America's new Jackie O is called Michelle, supporters say
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Michelle Obama, the wife of the presumptive Democratic contender for the White House, has come under fire for being allegedly unpatriotic, pushy, even racist.
She has been called her husband's "bitter half" and "Mrs Grievance" by conservative media, who claim she harbors a grudge against whites and is forever moaning.
....The hour-long appearance on ABC Television's "The View" won the towering mother of two (Obama is five feet, 11 inches -- around one meter 82 centimeters) heaps of praise for everything from her dress sense to her intelligence.
"She comes across as incredibly bright," Frank Settipani, a cancer doctor and haematologist from Colorado told AFP of the Princeton and Harvard educated Obama.
Thyra Lees-Smith of Los Angeles said in an entry on Obama's Facebook page that she was "the picture of graciousness, style and extraordinary intelligence" on The View.
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