue.
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I see the worry creasing his face
Must be time to play victim again of white America.
We can only hope that Meeeeeshell feeds Zero lots of french fries, lets him smoke his cigs and do his blow so he leaves this earthly veil as quickly as possible.
Oh....is that harsh? I’m sure Mrs. Thomas thought similarly......
Can’t you just feel the love in that photograph? Barrack’s smoker’s breath must be hellish.
Tell your husband "Dick" he's a real plick.
Ha...looks like the Wookie forehead is turning Klingon.
Looks like a young version of “Aunt Esther” from the Sanford and Sons days.
The one termer lizard only cares for himself and is worried about losing his big plane.
It my be too much for the One. Worrying about improving his golf score while having to bother with being the chief executive of our nation. Having to please Moochelle at the same time. This dude has challenges.
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