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Inside Obama’s Marriage
Michelle and Barack Obama: The 21st Century Kennedys?
by Barbara Kantrowitz
The tidbits of their private life that the public does get to see indicates a normal family. She’s on his case to stop smoking and do more around the house. He recently told Ebony magazine that he sometimes leaves his socks on the floor. “As Michelle likes to say, ‘You are a good man, but you are still a man.’ She lets me know when I’m not acting right.” But there are barriers to the public’s right to know all about them. When it comes to fidelity in marriage, Michelle told Ebony that she doesn’t worry about it. “That is between Barack and me,” she said, “and if somebody can come between us, we didn’t have much to begin with.”
Michelle still isn’t widely known outside of Illinois, but the current campaign will change that. “She would be far and away the most beautiful First Lady we have ever had,” says family therapist Terrence Real, author of The New Rules of Marriage. And the marriage is a plus. “It’s coming across as quite solid,” he adds. “There’s a real love there.” Although Michelle is every bit as accomplished as Hillary was when her husband first ran for president, Michelle’s résumé (at least so far) appears to be an asset. “I think she will get better treatment—not because we are more accepting of a First Lady with a career but because she’s nicer, more feminine, more traditional as a woman,” says Love. “Plus they obviously love and respect one another.”
Although she’s untested in a grueling national campaign, Michelle promises to be a 21st century Jackie Kennedy, sophisticated and stylish, with an Ivy League education and a high-powered career.
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Barbara Kantrowitz is a senior writer for Newsweek.
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1 Rosa // May 15, 2008 at 7:53 pm
I still don’t like them.
2 Sally New // May 15, 2008 at 4:10 pm
“I think she will get better treatment—not because we are more accepting of a First Lady with a career but because she’s nicer, more feminine, more traditional as a woman,” says Love.
What a pathetic backward,misogynist rant this is. What is is doing in this article? Who is this person being quoted? It is absolutely not acceptable.
3 maria // May 15, 2008 at 2:42 pm
They are delightful indeed. It will be so nice to have an intelligent couple in the White House who are more like everyday americans. They are a class act. I hope we can keep him safe.
4 TexasFeminist // May 15, 2008 at 11:57 am
It will be sooo wonderful to have a family in the White House that Americans can actually respect, enjoy, identify with, and love again.
5 Michelle Obama Stumps For Husband // Jan 31, 2008 at 5:35 pm
[…] Michelle, particularly compared to some political spouses, is quite accomplished in her own right. Check out Tango’s article on the Obamas as a couple. At any rate, she actually reminds us of a young, likeable Hillary Clinton. We think he could […]
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