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I'm sorry, but [b]I don't see Ms. Obama as a success story[/b]. Some of the comments she has made are unbefitting of a First Lady. She has a huge chip on her shoulder as well.  I don't consider her a role model for me or my daughter because she doesn't embody the values I have or want my daughter to have. Furthermore, I don't understand this whole 'objectification of women' attitude. I see many accomplished women in all walks of life. The ones screaming objectification I see as character-flawed. I've never been held back in life because I am a woman. I simply set goals, went for them, and any lack of accomplishment I can trace back to my own actions, which I then either correct or adjust.

If there is anyone holding women back, it's other women. [/quote]

So she was the child of a water plant employee and a secretary, went to Princeton and graduated cum laude, then to Harvard Law School and to Sidley Austin.  That's a success story by anyone's measure.  Then she worked for Chicago's city government, became a Dean at University of Chicago, and then as an executive director for the University of Chicago Hospital system, where she earned $273K in 2006.  She then became the first African American First Lady in the country's history and now has a popularity rating of 65% according to a recent poll.

Do tell -- what aspects of her story you think show she hasn't been successful?  That she's made some "unbefitting" comments? Seriously?  Point to one public figure who's never said anything controversial.  Chip on her shoulder?  Even if that were true, it certainly can't take away from her success.

And what values does she embrace that you don't?  Do tell.[/quote]

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