Where in the world is Michelle Obama?

By Michelle Malkin  •  March 11, 2008 03:16 PM

Several readers write in to point out that Michelle Obama has gone AWOL on the campaign trail. It’s true. Haven’t seen a picture of her on the stump in many days.

IMHO: Smart move.

Whining about the cost of dance and piano lessons ain’t exactly the stuff of HopeAndChange.

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  1. #1
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:20 pm, emjem24 said:

    Out of sight…. out of mind.

  2. #2
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:22 pm, Fasternu 426 said:

    Michelle Obama has gone AWOL on the campaign trail

    No complaints here!

  3. #3
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:22 pm, Ron Rockstar said:

    Gosh, I hope she hasn’t lost all of that pride in America she recently acquired.

  4. #4
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:24 pm, Jim M. said:

    Her shame of her Country and her loathing of men have obviously driven her into seclusion. Or, she has had to do something recently to justify her meager $300,000+ per year salary. Imagine having to actually work for such paltry wages. Frankly, it is enough to sour anyone on the “American Dream”…

  5. #5
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:27 pm, iowavette said:

    I like her active on the campaign trail. An angry wife makes for useful and entertaining gaffes. Teresa Kerry, where are you?

  6. #6
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:28 pm, shooter said:

    Darn.
    BUT, just how long do you think they can keep that arrogant, afro-centric, everyone else is mean, men are selfish, America sucks, soul-less, woman(and I use that term grudgingly) down and quiet?
    What does it say about a candidates wife that they must muzzle during a run for the presidency?
    Are they planning on duct-taping her mouth for 4 years?

  7. #7
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:28 pm, MrVIBEMAN said:

    She’s out there letting all the other lobbyists know that her price will be going up once hubby gets elected.

  8. #8
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:34 pm, docflash said:

    Thanks for this thread,I didn’t know she was gone.

  9. #9
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:38 pm, WORK949 said:

    Maybe she’s out interviewing for a second job, since her vice-president position at the University Hospital only pays about $369,000.00.

    It’s tough to make ends meet on a pittance like that, ya know what I’m sayin’?

    Gosh.

  10. #10
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:39 pm, DanMan said:

    I’m with docflash…a little sure goes a long way.

  11. #11
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:39 pm, DanVanSmak said:

    One source of irritus down, one to go. Now, if Yokie can make Bubba disappear, all will be good with the world. *out*

  12. #12
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:40 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    IMHO: Smart move.

    BO seems to be doing well if not better.

  13. #13
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:42 pm, BrianNY said:

    I wish I had Princeton and Harvard degrees, a million dollar house, a US Senate spouse and a $300,000.00 + salary that will only grow exponentially.

    She has moved up the ladder higher and more quickly in half a lifetime then my entire Irish-American family has in five generations.

    Yet, because of my skin color, I’m supposed to feel bad for her? LOL.

  14. #14
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:46 pm, ACHefty said:

    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:27 pm, iowavette said:

    I like her active on the campaign trail. An angry wife makes for useful and entertaining gaffes. Teresa Kerry, where are you?

    So we need to get another VWRC to get her back on the campaign trail! Pronto!

  15. #15
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:50 pm, rightisright said:

    Turn her loose, H. Rotten and McAmnasty can use the help and don’t let us forget the pride she has in this great country of ours.
    The irony of it all…1st black president and his wife is a racist.

  16. #16
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:56 pm, 29Victor said:

    I’m being oppressed! They scooped out my red caviar with a METAL SPOON! The horror! Those people are so fat, lazy and just downright mean! My life is SO MISERABLE! What an awful country!

    …there has to be a literary character that coresponds to Michelle O., but I can’t think of any off the top of my head. The only person I can think of is Blair from The Facts of Life. I think my intellect is busted. I also think my scenario would make Michelle Malkin Jo, which is not such a bad thing.

  17. #17
    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:57 pm, et said:

    Michelle O. is making sure hubby isn’t client #10.

  18. #18
    On March 11th, 2008 at 4:06 pm, rightisright said:

    Maybe it’s a hormonal thingy with these democrapic women(not about to list em, not enuf time or ink to do it here)…they are always pissed off about something. Brings to mind the old saying…”you wouldn’t be happy if you were hung with a new(gold-plated for Obama) rope”

  19. #19
    On March 11th, 2008 at 4:10 pm, dm60462 said:

    WHERE ARE THE WHITE OBAMA FAMLIY MEMBERS????

  20. #20
    On March 11th, 2008 at 4:14 pm, MrVIBEMAN said:

    He’s only white if you’re white. If you’re black, he’s definitely not white, he’s either black or mixed. If your mixed or Mexican, he’s mixed. That’s part of his popularity. (at least the only thing I can think of) His campaign should be called “the many races of Barack Obama.”

  21. #21
    On March 11th, 2008 at 4:24 pm, Fineous Reese said:

    Last time I saw her she was just behind Obama looking absosmurfly bored, leaning onto her fist as he spoke to the camera. At least she wasn’t chewing gum. I said at that point it would be wise to keep her off camera since she didn’t seem very apt at playing to it.

  22. #22
    On March 11th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, olympian2008 said:

    Michelle, this is laughable. LOL! But not as pathetic of intentionally taking Michelle Obama’s comments out of context a couple of weeks back.

    Michelle Obama appeared with Barack at a late evening rally in Houston last Monday after a rally in Tyler, Texas earlier that day. Since then Barack Obama only spent one day on Wyoming (last Friday) and one day in Mississippi (yesterday). So what? They are both nearing exhaustion after months of almost non-stop campaigning, especially Barack.

    Where is she at?, probably at home spending time taking care of her two daughters after two straight months of being out on the campaign trail. You probably know something about taking care of kids, right?

    BTW, When are you going to play the complete video of Michelle Obama’s comments that you, other bloggers and all conservative talk show hosts took completely out of context. You are afraid to because it undermines your hysterical fake outrage.

  23. #23
    On March 11th, 2008 at 4:33 pm, graysonret said:

    She’s probably been told to quiet down and just “smile” from now on. Now that would be “change”. If you haven’t read Larry Elder’s column on Obama’s “change” speech, it is well worth the read. That’s a “black” person I could vote for, in an election.

  24. #24
    On March 11th, 2008 at 4:34 pm, Viper1 said:

    Shes at home keeping her piehole shut, where Barry undoubtedly has told her to remain lest she diminsh his status as Rock Star in Chief

  25. #25
    On March 11th, 2008 at 4:41 pm, ArmywifeArmymom said:

    On March 11th, 2008 at 3:27 pm, iowavette said:

    I like her active on the campaign trail. An angry wife makes for useful and entertaining gaffes. Teresa Kerry, where are you?

    Angry husbands (Bill) are pretty good for gaffes too (that is if it wasn’t so pathetic to watch!) ;)

  26. #26
    On March 11th, 2008 at 4:42 pm, reutersrutter said:

    It’s not easy being an Black American with no breaks in life except Chicago mafia, Saddam profiteers and a gullible leftist moon battery to back you up. Oh, I forgot the friendly Union tricksters!

  27. #27
    On March 11th, 2008 at 4:51 pm, shooter said:

    3:42 pm, BrianNY said:
    Yet, because of my skin color, I’m supposed to feel bad for her? LOL.

    Not quite… you’re s’posed to feel bad for her, all folks like her , PLUS, YOU’RE S’POSED TO LIKE IT!

    4:10 pm, dm60462 said:
    WHERE ARE THE WHITE OBAMA FAMLIY MEMBERS????

    Thats a darn good question. Why are they in hiding? Couldn’t be because of skin color...could it?

  28. #28
    On March 11th, 2008 at 5:12 pm, hadsil said:

    She and Bill Clinton are now in undisclosed locations.

  29. #29
    On March 11th, 2008 at 5:15 pm, Conservatives R Us said:

    My guess would be that her husband and advisers had enough sense to see that she was hurting his campaign.

    And I thought the same thing. If he is half white, where are those family members? My guess is that they are appealing to the black vote and if white is thrown in, he would be out.

  30. #30
    On March 11th, 2008 at 5:27 pm, Jeddite said:

    Speaking only for myself, I still perfer Michelle Obama to Teresa Heinz-Kerry. Never wanted to slap a woman so much when she was on the news.

  31. #31
    On March 11th, 2008 at 5:27 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Good question. If McCain’s 94 year old mother comes out on the campaign trail…and so does Hillary’s…where’s Obama’s mother?

  32. #32
    On March 11th, 2008 at 5:54 pm, retro said:

    Muzzled at last… but for how long?

  33. #33
    On March 11th, 2008 at 5:55 pm, ajmontana said:

    Must
    Improve
    Attitude
    imho, not first lady material.

  34. #34
    On March 11th, 2008 at 5:59 pm, Deanna said:

    Obama’s mother passed away some years ago of cancer. She was profiled recently in the Seattle Times, since she graduated from Mercer Island High School. He was an only child, I believe. Now, his white grandmother is apparently still alive, but the campaign has “declined to make her available for interviews.” But she’s got to be an older lady, so I can completely understand not pulling her into the limelight if she doesn’t desire it.

  35. #35
    On March 11th, 2008 at 6:01 pm, Alphonse said:

    Why is Michelle Obama still using her slave name? She should take on an African or Moslem first name to show her pride as a black woman.

  36. #36
    On March 11th, 2008 at 6:03 pm, old trooper said:

    Obviously well schooled and expecting a huge book deal.

    Opportunistic but raised with the sense of “expectations”, like Hillary.

    Charlatons for sure but qually “entitled”.

    Democrats do that!

  37. #37
    On March 11th, 2008 at 6:23 pm, rooster said:

    Ms Obama is in consultation with the Rev Jeremiah Wright discussing what is wrong with non-black America.

    She is also seeking comfort from Rev Al and Louie Farahkahn from the hurt inflicted at the hands of Hillary; by releasing a picture of Barrack Hussein Obama in the Osama bin Laden outfit.

    She has enlisted the aid of Barracks 1st cousin in Kenya (Mr. Odinga). The one that ran for president and lost, who Barrack campaigned for in Africa in 2006. She asked cousin how Sharia Law was in Kenya; the compromise cousin Odinga came up with the president-elect to end violence caused by him and his supporters, the orange democratic party of Kenya.

  38. #38
    On March 11th, 2008 at 6:32 pm, rooster said:

    Sorry, yes Barrack’s 1st cousin told the president he would have his supporters end the violence, if Sharia law was installed throughout Kenya.

    The president agreed. Only 1000 people murdered and 300,000 displaced due to Odinga’s followers violence.

    No big deal, and lets not ask Barrack about it, might upset his momentum.

  39. #39
    On March 11th, 2008 at 6:40 pm, globmgmt said:

    Michelle Obama is a spoiled brat - and spoiled brats come in all colors.

  40. #40
    On March 11th, 2008 at 6:42 pm, John Ansell said:

    This is a good idea by Obama’s campaign. After all, we are not picking a first lady, no matter how much the Clinton’s want us to.

  41. #41
    On March 11th, 2008 at 6:43 pm, Rational Thought said:

    I don’t know where Mrs. Obama is, but I’m sure her absence is the fault of the some white, patriarchal, post-colonial hegemonist. I’m sure of it, cuz that’s how this crappy country rolls.

  42. #42
    On March 11th, 2008 at 6:58 pm, skye said:

    Mrs Obama - AWOL?

    We need her front and center on the campaign trail speaking to the media about:

    “We’re a divided country, we’re a country that is “just downright mean,” we are “guided by fear,” we’re a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacents. “We have become a nation of struggling folks who are barely making it every day,” she said, as heads bobbed in the pews. “Folks are just jammed up, and it’s gotten worse over my lifetime. And, doggone it, I’m young. Forty-four!”

    Seriously, she needs 24/7 media coverage STAT!

  43. #43
    On March 11th, 2008 at 7:02 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    WHERE ARE THE WHITE OBAMA FAMLIY MEMBERS????

    The typical excuse the left is using is that Obama is black, because if you “look” black, you are perceived as being black. Therefore, you are black.

    Who knows where the white family members are. You’d think if his campaign was all about unity, they’d be out there with him.

    Or….maybe they’ve caught on to the lies of the left and will be voting republican or independent this election. Maybe that’s why the MSM is steering clear of them. They sure jumped on Guliani’s daughter for her facebook membership in that pro-Obama group, but could you imagine the media carnage if the leading democrat’s family voted McCain? That would be so funny I think.

  44. #44
    On March 11th, 2008 at 7:05 pm, DavidHughes said:

    #17

    Two words: Larry Sinclair.

    Ugh. I’m sort of beginning to empathize with the Bush-Derangement-Syndrome sufferers. If I have to cope with four (or God help us, eight) years of the Obamas in the White House, I think I will lose my mind. I can’t look at a picture or listen to audio of either of them without getting nauseous.

  45. #45
    On March 11th, 2008 at 7:21 pm, BadIdeaGuy said:

    This may sound strange, but Michelle Obama has become Omarosa in my head, so maybe she’s filming the next Apprentice Redux.

  46. #46
    On March 11th, 2008 at 7:35 pm, Henry said:

    “Michelle Obamarosa”

    I like it.

  47. #47
    On March 11th, 2008 at 8:47 pm, Tuesday said:

    Maybe Barack finally noticed that Michelle was becoming an additional liability to his campaign. At any rate, she isn’t missed.

  48. #48
    On March 11th, 2008 at 9:21 pm, Deanna said:

    4:10 pm, dm60462 said:
    WHERE ARE THE WHITE OBAMA FAMLIY MEMBERS????

    Please see my comment at #34… the Seattle Times column I am referring to is here:
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004164387_brodeur05m.html

    He just simply doesn’t seem to have any white family members any longer who could participate in his campaign easily.

  49. #49
    On March 11th, 2008 at 9:54 pm, zyzzyg said:

    Um, go to Sen Obama’s web site and find out her schedule and where she is going to appear. Same for former Pres Clinton. In fact most people and their surrogates have publicized appearance schedules.

    Yes, I get the point of the rhetorical question. But, that question is easily answered.

  50. #50
    On March 11th, 2008 at 10:28 pm, zorro said:

    Haven’t seen a picture of her on the stump in many days.

    She could be baking Easter bread…

  51. #51
    On March 11th, 2008 at 10:48 pm, pokenhorn said:

    You know, for the first time in my life, I’m proud of my children. Or, for the first time in my life, I’m proud of my parents. For the first time in my life, I am proud of my fellow citizens. I hope that sounds ugly to everyone. I have a special connection to my children, my parents, my fellow citizens. I have a special connection to my country. And to say that only lately have I become proud of it would be foul. I have been proud of my country for as long as I have been alive. Partly because it has done so much to advance the station of the likes of Michelle Obama.

  52. #52
    On March 12th, 2008 at 8:25 am, rooster said:

    I saw her with Louis farahkahn, al and jesse. She is begging them to take Hillary’s knee caps out for showing that picture of Barrack dressed like Obam bin Laden.

  53. #53
    On March 12th, 2008 at 8:52 am, emjem24 said:

    olympian2008 said:

    BTW, When are you going to play the complete video of Michelle Obama’s comments that you, other bloggers and all conservative talk show hosts took completely out of context. You are afraid to because it undermines your hysterical fake outrage.

    Bitter…. party of one, Olympian. Why don’t you volunteer to be Mrs. Obummer’s nanny so then you can permanently attach your lips to her butt. Fake outrage… more like you’re speaking of your own.

  54. #54
    On March 12th, 2008 at 9:10 am, Dimsdale said:

    On March 12th, 2008 at 8:52 am, emjem24 said:

    olympian2008 said:

    BTW, When are you going to play the complete video of Michelle Obama’s comments that you, other bloggers and all conservative talk show hosts took completely out of context. You are afraid to because it undermines your hysterical fake outrage.

    Bitter…. party of one, Olympian. Why don’t you volunteer to be Mrs. Obummer’s nanny so then you can permanently attach your lips to her butt. Fake outrage… more like you’re speaking of your own.

    I agree. The Obamas are purported to be great Ivy League, top of their class, lawyers. Words are a lawyer’s tools, which they are expected to wield with great care and finesse.

    If a lawyer’s creed is “never ask a question for which you don’t know the answer,” how come they don’t apply something similar, like “never make a statement for which you don’t know the implications?”

    Either she was speaking the truth as she sees it, or it is another indication of their achievement through affirmative action.

    Like it or not, much of their biographies seem to be able to be accounted for by that. Geraldine Ferraro spoke truth when she said that he would not be the candidate were he not black. The black turnout is proof of that, as is the female turnout for Clinton.

  55. #55
    On March 12th, 2008 at 9:34 am, gunslingerpatriot said:

    I would love to see Michelle Obama’s great Ivy League credentials except her masters thesis is restricted until the day after the election.

    GSP :)

  56. #56
    On March 12th, 2008 at 10:37 am, terrig said:

    On March 11th, 2008 at 6:43 pm, Rational Thought said:
    I don’t know where Mrs. Obama is, but I’m sure her absence is the fault of the some white, patriarchal, post-colonial hegemonist. I’m sure of it, cuz that’s how this crappy country rolls.

    That is funny. And Olympian it’s funny how she was taken off the speaking tour when she said she wasn’t proud of her country. Yes, she has her kids (as do most of us) but she found plenty of time to leave them at home until she opened her pie hole. She’s been educated at Princeton and Harvard Law-she knows exactly what she is saying. It’s obvious you’re her number one fan.

  57. #57
    On March 12th, 2008 at 10:47 am, rooster said:

    As much as I don’t like McCain; lawyers: Obama & Obama & Hillary, I despise!

  58. #58
    On March 12th, 2008 at 12:42 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    I have it from an “unnamed source” that Mrs. Obamarama is meeting with Jesse and Al for lessons on public discourse. The liberals just can’t stand it when one of their own makes a complete ass of themselves–that’s why they pull out the old, “taking things out of context” response. Keep on keeping on, girlfriend…I love it when liberals actually tell the truth!

  59. #59
    On March 12th, 2008 at 2:09 pm, Chard402003 said:

    Can you imagine Obama being elected and then the missing (hidden) master’s thesis shows up confirming all of our worst fears?

  60. #60
    On March 12th, 2008 at 3:06 pm, JammieWearingFool said:

    Ever since the America is downright mean story came out she disappeared and the media ignored the story.

  61. #61
    On March 12th, 2008 at 11:30 pm, Dread Pirate Roberts VIII said:

    Michelle Suess Obama: too angry, stupid and racist to be let out in public.

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