Michelle Obama: The 120-percenter

This reminds me of when my son was in high school. He had a beginning grade of 120% by getting all the extra credit questions correct on the first test.
There were no extra credit questions on the second test but after scoring another 100%, his math teacher lowered his cummulative grade to 110%, she averaged the two scores. I kid you not. She could not be talked out of it. Ah… Public school teachers.
But in reality, not math class, one cannot give more than 100%, it is just hyperbole, it serves no purpose except to aggrandize oneself. From the Obama White House? Hyperbole? Nevah!

As it is impossible to do anything at 120%, someone should inform her that she is indeed failing. So give up, and put on some comfy sweats and a snuggie and relax in front of the tv, Michelle.

She’s rich and has now worries in the white house. Moms cannot work according to abc and other news agencies. They cannot handle the load. (Sarah Palin)

here come the bitter…bitter people clinging to hate that will find any Obama word or phrase to attack. Proven by the attacks on Michelle O’s outing with Elmo

1.2.3..You are right – here they come. I have to admit I didn’t like w at all but I didn’t make an ugly remark every time I read something about him and besides, he was good to his dogs so you can always find something nice to say – but these people are unbelievable. Even something as trivial as using a cliche will bring them out of the woodwork. So sad.

The Obamas now own all the US media outlets, so enchanting.

Why do all of you want to hate people so much? Is there anyone out there you like? Shall we take a look at how you speak and behave on a daily basis and see how you fare? I’m tired of all of this overly critical, pedantic finger waving – you’re all hypocrits and haters and you’re destroying our society.

“here come the bitter…bitter people clinging to hate that will find any Obama word or phrase to attack. Proven by the attacks on Michelle O’s outing with Elmo”
Agreed. It must be hard to live your life when all you can do is hate.
Thank you, Michelle, for encouraging young people to lead healthy lives and keep up the good work.

This is NOT news.

I didn’t hear her say anything about all those people that had to stay home from work trying to keep thier children warm when her hubby Obama was looking out for the tenants freezing in the winter as no heat was provided to the buildings…

Wouldn’t it be so funny for all the politician would just come out and tell about all the dirty back door dealing they have had….And who they were with……LOL

Er, Mark J., it is normal for Presidents and their wives to “live off” the government. That’s what they all do. The President works in return for his salary and perks. The First Lady doesn’t receive a salary at all, yet she is still expected to be visible, espouse causes, make many public appearances and give speeches, host White House events, direct a staff — you name it.
As for what Mrs. Obama did before she became First Lady, I’d say that qualifying and working as a lawyer and as a Vice-President at the Hospitals of the University of Chicago represented doing “something.” The President himself has said that there were times when she carried the family financially, when she made more money than he did. Until his two books took off, which happened only after his election to the U.S. Senate, the Obamas were not a rich couple.
For some reason, people ARE very bitter about the Obamas. I suspect it’s partly a matter of cognitive dissonance involving the sudden presence of a highly-educated and affluent Black couple in the White House. It seems rather difficult for many members of the public to cope.

Mrs. Obama needs a better speech writer.

In truth, Michelle was never a good example of a working mother, since she had full time household help, and her mother available nearby to help with the girls. And her high powered job was nothing but a patronage job given her because her senator husband brought the pork home to UChicago Hospital. It is the wild inflation of her “accomplishments” that drives non kool aid drinkers crazy. If you see something in her to admire, well that is your right, but stop trying to portray her as a super woman.

Michelle.. my favorite schmoopiekins.

Want some cheese with your whine? Most posters here don’t appear to know anything about juggling a family with a profession else you wouldn’t make these kinds of comments. Can’t give more than 100%? – surely you jest.
If you don’t like the current administration you better find a better way to attract voters to your way of thinking. Snarky comments didn’t cut it in the 2008 elections and they aren’t helping you now. Continue wandering.

I’m convinced there will ALWAYS be people who post comments on any article that know NOTHING about the issue. Even though Michelle is a fine example of a first lady, there are people who are going to go out of their way to snark at everything she does. These of course are the SAME people who couldn’t do a quarter of the things she can accomplish on her own! The detractors wouldn’t have a clue where to begin. They’d be overwhelmed. I want to know WHY we other readers and those who HAVE been working single parents have to put up with the comments of a few ignorant idiots! The percentage quotient is just how people view the value of their input. It’s inflated. Think of bankers. They inflate the value of nothing all the time! You could achieve a lot using 80% energy and 20% intellect.

Let’s back up here. She has her mother taking care of the kids. She does not have to clean house, cook or do the laundry. She just has to dress well and do phto ops…where is this 120% being spent. Oh, and they have a dog trainer….poor overworked woman.

Michelle compares her to other “working moms”? .Yeah right!!! I don’t know of any working mom who has a staff, a cook, a gardener, a driver etc.
And her mother to help with the 2 daughter. Give me a break !!!! This is the same Michelle that thinks that a First Lady should get paid. LOL

is while she may have assistance at many levels today she understands and connects and champions for those who don’t. It is clear to see that many who are complaining just don’t get it. What do you critics have to say about that?
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Because I don’t agree with the solutions she and her husband have championed.
I don’t agree with universal pre-K, or longer school years, or the expense of running government programs that assist some families while costing others lots of money- like the government paying for more childcare.
I would love to hear her advocate for a way to reduce costs (taxes) so one parent can stay home with the children. I promise not to criticize her if she does.

CS, where did you get the idea that Michelle Obama had “full-time household help” before she became First Lady? Please support that statement. As for her mother’s help — don’t many people receive help from relatives? Including childcare?
A patronage job at U of C hospitals. Well, possibly. U of C was my own husband’s employer at the time, and we did wonder about the jump in salary, though Mrs. Obama already worked for U of C; she wasn’t hired merely after her husband was elected to the Senate, and “patronage” usually refers to government jobs. U of C is a private institution.
But let’s ask why people are so upset that these two people, who came from modest circumstances, have done so well in life? That they worked hard, got into good schools, graduated with fine GPA’s, and found good jobs. That’s what we’re all supposed to do, isn’t it? It’s certainly what my white but non-rich parents told me to do, so I could get into good schools and establish a successful career. The Obamas did that. Why are they are being excoriated for it, when they ddin’t come from inherited wealth or any expectation of privilege?
Fewer than 5 years ago, the Obamas lived in a condo apartment about two blocks from my own. They both worked, they didn’t own a large home, his first book hadn’t yet attracted a great deal of attention. Since then, the couple has become very successful, again by dint of hard work and determination. We’re all supposed to admire that, in this country. Why are the Obamas somehow exempt from that traditional admiration, from that hallowed American success story? I keep asking that question, and no one, so far, has been willign to answer it. The only conclusion I can come to is that the answer is founded in envy and resentment of people who weren’t born to much but who made the most of the little they had, unlike many other people, who are now gnashing their teeth and wondering what brains and abilities the Obamas had that they did not.

Fewer than 5 years ago, the Obamas lived in a condo apartment about two blocks from my own.
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Fewer than 5 years ago, when the Obamas lived in that condo, they were making the kind of money they now call “wealthy”. They have made that kind of money for every year they have released their tax returns (the first is 2000). They talk of struggling at the levels of income they now want to make responsible for paying for their enormous spending bill.
Of course they got where they are through hard work. That’s how most people achieve. Do *they* realize that?
My problem with them is the policies they want to enact.

This article is embarrassing on many levels. I knew better than to read it.

I wonder if this 120% is going to be the same number we have to pay in taxes? Even if we do pay 120% of our income the deficit is going to continue to grow.

it’s so funny that President & Lady Obama are confident in who they are and the haters can’t handle that.

Mich Obama is a model. Let all those haters whose mums, sis and aunts do not measure up to her, to borrow a leaf from her tree; she won’t mind, u know.

It’s impossible to do a job at anything above 100% you idiot!
If you are not going as fast and as best that you can, you are doing that job less than 100%.
What a stupid statement. I do everything at 120%. I bet she also thinks her poop doesn’t stink. Newsflash Michelle deary, it is just as nasty as everyone elses.

Yea (in a Valley Girl voice) “it’s like so funny that,like, you are all such, like HATERS”.
Give me a break.
Michelle Obama is a spoiled, angry woman.
$500.00 SNEAKERS?
In a RECESSION?
At a HOMELESS SHELTER?
Wow, the sensitivity.
The Bush twins had 2 beers, and they were worthless sluts, though, right?
The hypocrisy of the Obama supporters is astounding.

Those who say we are haters of the Obamas don’t remember the last 8 years of Bush Bashing…We have every right to be critical of the Obamas who, like the Clintons have never been in Business for themselves…only government work for them.

There have been many wonderful women of the White House and the best have presented and perserved the historical nature of this national treasure. Michele Obama is none of those and indeed presents just herself while bathing in luxury of Kobe beef, expensive shoes and fanfare (a postage size garden is going to feed the masses).