just beautiful....

[spanone]

JOHANNESBURG — Michelle Obama heard stories of South Africa's racist past Tuesday from Nelson Mandela, the country's first black president who was imprisoned for 27 years in his struggle against brutal apartheid rule.

Now 92 and largely retired from public life, Mandela sent word he wanted to meet with the first lady at his home while she was at his foundation viewing some of his personal papers.

The first lady was joined by her daughters, Malia, 12, and Sasha, 10, her mother, Marian Robinson, and Mrs. Obama's niece and nephew, Leslie Robinson, 15, and Avery Robinson. Mandela was accompanied by his wife, Graca Machel, a former first lady of both South Africa and Mozambique.

The Obama family spent about 20 minutes with Mandela, who wore one of his trademark shirts, richly patterned and buttoned at the neck. A photo distributed by the Nelson Mandela Foundation showed a healthy-looking Mandela
sitting on a couch next to Mrs. Obama. He held a pen and appeared ready to sign an advance copy of his new book, "Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorized Quotations Book."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43476329

[Motown_Johnny]

1. K&R

[kpete]

2. K&R

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Scuba]

3. I'm jealous of all of them. Thanks for posting.

[spanone]

4. you're welcome......

[JohnnyLib2]

5. I suspect the picture means more than many of us can even grasp.

K & R

[spanone]

8. imprisoned for 27 years.....amazing

[loudsue]

21. Truly.

:kick: K & R

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

:thumbsup:

[JI7]

7. Sasha looks a bit older than i have seen of her before

she did just turn 10 .

nice pic .

[bluewaffle]

9. +1

Michelle is beautiful. What a great First Lady we have!

[Glimmer of Hope]

10. He looks pretty good!

[bigwillq]

11. K and R (nt)

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. nice pic

[spanone]

13. what a worldly education these kids are getting....wow

[ZombieHorde]

22. This is what I was thinking. I wish I had that kind of education. nt

[malaise]

14. How lovely

Rec

[applegrove]

15. She's so lucky. I once talked with someone who actually shook his hand. What lucky people.

[progressoid]

16. Nice,

Very nice.

[jwirr]

17. Wonderful.

[avebury]

18. K&R

[HopeHoops]

19. K&R

[PotatoChip]

20. Excellent!

It's nice to get a break from all of the negative news stories with an article such as this. Great pic too. My thanks to the OP for sharing.

K&R

[dballance]

23. I just Love Michelle Obama.

I think Michelle is the most beautiful First Lady since Jackie Kennedy. I am so proud to have her as our First Lady. An obviously smart lady - an attorney. What an impressive person.

God knows the Bush wives were an insult to dogs. They couldn't be less impressive. I can't properly show my disdain for them. I'm sure they'll have to look up the word "disdain." George is such an ignorant ass. He is the worst president ever. We were deserved by him. What an ass he is. A total ass. there is no one who is a bigger ass than George Bush. I hope he rots in hell.

[RoccoRyg]

24. Now watch...

The right-wingers will bring up Mandela's extreme acts opposing apartheid and accuse the Obamas of "paling around with terrorists" again.

[givemebackmycountry]

25. Mandela sent word he wanted to meet with the first lady at his home

I had heard on NPR that he was "too frail" to meet with the First Lady.
He looks pretty happy in that pic.

I was going to say something nasty about the previous administration, and the right wing crazies in general, but it's not worth it.

[onethatcares]

26. did anyone invite * in for a conversation while he was in country?

or did pickles ever do anything but land and run?

just wondering.

[JDPriestly]

27. Michelle Obama is the President's greatest asset. Beautiful.

And the girls are really sweet.