The Man Who Lost Michelle Obama

[ClydeR]

David Upchurch escorted the then 18-year-old Michelle Robinson to the prom at Whitney M Young High School in Chicago in 1982.

Now a customer service representative and divorced father of three living in a modest house in Colorado Springs, he said that their romance went nowhere.

More... (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/michelle-obama/4949507/Michelle-Obamas-prom-date-describes-their-high-school-romance.html)

Imagine if he had held on to her. He'd be married to the first lady today, which means he would be the president.

I have two questions. First, should Miss Robinson have been showing so much skin (click on the link above to see the photo in the article)? Mr. Upchurch says he didn't kiss her at the end of the date, so I guess it's not so bad.

And second, is that photo real? Mr. Upchurch looks more like he's 30 than 18, and Michelle looks at least 25.

[Cusack]

Imagine if he had held on to her. He'd be married to the first lady today, which means he would be the president.

er, no.

[CrystalTears]

Imagine if he had held on to her. She'd be married to some dipshit instead of the president.Fixed.

[Mabus]

Fixed.
Imagine if he had held on to her. She'd be married to him now instead of the dipshit.

Fixed again.
;)

[Tisket]

Imagine if he had held on to her. He'd be married to the first lady today, which means he would be the president.

Back in the early seventies my pops messed around with electronics in his garage. Just think what could have been if he'd kept at it. I mean I could be the daughter of a fucking billionaire right now. Dealing with the bitterness is something I still struggle with. Fuck Wozniak, fuck Gates, fuck them all for stealing MY birthright.

[Tisket]

I get confused...should I have put that in italics?

[Durgrimst]

I get confused...should I have put that in italics?

Yes

[Ashlander]

Fuck Wozniak, fuck Gates, fuck them all for stealing MY birthright.

If you had fucked them all you could've made some money too.:yes:

[ClydeR]

He would have been the first moustached president elected since 1908.

[ClydeR]

Earlier in this thread, I said I thought Miss Robinson, who is now Mrs. Obama, was showing too much skin in her prom photo. Well it seems other people think she's still showing too much skin.


Let’s face it: The only bracing symbol of American strength right now is the image of Michelle Obama’s sculpted biceps. Her husband urges bold action, but it is Michelle who looks as though she could easily wind up and punch out Rush Limbaugh, Bernie Madoff and all the corporate creeps who ripped off America.

In the taxi, when I asked David Brooks about her amazing arms, he indicated it was time for her to cover up. “She’s made her point,” he said. “Now she should put away Thunder and Lightning.”

I’d seen the plaint echoed elsewhere. “Someone should tell Michelle to mix up her wardrobe and cover up from time to time,” Sandra McElwaine wrote last week on The Daily Beast.

Washington is a place where people have always been suspect of style and overt sexuality. Too much preening signals that you’re not up late studying cap-and-trade agreements.

David was not smitten by the V-neck, sleeveless eggplant dress Michelle wore at her husband’s address to Congress — the one that caused one Republican congressman to whisper to another, “Babe.”

He said the policy crowd here would consider the dress ostentatious. “Washington is sensually avoidant. The wonks here like brains. She should not be known for her physical presence, for one body part.” David brought up the Obamas’ obsession with their workouts. “Sometimes I think half the reason Obama ran for president is so Michelle would have a platform to show off her biceps.”

During the campaign, there was talk in the Obama ranks that Michelle should stop wearing sleeveless dresses, because her muscles, combined with her potent personality, made her daunting.

She ignored that talk, thank heavens. I love the designer-to-J. Crew glamour. Combined with her workaday visits to soup kitchens, inner-city schools and meetings with military families, Michelle’s flair is our depression’s answer to Ginger Rogers gliding around in feathers and lamé.

Her arms, and her complete confidence in her skin, are a reminder that Americans can do anything if they put their minds to it. Unlike Hillary, who chafed at the loathed job of first lady, and Laura, who for long stretches disappeared into the helpmeet role, Michelle has soared every day, expanding the job to show us what can be accomplished by a generous spirit, a confident nature and a well-disciplined body.

I also have no doubt she can talk cap-and-trade with ease and panache.

More... (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/opinion/08dowd.html)

Must be a slow news week.

[Tisket]

blah blah blah. Let's face it. No matter what a female first lady wears or how she looks in it she's going to be criticized and critiqued. How is this news? Get real.

[Mabus]

blah blah blah. Let's face it. No matter what a female first lady wears or how she looks in it she's going to be criticized and critiqued. How is this news? Get real.
I'd do her.
:)

[Methais]

They're both into fisting.