If Sen. Barack Obama makes it to the White House, you might want to brush up on your new first lady: Michelle Obama.
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In the March 10 New Yorker, we learn a bit more about Ms. Obama, including:
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» “She can seem aloof from politics. Her mother and older brother both say that she has never once phoned them in tears.”
» She “works out like ‘a gladiator’. ”
» She “is also cool in the other sense of the word; her tastes, references and vocabulary — ‘freaky,’ ‘24/7,’ ‘got my back,’ ‘American Idol,’ Judge Mathis — if not exactly edgy, are recognizable, which, for a political spouse, makes them radical.”
» On “Obama Girl”: “That was a little weird, because, you know … I just assumed, you know, there’s no way anybody’s gonna hear about that. And one day [daughter] Sasha comes home and she’s, like, ‘Daddy has a girlfriend. It’s you, Mommy.’ And it’s, like, ‘Oh, shhhhhhhhh — yeah.’ Curse word averted, barely.”
» “Her music of choice is Stevie Wonder, and has been since her childhood. (At the Obamas’ wedding, a friend sang ‘You and I.’) One of her favorite foods is macaroni and cheese. In ‘The Audacity of Hope,’ acknowledging the appeal of the Reagan administration, Barack writes, ‘It was related to the pleasure that I still get from watching a well-played baseball game, or my wife gets from watching reruns of ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show.’ ”
