First Lady Touts Service at TIME’s 100 Most Influential People Event

It is amazing to watch the faces of young black women who meet and hear Michelle Obama speak. I am glad they have a role model in the First Lady.

When I was a girl growing up in the sixties I hated that women in movies either fell down when running away from monsters, screamed but didn't fight bad guys effectively, talked silly or were moms who left all the decisions to their husbands. Back then women were very limited in career choices. Things changed thank goodness. (While I am a happy homemaker that isn't for everyone but a choice a woman or a man should be able to make gladly.)

As for Michelle Obama, I feel she is good example for us all in many ways.
Her regular exercising despite her busy schedule gives her the energy to fully engage in life. We should all try to prioritize exercise to maximize our energy.
Michelle is doing service to her country gladly from the heart and speaks often about doing service for others, as does the President. By speaking out publicly they've put it forward as a good choice to serve rather than to take the highest paying job. Michelle has chosen to visit military families and government workers many times which also emphasizes the good work they are doing for the public.
The First Lady is also highlighting education to the children she talks with as a worthy goal, to learn the best they can, to try their hardest.
I also love that she genuinely seems to love meeting people and children. Just watching how open and happy her children are speaks volumes about the parents that raised them.
All in all, I feel very happy and proud that Michelle is our First Lady.

When I read these hateful comments I am amazed at people's bitterness. She has never claimed to be perfect. Her position before becoming first lady was not high profile enough to necessiate being a role model to anyone but her girls. Now her every move is watched. While she is not a Benazir Bhutto or Golda Meir she has more influence now then she had and I admire the way she has taken on this role. MO is a very accomplished woman in her own right - she has taken what talents she had, studied and taken advantage of the education opportunities presented to her - that is role model enough. Just because she is married to the Pres and is not the Pres herself does not diminish her influence. She is doing a great job. As for being a fake - dressing down to do service would be fake.

ABC News' Karen Travers reports: First lady Michelle Obama was honored tonight as one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People and said she is inspired by the "ability of one person to influence the outcome of someone else's life."
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Michelle has had the ability to influence the outcome of my life
so much......she makes me so sick
I have to be in bed 24/7. She needs
to stay home where she belongs with her girls and her expensive tennis shoes and boots.

DeloresT wrote: "...(Michelle Obama) was even Barack Obama's boss at one time."

Behind closed doors she is probably STILL his boss!!

Could you tell me why you keep removing my comments from this site?

Michele has never spent a single day in her life doing volunteer work. When asked about her cause in the whitehouse she said she will be "mommy in chief". And by the way, grandma is in the whitehouse to take care of the kids. She is pathetic as a first lady. And why was Time magazine honoring her? The media has lost all credibility!

Time Ragazine?
Michele ..... Talk about 2 faced!!

She makes a gank of money doing "NOTHING" but can find nothing to be proud of. Someone tell me....where is that shining example for the little girls to follow?

Note to the Eds of "Time"
"Your Time has come"
and Good Riddance!!

She should be man of the year.

"I understand as first lady her image is carefully managed."
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True, but there's room for improvement. Her handlers had her wearing $540 sneakers at a food pantry and $775 boots in the $200 WH garden.

Last night at the TIME event, she spoke dismissively of high salaried jobs, yet it takes a great deal of money to dress the way the First Lady dresses. We know how expensive her clothes are because her "people" have pointed it out repeatedly.

Her message of "service" and "sacrifice" risks getting lost in the other constant message that she is an avid consumer of haute coture.

The speech writers, spokespeople and stylists have served her poorly with their lack of coordination and tone deaf recommendations.

She is a fake. No other way to say it.

She "ACTS" so proud "NOW". She is a fake.

time is is going broke, this was a PR stunt for the mag only,
Posted by: donttaxmeman | May 6, 2009 7:12:48 AM
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Don't hate the magazine for being smart. I'd rather be creative than be filled with jealousy and hatred.

time is is going broke, this was a PR stunt for the mag only,

It is pathetic! Time Magazine is nothing.

Did she not beat drums loudly enough before temple offerings to earn anything but your backhanded insults?
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As far as I know, before she became a first lady she had paid positions in which she encouraged other people to volunteer. Which is nice.

I understand as first lady her image is carefully managed. I think she does a great job with children, but I don't find her more amazing than any number of women I've worked with doing volunteer work over the years. I don't feel the need to over praise her, any more than I felt the need to over praise any of our former first ladies or candidate's wives.
There are a lot of very accomplished women out there in the world, many of whom have been doing a lot and asking for no recognition for it.
I find Michelle Obama very ordinary. Which is nice.

Indira Ghandi, Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir and Benazir Bhutto weren't just married to the head of state.

These women were the head of state.
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Good point, bad.
Let's add Corazon Aquino, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and Megawati Setiawati to the list.

Did she not beat drums loudly enough before temple offerings....
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jhw, the Obamas say they are Christian.

I am so very proud of Michelle Obama ( never had a problem with Mrs. Bush though...felt sorry for her being married to Dubya). Michelle is an accomplished woman who came up through the public schools of Chicago and made something of herself...was even Barack Obama's boss at one time. She is a role model for many who see that with hard work and discipline, they too can succeed. I adore this first lady.

jhw, I'm very interested in knowing about Mrs. Obama's volunteer life prior to her status as FLOTUS. Yet I've missed the articles that speak of her service passions prior to becoming First Lady.

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Whoa. Someone's starting to let things go to her head a little bit.
I mean....Hillary Clinton? Condi Rice?
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Indira Ghandi, Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir and Benazir Bhutto weren't just married to the head of state.

These women were the head of state.