Michelle At The Interior

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Most elegant about Michelle Obama (as exemplified in these photos of a recent visit to the Interior Department) is the way she so seamlessly moves between the sure political voice, the easy-going epitome of style and the keenly sensitive social/cultural advocate.

(images: Nicholas Kamm – AFP/Getty Images. captions:First Lady Michelle Obama addresses employees of the Department of the Interior/US First Lady Michelle Obama (C) wears a Native American shawl presented to her by Nedra Darling (R), Director of Public Affairs at the Bureau of Indian American Affairs, as she and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (L) listen to the Black Bear Singers perform during a visit to the Department of the Interior in Washington,DC on February 9, 2009)

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cenoxo

Calvin in the exterior:
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Why is it that women can get away with native costumes — worn for political effect — that men shouldn’t be caught dead in?
*More about Rosebud Yellow Robe (1907-1992).
cap’n'go’n'd

hmm…her lld is showing
david

Saw her twice here in NM – once with military wives, second time on the plaza in Las Vegas, NM. Both times she came across totally real, present, beautiful,intelligent and politically astute in her policy summations – a true gem.
http://profile.typepad.com/Victoriat Victoria Trostle

Two words come to mind every time I watch either Michelle or Barack Obama: Grounded + Amplitude. They both seem so completely centered and grounded, so wholly themelves that they don’t get knocked off balance. At the same time, their energies are big – often the biggest in the room, so the room resonates with them. It makes for effortless authenticity, no matter what they are doing.
http://profile.typepad.com/6p011278ff08b028a4 www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkf_B2QdboX4giihF_-sIjuh2RSeDjEdBY

Yeah,they sure have cleaned her up from her American is mean days haven’t they ?
And the raising of the bar,etc crap
g

The 11:00 a.m. commenter is displaying his/her ignorance and mean-spiritedness.
http://profile.typepad.com/6p01053714e4e4970b Karen H.

I think what folks sometimes miss or choose to ignore is that if one is a true activist, raised and trained as such, the juncture between political voice and social/cultural advocacy is seamless. The elegance, perhaps, is another issue. There are truly not that many real activists that get the exposure and attention that Michelle Obama gets.