Tag Archives: Michelle Obama

It’s St. Patrick’s Day and White House fountains are flowing green for the first time, by order of the First Lady. Michelle Obama came up with the idea for the festive touch, said spokeswoman Katie McCormick Lelyveld. She was inspired by the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in her hometown of Chicago, where the city marks the holiday by dyeing the …

RuPaul werks this holiday greeting card as both Obamas. Back when I had roommates and still bothered with a Christmas tree, we always had my RuPaul ornament near the top. (Via – Towleroad)

Michelle Obama appeared on the season debut of Ellen Denegeres yesterday where she congratulated Ellen on her recent “big move”. In the second clip Ellen mentions having been married 24 days and deftly segues the conversation to the Obama marriage. It was a nice move and Michelle returns with a comment on why she thinks Ellen’s marriage will do well. …

Yesterday Michelle Obama made a surprise unannounced appearance at the Democratic convention’s LGBT caucus.

Here’s Michelle Obama’s historic speech at the Democratic Convention last night. I pulled the C-SPAN version so you don’t have to endure the ridiculous CNN crap that I complained about last night.

For the record, I really like Michelle Obama and thought her speech tonight was quite solid, if a little too slick and rehearsed. But what the heck was CNN doing with those relentless cutaways to sobbing women in the audience? “Oh mah Gawd, she loves her children JUST LIKE I LOVE MINE.” And when the Obamatots came out onstage for …

Via Queerty, here’s the latest result of today’s poll on World Net Daily, which ask readers to “sound off” on New Yorker’s Obamas-as-terrorists cover. At the moment, 60% of their wingnut readers believe the cartoon is “isn’t too far from the dangerous truth about the Obama family.” Embiggen for the idiocy.

The cover story of the current issue of New Yorker delves into Barack Obama’s rise from an unknown lawyer to a powerful Chicago politician, but it’s cartoonist Barry Blitt’s satirical artwork on that cover has got people screaming. Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton: “The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is …

Michelle Obama spoke at the Democratic National Committee’s Gay & Lesbian Leadership Council dinner last night at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan. A week after her smash appearance on “The View,” Michelle Obama returned here Thursday night to win more kudos – this time from well-heeled gay activists at a Waldorf-Astoria party fund-raiser. The wife of Democratic candidate Barack Obama spoke …

Via Pam Spaulding comes word of the latest racist outrage perpetrated by Fox News: calling Michelle Obama “Obama’s Baby Mama!” Unfuckingbelievable. Oliver Willis: So here’s the thing (because during this campaign I’m apparently learning that we black people have our own secret code and hand signals so this stuff has to be explained like you are speaking to a child …

Michelle Obama raised the ire of conservatives on Monday when she said, “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country, and not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change.” Hmm, not the best choice of words for a potential First Lady. Right-wing blog Newsbusters responds: Doesn’t …