You are telling me

by YankeeJim | February 3, 2010 at 10:04 am

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She said, “I am not that interesting.” IMO, that is correct. She doesn’t have to be. When she engages the public for a cause, she seems to be quite effective as she is bright. She doesn’t flaunt her position.

With intense attention to her daughters, which I respect, she is not one who is seen promoting her husband’s policies or engaging openly in offering advice, though I bet she does.

Humility and respect for her constituents is nice enough in the absence of being particularly interesting.

YJ

“Michelle Obama: What you see is the real me

Despite intense public scrutiny, first lady says she finds ‘comfort’ in her role

When she moved to the nation’s most prestigious address, Michelle Obama’s husband told her that rough times were ahead. The country was in recession, people were out of work, the political parties were in open warfare — and the man who was going to be blamed for it all was President Barack Obama.

But you won’t hear the first lady utter a peep of complaint.

“The truth is, there are a lot of folks who are hurting. And there’s no way I’m going to sit here and complain; I’m sitting in the White House,” Michelle Obama told TODAY’s Matt Lauer during an exclusive, far-ranging White House interview that aired Wednesday.”