AP Lauds Michelle Obama's 'Superstar Glamor'; Mocks Russian First Lady

NewsBusters ^ | July 6, 2009 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

The way the Associated Press is fawning over Michelle Obama and her supposed sense of fashion, you would almost think they were talking about Carla Bruni who really does dress quite elegantly and oozes glamor. To add to this absurdity, the AP also went out of its way to paint the Russian First Lady as frumpy. Um, advice to AP personnel; don't expect the Russians to go out of their way to help you in your stories in that country after that gratuitous slam on the wife of their president. First let us watch the AP's Catrina Stewart act dazzled over the "superstar glamor" of Michelle Obama:

MOSCOW (AP) - Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president.

But the American first lady, who has wowed publics in the U.S. and Europe with her easy elegance and charm, will perhaps face a bigger challenge in winning over a Russian public that has scant respect for women who grab the limelight from their powerful husbands.

[jakerobins]

LOL.....Loved Red Foxx.....God Bless his smutty old soul...

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

"Yes, dear, for the tenth time...that dress makes your butt look huge..."

[Florida native]

Oh yeah, Huba Hubba?

Do this dog make my azz look big?

She's Bertha Butt - gag me wit a shovel.

[skimbell]

Why yes Mrs. obama that is alter wine, why do you ask?

[tflabo]

Russian president's wife, Svetlana Medvedeva, and U.S. president's wife, Michelle Obama, visit Moscow Kremlin's museums

[maggief]

[Miss Behave]

Those armpit-belts make her already long arms look seriously freakishly long—which in turn makes her look like hulking, lurching man. PLEASE someone around her TELL her.

[VeniVidiVici]

A bustle in her hedgerow?

[Miss Behave]

OMG she’s looking at the GROUND.

[cousair]

The only frumpy one on the front page of Drudge this am. was Michelle my Belle Obama, who looked like the last petunia of summer in her flower splashed frock and yellow coverup walking along leading her husband into the frey. She wowed them in London too, and I am sure the wherever and whenever bare arms are big in fashion on the national stage. Not all women of color have such a fashion touch though...take Condi Rice for example...never ever was there more of a class act...both on stage and off. Her clothes and person were always classic beauty!

[LA Woman3]

No belt in the last pic??

[Gator113]

Isn’t that one of Rev Wrights outfits?

They made him look thinner.

[tflabo]

All my womens lookins smokin’ hot when brotha hereya takes da eyeglasses off and dims da lights!

[maggief]

She’s not looking too “proud.”

[dandiegirl]

Why does she wear evening wear during the day?

[Tax-chick]

Pretty color, for a change, but there’s that stupid clear plastic belt again, and the nightgown neckline. Sheewt, the woman must be blind.

[Gator113]

When she walks backwards, does she beep like a delivery truck?

If she gains just 10 more pounds, Obama is going to give her trunk it’s own Zip code.

[Shyla]

I am not a hot bag for a long shot.

I know how to dress.

She is a freak.

Not first lady material by a loooong shot.

Whatever happened to nice, cut suits???

[Tax-chick]

Mrs. Medvedeva, while stout and plain, looks elegantly appropriate to the occasion. Mrs. Obama, as always, looks like she picked up random garments from the closet floor in the dark.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Circus must be in town!