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Barack Obama seriously dated several women before meeting Michelle, and none of them were African-American, according to the author of one of the definitive books about the former president. Christopher Andersen, who wrote "Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage," appeared on "TMZ Live" just after excerpts from another book -- "Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama" -- were released, saying he twice proposed to a woman before meeting Michelle. Andersen says Obama, who had big political aspirations early on, recognized the value of marrying a black woman, although he's quick to add the love between Barack and...

One of my favorite commenters, Madison Man, just happens to have an office window overlooking the scene: The time is 10:30 a.m. Notices for the event said that the "doors" would open at 9:00 and the event would begin at 10. Not quite a hotbed of Michelle-love, is it?

Spengler points out that Obama's women reveal his secret "Cherchez la femme," advised Alexander Dumas in: "When you want to uncover an unspecified secret, look for the woman." In the case of Barack Obama, we have two: his late mother, the went-native anthropologist Ann Dunham, and his rancorous wife Michelle. Obama's women reveal his secret: he hates America. Apparently Michelle Obama has been known to put down Obama or "bitch-slap" him as Spengler suggests but she has high praise for his now deceased mother whom, she says, was possessed of "naivete". "Naivete" is a euphemism for Ann Dunham's motivation. Friends...

It is no secret that Democrats have long had a love-hate relationship with corporate America. On the one hand, they often emerge from careers in corporate America and usually get political support from it. On the other hand, they can’t seem to win an election without scathing attacks on this vague entity of “corporations,” as if actual corporations literally sit around a gigantic table every week to discuss how to prevent people from enjoying the “audacity of hope.” Michelle Obama is a perfect example of this schizophrenic relationship between Democrats and corporations. Campaigning for her husband in Ohio, she urged...