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Home › Politics

Politics | 05/15/2009 11:10 am

Michelle Obama on Maxim's Hot 100 List

First Lady Michelle Obama ranks No. 93 on the lad-mag’s ‘hot list.’
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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Michelle Obama can add another honor to her ever-growing list of accolades: Maxim’s Hot 100.

The British lad-mag has for the first time ever included a First Lady on their annual list, which typically includes models and actresses. The magazine writes that Mrs. Obama’s the "stimulus package America really needs," but remains respectful with their accompanying picture: the First lady’s official White House portrait, AFP reports.

The magazine goes on to write that President Barack Obama should be proud: "[Obama] may be dealing with two wars, an economic meltdown and a rapidly graying dome. But at least our commander in chief gets to come home to the hottest First Lady in the history of these United States."

Read more about: Barack Obama, First Lady, Maxim, Maxim Hot 100, Michelle Obama, News

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deber B

Yes, with all that is being revealed with critical and knowing eyes on President Obama and his administration from their failed stimulus pork laden package, Nancy Pelosi and others, and inexperience in understanding the war in the Middle East, we now have "Michelle Obama makes HOT List."   

Aren’t the Obama’s the least bit embarrassed?

By deber B on 05/15/2009 11:19 am
A Amedee
Why should they be embrassed? Have they ask any reporters to write and include them in magazines or ask to be praised?
By A Amedee on 05/17/2009 8:05 am
deber B
Obviously, Michelle Obama must approve all magazine articles featuring her and in this case it is my opinion that she made the wrong choice for the wrong reasons.
By deber B on 05/17/2009 9:05 am
A Amedee
If it was another first lady, you would not have anything to say about it. It is very obvious that you are very critical of the first lady regardless what the topic of disucssion is. There are other first ladies who was before Michelle and they weren’t perfect. Who is anyone to tell the first lady how she should dress and behave. In my opinion, The first lady is conducting herself the way she should.

Those of you out there making an issue of everything Michelle Obama does are very old school. I say that because the word conservative is too flashy to describe some of you here.

By A Amedee on 05/17/2009 10:31 am
deber B

A, that’s just not true.   Nothing like this has ever happened before to a First Lady.   It is, to me, somehow lowering the standards of a highly visible role model to the world.   To have our First Lady approve this article as being "Hot" has nothing to do with conservatives or republicans.    It has everything to do with how she "thinks."   

Perhaps if Barack and Michelle had, at least, experienced being in a mayor or governor role before entering the White House, they wouldn’t be making these choices.    They arrived, totally inexperienced, in the proper protocol necessary to uphold the highest respect for the American people.  

It is my guess that we will not see anything like this again.   I believe they both are starting to understand how formal and important their positions are and it’s best to leave Hollywood  in California.

By deber B on 05/17/2009 11:03 am
A Amedee

When we are bias towards certain people or things we are blinded by our biasness. Therefore, I beg to differ.

By A Amedee on 05/17/2009 11:56 am
deber B
It’s not a question of being "biased."   It is a question of what is "in good taste" and what is not.    What’s next for Michelle?   A bathing suit spread?   Exerpts from " intimate pillow talk" in our White House?   Young Americans may find this "cool" but older, more traditional values address the way the rest of the world respects  and evaluates our President and the First Lady.
By deber B on 05/17/2009 12:14 pm
A Amedee

Young Americans may find this "cool" but older, more traditional values address the way the rest of the world respects  and evaluates our President and the First Lady.

There, you’ve said for yourself. The old school is fading. Out with the old and in with the young! It was the young Americans who elected President Obama! You should let us decide what is acceptable in the white.

By A Amedee on 05/17/2009 12:24 pm
deber B

Yes, it was a young, inexperienced cadre of voters who were caught in the glowing salesmanship abilities of Barack Obama.  I’ll give him this….he was a very good salesman.   Now he needs to deliver the product he sold to you fine young folks and I’m afraid you’ll be waiting for a very long time.

He’ll be hard pressed now to do more selling to the American people because so far he hasn’t delivered on one campaign promise.   

By deber B on 05/17/2009 12:38 pm
deber B
I apologize for being Off Topic.   I’ll take this to the appropriate thread.
By deber B on 05/17/2009 12:39 pm
L. C.

First Lady Michelle Obama is worthy of all awards and honors bestowed on her! … She did not  ask to be included on Maxim’s list! … She is not responsible! … I applaud Maxim for being respectful of her position!

They have absolutely no reason to be embarrassed! … I’m certain the Obama’s are amused by all the attention!

By L. C. on 05/17/2009 8:45 am
deber B
Perhaps in your world, a First Lady being "hot" is a high honor.    Not in my world.
By deber B on 05/17/2009 9:11 am
Diana T

Why should they be embarassed?  Why do you call it a failed stimulus after just a few months when we were warned this may take years to recover from?  Did you read Maurine Dowd today?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/opinion/17dowd.html

Or the GQ article coming out this month?

http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_9217

By Diana T on 05/17/2009 8:16 pm
deber B

Diana, first of all, we are so enjoying Monarch of the Glen.   Thank you for putting us on to it.   It is exactly what we enjoy from the Brits.

You posted last week, as realtor in Kentucky, that real estate is showing signs of recovery.   The stimulus did not make that happen.   What has happened is that a higher percentage of Americans have very good credit.    They are the people who are taking advantage of low interest loans and are buying up foreclosures and resales…and let us not discount new home sales.   The criteria for taking advantage of lower interest rate loans is that a home owner must default on several months of a mortage payment thereby injuring their credit to become eligible.   Obama’s plan isn’t working for good solid home owners in trouble.   It is convoluted.   It hurts people in trouble seven years or more to correct their credit.   This is good?  

I did read Maurine Dowd.   Basically, Obama’s team hasn’t helped Americans.   Better he should have given everyone who filed taxes in 2008 a nice little $5,000 stimulus to catch up on their mortgage payments, and then we would be without this outlying debt to be paid, from his words, from the rich.   Diana, it doesn’t make good mathematical sense and it prolongs a real estate driven recession even longer by every means.   This President is without clear vision for Americans.   His vision, however, is clear in that he intends to hold our country in enough debt to insure his re-election and it is not going over well with those with their eyes open.

By deber B on 05/17/2009 8:55 pm
DeBúrca obj
Mrs. Obama IS hot! And though she is a lovely, gracious woman, her warm personality and high intelligence are not the least of the qualities that make her ‘hot’.
By DeBúrca obj on 05/15/2009 11:32 am
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