The Most Beautiful First Lady In History told the International Olympic Committee a tale of her childhood. At least we hope it was from her childhood. tags Michelle Obama Sitting Father's Lap Olympic Committee“Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad’s lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis, and others for their brilliance and perfection.” Heartwarming. Except for one thing. Turns out Carl Lewis first competed in the Olympics in 1984 when Michelle Obama was already 20 years old. So either she was lying or she had a very strange relationship with her father. This is more than vaguely reminiscent of the time that Hillary Clinton announced that she had been named after Sir Edmund Hillary. In fact, she told the story for nearly a decade before someone figured out that he was an unknown New Zealand beekeeper when Hillary Rodham was born in 1947 and didn’t become famous until he became the first man to scale Mount Everest in 1953. Either Hillary was lying or her Ma Rodham was psychic. Our money’s on the former. Ditto with Michelle Obama. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago |
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The first baby rhinoceros born in Uganda in almost 30 years has been named Obama because his father is from Kenya and his mother was born in the US. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
By any measure Michelle Obama is a remarkable first lady. She is highly educated, with degrees from Princeton and Harvard, and professionally accomplished, having worked for a top law firm, a big-city government and a big hospital. It would be good to hear a bit more about what Mrs Obama thinks and a lot less about what she wears. picked by chinook 8 months ago 5 comments edit related share politics |
First Lady Michelle Obama is the new comic star of the red-hot Female Force series. And future comic will feature Caroline Kennedy. Check out the Village Voice's sneak peak at the Caroline comic. picked by suebe 8 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the Beijing Games could not be a cure for all the country's ills as pressure continued to mount on Olympic organisers about human rights issues in China. picked by ConeOfSilence 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Research into the family of US First Lady Michelle Obama has revealed that her great-great-great-grandmother was a slave given away at the age of six. picked by ruthstark 2 months ago 7 comments edit related share politics |
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Meriwether Lewis, one half of the Lewis and Clark explorer duo who first reached the Pacific by land, may have been murdered, say descendants who want his body exhumed. picked by kakana 5 months ago 2 comments edit related share world |
Obama brags about the work of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee and goes so far as to lie about being a member of the committee picked by bernardblack 1 year ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
"As an active member in the community, a conservative and a patriot, please don't push your agenda upon us conservatives by politicizing community service and forcing Michelle Obama upon my campus." picked by gammerus 2 months ago 4 comments edit related share politics |
Meowza strikes again! This time, with a video showing a mating between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, (made entirely in Aviary). picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago 8 comments edit related share arts |
Barack Obama has a message for Tennessee's Republican Party: "Lay off my wife." This was in reference to a video taking Mrs Obama to task for her "For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country." He called the strategy "low class." picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 43 comments edit related share politics |
It's a question Hillary Rodham Clinton and her surrogates raised through the last days of the caustic Pennsylvania primary contest. And unfortunately for Obama - who lost to the former first lady by a 10-point margin Tuesday night - it's a question that bears repeating. picked by 1thirteen3 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share politics |
I hadn't read it before today. 6 comments edit related share politicsInteresting insight into the mind of possibly our next First Lady. Sorry if a dupe picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago |
Does Mrs. Obama have an unprecedented number of staffers in a time when 34 million Americans - a record number - rely on food stamps to feed their families? 22 comments edit related share politicsLaura Bush was no slouch either. picked by cb__ 3 months ago |
It may have been said as a joke, but was definitely way over the line. He has since apologized. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Olympic Flame has been extinguished in Paris, not by protesters directly, but by officials in response to protester action. 5 comments edit related share politicsThis is a breaking story, and as such developments continue. Since this coverage was posted on the BBC site it has become apparent that the flame has been relit - updates to follow. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago |
He was the first to conquer the summit of the world's highest peak, Everest. picked by suebe 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share world |
The Olympic torch is being welcomed this weekend in the UK as a symbol of the sporting spirit, uniting people around the world in peaceful competition. 2 comments edit related share worldBut the idea of lighting the torch at the ancient Olympian site in Greece and then running it through different countries has much darker origins. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
A deal has been brokered between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that will allow Clinton's name to be placed in nomination at next week's Democratic nominating convention. 15 comments edit related share politicsParty unity???? picked by suebe 1 year ago |
While the crowd was indeed diverse, some students at the event questioned the practices of Mrs. Obama’s event coordinators, who handpicked the crowd sitting behind Mrs. Obama. The Tartan’s correspondents observed one event coordinator say to another, “Get me more white people, we need more white people.” To an Asian girl sitting in the back row, one coordinator said, “... read full post picked by ImNotBlue 2 years ago 24 comments edit related share politics |
Acting as delegates for the U.K. were Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page, who came together to perform Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love". 1 comments edit related share entertainmentDavid Beckham was there too. picked by Frunchroom 1 year ago |