I Think She Looks Beautiful!

[kpete]

President Barack Obama greets First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha upon their arrival at a barbecue in celebration of his 49th birthday on the South Lawn of the White House, Aug. 8, 2010
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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MEMORANDUM

TO: Maureen Dowd, etc.

FR: Bill Keller

RE: Spock's Wife is in Spain??!!

First, put down that vodka tonic. It's eight in the morning.

more:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/8/9/891449/-Maureen-Dowd-gets-the-memo

[seabeyond]

1. you know one of the niftiest as a couple when a parent? child does something that warms the heart

and mom and dad makes that eye connection, sharing the moment.

the best

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Also when the kid is doing or saying something funny and the parents make eye contact and

try not to laugh if it would hurt the tyke's feelings. :)

[seabeyond]

4. yup. nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. What's the Spock thing all about?

[Xenotime]

7. Again racism rears it's ugly head...Thanks RWgers

[roguevalley]

18. big ears, calm and cool, cerebral.

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. I dunno. He's pretty smiley for a Vulcan.

[roguevalley]

24. might be romulan ;)

[blondeatlast]

5. That article really exposes how the mainstream media works these days.

Set-ups, distortions, and "here's how it SHOULD be dones."

It's a funny article--but it's so, so true, too.

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Lisa0825]

8. Anyone else not able to get through to DailyKos?

Is it down?

[blondeatlast]

9. I just now followed the link in the OP with no problem. nt

[Lisa0825]

10. Hmmm... I can't even ping 'em or tracert. nt

[blondeatlast]

12. Still no problem on my end. nt

[Spazito]

11. One of the comments on the dkos thread had a link to a column...

by someone who is NOT particularly 'friendly' to the Obama Administration, Lynn Sweet, and she had this key info in her column:\

First, some numbers. Mrs. Obama did not travel with 40 friends, a number used by some news outlets.

She vacationed with two women, one of them a longtime Chicago pal, Anita Blanchard, who is the obstetrician who delivered Sasha and Malia. Blanchard is married to Marty Nesbitt -- President Obama's buddy and the treasurer of Obama's presidential campaign fund.

There was one other woman. Total: four daughters among the three women. They paid for their hotel rooms and other personal and travel expenses.

snip

So why did Mrs. Obama go to Spain at this time? She's not tone-deaf politically. What was behind the "mother-daughter" vacation?

A White House source told me that Blanchard's father passed away and Mrs. Obama was not able to make the funeral at the beginning of July. Blanchard had promised her daughter she would take her to Spain for her birthday. She asked Mrs. Obama and Sasha to come with. (Malia is at overnight camp.)

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/08/michelle_obamas_spain_trip_the.html

As usual, the rabid right wing lies managed to make their way to DU, the "40 friends" crap, so I am happy to see this being completely debunked and by someone who certainly can't be classified as a supporter of the President.

Thanks for the OP and the link, it is much appreciated!

Recommended.

[JNelson6563]

14. Awesome.

Thanks for posting the facts. The haterz will disregard them no doubt.

Julie

[Spazito]

15. No doubt, even though the column is written by someone whose...

history is less than supportive of the President and the Democrats. I certainly don't expect to see these FACTS being shouted by the pundits, the MSM, etc, the way the lies were. It is even more saddening, imo, that those lies made their way to DU and supported by some as if it was the truth.

[malaise]

13. Lovely

Thanks

[Raschel]

16. She is beautiful. Inside and out. The Obama's are a very unpretentious family.

Please don't flame me, but I think Michelle and Barack are two nerds. The President is strikingly handsome, and Michelle is beautiful. They are intellectual and non-hipster. They aren't trying to be cool. They have their own style and are fine with it.

The right can't see what a wonderful family this is, because they view all Black people as the same.

[stanwyck]

17. Agree. They're a lovely family. n/t

[ibegurpard]

19. I agree

[SoCalDem]

21. vodka tonic? wrong first lady, pal

[bigwillq]

22. She is beautiful.

That's not the most flattering picture, but no need for the insults.

[proteus_lives]

23. She is pretty. I gotta admit I'm not a fan of the severe hair-bun look though.

Makes women look old.