Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president.
But the American first lady, who has wowed publics in the U.S. and Europe with her easy elegance and charm, will perhaps face a bigger challenge in winning over a Russian public that has scant respect for women who grab the limelight from their powerful husbands.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife Svetlana is pious and discreet and met her husband while she was a schoolgirl. She supports charity and the arts, but has assumed no independent voice on issues facing the country. She dresses conservatively, lacking the edgy fashion sense that has attracted a nationwide following for Michelle Obama.
Michelle Obama's fashion sense attracts comparisons with Jacqueline Kennedy, and there is a Web site entirely dedicated to what she wears.
Here's the problem with this article: everything they say about Michelle Obama has been created by the media. Let's be honest with ourselves here: Michelle Obama just is NOT attractive by conventional standards or any sense of the imagination. As JammieWearingFool said, "I could see if Barack Obama was married to Vanessa Williams or Tyra Banks, but seriously, this drooling over his wife is just sickening."
Yes, this is the most unflattering picture on the internet.
Don't the media just love Michelle Obama? Personally, I think they would have loved the angel of death if Obama was married to her. Laura Bush was a very nice and classy lady. She hardly ever got any attention from the media.
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