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Barack Flirts Earned Wrath of Michelle

Obama didn't like women—like Vera Baker—throwing themselves at her husband

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 22, 2009 9:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – The latest tidbit from Christopher Andersen’s Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage, out today, reveals the punishment Michelle Obama meted out for women who “pushed their bodies up against his, slipped phone numbers into his pockets,” and grabbed his butt, the New York Post reports. Then-campaigning Barack just got the silent treatment, but at least one campaign staffer may have gotten banished.

“Her husband, it would later be reported, had grown close to an attractive young African-American woman named Vera Baker,” Andersen writes. “When Baker suddenly and inexplicably vanished from the campaign and resurfaced on the Caribbean island of Martinique, tongues reportedly began wagging. A jealous Michelle, it was suggested, had engineered Baker's departure.” Baker denied the rumor.

Presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and his wife Michelle Obama applaud at a rally at University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Monday, April 21, 2008.
Presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and his wife Michelle Obama applaud at a rally at University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Monday, April 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., with his wife Michelle Obama, walk off the plane in Springfield, Ill., Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., with his wife Michelle Obama, walk off the plane in Springfield, Ill., Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President-elect Barack Obama, left, and wife Michelle wave as they arrive at the We Are One:  Opening Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.
President-elect Barack Obama, left, and wife Michelle wave as they arrive at the "We Are One: Opening Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.   (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
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COMMENTS
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fancygapva
Sep 23, 2009 12:33 PM CDT
Carter sinned in his heart....I saw a picture of him and Queen Elizabeth looking right flirty recently....
MarkFL
Sep 23, 2009 10:07 AM CDT
I don't like it all of the worst stereotypes about people are confirmed but just have a look at the sexist BS from our conservative friends here on Newser (dontlikeyou, Timinator, Jayster etc.) Disrespecting women is a actual policy position of the right. Any woman who votes republican should be ashamed.
usualsuspects
Sep 23, 2009 3:02 AM CDT
I only ask because you said it twice: Do you really think "They" is spelled "Trey"?

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