marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 8/26/2008
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Hate to say it, but she has to appear normal, average and exceptional. She is the most modern of first ladies-in-waiting, but the Obama's marriage and family life are the most traditional of any presidential candidate's family in recent memory. Michelle Obama is in a unique position to describe why this is so and how it reflects on her husband. She will joke about her husband and bring him ...
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The Obama Paradox
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Ambers gets at something here: [Michelle Obama] is the most modern of first ladies-in-waiting, but the Obama's
marriage and family life are the most traditional of any presidential
candidate's family in recent memory. There's no question that if you judge the candidates on their actual lives, rather than mythologies, the Obamas are extremely mainstream and conservative. Married for life, great parents, very humble beginnings, driven meritocrats. No divorce or adultery - and regular religious attendance and faith. And yet they are tagged as ...
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TigerHawk —
... : Ambers gets at something here : [Michelle Obama] is the most modern of first ladies-in-waiting, but the Obama's marriage and family life are the most traditional of any presidential candidate's family in recent memory. There's no question that if you judge the candidates on their actual lives, rather than mythologies, the Obamas are extremely mainstream and conservative. Married for life, great parents, very humble beginnings, driven meritocrats. No divorce or adultery - and regular religious attendance and faith. And yet they are tagged as elitists and radicals. Yes, ...
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