Michelle Obama: A portrait of the first lady

[Kadie]

Michelle Obama: A portrait of the first lady
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press
01/16/2010 | 10:51 PM

WASHINGTON — Every once in a while Michelle Obama checks in with old friends.

"Do you still recognize me?" she'll ask. "Do I still feel like Michelle?"

In the past year, the first lady's name has popped up on Forbes' "most powerful women" list, People's "most beautiful" list, Time's "most influential" list, Vanity Fair's "international best-dressed" list, Barbara Walters' "most fascinating" list. And so on.

Her every word, move, bite, gesture, dress and shoe has been analyzed and second-guessed.

Is she taking on too much? Why isn't she doing more?

Did she touch the queen first? Should her arms be bare? Are her shorts too short? Are her sneakers too expensive? Is she putting on weight?

"It wasn't something that I was prepared for," she said last week as she looked back on her first year as first lady.

The challenge, then, has been to remain Michelle through it all, and not become "somebody else that is in a magazine."


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[Kadie]

1. .

:kick:

[lunatica]

2. Michelle is handling it all with excellence

And turning out to be quite the leader by example.

[alsame]

3. You're doing great, Michelle! The description of her as

Nurturer in Chief is perfect - she is by far the warmest First Lady I can remember. People always want to touch her and kids just flock to her with hugs.

Thanks for posting, Kadie.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. +1. K&R!

We couldn't have done better... She's truly a class act... :toast:

[KittyWampus]

4. OMG! Don't touch the Queen!

[lunatica]

5. That's good advice

[JNelson6563]

6. Nice article.

Indeed, Michelle Obama has handled this first year very well and I think she is a superb First Lady.

Julie

[Catshrink]

7. And she has enough class

to leave the draperies on the windows.