Hello Diana T

I appreciate your response to a post which reflects an attitude that, no doubt, will persist among some. I very much agree with your assessment of Michelle Obama, but believe that those who grudgingly remark they actually couldn’t find anything to criticize will never be able to acknowledge her authenticity. They need to insinuate that if she seems to be “pleasant” or poised, well……that’s just because it is a MAKEOVER! It CAN’T be that she is a bright and lovely person, oh no! Someone (that magical media, the wizard of Oz?) is just making it SEEM that way. Fascinating.

Before any of the Obama critics decide to hit the reply button and make noise about the validity of, or the indisputable right to their opinion, I hasten to acknowledge and defend your rights. Just don’t expect the rest of us to allow opinions we consider unfounded in fact or logic, (and sometimes quite offensive) to go unchallenged. Isn’t that the point of conversation? I have no illusion that anyone can change a closed mind, but an open one should be presented with the information necessary to weigh an issue from different perspectives.

I am off to the garden now where I have planted patches of jewel-tone petunias with a backdrop of first lady marigolds. A small tribute representing my hope for the future.

I agree with you. During the broadcast, Michelle again championed her working class, attending public school childhood roots. She’s not trying to be the next Jackie Kennedy. There will only be one JBKO. If one is lucky enough to be compared to Jackie, how flattering. Reminds me very much of Gwyneth Paltrow coming onto the scene in 1998, being compared to Grace Kelly. I remember thinking, she’s not the next Grace Kelly.. She’s the first Gwyneth Paltrow. And so it is with Michelle.. There is no one like her out there. Off-the-rack, or Haute Couture on her back, she is an original. She causes an exciting stir. I think this is what really bothers some.