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ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqq6EwcgyWk
http://www.glamour.com/magazine/2007/09/michelle-obama

Blog:

September 6, 2007, 11:58 AM
“Tales From the Obama Bedroom”
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

SNIPPET: “In an interview with Glamour magazine, Michelle Obama reveals that her husband, Barack, is so “snore-y and stinky” when he wakes up in the morning that their daughters won’t crawl into bed with him.

The interview, in the magazine’s October issue, was conducted by Tonya Lewis Lee, who is married to Spike Lee, the filmmaker.

Update: Glamour has updated its Web site now with a fuller quote from Mrs. Obama, and here’s a complete transcript of the passage:

Q: Speaking of your girls, what do you think they think of Mommy? How do they think of you?

Mrs. Obama: You know my hope in my gut is that I am just Mommy. I don’t think this part registers to them. I mean so much of our relationship is based on our world at home. It’s getting up _ you know we have this ritual in the morning. We get up and they want ten more minutes so they can come in my bed and if Dad isn’t there _ because he is too snore-y and stinky, they don’t want ever to get in the bed with him _ but we cuddle up and we talk. We’ve talked about everything from the boy that one daughter doesn’t particularly like in school to what is a period to _”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/tales-from-the-obamas-bedroom