# I \[heart\] Michelle Obama
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 20, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182 "2009-03-20T16:42:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/1 "2009-03-20T16:42:21Z")
Smart as all hell, gorgeous, stylish without breaking the bank, charming, approachable …
… and she’s starting the first [vegetable garden](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/dining/19garden-web.html?_r=1&hp) at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s Victory Garden.
God I love that woman.
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### Author:  [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/2 "2009-03-20T18:05:22Z")
I heartily agree.
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### Author:  [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/3 "2009-03-20T18:15:55Z")
Michelle in 2016!
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### Author:  [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/4 "2009-03-20T18:20:25Z")
Could she be any more amazing?
Can’t wait to see what other changes she can make over the next few years… it’s been far too long since we’ve a proper female role model in the White House.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/5 "2009-03-20T19:40:50Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#):
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> Could she be any more amazing?
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> Can’t wait to see what other changes she can make over the next few years… it’s been far too long since we’ve a proper female role model in the White House.
She makes cookies?
::flees::
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### Author:  [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/6 "2009-03-20T21:17:43Z")
I’m also a big fan of the First Lady. She has the kids doing housework chores, too.
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> The plots will be in raised beds fertilized with **White House compost** , crab meal from the Chesapeake Bay, lime and green sand. Ladybugs and praying mantises will help control harmful bugs.
White House compost! That’s rich.
D.C. gossips are getting catty over Michelle’s sleeveless garments, but the National Rifle Association firmly defends her right to bare arms.
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### Author:  [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/7 "2009-03-20T22:59:15Z")
Dang! The map with the NY Times article is clearly the spring map – all spinach and lettuce and peas. I want to see what’s going in after the early stuff poops out. And I want to know varieties, dammit! Heirloom tomatoes or modern hybrids? What kind of peppers? Inquiring minds want to know!
(Pres. Obama doesn’t care for beets?!? And I thought the man was perfect.)
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### Author:  [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/8 "2009-03-20T23:15:29Z")
Clearly, he’s never enjoyed properly-prepared beets. 😃
Very cool. Heirloom tomatoes are mentioned in the article, **freckafree** , so I’m thinking there’s a chance they’ll be planting them.
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/9 "2009-03-20T23:20:36Z")
Okay, that is seriously cool.
Our Canadian politicians are looking more and more last-century now.
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### Author:  [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/10 "2009-03-20T23:27:07Z")
I missed the heirloom reference, **GT**! So, which ones do you think? Under present circumstances, I think Mortgage Lifter would be a most appropriate choice!
I love that they’re going to have bee hives, too.
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### Author:  [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/11 "2009-03-21T00:06:11Z")
I was wondering about the tomato thing myself, as they’re my absolute favorite garden crop, there is _nothing_ that can compare to a vine ripened heirloom, open pollinated tomato
once the cherry tomatoes run their course in my Aerogarden, I’ll be planting some bigger ones, a Beefsteak plant, and a Brandywine plant
I also discovered that using a fish emulsion/seaweed fertilizer _really_ improves the taste of vine-ripened 'Maters, they become much sweeter and richer tasting
I can’t wait to see how the First Garden works out
every day this cynical, jaded, politician-hating, antisocial tech becomes more impressed with the Obamas, it seems that every day they become more approachable, and just plain “regular” folk, _so far_ the power of the Presidency has not seemed to have affected them in a negative manner, if anything, President Obama seems to be becoming more humble, down to earth, and just plain accessible (attitude-wise), they seem no different than your average next-door neighbors
And this is coming from someone who _despises_ the hero-worshipping, messianic cult that seems to follow the Obamas around, Michelle Obama has set the bar for First Lady exceptionally high, bravo!
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### Author:  [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/12 "2009-03-21T00:15:52Z")
[Here are a bunch of great pictures](http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8276756) of the Ground Breaking. That picnic must have been so fantastic for the kids!
Yeah, I love her too. I’m trying to keep track of everything she does. Last night she had a do regarding women’s career goals and invited several local high school girls to dine at the White House. Here’s [one article](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/19/michelle-obama-discusses-_0_n_177116.html) (with pictures). Here’s [another](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/20/girls-night-out-michelle_n_177304.html) (with different pictures).
[This is from St. Patrick’s Day](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/17/michelle-obama-promotes-n_n_175756.html), when she visited YouthBuild. And [shallow]wore the [coolest boots](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/17/michelle-obama-makes-st-p_n_175936.html)[/shallow]. [That night](http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8268015) she and the president threw a SPD party, complete with green drinks and green lighting! Fun fun fun.
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### Author:  [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/13 "2009-03-21T00:44:58Z")
> [@Equipoise](#):
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> [This is from St. Patrick’s Day](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/17/michelle-obama-promotes-n_n_175756.html), when she visited YouthBuild. And [shallow]wore the [coolest boots](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/17/michelle-obama-makes-st-p_n_175936.html)[/shallow]. [That night](http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8268015) she and the president threw a SPD party, complete with green drinks and green lighting! Fun fun fun.
And O’Bama is a fine Irish name!
Resisting urge to make Black Irish joke…
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/14 "2009-03-21T00:45:52Z")
I wish I had a daughter so I could point to her and say “See, this is how it’s done.”
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/15 "2009-03-21T00:55:42Z")
I’m not a fan of the Obamas, but growing vegetables is a lot of fun. I’m glad the First Girls will be able to dig in the dirt and water the plants and pick their crops.
Hmmm…it’s spring, and my herb garden only has a big ass rosemary plant in it…I might have to pick up some new plants next week…
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### Author:  [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/16 "2009-03-21T01:05:41Z")
Add me to the Hooray list for Michelle Obama being a great First Lady! Loved this week’s Heels on the Ground school program, and, being a green industry gal, love the Whitehouse garden. They’re going to have beehives, too ! All whupped up here because I just finished our local Bee School to learn beekeeping, and it’s a great component of sustainable gardening.
A good note: it’s going to be backed up with iniatives and programs for organic gardening in the USDA. Word from Ag friends is that there is a new crop of smart Ag agents being appointed to develop sustainable/organic programs on a national level. Tried to find links, but not up on official webpages yet.
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### Author:  [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/17 "2009-03-21T01:12:46Z")
> [@ivylass](#):
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> I’m not a fan of the Obamas..
You’re crumbling. Soon…soon…
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### Author:  [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/18 "2009-03-21T04:16:15Z")
A very shallow but fun [interview](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/us/politics/21michelle.html) with Michelle.
Among other things, french fries are her favorite food, and her husband teases her about her wardrobe.
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> “He’s always asking: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet.”
I like this bit where she’s talking about her indulgent mother.
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> As a child, she much preferred peanut butter to the vegetables her mother, Marian Robinson, served with dinner every night.
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> “My mother, who is now a grandmother — and that’s a whole ’nother person — seems to believe that she never, ever really made us eat anything that we didn’t want to eat,” Mrs. Obama said. “It’s just a lie. I’ll get my brother here, and we can spend hours railing about how we hid lima beans in our napkins. And for the days we had to eat liver, we were gagging over it.”
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> But Mrs. Robinson the strict mother became the quintessentially indulgent grandmother, her daughter said. “She thinks I’m strict in terms of food,” Mrs. Obama said, “but really everything I learned, I learned from her. It’s just now these are her grandchildren.”
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> “She thinks Malia and Sasha should have dessert every day, three times a day,” the first lady said. “When I remind her that the girls had ice cream after school, she says, ‘Why can’t they have pie now?’ I’m like, ‘Who are you? What did you do with my mother?’ ”
To paraphrase [Bill Cosby](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0083652/quotes), “This is not the same person she grew up with. She’s looking at an old woman who is trying to get into Heaven.”
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/19 "2009-03-21T11:04:38Z")
Yanno, now that we’re open to googling, it’s possible one of her staff members will see this and send her the link.
**waves** Keep up the great work, Michelle! Say hi to the girls and your mom – and, oh yeah, your husband. **waves some more**
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### Author:  [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heart-michelle-obama/490182/20 "2009-03-21T13:51:41Z")
People in my grad program have to do an internship over the summer, and one of my classmates is applying to work in Michelle’s office. I hope she gets it because [fantasy] then we would all get invited to the White House to meet Michelle and then we’d hang out and maybe go shoe shopping with her and BE BEST FRIENDS FOREVER.[/fantasy]
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