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Analysis: Michelle Obama is ready for Mexico prime-time! (It's The Michelle Show!)
Yahoo News ^ | 4/12/2010 | Yahoo News

Posted on 04/13/2010 8:59:42 AM PDT by Dallas59



Michelle Obama is a hit at home and abroad but she will come under particular scrutiny this week as she embarks on her first solo trip outside the U.S., visiting Mexico. How she performs on this diplomatic mission will be closely watched because she is not just the president's wife, she is the most prominent ambassador for her husband's foreign policies.

Such trips are not a small undertaking, and they can carry more weight than might be expected.

When the First Lady travels abroad, foreigners take cues about policy substance and tonality from her. They understand she is the last person the president sees at the end of many days. Advice that she offers has a meaningful impact on substantive policy.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: fat; mexico; michelle

1 posted on 04/13/2010 8:59:42 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

It’s dangerous down there.


2 posted on 04/13/2010 9:00:43 AM PDT by thethirddegree
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To: Dallas59

I thought it was Hillary’s job to be Obama’s most prominent ambassador. Maybe Hillary got demoted?


3 posted on 04/13/2010 9:02:06 AM PDT by Gothmog (I fight for Xev)
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To: Dallas59

I wish she’d stay there


4 posted on 04/13/2010 9:10:30 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The PLANTATION Party is at it again (the DEMS) ....trying to make slaves of everyone)
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To: Dallas59

‘Michelle Obama is a hit at home ‘

Couldn’t get any further in the article...


5 posted on 04/13/2010 9:12:08 AM PDT by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: goodnesswins

With all costs (support staff, security, travel and so forth) added, just how much are these shows costing the tax payer?


6 posted on 04/13/2010 9:12:15 AM PDT by hal ogen ($10 (I think) ajmo0unts through the internet from all over the world.)
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To: Dallas59
Oh...that picture. What class. What grace. What charm. We are so luck to have her as First Aunt Ester...er, Lady.

/sarc
7 posted on 04/13/2010 9:12:19 AM PDT by FrankR (Those of us who love AMERICA far outnumber those who love obama - your choice.)
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To: Dallas59
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8 posted on 04/13/2010 9:14:12 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Dallas59

That’s a lovely picture.


9 posted on 04/13/2010 9:26:14 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Freddd
Couldn’t get any further in the article...

Me either. I wonder where at home she is such a hit?

10 posted on 04/13/2010 9:27:12 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Dallas59

With all the love mexicans have for blacks what could go wrong?.


12 posted on 04/13/2010 9:30:22 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Dallas59

Will there be home crafted boob belts for sale by street vendors in Mexico soon?


13 posted on 04/13/2010 9:34:59 AM PDT by razorback-bert (So many questions, so few answers about Barry.)
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To: Jewbacca

Eeeeeewwwwwwwww......


14 posted on 04/13/2010 9:36:32 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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