# I wish Michelle Obama knew me so that we could be friends and we could do car karoke together **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 23, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686 "2016-07-23T15:59:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/1 "2016-07-23T15:59:18Z")
[Fourteen minutes of coolness](http://www.today.com/popculture/michelle-obama-rocks-carpool-karaoke-james-corden-surprise-guest-missy-t101023) The best moment is at 12:28 (“Copywritten so don’t copy me!”) But I also like how in the beginning (1:40) when Corden asks if the president was in the Oval Office, she said, “He better be because that’s where he said he was.” She’s raised the bar for First Ladies. I’m going to miss her so much. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/2 "2016-07-23T16:10:29Z")
Seconded. She’s awesome. It’d be cliche, but she should run for Senator/Governor, then win, then be President. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/3 "2016-07-23T17:30:19Z")
She is so cool and wonderful. That was well done. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/4 "2016-07-23T19:42:38Z")
She really is the best. I’m going to miss them both so much. I wonder if Malia is interested in politics? ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/5 "2016-07-24T02:26:43Z")
I am not into following celebrities at all, but those two are people I would really and truly love to meet someday. I am going to miss them, and I hope they stick around in public life, or come back to it soon. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/6 "2016-07-24T02:39:11Z")
I love her. I LOVE HER. For a long time, my daughter (who is now 5) absolutely refused to believe she wasn’t the president. “But she’s in charge, Mom. I can tell.” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/7 "2016-07-24T02:57:34Z")
That totally fucking rocked! Easily the smartest, coolest, most beautiful First Lady ever! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/8 "2016-07-26T03:46:39Z")
She just gave a fantastic speech. I love her even more now (didn’t think such a thing was possible, but happy to be proven wrong). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/9 "2016-07-26T04:13:56Z")
I sorta felt like the OP after Carpool Karaoke, but after her speech tonight I was seriously like “no wait! Don’t go! Be on TV speaking forever!” Love love love. So beautiful, strong and kind! ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/10 "2016-07-26T12:23:45Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > I love her. I LOVE HER. > > For a long time, my daughter (who is now 5) absolutely refused to believe she wasn’t the president. “But she’s in charge, Mom. I can tell.” THIS KID!!! :D:D:D Let her know she’s the next Michelle. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/11 "2016-07-26T14:17:40Z")
Best First Lady of all time. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/12 "2016-07-26T14:33:02Z")
I’m hard pressed to name the people in public life that I admire and respect as much as Michelle and Barack Obama. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/13 "2016-07-26T14:38:40Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I’m hard pressed to name the people in public life that I admire and respect as much as Michelle and Barack Obama. Yep. It’ll be a hard act to follow. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/14 "2016-07-26T19:42:03Z")
I loved it when she said she knew the words to every Stevie Wonder song. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/15 "2016-07-26T19:56:12Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Best First Lady of all time. I approve of the sentiment, but I want to remind people of Eleanor Roosevelt. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/16 "2016-07-26T19:56:24Z")
I don’t think she’s very pretty. I also think that’s irrelevant, but I find it weird that almost every mention of her is followed by “oh she’s so gorgeous.” But she’s pretty much the most awesome person I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/17 "2016-07-26T21:05:39Z")
Best FLOTUS of my lifetime, and she’s in my Top Five of all time along with Eleanor Roosevelt, Abigail Adams, Jacqueline Kennedy and Dolley Madison. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/18 "2016-07-27T03:37:51Z")
I bet she plays a mean game of strip poker. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/19 "2016-07-27T09:02:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I approve of the sentiment, but I want to remind people of Eleanor Roosevelt. Oh sure, but how many Stevie Wonder songs could Eleanor sing along with? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686/20 "2016-07-27T09:42:02Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I don’t think she’s very pretty. I also think that’s irrelevant, but I find it weird that almost every mention of her is followed by “oh she’s so gorgeous.” But she’s pretty much the most awesome person I can think of. Funny you mention that. You know how a lot of people seem to look better from a little ways away then they do up close? I’ve always though Michelle was a pretty attractive lady but mostly I didn’t care so much because the best things about here are what she says and does. But DAMN! Are you reading this NSA and Secret service? Hmmm? Well, look out cuz… I can not be-LIEVE how totally hot Michelle Obama looks in that video!! And the camera is up super-close… probably only about two feet from her face. I’ve seen about a million photos and videos of her but I never knew that she could carbonate my hormones like that! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-michelle-obama-knew-me-so-that-we-could-be-friends-and-we-could-do-car-karoke-together/760686.md?page=2)