obama stinks in the morning, says wife, lol

[democratsin08]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/tales-from-the-obamas-bedroom/

"In an interview with Glamour magazine, Michelle Obama reveals that her husband, Barack, is so “snore-y and stinky” when he wakes up in the morning that their daughters won’t crawl into bed with him."

[Rick Myers]

1. In "Hustler" this month, Bill says Hillary smells like violets!

Oy!

[formercia]

85. And she shits Hershey's kisses n/t

[alfredo]

114. and Pees a Pale Ale.

[formercia]

131. _^..^_

[alfredo]

138. Ah, a lager lover.

[gorekerrydreamticket]

125. and John Edwards has bed-head....

[Dr. Strange]

139. Oy, indeed!

:spray:

It's too early in the morning to be reading something like this!

:)

[durrrty libby]

2. How precious

[HeeBGBz]

3. TMI

I'd just as soon not know that.

[midlife_mo_Jo]

72. Too Much Information!

I know they want to come across as the couple next door, but I don't say that kind of stuff about my husband!

[Carni]

91. I agree...YUCK

I don't know who is advising B.O.'s wife (excuse the pun lol) but she really should just keep that kind of personal stuff on the down low--that sure isn't anything I want to know!

[polichick]

4. Ditto the TMI

That's a little icky.

[saracat]

5. I just posted defending Michelle.Apparently many Repukes are posting asking for a Donna Reed type of

First Lady! Ick to them.

[pnwmom]

97. You do know there's a vast chasm between a Donna Reed spouse

and a spouse who frequently enjoys putting her spouse down in public?

The husband of a friend of mine does this to her in front of me and it makes me very uncomfortable. There is a danger that Michelle Obama could have people like me reacting the same way.

[Totally Committed]

6. That's information I don't need or want in order to decide who gets my vote for POTUS.

I don't care what Obama smells like in the morning, how much Edwards' haircuts cost, how manly Fred Thompson smells, how great Kucinich's diet is for his libido, if Bill and Hillary live together or not, or any other random chunklet of personal info I'm given about a candidate in place of REAL INFORMATION.

Is the candidate a corporatist or a populist? Is he anti-war or a war-monger? Where does (s)he stand on universal healthcare, equal rights for all Americans, a woman's right to choose, the seperation of Church and State, the economy.... you know, all those pesky details.

The media needs to give us more real information, and a whole lot less of the personal stuff. It's their way of keeping us ignorant, while feeling informed.

TC

[sandnsea]

7. Daughters in bed with a dad

These days, they'd probably figure out a way to turn that into something nefarious, good for Michelle for walking right out of that trap.

[The Backlash Cometh]

69. I swear to you that I've seen a photograph of George Bush Senior with

all his kids in the bathtub with him. I think it came up at one of those special dinners with the media. But I've never seen it since.

[Bucky]

135. Don't you just hate that?

You humans are so fucking weird.

[durrrty libby]

8. She is a silly woman

[illinoisprogressive]

10. not as silly as HRC, duuuuuuuuuuurty

[durrrty libby]

11. So BO really does have BO

:rofl:

[democratsin08]

16. lol

it would seem so

[MODemocrat]

46. It seems you always work Hillary into every negative post

Amazing how some people hate (with such passion.) :silly:

[durrrty libby]

55. It's an illness as the name implies

[ripple]

78. As in this sub-thread by durrrty libby? n/t

[pnwmom]

99. It's true. And I'm being tempted to vote for Hillary just to spite

a few of her opponents.

But don't worry, I wouldn't vote for a reason like that.

I don't think.

[ronnykmarshall]

102. I hear that.

[saracat]

12. You would know.

[jillan]

24. Too much information~

[Peregrine Took]

15. Yet she is able to draw a huge 6 figure salary from the august University of

Chicago hospital system. Odd, isn't it?

[durrrty libby]

19. People siphon billions from the medical system. Not odd at all

Nor is it impressive. Republican senators do it all the time.

Frist comes to mind. And is there anyone sillier than him?

[earthlover]

22. Seems as though Hillary has "siphoned" quite a bit of medical money....

...does that make her a Republican Senator?

Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference.

Anyhow, it seems Obama's wife has some issues to deal with in her husband's snoring and night-time odor. Good thing Hillary never had any issues with her husband...ever!!!!!

[Tellurian]

25. Just another déclassé embarrassment to the presidency...

Ick! They may NEVER be ready for Prime time...

[durrrty libby]

28. So shit. I can't believe people defend this crap. A complete embarrassment

[Tellurian]

30. The Audacity of Mediocrity.?

Hell, we've got that now. Where's the benefit of an Obama presidency?

Michelle as our First Lady ? How degrading to the highest office in the land.

[killbotfactory]

47. Get a room, you two. n/t

[Tellurian]

48. Room? Our tent not big enough?

[saracat]

49. And yet your candidate doesn't bother you? Literacy is a wonderful quality.

I suggest it to everyone.Personally, I find corruption a lot more embarrassing than morning odor but each to their own!

[SoxFan]

111. Declasse embarrassment?

As opposed to...

[Nedsdag]

123. BURN!!!!!!!

n/t

[illinoisprogressive]

9. no one smells great in the morning

[flpoljunkie]

87. Obama's little girls probably don't like his icky, scratchy, morning stubble either!

[jmp]

122. Nonsense

I don't start reeking until noon - 1pm at the earliest. :P

[Superman Returns]

13. gross

Michelle started out well by making little digs at her husband to humanize him in a cute, innocent way, but I'm afraid she's taking it waaaay too far. Obama inspires me greatly, and reading this today just made me grossed out. NO NEED TO KNOW!

[emilyg]

17. I can live without this much info.

[Catherine Vincent]

14. What?

I figured she was talking about his attitude (not a morning person). No one stinks in the mornings. Did she mean his morning breath? Weird.

[DemBones DemBones]

18. Definitely TMI. What was she thinking?

Subconscious wish not to have him win? :shrug:

[democratsin08]

27. maybe a hint

use a different deodorant!!

[wyldwolf]

20. It's called the BOBO effect.

[benny05]

21. Surely this was blown out of proportion

I can't believe that at all.

[snowbear]

26. I agree & the author is told that it is NOT news, yet the OP "here" is getting her jollies off..

Shame on whoever the hell posted it here and came up with such a lame ass thread title for it.

LAME.

[Auntie Bush]

29. The OP needs an apology. I heard that on the news today word for word.

She certainly did say that and I was shocked/horrified. Enough of this putting your husband down Michele....we know he's not an elitist and he's down to earth human. We got the message!

Maybe this is just PR...saying something shocking so people will come listen to her to hear the next shocker. That's what that she dog with the adams apple does.

[pnwmom]

100. Unfortunately, she does seem to have a habit of putting him down.

Some people think it's funny. Other's don't.

I'm in the latter camp. It bothers me just as much when she does it as when the husband of a friend of mine does it to my friend. It's creepy to hear one spouse talk about another this way.

[AtomicKitten]

23. So, he's human.

This is news? :shrug:

[midlife_mo_Jo]

73. Well, is it news?

He also poops just like everyone else. I'm sure it stinks.

Should that be news, as well? :puke:

[Imagevision]

31. Do you think Laura actually sleep with Bush? or does she get her leather on and whips out??

[zulchzulu]

32. Wow. Now we're crawling so deep in the dogshit that it's beyond tasteless

I would hope we're better than this. I guess not.

[Sapphire Blue]

37. MO's words: ".. because he’s too snore-y and stinky, they don’t want to ever get into bed with him."

MO: My hope and my gut is that I am just Mommy. We have this ritual in the morning. They come in my bed, and if Dad isn’t there—because he’s too snore-y and stinky, they don’t want to ever get into bed with him. But we cuddle up and we talk about everything from what is a period to the big topic of when we get a dog: what kind?

http://www.glamour.com/news/articles/2007/09/michelleobama?currentPage=2

Note: I found the above Glamour article/interview in another thread posted by an Obama supporter here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3501231


So, since Michelle Obama is the one who is being quoted, does your "beyond tasteless" comment apply to her?

[Forkboy]

39. THe OP is using something that's perfectly human to mock Obama.

Just pointing out the quote is fine, but do a search on the OP and see how deep it gets.This is actually a step up.This kind of shit is ugly and dumb, and as an Edwards supporter like yourself I'd like to try to stay above this kind of stuff.

[AtomicKitten]

40. * blind eye *

I'm afraid some support by their silence these cheesy tactics when done on behalf of a candidate they support.

[Forkboy]

41. I'm afraid you're right.

And I'm sure I can be guilty of that too, but I try not to be.

[JTFrog]

68. I try as well.

But when I see this kind of cheerleading over something like this, I just want to sink to their level.

Must....resist. :eyes:

[NYCGirl]

76. Funny, we didn't hear the same kind of faux indignation with this about the Edwards::

http://www.esquire.com/features/edwardsgothic0807-2

"I hope this isn't too personal," I said to Edwards, "but I was reading about how Elizabeth discovered her cancer this second go-around. It was a broken rib, correct?"

"Yes," Edwards said.

"The papers said you were hugging her -- which is always nice to hear, a married guy hugging his wife. It must have been bizarre. What happened, you just hugged her and heard a snap?"

"Maybe it is a little personal," Edwards said, laughing self-consciously.

"Maybe I don't want to know?"

"It was a perfectly reasonable question," he said, bailing me out.

"So hugging was perhaps a euphemism?"

"That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it," he said, raking his forelock with his fingers.

[durrrty libby]

112. Edwards didn't say his wife stinks. Pathetic, desperate and sad try

[NYCGirl]

116. No, no "stink", just rough sex. NT

[durrrty libby]

118. "rough" ? That may be your fantasy, but nowhere implied.

Damn, even the sex part was only mildly eluded to.

Michelle just comes out and says stink.


I'll give you benefit of the doubt that you are just pretending dense

[NYCGirl]

121. Nowhere implied?

"So hugging was perhaps a euphemism?"

"That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it," he said, raking his forelock with his fingers.


And Michelle Obama was talking about the perception of her little daughters, so I'll give you the same benefit of the same doubt.

[AtomicKitten]

124. the hypocrisy is thick

funny, but thick

[Sapphire Blue]

42. I haven't searched the OP, so I don't know the background or the intentions of the poster.

In any case, this subject certainly didn't need a thread devoted to it. And, IMO, this is one detail that MO could have left out of the interview.

[Clintonista2]

52. Are you kidding me?

"This kind of shit is ugly and dumb"- Have you been to half the Hillary threads on GDP? Topics on how ugly she looked on Letterman, how her voice is too screechy, etc. There is such an amazing double standard on DU, and the sad part is, most people realize that and choose to ignore it.

[Forkboy]

57. Hey, I've defended Hillary here, too.

I don't like her or Obama, but this shit IS ugly and dumb. If you don't like this shit against Hillary than speak up when it happens to someone else.

There is such an amazing double standard on DU, and the sad part is, most people realize that and choose to ignore it.

Yeah, no shit.You just illustrated it.

[democratsin08]

54. mrs obama

is the one that spilled the beans!!

[Forkboy]

60. Please, you used it to mock him.

And anyone who has read your posts (which would take five minutes to read all 200) can easily see how insipid and shallow your attacks on Obama are.This is just the latest.

[zulchzulu]

44. Is this an issue I should f*cking care about?

OK.

Obama is a human.

What the hell was I thinking?

I guess that's a reason to support the other candidates instead.

I hear their shit doesn't stink...or so their response would be to this article. His body odor in the morning is "naive"...

That's what I'm looking for in a World Leader...someone who smells like Old Spice ALL THE TIME.

:crazy:

[Sapphire Blue]

45. You seem to care enough about it to call the OP "beyond tasteless" because of what MO said.

Michelle Obama is the one who volunteered the info in an interview, not the OPer.

I'm not going to continue this subthread w/you; it's gotten "beyond tasteless"

:hi:

[ronnykmarshall]

33. How stupid is that?

So he's got a little stank going on the morning? Wow! He's human!

[polichick]

34. I'm not sure I could vote for a man who stinks in the morning...

Maybe if he only stank at night or in the afternoon. :silly:

[snowbear]

38. I guess we'll have to have a "sniff test" with all 8 candidates....

And we'll vote for whichever one wakes up smelling like a bed of lilacs..

~~ ~~ ~~ ~~

[durrrty libby]

56. There are already plenty of BO sniffers around here. We don't need more

[Forkboy]

58. Plenty of people sniffing Hillary's ass close up, right before they plant a kiss on it.

[durrrty libby]

62. Please post your fantasy elsewhere.

[Forkboy]

63. Trust me, my fantasies don't include her.

[saracat]

129. Apparently it is "your" fantasy he is referring to!

[AZ Criminal JD]

35. What a thread n/t

[Forkboy]

36. You're such a great addition here.

:eyes:

[Kelly Rupert]

43. This could be a real political problem. I'm concerned.

:silly:

[2rth2pwr]

50. No wonder Biden got major heat for

calling Obama "clean".

[JTFrog]

51. Wow, looks like

I walked onto the wrong site this morning. WTF is this crap doing on DU?

[coco77]

101. I know what you mean...

[Adelante]

53. I never had a husband that didn't

:rofl:

[midlife_mo_Jo]

74. Haha

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Morning breath. ugh

[Vinca]

59. That was way more than I ever wanted to know about Barack. nt

[Mass]

61. I love it - A wife that does not think it is necessary to show her husband as a god.

Very refreshing, IMHO... Time to drop all these people from their pedestals...

[Tellurian]

66. Spin,spin spin..the remarks by MO are totally inappropriate..

and degrading to Obama and his representing us as a potential presidential candidate. She really needs a few lessons in common etiquette.

[Mass]

70. Spin, spin, spin - common etiquette like sleeping with an intern?\nt

[BeyondGeography]

75. Yah...lectures on decorum from the Clintonistas

LOL...So much for that discussion.

[Name removed]

77. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[NYCGirl]

79. Hey, keep Roger Clinton out of this conversation! NT

[durrrty libby]

81. Silly you. Roger isn't running for president .It's all Obama baby

You're welcome

[NYCGirl]

84. And thank God for that. NT

[durrrty libby]

88. Thank god BO is stinky and a chemical addict? He has enough

problems being so far back. He doesn't need this type of promotion.

[NYCGirl]

92. No, thank God that Roger Clinton is safely tucked away somewhere. But I guess

you hope he'll be having holidays at the White House real soon!

[Tellurian]

96. yes,many..

Roger Clinton may be your inspiration for getting up in the morning!

[NYCGirl]

117. Yes, who can forget his turn as "Mayor Bubba" in "Pumpkinhead 2:

Blood Wings"?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166935/

:rofl:

[Tellurian]

127. Aww- you're just jealous cause it wasn'y your brother

who could give you the opportunity to be in a movie..

bwwwwahahaha!

[NYCGirl]

128. Hell, no one in my family would even WATCH that shit.

:rofl:

Yeah, Roger Clinton — your springboard to stardom!!

:rofl:
:rofl:
:rofl:

[Tellurian]

132. I can tell, you're no fun..

your fun consists of ridicule... for the best example of that, look in the mirror.

[NYCGirl]

134. I know the violin part to that one.

:nopity:

[BeyondGeography]

82. More revelatory comments from the aptly named durrrtster

:silly:

[ellacott]

86. You're right, what hypocrites

There was a lack of decorum in getting a blow job in the White House. In the grand scheme of things I think the blow job had more far reaching consequences that someone who doesn't smell fresh in the morning.

[durrrty libby]

89. A BJ is a much healthier way to relieve stress than snorting

cocaine or filling one's lungs with carcinogens.

We just live in a prissy society that tolerates killing oneself slowly with drugs {real far reaching consequences}

Truly pathetic

[ellacott]

119. It's hard for you to follow along isn't it?

You are something else.

I know you are not so stupid that you didn't know what I am talking about it. But, in case I am wrong I will break it down like you're a four year old.

OK,

There have been posts made in this thread that claims that Michelle's remarks show a lack of decorum for the White House. A blow job by an intern also shows a lack of decorum. Because this happend to Hillary nothing is said by the Hillary supporters about this. That's the hypocrisy.

For the record, I don't care that Bill had a blow job or that Obama did drugs.

[BeyondGeography]

90. Ya know, I never got a thank-you card from the Clintons for being a blow job defender

and it wasn't a proud moment for many of us commited Dems.

[durrrty libby]

93. And as much as I admire Bill Clinton, he is still a guy. Guys

sometimes make bone-headed decisions. Enough of that

Time for a woman.Time for Hillary to be in charge.

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[Tellurian]

98. no, the correct answer is: "He's ONLY human!"

works for Obambi everytime..so..

:rofl:

[durrrty libby]

107. As usual. you are correct. My faux pas

:toast:

[ellacott]

120. Obami? Pitiful

We are all human. You seem to forget that when it comes to anything Obama.

You are truly amazing.

[Tellurian]

126. No, I just don't care for Obama, thats all....

[ellacott]

130. That's very obvious

I don't know what he's done to you to engender such animosity.

It's unfortunate that you can't find any redeeming qualities in him, afterall, he human like the rest of us.

Hillary is not my preferred candidate but if she's the nominee I will support her. It becomes increasingly difficult for me and many others to do this when we witness the lengths that the anti-Obama members use to discredit him.

It's the same for those who are Hillary supporters. I know you all don't like se her trashed either.

I wish we employed better ways in handling these situations and not declare an all out war on the opposing candidate(and their supporters).

[Tellurian]

133. I never said I woudn't support the nominee..

I said, I don't particularly care for Obama..

[ellacott]

136. Never said you said that

I understood what was posted.

[Tellurian]

95. Who would that be...you sound confused..

[pnwmom]

103. I hate it. One spouse putting the other down in front of me.

I hate it when the husband of my best friend does it and I hate it when Michelle does it.

IMO, it shows low self-esteem on the part of Michelle, masquerading as the opposite.

[Enrique]

64. Americans want a president they can cuddle with in the morning

[Stuckinthebush]

65. OK...not something we need to know Michelle

Damn, let's let the candidates have some amount of private space!

Personally, I smell like roses and gumdrops in the morning.

[Nimrod2005]

67. Funny, Biden thinks he is clean? What does he know that Michelle does not?

[BigDDem]

71. Dear Michelle,

Shut up.

Love,
Your husband's campaign

[Netbeavis]

80. How does coverage like this ever help in getting someone elected?

I personally don't care if a candidate eats a shit sandwich before going to bed at night.

Call me crazy, but I only care about what they are going to do once in office.

[ripple]

83. This is a great comment from the same interview:

Barrack is very much human,” Mrs. Obama tells Glamour in response to a reader who wants to know why Mrs. Obama thinks she has been criticized for discussing her home life in such detail. “So let’s not deify him, because what we do is we deify, and then we’re ready to chop it down. People have notions of what a wife’s role should be in this process, and it’s been a traditional one of blind adoration. My model is a little different — I think most real marriages are.”


I'm glad Michelle has her feet planted firmly on the ground. It's unfortunate that some DU'ers apparently take a perverse satisfaction in making common human traits seem like some sort of unseemly aberration. I don't want a god for a president. I want a human being.

[Ninja Jordan]

94. I believe in bathing before bed.

[durrrty libby]

109. "I believe in bathing before bed." Good platform. Maybe you should throw your

hat in the ring:toast:

[Ninja Jordan]

137. We need a poll

to see who here bathes before bed.

[Irishonly]

104. Too Much Information

[Mz Pip]

105. This falls into the

way to much information file. No reason at all to say this; no reason at all for any of us to know.

Really dumb thing to say.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[polichick]

106. Maybe Michelle wants to make sure there are no more...

Crush videos!

[jillan]

108. You guys better stop calling BO the next JFK

Jackie had too much class to say that to the press about her husband.

[NYCGirl]

110. And the press then had too much class to report what JFK was doing, too. NT

[treestar]

115. In fairness, in those days it was never dreamed of

Nowadays, people go for the gross details - movies, novels, everything.

I'm not that fond of it either but it seems that we live in an anti-romantic age.

[question everything]

113. Do we really need to know this fact?

Is this part of the Oprahization of our public life? Leaving no room for a shred of privacy?

Yes, I suppose I am a dinosaur. No Facebook for me..