Michelle Obama Watch

Imagine that! The most protected individuals in the entire world include one Black man...one Black woman...and two Black children! Don't know about you, but the imagery evoked by this picture taken yesterday of Michelle and the wees sends shivers up my spine. LOVE IT!!! JUST LOVE IT!!! "No need to read between the lines spelled out for you...because you can't go wrong when you value a woman's worth" ~~Aliscia Keyes Posted by SjP of Sojourner's Place Read More

It appears that the Right seem to have found smoking gun to bring down soon to be First Lady, Michelle Obama. While past archaeological digs ranging from the infamous whitey tape to her senior Princeton thesis to supposedly telling all about Barack's birth in Kenya have garnered nothing but dust, many feel they have now hit true pay dirt. The "dirt" now is the revelation that Michelle Obama is on "Court Ordered Inactive Status" according to the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court (ARDC) of Illinois. ... Read More

Dr. Lawrence Brown, the Director of the University of Tennessee's Center for Medication Therapy Management, remembers the First Lady in Waiting as a star student in his seventh grade class. Both Brown and Michelle attended Bryn Mawr Elementary School in Chicago and were in the gifted class. The tallest girl in the class, Michelle was one year older, according to Brown, but she had also skipped the second grade. Seated on the front row, and disgusted with the yellow pants his mother dressed him in, ... Read More

The first day of school for Malia and Sasha Obama is January 5th, so it seems reasonable that their parents would want to get them settled and ready to begin this new phase of their young lives as quickly and smoothly as possible. But, finding a place to lay their heads before January 15 is apparently much more difficult than it sounds.  There is simply no room in the inn. According to Anthony Bartkewicz: The Obamas requested to move into Blair House, the White ... Read More

Posted by SjP of Sojourner's Place. The economy is in the pits and all the while multi-billion dollar companies continue to solicit Congress for multi-billion bailouts; but yet Americans remain very optomistic about the President-elect Barack Obama. According to a recent CBS opinion poll, one in four or 75% of the American people are optimistic with what January 20, 2009 will bring with the swearing in of the 44th President of the United States. In addition, and in the highest percentage to ... Read More

Posted by SjP of Sojourner's Place. I want to take this opportunity to thank Heather Wood Rudúlph, co-founder and editor of SirensMag.com, for setting out the top 5 reasons why all women should love soon to be First Lady, Michelle Obama. Reason #1: She's a good mother. Reason #2: She's smarter than you. Reason #3: She's a realistic fashion icon Reason #4: She's a feminist. Reason #5: She's a [B]lack woman. I encourage you to read the impassioned and compelling arguments put forth by Rudolph here. Perhaps you will ... Read More

Posted by SjP of Sojourner's Place. Bluewater Productions, a publishing and production company specializing in comic books, graphic novels, and multimedia, recently announced that Michelle Obama will be immortalized in a comic book.  As part of their Female Force series, the comic book will follow Michelle's life from her youth on the South Side through the 2008 presidential campaign and election day.  According to Bluewater Productions President Darren G. Davis: Mrs. Obama is a dynamic force and one of the most influential women in the world. ... Read More

Posted by SjP Julie Chen of the CBS "Early Show" interviewed Michelle about the campaign and life with Barack. You can read see the full interview here or read the here. But Michelle's answer to one question is just simply - well amazing. Reminds me of all those black and white romance movies that "faded to black" rather than leaving nothing to the imagination. Makes you all warm inside. MS. RODRIGUEZ: Best spontaneous romantic gesture from your husband. MS. OBAMA: Well, I think ... Read More

Posted by SjP of Sojourner's Place With so much focus on the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate, Gov. Sarah Palin, there doesn't appear to be much out there in the blogosphere related to Michelle. Sure, there remain a couple of blogs, like Scared of Sarah, who continue to suggest that Michelle plays the race card or her "racist" thesis (see here, here, and here). Nothing new. Still other blogs appear to be into Michelle's appearance or what she wears. Nitro:Licious really liked seeing Michelle in ... Read More

Posted by SjP of Sojourner's Place. Regular viewers of The View may not know what to make of co-host, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, who says "I mean we have great respect for one another" when speaking about Michelle Obama on primetime television when all the world is listening, then refers to her as "another wife of a political candidate who shall remain nameless” when only the Republicans are listening. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoxkQUHZrTg So, Elizabeth what did you really mean when you told Sean Hannity, that you liked Michelle Obama ... Read More