MICHELLE OBAMA READY FOR HER CLOSE-UP
Now that Michelle Obama is this close to being first lady – the microscope is on her more than ever.
Expect to see many more solo covers like this recent Newsweek cover.
Today, the New York Times features Michelle and here are some of her quotes:
On the lies and rumors:
“You are amazed sometimes at how deep the lies can be,” she says in an interview. Referring to a character in a 1970s sitcom, she adds: “I mean, ‘whitey’? That’s something that George Jefferson would say. Anyone who says that doesn’t know me. They don’t know the life I’ve lived. They don’t know anything about me.”
“You know, if someone sat in a room with me for five minutes after hearing these rumors, they’d go ‘huh?’ ” she says. “They’d realize it doesn’t make sense.”
Diversity:
“Diversity can’t be taken care of with 10 kids,” she says. “There is an isolation that comes with that.”
“I hate diversity workshops,” she says. “Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable.”
