Comments | dymphna79: sigh

dymphna79

sigh

Jan 21, 2009 07:47

What must it be like to be a Harvard-educated attorney and then suddenly (more or less) have people saying things about you like "And, in her first official act as First Lady, Michelle Obama chose a lemongrass-colored suit for the Inauguration ( Read more... )

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kmcdade January 21 2009, 17:31:06 UTC

I definitely consider myself a media mogul.

Did you ever watch Commander in Chief with Geena Davis? She had a first husband.

dymphna79 January 21 2009, 17:32:40 UTC

No. Have you read The President's Daughter series by Ellen Emerson White?

therealocelot January 22 2009, 00:33:40 UTC

I was just about to ask if you'd read those!

(I've actually only read the one where she gets kidnapped. They're not easy to find.)

dymphna79 January 22 2009, 00:44:29 UTC

They've just been reissued! So they should be much, much easier to find now. It's kind of weird, but the author went through and did a lot of updating so they're less 80s now (which was never a problem for me, but...). And she wrote a fourth book, following up on the one you've read, that just came out in 2007. (That's what spurred the updating--the newest one is set in the present time, and I guess she and/or the publisher thought it would be weird to have the series suddenly jump from the 80s to now--but hey, I grew up reading the Babysitters Club books, and actually Trixie Belden from before that, where they celebrate Thanksgiving over and over... but NEVER GET ANY OLDER [cue Twilight Zone music]. I can deal with a time warp.)

cranky_dragon January 21 2009, 18:08:16 UTC

Michelle Obama is such a classy lady, I think she's going to surprise all the idiots out there over the next four years. She's been very quiet so far, but I suspect she's waiting for the right time and place to start showing her personality more. I do think she's a bit more traditional than, say, Hillary Clinton, but that she will find her own ways to make a difference.

I can't remember who it was, but I heard a political analyst who has known the Obamas for years talking about them. He always thought it would be Michelle who would run for president. :)

Also, I love your musing on Bill Clinton. You know that deep down in his heart, he would be SO INTO that.

aethera January 21 2009, 21:22:47 UTC

I kind of hated myself for thinking how awesome that outfit was.

dymphna79 January 21 2009, 21:24:00 UTC

Yeah, I sort of felt like Michelle Obama would be personally disappointed in me for noticing.