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Michelle Obama: No tension with husband's aides (People paint me as "some angry black woman")
CBS News ^ | January 12, 2012

Posted on 01/11/2012 5:24:26 AM PST by maggief

(CBS News)

Michelle Obama said depictions of friction in a new book, "The Obamas," between her and former top aides to her husband, President Obama, aren't true.

In a wide-ranging interview with "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King, the first lady also said that some have tried to portray her as an "angry black woman" since Mr. Obama first announced he was seeking the presidency.

" ... I guess it's more interesting to imagine this conflicted situation here and a strong woman and-- you know? But that's been an image that people have tried to paint of me since the day Barack announced, that I'm some angry black woman."

"The Obamas," written by New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor, reports that there was tension with former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanual and with former presidential Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

But Mrs. Obama told King that simply wasn't so.

"Rahm is -- and Amy, his wife, are some of our dearest friends," Mrs. Obama says. "Rahm and I have never had a cross word. He's a funny guy."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: angryblackwoman; jodikantor; mantoinette; michelleobama
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To: maggief
"People paint me as "some angry black woman"

That's because you ARE an ANGRY BLACK WOMAN! Real people (not sycophant hanger on "friends of Obama") see you for exactly what you are: a radical angry black woman who thinks she is "your Excellency" Marie Antoinette.

61 posted on 01/11/2012 6:21:32 AM PST by Jmouse007 (Lord deliver us from evil, in Jesus name, amen.)
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To: Jim Noble

very sad but you are correct.


62 posted on 01/11/2012 6:22:04 AM PST by manc (Marriage is between one man and one woman.Trolls get a life, I HATE OUR BIASED LIBERAL MEDIA.)
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To: MrB

NAIL ON HEAD.

One white kid and 15 blacks and the room is diverse.
One black kid and 15 whites and the room is not diverse.

I swear liberalism is a mental disease helped on by other liberals who tell them that they are correct or by parents who say kids need to find themselves at aged 5.


63 posted on 01/11/2012 6:23:26 AM PST by manc (Marriage is between one man and one woman.Trolls get a life, I HATE OUR BIASED LIBERAL MEDIA.)
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To: maggief

One of the signs that someone is deliberately lying is the wide open eyes and wrinkled forehead.


64 posted on 01/11/2012 6:23:30 AM PST by Dan(9698)
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To: newnhdad
at the end of the day, it’s always about race with the Obama’s.

Yep. There have been countless tell-all books about how presidents and First Ladies have been nasty to the staff. Think back to the books about Hillary throwing an ash tray at a Secret Service agent and getting into screaming fights in the White House. Think about how Nancy Reagan was portrayed in books as "cold" to the staff. Yet when the exact same thing is written about Obama, its racial.

66 posted on 01/11/2012 6:28:06 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Dan(9698); All

Video at link:

http://nation.foxnews.com/michelle-obama/2012/01/11/damage-control-people-try-paint-me-some-angry-black-woman


67 posted on 01/11/2012 6:30:35 AM PST by maggief
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To: manc

The last few lines of your post reminds me of a truism:

Liberals love the masses, but hate people.

Conservatives hate the masses but love people.


68 posted on 01/11/2012 6:31:15 AM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: maggief
The picture of obozo in #19, I always think he has his middle finger up on his temple. I am wrong, surely I am wrong..... (I did not call you shirly, but am I wrong?)
69 posted on 01/11/2012 6:31:53 AM PST by Ditter
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To: manc

Being a human being is personal. Personal relationships with other people. Anything else is only relevant in marketing and politics.


70 posted on 01/11/2012 6:32:04 AM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: maggief

I wouldn’t call her an angry black woman. I’d call her an angry amazon.


71 posted on 01/11/2012 6:32:54 AM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: maggief

I do sometimes wonder if she has a red hourglass on her tummy. But, then, the little guy is still alive, so probably not.


72 posted on 01/11/2012 6:33:38 AM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: cuban leaf

good way of putting it.
I always say conservatives look at people and judge them as who they are.

The left loves to look at people by race, religion etc.


73 posted on 01/11/2012 6:35:29 AM PST by manc (Marriage is between one man and one woman.Trolls get a life, I HATE OUR BIASED LIBERAL MEDIA.)
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To: Russ
Come on, you silly people. She is a loving wife and mother who enjoys baking cookies, reading bedtime stories to her daughters and has never had a harsh word to say to anyone

And, she has toned arms. Don't forget about the toned arms.

74 posted on 01/11/2012 6:36:43 AM PST by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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To: manc

It just shows the “diversity” push is an anti-traditional American culture movement.
And to extrapolate, it is actually a anti-Christian movement, as traditional American culture is based on Judeo-Christian values.


76 posted on 01/11/2012 6:39:18 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: MrB

agree with that.


77 posted on 01/11/2012 6:40:27 AM PST by manc (Marriage is between one man and one woman.Trolls get a life, I HATE OUR BIASED LIBERAL MEDIA.)
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To: cripplecreek

She’s a Winnie Mandela wanna-be. If she had the power, she’d be ‘necklacing’ those who displease her. Just like Winnie did.

Scary thing is, she’s not that far from wielding the power she seeks.


78 posted on 01/11/2012 6:41:16 AM PST by Noumenon ("I tell you, gentlemen, we have a problem on our hands." Col. Nicholson-The Bridge on the River Qwai)
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" Help lift us up, help us fight this fight to change — transform — this country in a fundamental way.

This chance won’t come around again."

~Michelle Obama




Please click the pic


79 posted on 01/11/2012 6:44:10 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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