Comments on: The Independent: Michelle Obama “Prickly and Resentful”

By: John Wellington

John Wellington — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:52:46 +0000

Michelle has a great pair of legs !

By: Betty Hillsman

Betty Hillsman — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:18:53 +0000

Michelle is wonderful the way she is. She does not need any “make makeovers.”

By: Carol Crabtree

Carol Crabtree — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:38:47 +0000

I think that Michelle Obama is a very beautiful lady inside and out . She will make a wonderful First Lady.She will represent all women very proudly,,I am very excited about having her as The First lady,,

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:19:03 +0000

Thank you, Danielle for your generous and timely comments. They are appreciated.

I just feel a need to add that Michelle is a person that we as Black women do not see too much of in the White media.

She is wonderful for all the reasons that the previous poster, Danielle listed and many more.

I just wanted to say that Whoopi Goldberg made a comment on “The View” that has been – not one bit surprisingly – ignored,when she in essence thanked Michelle for representing dark-skinned Black women in such a positive manner.

This is to take absolutely nothing away from our equally lovely and accomplished lighter-of-tone Black sisters, but in a Western world where for the longest time White has been seen as good, positive and worthy and Black as bad, evil and negative, we have not seen too many of Michelle’s lustrous complexion out here, putting forth such a wondrous portrayal of Black women.

More, more, more Michelle!!

By: Danielle Clarke 50+ white woman

Danielle Clarke 50+ white woman — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:26:57 +0000

Michelle Obama.
A woman who is healthy because she is both fortunate and because she works out.
A woman who has earned large increases in pay due to her hard work.
A woman who has two beautiful children she is raising responsibly.
A woman with whom has inspired a husband to be the most he can be for the sake of her country. A woman who stands by her spouse because he is worth standing by.
A woman who comes from a simple background and has succeeded yet has helped others along the way.
A woman who inspires millions of humans to work hard and take care of themselves and reach out to others.
A woman who has found that her life wasn’t handed a blessing but also found she didn’t have to feel cursed.
A woman who will be an inspiration for so many which in turn will make this world a much better place and yet Michelle has to live up to those standards and she does it with pride and determination.
A woman who like billions of others is a fine example to her gender.
A woman Michelle Obama who i could go on and on about but like she i too have more important work to do than to just go on about womanhood and Michelle Obama.

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:43:26 +0000

The Mads, I’m just typing a quick few words in complete support of your words before I head for bed (it’s not far off 1.00am in the morning over here in London!).

Still, it’s in support of Michelle, so I really don’t mind staying up a little later than I should!

I am thoroughly enjoying seeing Michelle out here, and want to hear a whole lot more from her, too. Barack, you are a very, very lucky man…but then I do believe you know that!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:32:11 +0000

“My bad?” Such a black idiom for someone so anti-black. But that’s the wonder of today’s pop culture, how people can pick and choose which part of black culture they can appropriate all the while dismissing blacks on the whole. So, a person is “mean” because they are afforded the opportunity and privilege to go to a good school? That equation simply doesn’t make sense. Show specifically where Michelle Obama has been “mean.” Or even demeaned anyone, which has been the case with other pivotal personalities in this campaign race. Telling the truth isn’t “mean;” that was the truth as she lived it and it was her truth to tell, no matter how uncomfortable it makes others.

By: Nuke09

Nuke09 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:37:54 +0000

Opps — replace “is” with “are” — my bad.

By: Nuke09

Nuke09 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:36:56 +0000

Hey Mads — your points (which are poorly written) is typical liberal drivel. Nice try though. Cheers.

By: lamh

lamh — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:27:42 +0000

Posted this in another thread, but seems to fit here as well:

So basically, these people want Michelle to sit back, shut up, and be pretty for photo-ops ala Cindy McCain, Laura Bush, etc. Hell no!! This woman is an accomplished, professional, educated woman. A hard-working wife and mother. Anyone can see that she and Barack had a true partnership when it came to their family and careers. I’m sorry, but she isn’t some piece of arm-candy, who speaks when spoken to, or walks 10 paces behind her husband (as Cindy McCain, seems to do) she is an accomplished person in her own right. I would say that she’s just an African-American version of Hilary Clinton circa 1992. I’m proud of her accomplishments, and what where she come from, and anyone who isn’t can you know what! Because let’s be honest here, the type of person/voter who will not vote for Obama because of Michelle not being the “right kind” of First Lady for the country pretty much also thinks that Barack Obama isn’t the “right kind” of President for the country either. In other words, I don’t picture this segment of the population going “well I like Barack, but that wife of his a real…”
So let’s not sugar coat what going on here.

All the Obamas’ can do is what they are doing now. Telling Michelle Obama’s story and reintroducing (not making over) her to America. After that, what can they do short of holding a gun to someone’s head, you can’t make them do a damn thing. If they want to like her they will, if they don’t, they won’t simple as that. But Michelle Obama or any other woman candidate/candidate spouse (even Cindy McCain) should not have to demean herself, or downplay her accomplishments to make some probably bigoted idiot vote for her husband.