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November 22, 2008 11:59:01 CST



Michelle Obama Takes Back Her Image

Posted Jun 18, 08 7:07 CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Michelle Obama has been called everything from a black nationalist to a "baby mama" in recent weeks, and sporting a new chief of staff, she's looking to take on the rumors. In a New York Times interview, Obama outlines her journey from Chicago's South Side to the White House doorstep. “I will walk anyone through my life,” says the would-be first lady. “Come on, let’s go.”

From her days at Princeton and Harvard to her work in a Chicago housing project and a university hospital, Obama has addressed racial questions with a frankness that belies the "Mrs. Grievance" title the National Review recently gave her. Obama says she doesn't recognize that persona. "I mean, ‘whitey’? That’s something that George Jefferson would say."

Source New York Times

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Barack Obama kisses his wife Michelle after she introduces him at Oakleaf Village retirement community in Columbus, Ohio Friday, June 13, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Barack and Michelle Obama right, applauds at the Apostolic Church of God with daughters Sasha, 7, left, and Malia, 10, in Chicago, Sunday, June 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Michelle Obama, right, introduces her husband Barack Obama, Friday, June 13, 2008 at the Oakleaf Village retirement community in Columbus, Ohio.   (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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