Obama kids will live ordinary life in extraordinary location
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Media scrutiny of the Obama family was unrelenting during the recent presidential campaign, and now that the First Family is preparing for life in the White House, the glare is sure to intensify. With two young children in the equation, it's hard to imagine what it will be like for these presidential parents to cope with that kind of attention.But Michelle Obama pledges to keep life as normal as possible for her two girls, Mailia, 10, and Sasha, 7. In fact, during the campaign, the kids spent a lot of time in their maternal grandmother's South Side Chicago apartment, and often could be found in the backyards of pals jumping rope and listening to their iPods.
Sounds pretty ordinary to me. What is extraordinary, however, is that this "happy family" will soon be ensconced in the nation's most recognizable address. Playdates, sleep-overs and visits with grandma will be the order of the day, despite the fact that they will take place at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
It's been decades since Americans saw such young children in the White House. Amy Carter was nine years old when her dad, Jimmy, was inagurated, and she was the subject of an awful lot of media attention, good and bad. As the youngest child to live in the president's mansion since the Kennedy kids, she bore the burden of following after John-John and Caroline.
While we know the kids will be getting a new puppy, my gut feeling is that their lives will remain as grounded as they were back in their Hyde Park neighborhood in Chicago. I, for one, am energized by the sight of this young family leading our nation. No matter what your political affiliations, you can't help but smile at the love that comes off of them in waves.
I can only hope the media minds its manners and keeps the spotlght off these two innocent little girls.
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11-06-2008 @ 4:49PM
BabyLove77 said...You're joking right? In what way was the media unrelenting towards the Obama Family? What campaign were you watching? We hardly heard a peep about the McCain Family or the Biden Family. The media was most certainly unrelenting towards the Palin Family, but to the Obama family? Sorry, but you're wrong.
If the obama Family is smart, they will keep those kids out of the spot light for the simple fact that (unfortunately) this country if full of hateful extremists who will make it their mission in life to destroy this family. I think it was a very stupid mistake to have those children on that stage while he gave his victory speech.
I feel for this family and pray that they will be safe.
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11-06-2008 @ 5:47PM
Melissa said...I agree completely! This family radiates love and warmth, and they just make you feel good, and they make you feel like everything is going to be okay! I related much more to Mrs. Obama in her J. Crew ensembles, then I did to "Carabou Barbie" Palin in her D & G, and DKNY stuffed suits (which is what the Republican party wanted women to do, relate-ha!) I relate to their family, and I think it's wonderful that we will have "young blood" in the White House again!
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11-07-2008 @ 2:29AM
KJSMAMA said...Are you dumb or just stupid oh wait you're a liberal! I assure you most of Michelle Obamas dresses were designer look it up!!! Sarah Palin's wardrobe was bought for her by the people in the McCain camp! Numerous sizes were bought for her because once again they were bought for her they were not sure of her size! Those clothes did not belong to Sarah most of them were returned or auctioned off for charity once again look it up!!! See that is the problem with liberals you don't like to get the facts straight when it benefits your party!!!
11-07-2008 @ 2:30PM
notfooled said...Right - that's why Repub lawyers are in Wasilla right now, repossessing the items that Sarah took with her. "Look it up" - it's what FOX News is reporting. What - did she think the local Goodwill might be interested in the clothing??!!
11-07-2008 @ 2:42PM
Melissa said...Why don't you read Newsweek this week....did you know she sent her staffers out to buy her clothes on their own credit cards.....to the tune of 24k on one staffer's card! Lol, I love how Republicans think....and, hello, the local Goodwill would be HAPPY to take those things, they don't care about designer tags, they like anything you give them, you conservative idiot....and even when Palin did wear her own clothes they were still designer tags....and to answer your question, no, I'm not stupid, I know Mrs. Obama's dresses were mostly designer tags, too, but she's a helluva lot more down to Earth then Palin, and I relate to her because of that fact....Like I said before, Grampy and Carabou Barbie lost, get over it!
11-07-2008 @ 2:19AM
ninainindia said...I think it's naieve to believe that they can keep living their life as ordinary as they did before. They will be in the public eye and they will have security with them for everything. That alone will make their life anything but ordinary.
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11-07-2008 @ 1:51PM
Inger said..."I can only hope the media minds its manners and keeps the spotlight off these two innocent little girls"
Right... Like they - and all liberals - left the Palin children alone? I call total BS! I say be fair and start just as many rumors and poke as much fun at them as you did Sarah Palin's kids. Fair and balanced...
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11-07-2008 @ 2:36PM
notfooled said...Sarah Palin tossed her children to the media in order to futher her own personal agenda. She sacrified her kids she got what she deserved. While she was trotting her kids out at hockey rinks (to deflect the boos) or at interviews (to deflect "tough" questions like what newspapers she read) or using her son's military service or her baby's special needs, that woman used her kids to every advantage she could concoct. Obama had his kids at the DNC and the acceptance speech. That's it. Between those two events they were at home, in Chicago, in school where they belonged.
11-07-2008 @ 2:40PM
kate2 said...Inger - The media is not now "poking fun" at Palins kids - they are speaking the TRUTH about Sarah Palin's total lack of knowledge. Sarah Palin put her own kids out there as targets - to try to further her own career. And BTW, it was your own "fair and balanced" FOX News who started all the post-election gossip/horrible truths about Palins ignorance.
11-10-2008 @ 8:15PM
Tom V said...What will happen to the lives of two young girls if their every action is reported on in the media?
Just like they do in England for the royal kids, the media should now stop talking about the Obama kids until they have a least graduated high school.
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