The Washington Post found a very liberal way to celebrate Mother's Day. In the Outlook section, Sally Quinn wrote an entire essay offering her deep appreciation for the First Lady's arms. Will the flattery never cease?
Michelle Obama's arms, we determined, were transformational. Her arms are representative of a new kind of woman: young, strong, vigorous, intelligent, accomplished, sexual, powerful, embracing and, most of all, loving.
Today is Mother's Day. Today we should celebrate Michelle Obama's arms as the arms of a mother.
....She has come under attack for exposing her arms. They are toned and muscular, burnished and beautiful. That has to be threatening to some. For some men, often, a strong woman makes them feel diminished. For some feminists, the idea of an educated woman not taking on a full-time serious job is a frightening throwback.
They are wrong. Nothing could be more empowering than to see a woman with all of the attributes of Michelle Obama embrace her children the way she does. She loves those girls, and she is giving them a role model for the kind of strong woman that she wants them to be.
The whole essay is a bubble bath. Of course, at the article's end, Quinn revealed that she had lunch with Mrs. Obama, and to lunch with her is to love her:
Recently, Teresa Heinz Kerry had a very small ladies' lunch for Michelle Obama and her mother. The first lady was open, friendly, funny, accessible and totally authentic. She talked easily and answered personal questions without hesitation, even joked about all of the commotion about her arms. She was the first first lady I have ever met who did not seem at all wary. She had such a sense of confidence that you were going to like her, and especially that she was going to like you, that it was disarming (if you'll pardon the pun). Her mother was equally friendly, open, cozy and dear, the grandmother to die for. They left in time for Mrs. Robinson to pick up the girls at school.
As one of the guests pointed out toward the end of the lunch, when the first lady arrived she gave everyone a hug. With those arms. Michelle Obama, whatever her legacy, will certainly always be known as the first lady who made it acceptable for women, in so many ways, to exercise their "right to bare arms."
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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.....She was the first
May 11, 2009 - 07:42 ET by MidAmerica.....She was the first first lady I have ever met who did not seem at all wary.
Wary!!? of what? When everyone around you drools and fawns and writes teen magazine type articles about you why would you be wary?
Excellent point,
May 11, 2009 - 08:03 ET by motherbeltExcellent point, MA!
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
You're spot on!
May 11, 2009 - 09:02 ET by GalvanicShe gets the most schmoozingly friendly, "arm-loving" press coverage of any First Lady since at least Jackie Kennedy. They worship her. What does she have to be wary about?
Future first lady? I'd be
May 11, 2009 - 10:51 ET by mattmFuture first lady?
I'd be wary of that....
Transformational?
May 11, 2009 - 07:42 ET by allanfThe Statists love this newspeak word "transformational". Why wasn't Sarah Palin "transformational".
What do you expect from...
May 11, 2009 - 07:45 ET by P. Aaron...an adulter, who's only claim to fame is her stupid Washington social circles?
She could have done a Mother's Day tribute to herself with her backside instead of Michele's arm.
There should have been a
May 11, 2009 - 07:46 ET by NewsbusterbrownThere should have been a warning stamped on this essay that it may induce vomiting.
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
Barf-bag alert!!
May 11, 2009 - 08:02 ET by motherbeltOh, puh-leeze!!!
This should be called "Ode to Michelle's Arms"
Her ARMS are transformational????
Could you people just get the he!! OVER Michelle's arms????
Wow! A mother who loves her kids!! Imagine that!! Of course, no mother ever loved her children like Michelle loves hers!!
The first lady was open, friendly, funny, accessible and totally authentic.
As opposed to Laura Bush, I suppose, who was a humorless, inaccessible phony!
Bubble bath, Tim? This is a scented-oil massage!!
It's almost uncomfortable to read.
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
Well-stated, motherbelt
May 11, 2009 - 09:05 ET by GalvanicQuinn is acutely absurd. Nauseating, actually.
Excellent mb
May 11, 2009 - 10:34 ET by Blondescented-oil massage
What a perfect metaphor for the entire MsM's treatment of the Obama's.
Granted, it's too much, entirely too much, to be contained by mere duct tape. How are your futures doing, BTW?
I hope he fails, too.
Yak
May 11, 2009 - 08:03 ET by DingbatWretch
LOL! I think you mean "retch!"
May 11, 2009 - 08:04 ET by motherbeltThey might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
Depending on your point of view though
May 11, 2009 - 11:17 ET by Lord ErondWretch could accurately describe the cartoon characters involved with this story.
"Let him who would move the world, first move himself." -Socrates
"We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains." -Li Po
Commander Warf umm I mean Michelle's arms
May 11, 2009 - 08:08 ET by Six String SpiffMichelle Obama is NOT PRETTY at all. I am sick and tired of the MSM falling over themselves for this woman.. Honestly. How is this woman good looking? Last I checked MEN don't want women with 'pipes'. Transformational... PLEASE. This is what the media focuses on when Obama has been tested by our enemies numerous times via 'accidental' satellite collision (thanks Russia!) The assistence of the ummm 'satellie' launch from Iran by North Korea. Iran emboldened to speak louder of the mass murder they want to commit, and oh yeah China in cahoots with Russia to form a new currency (can you say Our debt is going to be called?) But don't let THOSE things distract us from THE FIRST BLACK (or something) PRESIDENT! YAY!!!!
BARF BARF BARF!
It would be funny if our lives didn't depend on these fools doing their jobs.
Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range At 0800 Daily.
She looks like someone shoved a klingon painstick up her butt
May 11, 2009 - 11:18 ET by Lord ErondI mean really. She could really give the Duras sisters a run for their money.
"Let him who would move the world, first move himself." -Socrates
"We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains." -Li Po
I expect to see MO in a Conan flick
May 11, 2009 - 17:05 ET by UndercoverConservativeShe reminds me of Grace Jones. I expect to see her charging with sword and spear scattering her enemies and enjoying the lamentations of their women..
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Grace Jones?
May 11, 2009 - 17:08 ET by BlondeThat's it, I have just renamed Lursa in my mind.
Thanks!
I hope he fails, too.
It don't matter
May 11, 2009 - 08:14 ET by boomerconIt don't matter how much, or how often, the press and the other fawners heap accolades on her, MO is still just another angry black woman. What will not change, and in four years she'll be even angrier.
Re in four years
May 11, 2009 - 09:06 ET by slickwillie2001Throwing them out of the White House is going to be ugly; I expect they won't want to leave. The White House Press Corps will form up a cordon of talking heads to keep his successor out. I expect it to be trashed much worse than Bill Clinton's White House.
They left in time for Mrs.
May 11, 2009 - 09:08 ET by FranksamThey left in time for Mrs. Robinson to pick up the girls at school.
Now I'm curious. Does that mean Granny drives a beat up mini-van to Sidwell, or that she gets in a taxpayer-owned bullet-proof Escalade piloted by the SS to take the kids home? Is there an additional escort vehicle or two that goes to school with Mrs. Robinson? And, unless I missed something, isn't the title 'Mrs.' still considered to be demeaning and dismissive by feministas?
Can anybody help me out on these very important questions? I've already ordered the Michelle Works Her Arms DVD, so I'll be buff for the beach like Barack. BTW, I'm counting on spray on instant tan to give me that burnished look
I'm calling Bull$h!t !! Sally Quinn is distorting
May 11, 2009 - 09:49 ET by motherbeltSally Quinn is distortsing the meeting with the Queen when she says of Michelle:
I see a woman embracing the Queen of England when the queen put her arm
around her,..... (emphasis mine)
as if the Queen embraced her first, and Michelle graciously deigned to return the offered affection.
And I notice that it was Mrs. Robinson, not Mrs. Obama, who was picking up the girls from school!
After Quinn says Nothing could be more empowering than to see a woman with all of the
attributes of Michelle Obama embrace her children the way she does...
she doesn't find that a little odd? I thought Michelle was the Mother of all Mothers!
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
Don't forget to glisten
May 11, 2009 - 10:24 ET by mom_roxFranksam, after your spray-on tan, don't forget to either sweat or apply a misting spray (recommend the latter - less odorous). Need to have some liquid on those muscles so they can glisten in the sun.
~~save your tea, dump congress~~
so you're working the arms..
May 11, 2009 - 17:08 ET by UndercoverConservativenow you need the MSM DVD, "@ss Kisser's Workout". Pucker up and work on that kneel and smooch! That'll take care of toning the legs and work the lower body.
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Michelle Obama has "come under attack"??
May 11, 2009 - 09:08 ET by Mike BrattonReally? "Attack"? Seriously?
American soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere in the world come under attack, Sally.
Law enforcement officers come under attack.
In New Orleans, the elderly pastor and his wife who were both killed yesterday after their home was invaded--they came under attack.
Michelle doesn't know the meaning of the term, Sally. And, evidently, neither do you.
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport...
Don't you know,
May 11, 2009 - 09:38 ET by motherbeltDon't you know, Mike?
Liberals "criticize" ...conservatives "attack."
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
Ain't it the truth, MB?
May 11, 2009 - 10:39 ET by Mike BrattonNice initials, by the way...
I'd love for Sally to actually illustrate where Michelle has "come under attack" in her lifetime.
And Sally, the next time you fawn ov... uh, speak to Michelle, would you pass along a message? For the first time in my adult life, I am ashamed of my country, because the Obama dictatorship is becoming entrenched.
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport...
Puhleeze. I am all the
May 11, 2009 - 09:33 ET by suzycreamcheesePuhleeze. I am all the glorious mother adjectives Quinn bestowed on Michelle Obama, but I have batwings. I'm sure my son doesn't care if my arms are toned or flabby.
How many more days before they are out of the White House and the press can go on to fawning over other "celebrities"?
Way too many!
May 11, 2009 - 09:39 ET by motherbeltThey might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
If this isn't the most nauseatingly...
May 11, 2009 - 10:12 ET by PrairieSkygooey fluff piece masquerading as journalism, then I don't what could be...Sally Quinn seems to have gotten herself into such a lather, that she is in dire need of being hosed off. Many in the MSM, like Chris Matthews, are suffering from a man-crush on Obama, and it would seem that Sally Quinn has a serious woman-crush on Michelle...
Take this breathless drivel as an example...
"Michelle Obama's arms, we determined, were transformational. Her arms are representative of a new kind of woman: young, strong, vigorous, intelligent, accomplished, sexual, powerful, embracing and, most of all, loving.....She has come under attack for exposing her arms. They are toned and muscular, burnished and beautiful." Oh brother...
But wait...it gets even better...Quinn continues her blather with this..."I see a woman embracing the Queen of England when the queen put her arm around her, a warm, loving and, yes, respectful gesture made to the mother of a nation."
"...mother of a nation"? Now Michelle Obama is the "mother of a nation"? Good gawd....
Ms. Quinn says that "Michelle Obama's arms, we determined, were transformational..." Oh, really? Who is this "we" that she mentions? I, for one, don't recall determining anything of the kind. And what is this absolute obsession that the MSM has with Michelle Obama's arms? To listen to these people, one would think that she is the first woman in history to have toned arms...
It's all just a bit too bizarre if you ask me...
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
what an idolatrous pukefest
May 11, 2009 - 09:57 ET by SickofLibs"For some feminists, the idea of an educated woman not taking on a full-time serious job is a frightening throwback."
Say what you really mean, you elitist POS. By educated, you mean Ivy League/law school; everything else is a joke.
But she loves her children, unlike previous first ladies and the rest of us lowlife, trailer-trash parents.
Poor Michelle
May 11, 2009 - 10:39 ET by QueenMumDid I miss something? Who "attacked" Mrs. Obama for exposing her arms? Links would be appreciated. The "attack" was for the media oohing and aahing over every little aspect of Mrs. Dear Leader's every day life. I guess the MsM is no longer able to distinguish between an "attack" on what passes for journalism and a casual observation of Mrs. Obama's style of dress.
Does anyone else see the dichotomy here? Mrs. Obama is touted as being a strong, confident, intelligent woman. And yet ... she is so fragile that someone commenting on her bare arms becomes an "attack". The Obama Love Fest will jumping the shark any day now. Mrs. Obama can't be pleased with being turned into a caricature of the now-defunct feminist.
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of the tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. - Ayn Rand
QM...Good point...I don't recall...
May 11, 2009 - 12:03 ET by PrairieSkyreading, seeing or hearing anything negative relating to Michelle's baring of her arms in the MSM...One thought...Ms. Quinn may be referring to the comments made in the blogosphere questioning the ridiculously syrupy adoration heaped upon her by many in the MSM, including Ms. Quinn herself. Other than that, I can't imagine who she is referring to as having "attacked" Michelle for baring her arms.
Just a guess...
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
I bet any "attack" was from the Left as well
May 11, 2009 - 17:11 ET by UndercoverConservativeProbably from some wasteoid hack like PerezHilton flaming and hating on some outfit or hairdo or something.
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Awww
May 11, 2009 - 10:42 ET by StarAZIsn't this where I always say--rent a room. Who cares what Sally Quinn thinks--she prob wants Meanchelle and hubs to come to a dinner party or something.
Star...Yep...She's making sure...
May 11, 2009 - 10:53 ET by PrairieSkythat she stays on that WH cocktail party invitation list...
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
Mermans
May 11, 2009 - 10:47 ET by StarAZSomeone called those weird flesh flaps on arms batwings. In our fam we call them Mermans--for when Ethel Merman threw her arms up and belted out "There's NO (flap) business like SHOW (flap) business." Mermans come to all if you are lucky enough to have food and grow old. As for being Mom in Chief, I understand the grandmother does a lot the day to day, but she is even busier now and once they had to hire a babysitter. I guess the Secret Service isn't into raiding the choc chip cookies.
Sally...
May 11, 2009 - 11:14 ET by Lord ErondSarah Palin had 5 kids and is Governor of Alaska
Michelle has 2 and is a charm bracelet for Obama.
Who has the harder job? Who's the stronger woman?
Why don't you just ask her to sleep with you already??
Another liberal media whore demonstrating the proper use of the Obama Presidential Kneepads.
"Let him who would move the world, first move himself." -Socrates
"We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains." -Li Po
Ahh, that is such a good point
May 11, 2009 - 13:20 ET by ConservativeMissourianSeriously. Michelle Obama may be confident, strong, etc, but there are she is not the only woman in the world with said attributes. Not only are so many people in the media constantly drooling over here, in this outburst Quinn is complaining about how she is "attacked." A lot of those that are repeatedly in the limelight get "attacked;" you'd think such a strong woman wouldn't be phased by it, or want people drooling over it.
Oh Sally...please...you're
May 11, 2009 - 18:13 ET by bigtimerOh Sally...please...you're still important in DC Land as hostess with almost the mostest.
How much more sucking up are you going to do to ensure your rightful place?
Once a political whore...always a politcal whore.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart