Michelle Obama
On the campaign, her career, and raising kids in the public eye.
by Anita Doberman
August 25, 2008
What does your husband depend on you for?
Holding everything together and keeping our home in order while he's away.
We're each other's best friends and closest advisors.
How are the children taking all the changes, and do you try to insulate them?
Barack and I are very proud of the way the girls have handled themselves during
this campaign. Luckily, they're still at an age where they're not
that concerned with what's happening with the campaign. When they come
home in the afternoons, they don't want to know how my day went — it's
more like: "Let me tell you what happened at camp today." There are
these two wonderful little people who run around our house and keep us grounded.
We protect them the best as we can. We're figuring it out. We've
gotten some great advice from people like Hillary Clinton and Tipper Gore, who
have been in this situation before and handled it wonderfully.
"Barack is a wonderful partner, husband
and father."
What is your favorite thing about your husband?
There really isn't just one thing. Barack is a wonderful partner, husband
and father.
What is the thing you wish the media would stop asking and what do you wish the
media would focus on instead?
I wish that the media wouldn't get distracted by the petty campaign back-and-forth
and negative attacks. I'd rather they pay more attention to the issues
that matter most to hard-working Americans, like skyrocketing gas and food prices,
access to quality and affordable health care, bringing the war in Iraq to a responsible
end, creating great schools, and policies that help parents figure out the work-life
balance.
In an Obama Presidency, what's the one food you'd make sure is well stocked
at the White House?
French fries — they're my ultimate weakness!
©2008 Anita Doberman and Nerve Media
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Anita Doberman is a journalist, syndicated columnist, radio host, a mother of six, and author of the forthcoming book Special Ops Moms: Tales from the Trenches. She has written for The Sacramento Bee, The Pensacola News Journal, Yoga Journal, The Imperfect Parent, International Family Magazine and Military.com. She is a frequent guest on television and radio. For more about Anita go to www.ovolina.com. |
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