Teasing a fawning segment on First Lady Michelle Obama on Thursday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric declared: "And the lady of the house feeling right at home." Couric later introduced the segment: "And finally tonight, ever since Abigail Adams moved into the White House in 1800, every First Lady has brought her own personal touch to the executive mansion, and the city of Washington. As Bill Plante tells us, the new First Lady is busy making her mark."
White House Correspondent Bill Plante gave a glowing review of the First Lady’s first month: "For Michelle Obama, welcoming famous Americans to the White House seems effortless...But the new First Lady goes from traditionally elegant and formal to relaxed and casual with ease. Just days before this tribute to Stevie Wonder, she charmed culinary students in the White House kitchen, talking about how tough it is to get her kids to eat vegetables...Michelle Obama's been to all the usual places around Washington -- the Kennedy Center, Fords Theater, and nationally, she's been on the covers of Vogue and People magazine...After a month, it's already clear that Michelle Obama won't be content to stay behind these well-guarded gates at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."
Plante concluded his report by observing: "She's also been touring government agencies, but it's her message to local children that seems most important to her. As she tells them over and over, you, too, can be President or First Lady...And it's her ability to connect that could make her mark as First Lady."
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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→ Just awesome Michelle
February 27, 2009 - 13:00 ET by Cool ArrowAnd if Democrats have their way you'll get paid for your duties as wife of the President.
More than that I will not add.
What are we supposed to take away
February 27, 2009 - 13:24 ET by thebutlerdiditfrom this silly article? She's acting like a wife? She is relatively happy? I just don't get what the point was in writing it. What are we supposed to say, well, that's a relief, I was worried how she was doing with her chef, mother watching the kids, maids, security, drivers, people doing whatever she wants at a drop of the hat, etc. What a relief! Okey dokey. O/T, will someone please tell that woman she might like the bare arm/sleeveless dress, bare leg look, but in freezing cold February, it looks kind of dumb.And also, even though her eggplant colored dress the other night was o.k., kind of blah, she might want to pick things in the future that don't have a saggy bosom thing going for it. Not too flattering on any woman. Guys, there's your MO fashion update, I knew ya'll were wondering about it. ;-)
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
→ Was that eggplant?
February 27, 2009 - 13:36 ET by Cool ArrowI was thinking California Raisin.
Nah, not too raisiny, unless you mean she looks
February 27, 2009 - 13:57 ET by thebutlerdiditlike one of the claymation Cali Raisins. Personally, I think if you are uhm, bottom heavy, wearing a eggplant colored dress, and perhaps being shaped a little like one, is not really the best visual picture for her to leave people with. The most flattering dress she has ever worn, is the one she wore on the View. It hid her hiney. And no, I didn't watch that band of screeching harpies, I saw the pic on the net.
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
The point behind the article is...
February 27, 2009 - 14:27 ET by PrairieSkysimply that the press extends it's fawning, breathlessly biased coverage to Michelle, and not just her twit husband. Michelle Obama is prettier, smarter, dresses better, relates better, and manages being a First Lady, wife, mother, daughter and woman better than any other First Lady before her, dontcha know!!!
Heck, this type of insipid nonsense even extends to the Obama's daughters! They're cuter, brighter and more charming than any other presidential children that have ever existed!!! On it's face, the article may seem a bit fluffy, but the point being made is certainly a valid one.
"...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
She has all that help
February 27, 2009 - 15:56 ET by StarAZWith all that household help and no "job" to go to, she can worry about other DC children? I agree on the eggplant--not a good color on her. She had a blouse that color on the other day, too--muddy.
I think...
February 27, 2009 - 16:08 ET by PrairieSkyPurple must be a favorite color of hers...She wears it a lot.
"...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
The point is that, no
February 27, 2009 - 16:50 ET by motherbeltThe point is that, no matter what Michelle does, she is just maaaavelous!
No first lady has ever been so comfortable in the White House.
How would they know? Do you think they ever gave two seconds' thought to Laura Bush in the White House and how she was doing?
I agree with you about the sleeveless dress thing. It's a too obvious ploy to show off her "perfectly toned" arms.
Also, regarding the clothes....did you see this, this AM about her accepting free clothing and jewelry
I'm sure you haven't heard it on any broadcast or cable news....
I wonder why.....
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Me too
February 27, 2009 - 13:46 ET by 10ksnookerI will just leave this cow alone.
Fashion Freebies?
February 27, 2009 - 13:33 ET by slickwillie2001Re M'chel's status as a fashion icon, let's see if the liberal media shows as much interest in the free clothing and jewelry that she is getting as they did in the case of Nancy Reagan:
Michelle Obama Accepting Fashion Freebies: http://www.newsmax.c...
Fluff pieces
February 27, 2009 - 13:38 ET by RagamuffinYou guys need to work on your content.
If crying about fluff pieces on the First Lady is the best you can do to "document liberal bias" then there is no meaningful liberal bias.
And if you don't think that
February 27, 2009 - 17:02 ET by motherbeltAnd if you don't think that Plante's gushing over what a wonderful job she is doing as First Lady after one month, as if this is just another amazing Obama "first" is evidence of liberal bias, then you need to take off your blindfold.
Here's a challenge: Google "Laura Bush first month in the White House."
Then subsitute the name Michelle Obama.
Let us know what you find.
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Thank you, mb
February 27, 2009 - 17:03 ET by BlondeI saw that trollish comment earlier, and just couldn't quite bring my self to respond.
Such gushing over this angry wannabe....sheesh....pass the duct tape, please!
I hope he fails, too.
Oh, for crying out loud!!!
February 27, 2009 - 16:29 ET by PrairieSkyIn reading this article, one would think that no other First Lady except Michelle Obama (and she just got there!) has done anything noteworthy and useful with their time in the White House...Oh yes...Laura Bush just sat around for 8 years and ate bon bons...
"...but it's her message to local children that seems most important to her. As she tells them over and over, you, too, can be President or First Lady...And it's her ability to connect that could make her mark as First Lady."
Good grief...(reaching for barf bag)
"...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
First to go sleeveless
February 27, 2009 - 15:54 ET by StarAZDon't forget that--the sleeveless thing to show her biceps...
After sleeveless...
February 27, 2009 - 16:26 ET by Dont_Like_TheBluesAfter sleeveless, get oil painting of Che Guevara to show "activist" intentions
The New Jackie Kennedy
February 27, 2009 - 16:56 ET by CobraManDidn't you know? Michelle is the new Jackie Kennedy, just as Barack is the new Abraham Lincoln.
What is it about liberals that they always feel the need to emulate another liberal with someone historic?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities
of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
Cobra... I think he
February 27, 2009 - 17:04 ET by bigtimerCobra...
I think he replaced Lincoln with Reagan here lately...according to the leftist talking heads that is... since his State of the State of the Union Part 1.
It is never-ending...they have no originality to sell, instead as they cram socialism down our throats some more, they pretend to do it in the name of a conservative like Reagan...the talking head blathering was sickening.
Yep, bigtimer...
February 27, 2009 - 19:44 ET by MotherThe Obamas have to be compared to everyone else on the daily because nobody really knows who the FU*K they ARE. It's pathetic.
-And, Michelle is NOT PRETTY. Bleh. If I ran into that woman in a dark alley I'd run screaming for my life.
;p
Allow me to do some
February 27, 2009 - 20:15 ET by RR GOPAllow me to do some role-playing here (as our Liberal friends are so fond of doing...you know, that pseudo-psychology stuff of which they feel the are masters and which enthralls them to no end):
"Who cares if John and Cindy McCain 'feel right at home' in the White House. We have millions of homeless Veterans out there, we're losing the war in Iraq, millions are out of work, the economy is shot and the world is burning up because of global warming!
Typical Republicans. Eat, drink and be merry and be oblivious to the disasters around them as long as their rich friends are happy."
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Make-up
February 27, 2009 - 20:33 ET by jdlybrandThose CBS make-up artists sure do a good job of hiding the drool dripping off Katie's chin when she talks about Michelle. I'd like to hire them to clean the puke off my carpet. On second thought... they're probably union people.
Didn't you guys get the
February 27, 2009 - 23:43 ET by JAJTDidn't you guys get the memo? sleeveless is wintertime is the new "IT" accoring to liberal/socialism. after all they are 1 step ahead of us.
i remember one time on the VIEW, Elizabeth, wore a one sleeved outfit and was scolded by a renowned fashion expert because it was tacky and wrong season to wear it. 3 weeks later, Michelle Obama is wearing a tacky white 1 sleeve gown to the inguational )(SP) ball and the fashion world said it was absoutely stunning and bold! personally, she looked funny and uncomfortable in it.
i was talking to my mom tonight and she was telling me that Michelle makes a lot of "ummm" when she talks, more than Obama does. (i am deaf and so i rely on close caption and they don;t usually type the "umms")
JAJT
She will always be known to me as
February 28, 2009 - 09:28 ET by Joe C.Michelle "Let them eat cake." Antoinette