Posted on 11/11/2008 9:04:55 AM PST by lewisglad
Michelle Obama, wife of US President-elect Barack Obama, says she is "begging" her mother to move to Washington to be with their daughters who dote on their grand mother.
"I am begging my mother", Marian Robinson, to leave her home on Chicago's south side and move to the White House to be with Malia (10) and Sasha (seven), Michelle said and hoped that her mother will heed to the request.
"The girls are going to need her, as part of their sense of stability," Michelle told Newsweek.
"And what is true for my mom is that she does anything for us and her grandkids. All they have to do is look at her with sad eyes and she's done for," she said.
The family is expected to move to the White House after Obama is inaugurated as US President on January 20. Marian regularly made a 10-minute journey from her home to the Obamas' residence to look after her grand daughters for almost two years while their parents were campaigning for the primaries and Presidential elections.
Michelle said her mother initially told her that "there wasn't enough space" and that she "didn't want to intrude" into their space.
"I think she's going to come," she said. If 71-year-old Marian decides to stay in the White House, it will be an important addition to new White House team as the country's next First Family prepares for the domestic makeover.
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Why not ask Auntie Zeituni?
and who pays her way ?
Hillary took the VP’s office and kicked Algore down the hall.
Poor BHO — President of the United States of America, and he still has to live with his mother-in-law!
I’m reminded of the scene in American Gangster when the family moves into their big new white house.
The conservative Sarah could have...
We do! Grrr!
Makes sense; she’s about as maternal as a spider.
Actually, I like the sound of this (so shoot me).
So much for mommy care in the WH.
LOL.....this only confirms who wears the pants.
LOL!
Sarah’s husband helped a lot, and from what I understand they also had lots of family that have helped them. Obama won’t be able to his kids like Todd Palin could have. Obama will be president.
I have enough problems with Obama, but this isn’t one of them.
Any of you presidential historians know if this would be the first POTUSMIL to live in the White House? Just thinking of the MIL joke possibilities...
The real reason is that Michelle thinks her mother will be safer in the Whitehouse when Obama gets the USA attacked by terrorists.
It's an Obama family tradition. The grandmother raises the kids, while the actual mother realises her personhood.
However, I expect it may change when Malia and Sasha start having kids
Eh, what’s one more family member living off the taxpayer?
I get tired of the press covering every single piece of minutia about their lives. But you hardly ever heard about things Laura and President Bush did while in office, unless it was negative.
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