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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Michelle Obama: First dog arriving in April
2009-02-25
WASHINGTON -- The Obamas are getting a dog in April. First lady Michelle Obama tells People magazine that the target date for the arrival of the family pet is after her daughters' spring break trip in April, though 7-year-old Sasha is convinced the dog is coming April 1. "So Sasha says 'April 1st.' I said, 'April.' She says, 'April 1st.' It's like, April!" said Mrs. Obama, who said she favors Portuguese Water Dogs.

The Obama girls -- Sasha and 10-year-old Malia -- attend the private Sidwell school, which has spring break March 20-29 and a day off for students on April 13.

The first couple and their daughters have been going back and forth on possible names. Among the two Mrs. Obama mentioned -- and nixed -- were Frank and Moose. "I'm like, no. Come on. Let's work with the names a little bit," she told People.
How about..."Chris Matthews"?
Or "Mikulski"?
Or "Blago"?
"Daley" being perhaps a bit too obvious...
Maybe Pelosi will come over to walk it? I'm sure she won't mind.
Name it "Biden" and it will always heel ...
Barack Obama and his wife had promised their daughters that they would get a dog if he were elected president, and the selection of the first pet has been eagerly awaited not only by the children but by the nation's dog lovers.
I'd laugh like hell if he got a pit bull...
In the interview, the first lady discussed the family's daily routine in the White House, her efforts to keep things normal for her children and a recent girls' night in.

She said on Feb. 19, when the president traveled to Canada, she invited secretaries and policymakers to the White House for popcorn and a screening of the movie, "He's Just Not That Into You."
Awwww, no. We gotta see a chick flick?
Problem with that, Mr. Biden?
She said she and her husband rise at 5:30 a.m., exercise in the White House gym and typically have breakfast together. The White House chefs cook "mean waffles and grits," she said. "We have dinner as a family together every night, and Barack, when he's not traveling, tucks the girls in," she said. "We haven't had that time together for (years), so that explains a lot why we all feel so good in this space."

The interview with Mrs. Obama appears in Friday's editions of People. The first lady appears on the magazine's cover.
That's required by federal law now, right?
Posted by:tu3031

#15  Sleeves, who need'm, but, but, but.......

"we’re a country that is “just downright mean,” we are “guided by fear,” we’re a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacents. “We have become a nation of struggling folks who are barely making it every day,” she said, as heads bobbed in the pews. “Folks are just jammed up, and it’s gotten worse over my lifetime. And, doggone it, I’m young. Forty-four!”

From these bleak generalities, Obama moves into specific complaints. Used to be, she will say, that you could count on a decent education in the neighborhood. But now there are all these charter schools and magnet schools that you have to “finagle” to get into. (Obama herself attended a magnet school, but never mind.) Health care is out of reach (“Let me tell you, don’t get sick in America”), pensions are disappearing, college is too expensive, and even if you can figure out a way to go to college you won’t be able to recoup the cost of the degree in many of the professions for which you needed it in the first place. “You’re looking at a young couple that’s just a few years out of debt,” Obama said. “See, because, we went to those good schools, and we didn’t have trust funds. I’m still waiting for Barack’s trust fund. Especially after I heard that Dick Cheney was s’posed to be a relative or something. Give us something here!”

Full text here. "The Other Obama, Michelle Obama and the politics of candor. The New Yorker magazine.

Posted by: Besoeker   2009-02-25 16:44  

#14  No chicken and waffles?
Posted by: Beavis   2009-02-25 16:40  

#13  Next year, sheer. 2011 topless.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2009-02-25 16:32  

#12  I thought it was inappropriate for Michelle to attend the speech last night in a sleeveless dress. The setting is more formal, with the assembled Congress, Cabinet, Supreme Court, and Joint Chiefs.

Feh.
Posted by: Seafarious   2009-02-25 16:26  

#11  Too obvious. Not even he's that brazen...
Posted by: tu3031   2009-02-25 16:18  

#10  tu3031, No. Cruel is when they call it Mary Jo.
Posted by: AlanC   2009-02-25 16:17  

#9  Seriously, bet they do NOT get a DOG, but a playtoy, meaning no real working dogs, like Labradors, Shepherds, or even Beagles.

I know bush had a Black Scottie, that's sorta a working dog,(Look on bottles of Black & White) and when he bit the reporter my admiration for the breed jumped up several notches.
Posted by: Rednek Jim   2009-02-25 15:32  

#8  A poodle, named "Keith"...

As long as its not 'Chris'. The white house have enough leg-humping 'dogs'?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-02-25 15:30  

#7  A poodle, named "Keith"...
Posted by: mojo   2009-02-25 15:28  

#6  Get a miniature Chihuahua, black of course, all yap and no bite.
Posted by: Rednek Jim   2009-02-25 15:17  

#5  Portuguese Water Dogs . . .

the Obamas are such arrogant yuppies -- what happened to getting a crippled dog from the pound?

Waffles and grits?

I doubt it. That's just a claim for public consumption--deh be so down wid de peoples . . .
Posted by: donkeyshop   2009-02-25 15:08  

#4  "waffles and grits"

Well you are what you eat, the waffle part anyway. Maybe the other is for your gizzard, you lovebirds.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2009-02-25 14:57  

#3  Didn't Michelle Obama arrived at the White House in January?

Then I read the title again....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-02-25 14:31  

#2  "We haven't had that time together for (years), so that explains a lot why we all feel so good in this space."

Reassuring to hear bloody SOMEONE "feels good" about your being in that space.

Posted by: Besoeker   2009-02-25 14:16  

#1  Mrs. Obama, who said she favors Portuguese Water Dogs.

Ted Kennedy has Portuguese Water Dogs. One of them's named "Splash".
I always thought that was some kinda cruel joke...
Posted by: tu3031   2009-02-25 14:07  

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