New first lady pitches into 'mommy wars': London Times
Sunday, November 30, 2008 at 9:43PM SITTING down for a Thanksgiving chat with Barbara Walters, the queen of American television interviewers, Michelle Obama talked last week about her lipstick, her children, Santa Claus, cooking and scooping dog poop from the White House lawn.
She didn’t say a word about the economic crisis, America at war, healthcare, poverty or any of the other issues she had addressed with passion and flair as her husband’s supporter and surrogate during a year of presidential campaigning.
It was a curiously muted performance by Barack Obama’s high-powered lawyer wife, and it helped to fuel an ominous debate about the role of America’s next first lady as she adjusts to a new life as the country’s most scrutinised mother. more
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