inflammatory, picking up on your words, as they are designed to be, but the piece in no way suggests she s a nightmare. she had nothing to do with that line. it doesn t appear in the story. i don t think we d be discussing this or there would be a controversy were it not for that. it didn t strike me as a terribly controversial story. we used to write all these stories, particularly during the 2008 campaign, about how aggressive michelle obama was and how outspoken she is, and then they basically put a muzzle on her and now we re shocked and outraged that she s quiet and demure. you can t have it both ways. a reported piece, dana, in this story, kelly goff, who writes for the rude, is quoted as sayingitis a national shame that michelle obama is not plunging into bigger issues now that she doesn t have to worry about her image as a super strong can you imagine the reaction if she had been stronger? a la hillary clinton. imagine, also, reporters oftentimes like to provoke, pu
the first couple with barbara walters. michelle obama is one of the most intensively covered first ladies of the modern era and never made a pretense about the fact her primary role is mom in chief. she works part-time on a handful of issues such as childhood obesity but largely stays out of the beltway brawling. why is politico suddenly declaring in a headline how michelle obama became a feminist nightmare? well, i mean, there s two theories here. one is they re out to get clicks, sort of the politico uber anyway. stirring the pot. and the othether theory is that michelle coddle represents a kind of inside the beltway liberal feminism that defines feminism as abortion, gay marriage, and a little bit of sheryl greenburg type stlooifing through corporate america, leaving out the other theories of feminism like working women and helping poor families and right to life and all the other things women might be interested
in. those things appear to be invisible to michelle coddle as she evaluates michelle obama. this is not the battle, i don t believe, of the michelles. i think this headline was inflammatory, but if you look at michelle coddle s piece, it is not an opinion piece. it is a reported piece where she both talks to feminists and talks to republican activists as well who present both sides of the story. that isn t to say, however, that she is wrong in the premise of the article because i think it s very important for women to be able to make the choice of stay home. do you remember when there was a democratic strategist, hilary rosen, who basically said that ann romney never worked a day in her life? despite the five children. despite the five children. you have to give credit to mothers who make that decision. in the piece michelle coddle writes, enough, already, for the pining of michelle obama, something that doesn t exist. i asked her about the story and she told me the headline is
the first couple with barbara walters. michelle obama is one of the most intensively covered first ladies of the modern era and never made a pretense about the fact her primary role is mom in chief. she works part-time on a handful of issues such as childhood obesity but largely stays out of the beltway brawling. why is politico suddenly declaring in a headline how michelle obama became a feminist nightmare? well, i mean, there s two theories here. one is they re out to get clicks, sort of the politico uber anyway. stirring the pot. and the othether theory is that michelle coddle represents a kind of inside the beltway liberal feminism that defines feminism as abortion, gay marriage, and a little bit of sheryl greenburg type stlooifing through corporate america, leaving out the other theories of feminism like working women and helping poor families and right to life and all the other things women might be interested
the first couple with barbara walters. michelle obama is one of the most intensively covered first ladies of the modern era and never made a pretense about the fact her primary role is mom in chief. she works part-time on a handful of issues such as childhood obesity but largely stays out of the beltway brawling. why is politico suddenly declaring in a headline how michelle obama became a feminist nightmare? well, i mean, there s two theories here. one is they re out to get clicks, sort of the politico uber anyway. stirring the pot. and the othether theory is that michelle coddle represents a kind of inside the beltway liberal feminism that defines feminism as abortion, gay marriage, and a little bit of sheryl greenburg type stlooifing through corporate america, leaving out the other theories of feminism like working women and helping poor families and right to life and all the other things women might be interested