He may not have healed the planet and made the oceans recede yet, but Barack Obama has definitely brought sexy back for some fawning lefty writers. Just check out these headlines: “Have the Obamas Spawned a Sex Frenzy?” and “How long has it been since a first couple seemed to want each other?”
The American left – particularly women writers on the American left – have conjured up the idea that the relationship between President Barack Obama and his wife is somehow novel. Stacy Schiff of New York Magazine writes “…only now are we discovering what a functioning marriage between equals actually looks like.”
Seriously? The marriage between Barack and Michelle is the best and most recent example she can come up with? Schiff is obviously smitten, but before she reached for her smelling salts, she did manage a swipe at the Bush administration.
“After decades of fake financials and fictitious balance sheets, WMDs that weren’t there and detention centers that were, our new First Lady is the genuine article,” Schiff writes. “She has a real body—arms! Legs! Curves! And she has a real marriage. Here are two people whose bodies speak as eloquently as their words, who hold each other up, who between them get the temperature just right.”
Harlequin writers, watch your backs!
But Schiff isn’t alone in feeling frisky over the first couple. Susannah Breslin at Slate.com also picked up on the sexy theme. Her latest blog entry in “The XX Factor” titled “Have the Obamas Spawned a Sex Frenzy,” highlights the myriad sex-related stories that have cropped up since the election and she asks, “But it seems like ever since—well, I want to say ever since the Obamas got elected, it's all sex all the time…but I expected at some point for all the sex stories to stop,” Breslin writes. “But they haven't. They keep, well, coming. So, did the Obamas spawn this mini-sex revolution—or was it all that hope—or is it just me?”
To give this Obama pheromone frenzy an exotic, foreign allure, let’s turn to the British newspaper The Daily Mail, where Sarah Sands seemed to be dreaming of an Obama-trois: “Barack and Michelle Obama are a diversity department's dream - two brilliant, sexy, black Harvard lawyers committed to public service. They epitomise style and taste. Barack would be perfect on the cover of Men's Vogue, while Michelle is a role model in a way that Condoleezza Rice has never managed.”
As Warner Todd Hudson wrote on Newsbuters.org, For Schiff and the others to suggest that “love's been reinvented by Michelle and her beau, The One,” Is ridiculous. He rightly points out that Schiff skips right over the past presidents and their wives, many of whom have had healthy, loving relationships.
But that doesn’t matter to the giggly “Obama Girls.” Why intrude on the fantasy?
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Funny, but I must be immune
March 18, 2009 - 14:41 ET by SickofLibsFunny, but I must be immune to Sand's black Harvard lawyer fetish.
In any event, they should refrain from allusions to "Obamas spawning." We already have plenty of egg clusters all over the place.
Hmmmmm! Stereotyping?
March 18, 2009 - 14:42 ET by billbHmmmmm! Stereotyping?
yuck
March 18, 2009 - 14:46 ET by tomolson3i think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit!!!!
...y'know...
March 18, 2009 - 14:52 ET by Mike SargentI don't seem to remember the Clintons being overtly affectionate either. That could've had something to do with the fact that Hillary had some competition, though...
C'mon, Bill...don't you know that people want you to want your wife? *eyeroll*
Too sexy
March 18, 2009 - 21:28 ET by nkviking75I don't seem to remember the Clintons being overtly affectionate either.
True, but I remember articles over the years from reporterettes lusting for ol' Bubba.
Y'know, all this talk of sex and the Obamas could easily be spun to be ra-a-a-a-cist (as Michelle Malkin might put it).
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
“...functioning marriage between equals" It's been awhile...
March 18, 2009 - 15:18 ET by PrairieSkysince I've been this insulted by something that I've read...
On Michelle and Barack Obama's relationship, Stacy Schiff of New York Magazine writes “…only now are we discovering what a functioning marriage between equals actually looks like.”
Really? Is that so? Well, I don't know about Ms. Schiff and her relationship with her husband/significant other, but MY marriage has always been "functioning" and about our being "equals" as she puts it. I know I'm not a high powered attorney married to the president, and it may come as a surprise to Ms. Schiff, but it is possible for the "little people" to have "functioning" marriages "between equals" too.
Schiff has also managed to insult every other first lady who has come before Michelle Obama...She is the only one who has had a functioning marriage where the president and the first lady considered each other equals? I don't think so...Granted, I'm sure not all such first marriages "functioned" as well or were based on "equality," but it seems to me that George and Laura Bush, George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton (equal, yes...functioning, no), Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter, Gerald and Betty Ford, and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt seemed to always treat each other as equals. Of course, according to the MSM, none of these first couples were ever as "sexy" and "with it" (gag!) as the Obama's!!!
What an elitist, leftist twit Stacy Schiff is...Sounds to me like she could benefit from a cold shower...
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
functioning? I want some of that!!!
March 18, 2009 - 15:24 ET by SickofLibsRight on.
What really cracks me up though is her choice of adjectives - "functioning" marriage?
Since when is functioning porno-hot? Sounds more like something on life-support. "I gave you the bad news. The good news is that it is still functioning."
SoL...I think that the intent behind the word...
March 18, 2009 - 15:43 ET by PrairieSky"functioning" was to portray the Obama marriage as happy and complete, regarding all aspects of their marriage... Beyond that, I suppose we're left to draw our own conclusions...
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
I know
March 18, 2009 - 16:35 ET by SickofLibsI just think it's funny there's a mile wide gap between the "They Must Have The Greatest Sex In The History Of The World" crap they've been shoving down our throats and 'functioning.'
Sky and SoL...I've been
March 18, 2009 - 16:46 ET by bigtimerSky and SoL...
I've been laughing about this "functioning' BS too reading the posts...
This to me is degrading to what the Presidency has become when it comes to the democrats.
bt...Par for the course...
March 18, 2009 - 16:51 ET by PrairieSkyfor the looney, Obama-lovin' left!!!
"This to me is degrading to what the Presidency has become when it comes the democrats."
You betcha...Clinton started it with his "does he wear boxers or briefs" appearance on Arsenio Hall's show during the '92 election (remember that?), and it continued to slide during the Monica days...And it's merrily rolling along with Obama-mania...
Brother...
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
Exactly Sky! Of course I
March 18, 2009 - 16:58 ET by bigtimerExactly Sky!
Of course I remember...(wished I didn't)...
It was bad enough that the press covered up all of Kennedy's dalliances...but at least there was still decorum when it came to the Presidency then, plus he would have had to resign back then (reason for the cover up), see, people really had some morals back then and demanded immediate action taken ...now if you're a democrat, the more affairs, the more support you get.
bt...Right...Today, if you're a Dem/lib and commit...
March 18, 2009 - 17:10 ET by PrairieSkypeccodillos and have skeletons in your closet, you're not chastised and scorned for your misbehavior...You're applauded and/or sympathized with. It's just more than I can stand some days...
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
SoL...I agree...
March 18, 2009 - 16:46 ET by PrairieSkyI suppose Ms. Schiff was being a bit cryptic...Either way, this whole subject is nauseating...
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
actually..
March 18, 2009 - 17:37 ET by UndercoverConservativethere isn't much of a gap..it's just the public who they're enjoying giving the shaft to...
"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is like calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".
"You spend your money anyway you want and respect other's rights to do the same&quo
~Hmmm
March 18, 2009 - 15:24 ET by choselife3xMichelle's high-powered law career.
Hope and Change= Despair and Socialism
chose...Oh please don't think...
March 18, 2009 - 15:38 ET by PrairieSkythat my description of Michelle Obama as a "high powered attorney" is my sentiment...Nothing could be further from the truth...I can't stand her. That is simply the way that the MSM wants her to be seen, and endlessly describes her...I should have put that in quotes in my first post...Anyway...That whole article by Ms. Schiff is just ludicrous, bordering on buffoon-ish. Just more of the "slobbering love affair" as Bernard Goldberg very aptly put it, in his book about the MSM's love affair with Obama...It's just disgusting.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
~No worries, Prairie
March 18, 2009 - 16:21 ET by choselife3xI just like to put that info out whenever possible. I've got lots more, too.
Hope and Change= Despair and Socialism
chose...No sweat, and...
March 18, 2009 - 16:28 ET by PrairieSkykeep 'em coming! :)
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
~Just remember..
March 18, 2009 - 16:47 ET by choselife3xYou asked. :-)
Did you know Michelle's Daddy was not your average blue-collar guy? Michelle's very important job had nothing to do with her husband, of course. Have I mentioned she's really nice to her friends?
Hope and Change= Despair and Socialism
chose...I'm familiar with all of those except...
March 18, 2009 - 17:03 ET by PrairieSkythe last one...very interesting...These are the little tidbits that the Obama's and NO ONE in the MSM want anyone else to know about....So, like I said, keep 'em coming.
And thanks!
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
Michelle O
March 18, 2009 - 15:21 ET by DirjjI can't stand Mrs. Obama. I think of her a a C*&T. At best, she's Ugly.
Remove the wart from Hussein's nose, and he's not bad looking, blue lips and all.
ab
Wart? What wart, Dirjj?
March 18, 2009 - 17:30 ET by MotherYou forgot to mention 0bama pinning back his ears btw. ;p
Marriage socialism
March 18, 2009 - 15:23 ET by sam12663"what a functioning marriage between equals actually looks like.”
Even the marriage is socialist.
President Obama is nothing more than a empty suit; a Hollywood
style special effects smoke and mirrors show that has shown itself to
be a total fraud.
WAKE UP AMERICA! SAVE OUR CONSTITUTION!
SO what!
March 18, 2009 - 15:26 ET by sam12663WHO REALLY CARES?
We do not have a President of the people, we have the 'PEOPLE' president.
Simply more proof of how far 'journalism' has deteriorated in the past few years.
President Obama is nothing more than a empty suit; a Hollywood
style special effects smoke and mirrors show that has shown itself to
be a total fraud.
WAKE UP AMERICA! SAVE OUR CONSTITUTION!
Where's Vera?
March 18, 2009 - 15:28 ET by slickwillie2001Such a perfect marriage, and no mention of Vera Baker!!
Who is Vera Baker and Why Is She In Martinique?: http://74.125.113.132
The original article has been disappeared! This is a cache.
Oh come on slick... If he
March 18, 2009 - 15:35 ET by bigtimerOh come on slick...
If he cheated on Michelle the leftist women love him all the more!
...Just ask BJClintoon and Ms.BJClintoon.
Insanity from the left for
March 18, 2009 - 15:33 ET by bigtimerInsanity from the left for all to read once again...
Just unreal...plus, pass the barf-bag!
Thanks
March 18, 2009 - 15:35 ET by StarAZThanks a heap--now I have to rip my brain out.
No Thanks! I'll Pass.
March 18, 2009 - 15:38 ET by TeddyNo Thanks! I'll Pass.
Especially since the Obamas have made it Very clear where it is they liked to be kissed. Lol.
I like being an American! Always Have. So I'm not about to trade that in for some blood oath to Barky, before getting a chance to peck Michy, who's newly proud of our country.
Not In This Life!
Wait a minute:
March 18, 2009 - 15:37 ET by Tom in NCWe have out-of-control spending, a white house occupant that is hell bent to destroy this country economically, socially and make us less safe by gutting the military and trying to make our wounded vets pay for the care they receive for injuries suffered on the battlefield.
But yet this twit, Stacy Schiff is concerned about the mating habits of a radical socialist and his Eva Braun
Tom... Past pathetic
March 18, 2009 - 15:56 ET by bigtimerTom...
Past pathetic where priorities and real issues lie with people in this country...we should be talking about all you mentioned above, but this is important only to the selfish ingrates of left...and the dream world they live in.
Projectile vomit!
March 18, 2009 - 15:50 ET by MotherNOOOOO MOREEEEEEEE. Stopppp.
What next? Booty grabs in public?
I
FEEL
ILL
These two are NOT sexy. Bleh. Patoohey! ICK! Please! Give me Doris and the Gay any DAY!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! *pulls hair screaming*
Mother!
March 18, 2009 - 16:01 ET by AnotherFedUpOneROTFLMAO.........................
Thanks, I needed that!
AnotherFedUpOne...
March 18, 2009 - 17:29 ET by Mother...Glad I could give you a wee chuckle and I love your username. LOL!
Isn't Technology Wonderful?
March 18, 2009 - 15:54 ET by slickwillie2001I understand they had to run a Unix version of Photoshop 8.0 on a Cray supercomputer to get the runtime for the retouching done on these M'chell photos under a week.
You think they at least
March 18, 2009 - 16:37 ET by SickofLibsYou think they at least could have lined up her eyes sort of.
who ARE these people?
March 18, 2009 - 16:16 ET by katainkentThis is their best example of a real marriage? Using the presidential pairing as sexual inspiration??
bleah.
Oi...
March 18, 2009 - 16:37 ET by Mike SargentI personally think it's pretty awesome that the President loves his wife - as he should. That still doesn't qualify him to be President, but it's very nice anyway.
The real point here is that the puppy-love media thinks this is the first time ANY MAN HAS EVER LOVED HIS WIFE ZOMG!!!
How very Historic, this is a refreshing Change which gives Hope to the people in non"functioning" marriages.
unseemly
March 18, 2009 - 16:54 ET by WesenIt's unseemly to have a Presidential couple acting like teenagers... and that the media runs with it is a shame.
I'm not interested to hear that Michelle moans in the Lincoln bedroom or that Barry runs around half dressed. It matters not to me how much skin Michelle decides to show nor to know how she waxes his his skull before evening festivities. I don't need to imagine the ropes and swings in the bedroom or dwell on what's in the dresser drawers. The invitation to gaze upon their loving relationship is similar to the invitation to gaze upon MJ's soon to be plasticized body. No thanks.
Hot sex?
March 18, 2009 - 17:12 ET by Kat Outta the BagI wonder how many cancer-causing cigarettes he lights up after a session of hot, White House sex. No wonder his lips are purple...lack of oxygen from smoking.
Save me...save me from tomorrow. I don't want to sail with this ship of fools.
~World Party
The purple thimg is caused
March 18, 2009 - 17:34 ET by Clear thinkerThe purple thimg is caused by too much Cocaine use.
Tell Congress To Go To Hell
Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/
Obama may very well be the
March 18, 2009 - 17:32 ET by Clear thinkerObama may very well be the sexiest guy in the country. Every time he opens his mouth I know damn well millions of people are about to get screwed!
Tell Congress To Go To Hell
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Hey Ct... I looked for that
March 18, 2009 - 17:40 ET by bigtimerHey Ct...
I looked for that info for about 45 minutes today you were wanting to find on Beck...I could not find it anywhere either...really bummed me out.
I'll be checking back in later.
in the immortal words of
March 18, 2009 - 17:42 ET by right of wayin the immortal words of paul lynde, "that's disgusting". michelle obama is probably one of the most unattractive women i've ever seen, and to think of her in the sack, makes my flag limp at low mast.
Really? You honestly,
March 18, 2009 - 18:10 ET by balboaReally? You honestly, objectively think she's unattractive? I don't think she's a "hot babe" or anything, but she's not ugly.
~Bal
March 18, 2009 - 18:19 ET by choselife3xI think for a lot of people it's the angry attitude coming through that's unattractive.
Personally, I think she has nice cheekbones, but she has a bitter, angry way of holding her mouth.
Hope and Change= Despair and Socialism
That's fair. She can set her
March 18, 2009 - 18:31 ET by balboaThat's fair. She can set her jaw a certain way that's not appealing.
bal, maybe you like this photo better,( it's a photo of the OAF)
March 18, 2009 - 19:45 ET by upcountrywaterIs this the look of sexy? Note to S ROCK don't look!
P.R.I.N.T. Money 30 sec YT
Michelle Obama's Jaw- You
March 18, 2009 - 21:19 ET by mastersofdeceitMichelle Obama's Jaw-
You mean like this?
Sheesh you think after exiting a private fundraiser held in a million dollar home of a doctor she might force a smile.
"Smiles everyone, smiles"-Ricardo Montalban, Fantasy Island
Hot Babe?
March 18, 2009 - 19:04 ET by slickwillie2001This picture is not that easy to forget:
http://www.mofopolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/barack_michelle_obama.jpg
balboa
March 18, 2009 - 19:36 ET by jdlybrandBeauty is in the eye of the beholder. And opinions are like a**holes. Everybody has one. Please don't take it wrong. I just feel any physical beauty she may possess is overshadowed by her inner ugliness. All flaming libs are ugly to me. But hey; that's just my opinion.
Remember Bill?
March 18, 2009 - 17:43 ET by pgrossjrWe had a president who had a torrid relationship not that long ago, it just wasnt with his wife!
That pic makes me puke
March 18, 2009 - 18:06 ET by Lord ErondIn what I do, I come into contact with a lot of couples. I met a couple a week ago that had been married almost 70 YEARS.
Let me know when the MSM profiles these two wonderful people who still love each other just as much after all this time rather than using these fools as examples.
"To sin by silence when we should protest, makes cowards of men" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox
No kidding, LE... Nancy
March 18, 2009 - 19:15 ET by motherbeltNo kidding, LE...
Nancy Reagan took care of her "Ronnie" right up until the end, even when he no longer recognized her. And the media had nothing but contempt for her. And if Reagan had ever snuggled up to her like that, they would have ridiculed him for a doddering old fool.
Oh, wait! They did that without the snuggling!!
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
(sigh)
March 18, 2009 - 18:12 ET by Lord Erond"while Michelle is a role model in a way that Condoleezza Rice has never managed.”
Yeah, she's a model that you too can become first lady by being a racist bucket of s--t.
Condoleeza Rice was intelligent, accomplished and didn't go blaming all her life's difficulties on whitey, unlike Michelle and her thesis.
"To sin by silence when we should protest, makes cowards of men" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox
that was the line that made my blood boil, also!
March 18, 2009 - 19:53 ET by clinging to my guns and my religionwhen these stupid, foaming journalists can report that m.o. went toe-to-toe with the world's toughest leaders and never broke a sweat, or played a piano concerto for the queen of england, maybe - just maybe - i'll care. so far all she's done is insult visting dignitaries, wear really bad clothing, and bare her arms endlessly. give me a break!!
"i believe he will not stop until we are all jobless, homeless, hungry, and cold!"
ctmg... It was the line
March 18, 2009 - 19:57 ET by bigtimerctmg...
It was the line that really pi$$ed me off too.
I didn't even want to get into it at the time as I was mad enough listening to O in Ca....glad you and LE spoke for me.
Another sentence to examine.
March 18, 2009 - 18:21 ET by mizflame98But it seems like ever since—well, I want to say ever since the Obamas got elected,...
I thought only 1 Obama got elected. No one voted for Michelle; last I checked.
"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot
Cheap Contraceptives?
March 18, 2009 - 19:48 ET by Mother-print this picture out and put it on your fridge to reduce your 'randy' feelings and as an extra bonus you probably won't want to eat either.
"They epitomise style and taste"
March 18, 2009 - 21:34 ET by Captain-Insane-O"They epitomise style and taste"
Do DVDs and toy helicopters come to mind?
A Record 40% American children are born out of wedlock
March 18, 2009 - 22:39 ET by OxyConUsing liberal logic, you could say that Obama is responsible for that too, since he was born to unwed parents.
Fill Barack's Creepy whispers in...
March 18, 2009 - 23:02 ET by Mother"Yes, baby..abort until we get a male child." During your C&C I'll be over here laughing it up and dancing with Jay Leno. *sparkle smile*