Michelle Obama shows off her moves...

[one_voice]

you go girl!!!! I love our first lady!! video of Michelle at the link..

Considering the circus of recent events, it is tempting to deem birtherism as a mere sideshow. This morning, one of Ta-Nehisi Coates' readers captured perfectly why the issue is so hurtful, and it has something to do with First Lady Michelle Obama doing the Dougie:

After getting over my initial shock that the First Lady was at least vaguely familiar with a dance that I might sloppily attempt in a nightclub, I thought about how familiar the image was to me. She reminded me of my aunts at our family cook outs, where they get up and try to do the new dance, but then school all of us with the Electric Slide (or in this case, the Running Man).

That thought brought me back to your comments about why Donald Trump's comments feel so offensive, how his comments undercut all of the things that Black parents say to children about how they will be respected if they study and work hard.

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http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/04/6583773-birtherism-is-personal

[FrenchieCat]

1. This was unrecced......(not by me)....

Some must feel like the First Lady's shouldn't dance,
or if she does, we certainly shouldn't like it.

Only when Bush danced was it worth any recs. :shrug:

[one_voice]

2. Haters gonna hate...

doesn't matter, I enjoyed watching her dance and seeing how those kids reacted to her. It was worth the unrec!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. K&R!

[lamp_shade]

4. I love her too.

[Demoiselle]

5. Our First Lady is full of grace. In every sense. I love her, too.

[KoKo]

6. That is Too Cool! K&R!

[Generic Other]

7. Nice that she encourages fitness with kids

She's a great role model.

[my2sense]

8. K & R - Let the haters do their thing

It's nice to have down to earth, intelligent people in the white house.

That.is.all.