“President” Michelle Obama
Email ABC News’ Yunji de Nies reports: Michelle Obama now holds a new title – President. Not of course of the country, but the new honorary National President of Girls Scouts. Mrs. Obama accepted the post, following in the tradition of every first lady since Edith Wilson in 1917. “It is my great pleasure to serve as Honorary National President of Girl Scouts,” Mrs. Obama said in a written statement, “With their innovative new programming, ground-breaking research, and emphasis on service and leadership, Girl Scouts is preparing the women of tomorrow to be a positive force for change – in their own lives, their communities, and across the globe.”
Photo Courtesy: White House Girls Scouts spokeswoman Michelle Tompkins told ABC News the First Lady’s commitment to healthy living and healthy eating, along with her stated interest in promoting women and girls, makes her ideal for the job. “Since her goals are similar to ours, we can’t think of a better person to take this role,” Tompkins said, “It’s incredibly important. Girls love Mrs. Obama. She’s an accomplished women. We want our girls to see what they can aspire to be.” The Girl Scouts have plenty of notable political alums – including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and First Lady Laura Bush. Clinton’s daughter Chelsea was also a Girl Scout, though First Tweens Malia and Sasha are not. The First Lady’s office said they were unsure whether Mrs. Obama had participated in the organization as a young girl. Several Girl Scouts of the USA executives, along with a handful of local girl scouts went to the White House last week, to participate a night of star gazing, put on by the Administration and NASA. The group was taken into the Oval Office for a photograph with the First Lady, and the President surprised the group and joined the photo. Tompkins say Mrs. Obama may tape a message for the organization more than three million members. Her involvement after that is up to her, though they are hopeful she will be a very active honorary president.
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Innocuous blog post dealing with the First Lady doing traditional First Lady activities.
Cue right wing nastiness directed Michelle Obama.
Posted by: Ryan C | October 14, 2009, 6:45 pm 6:45 pm
Awesome. As a former girl scout and former girl scout leader, I am pleased the first lady is following tradition. Her involvement will bring much needed attention to the organization.
Posted by: Axey | October 14, 2009, 7:15 pm 7:15 pm
The parents who lead girl scout troops around the world are incredibly hard working. It’s nice of Mrs. Obama to participate in this tradition.
Posted by: MayBee | October 14, 2009, 7:25 pm 7:25 pm
plus–
Girl Scout Cookies!
Posted by: MayBee | October 14, 2009, 7:25 pm 7:25 pm
Her husband is simply lazy. Even after a few years, with his feet up on his desk at a law firm, and a trip to Bali, and despiste a $125,000 advance, her lazy husband Barack Obama could not bring himself to write his autobiography.
Michelle Obama then suggested that their friend, and professional writer, William Ayers write Dreams of My Father.
He did, and even though Obama had yet to run for office, this book was declared the best political autobiography in history.
This feat would be like having Obama play one NFL game as quarterback, and throw 350 yards, 4 TDs, and no picks.
Barack Obama, our hero!
Posted by: Colonel Rebel | October 14, 2009, 7:38 pm 7:38 pm
Awesome
Posted by: Stacey | October 14, 2009, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm
“Michelle Obama then suggested that their friend, and professional writer, William Ayers write Dreams of My Father.”
ROFLMAO!
Which right wing conspiracy is loonier, Ayers writes Dreams or Obama born in Mombassa?
Posted by: Ryan C | October 14, 2009, 7:40 pm 7:40 pm
Ayers wrote the book.
Posted by: ceeLeelee | October 14, 2009, 8:08 pm 8:08 pm
the idiot showboat president just likes his picture taken and to be smack in the center.
someone get rid of the narcissist, we’re sick of seeing him, no more tv or pics.
Posted by: l | October 14, 2009, 8:46 pm 8:46 pm
“Ayers wrote the book.”
ceeLeelee | Oct 14, 2009 8:08:43 PM
Right, because that makes so much more sense than a university constitutional law teacher with absolutely ZERO political office or experience pecking it out in his free time…
Seriously, WHY did Ayers write this book for Obama, who was an unknown nothing in 1994? Obama graduate Summa Cum Laude from Harvard, he knew how to write and just about every college prof I ever met was working on ‘his novel.’
Why would Ayers write a book for a nobody prof in 1994? Why is it hard to believe Obama would peck out his ‘life story’ (and have it published to the typical dismal performance seen by such tomes)? Is this another case of seeing the future like when ‘they’ had that birth announcement put in a Honolulu newspaper back in 1961?
Posted by: jhw539 | October 14, 2009, 9:01 pm 9:01 pm
“the idiot showboat president just likes his picture taken and to be smack in the center.”
l | Oct 14, 2009 8:46:33 PM
Yeah, I’m sure all the girls would have MUCH preferred a picture with just the First Lady rather than the President.
Posted by: jhw539 | October 14, 2009, 9:32 pm 9:32 pm
Looks like my rsponse was deleted.
Nevermind.
Ayers wrote the book.
Posted by: ceeLeelee | October 14, 2009, 9:32 pm 9:32 pm
William Ayers helped other writers in Hyde Park.
The writing samples of Obamas, as well as his speech pattern, do not resemble Dreams of My father.
The way William Ayers speaks is just like he writes. The nautical references in Dreams come from Ayers’ days working on a ship, after dropping out of Univ. of Mich.
Posted by: Colonel Rebel | October 14, 2009, 11:11 pm 11:11 pm
At least the Obama’s finally found a job they can actually do!
Posted by: TxBoB | October 15, 2009, 7:36 am 7:36 am
Can you all just let a positive story be just that….it is about Michelle…not her husband. Right wing haters….guess what….he won the election…live with it. I know it will be hard to deal with a president that admits when he is wrong and cares about you, not just himself, but just learn to deal with it!
Posted by: tracy | October 15, 2009, 9:54 am 9:54 am
So I guess we can expect to hear the Girl Scouts singing “Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm…” as they sell cookies???
I am sure they will attempt to propagandize the Girl Scouts too.
Posted by: Freudor | October 15, 2009, 11:33 am 11:33 am
That is a nice honor for Michelle Obama. She is a good example of working hard but keeping the focus on your family. From spending a lot of time with her children, using her position as First Lady to highlight areas we need to improve, such as the way military families are treated, stressing nutrition and exercise by example as a way we all could feel better, treating those she meets with a smile and a friendly word, Michelle is a good role model for girls.
Even us older girls. I’ve been using my treadmill and lifting light weights, not buying as much junk and buying more fruit and veggies with the goal of not accepting aging as an excuse for being unfit. I feel so much more energetic. Role models are important at any age to show us what we can do with the right attitude.
And to the few haters who post here, thing about what you are objecting to; a woman who is graceful under stress, obviously loves her husband and children and has agreed to live in a fishbowl for four years.
Colonel Rebel, ‘libel:communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government or nation a negative image. It is usually, but not always,[1] a requirement that this claim be false and that the publication is communicated to someone other than the person defamed (the claimant).’
Posted by: Lydia | October 15, 2009, 11:46 am 11:46 am
Even as a wingnut.. I will never say anything bad about Michelle.. she seems to be an even more uplifting figure than her worser half. I like how she does her job, powerful, yet not lurking noticeably in the background. Real power players exert their influence without a lot of chest thumping and rhetoric.. she is a good role model.
Posted by: DontGet818OnMeNow | October 15, 2009, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm
Michelle Obama then suggested that their friend, and professional writer, William Ayers write Dreams of My Father”
ROFLMAO!
I love the new completely made up tid bits from this right wing conspiracy that show up.
You don’t need to know much more than the base story than feel free to make up details as you see fit.
It follows the birther arch of lunacy almost exactly.
Posted by: Ryan C | October 15, 2009, 2:03 pm 2:03 pm
- the nerve, indoctrinating our precious patriotic girl scouts into the liberal socialist agenda.. what is this country coming to?
- what’s next, socialist give aways of girl scout cookies instead of our capitalist way of allowing the girls to experience enterprising sales on their own to their family and friends?
- this kind of 1st Lady power play endangers our freedoms and threatens our constitution.
We must be on guard that patriotic groups like the girl scouts remain free of political and social indoctrination.
Posted by: Sasquatch | October 15, 2009, 4:12 pm 4:12 pm
Indoctrinating who and for what? What is your meaning of indoctrinating and where did you learn that word from? Rush? Palin? Michelle Bachman? Beck? Hannity? Who told you that word?
Posted by: sara | October 15, 2009, 6:10 pm 6:10 pm
As lovely as it is, I don’t think people realize that it is tradition for the First Lady to accept this post. I am very glad she accepted it, but had a republican become president, the same honor would be extended. (As it was for Laura Bush)
The big question was would they extend it for a First Man. (Had a woman become president.)
If J. Low (Juliette Low, Founder of GSUSA) were around, i’d say yes.
Posted by: Alecia | October 15, 2009, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm
Bird Teachers 100 percent pass rate.
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