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dsc

(52,736 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 01:24 PM 19 hrs ago

I haven't totally followed news about Michelle Obama

is she physically OK? Missing both Carter's funeral and the Inauguration does worry me a bit. I get the Inauguration, I would likely not attend an outside activity to see him take an oath either. But Carter's funeral is different. I just am hoping she is OK.

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I haven't totally followed news about Michelle Obama (Original Post) dsc 19 hrs ago OP
Maybe her actions are her way of "going high"? fierywoman 19 hrs ago #1
For the Carter funeral, I heard she didn't want to interrupt her vacation in Hawaii n/t MichMan 19 hrs ago #2
Can't say I blame her entirely for that dsc 19 hrs ago #3
Who can blame her? She was to sit next to trump. brush 19 hrs ago #4
Respect for Pres. Carter wanderer54 18 hrs ago #15
Pres. Carter is deserving of respect. I'm sure she weighed that, but Pres. O represented the family and... brush 18 hrs ago #16
Is she and her husband vacationing separately now? fescuerescue 19 hrs ago #5
He could interrupt while she didn't dsc 19 hrs ago #6
Maybe he claudette 19 hrs ago #8
Protocol would have forced her to sit next to Trump. rsdsharp 19 hrs ago #7
I thought Rebl2 19 hrs ago #9
Good grief! She doesn't owe anyone an explanation. Deuxcents 19 hrs ago #10
I loathe Trump but I would have gladly sat next to him dsc 18 hrs ago #11
You are not Michelle and she is not you. Live your life and let others live theirs as they see fit Deuxcents 18 hrs ago #12
Nothing but tumbleweeds and a skinny coyote should attend the inauguration. IA8IT 18 hrs ago #13
I hope Mrs. Obama is enjoying a good chuckle over this over the top concern re her absence from both the Carter SheilaAnn 18 hrs ago #14
Maybe she needs to avoid that MFer to maintain her sanity. maxsolomon 17 hrs ago #17
I think I read she was in Europe at an event/meeting ......... Fla Dem 13 hrs ago #18

MichMan

(13,768 posts)
2. For the Carter funeral, I heard she didn't want to interrupt her vacation in Hawaii n/t
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 01:27 PM
19 hrs ago

brush

(58,329 posts)
16. Pres. Carter is deserving of respect. I'm sure she weighed that, but Pres. O represented the family and...
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 02:52 PM
18 hrs ago

and save her from having to endure sitting next to that corrupt, traitor trump who is not deserving of respect.

She made her statement and I respect her for it.

fescuerescue

(4,475 posts)
5. Is she and her husband vacationing separately now?
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 01:43 PM
19 hrs ago

Because Obama was definitely there at the Funeral.

claudette

(4,777 posts)
8. Maybe he
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 01:46 PM
19 hrs ago

decided to return for the funeral and it was ok with him that Michelle didn't. I don't blame her for not going to the orange moron's inauguration after the way his insane remarks led to threats against her children. Any mother would do the same. Obama was president so his being there is just respect for DEMOCRACY - not for the orange lunatic.

Rebl2

(15,150 posts)
9. I thought
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 01:46 PM
19 hrs ago

it was reported she had a previous engagement on the day of Carters funeral. I thought they said it was in Hawaii maybe?

Deuxcents

(20,421 posts)
10. Good grief! She doesn't owe anyone an explanation.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 01:59 PM
19 hrs ago

She hates politics and this is probably the reason why..she can’t have a private life.

dsc

(52,736 posts)
11. I loathe Trump but I would have gladly sat next to him
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 02:07 PM
18 hrs ago

to go to that funeral. I would have put a plug in whatever ear faced him and been done with it.

Deuxcents

(20,421 posts)
12. You are not Michelle and she is not you. Live your life and let others live theirs as they see fit
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 02:10 PM
18 hrs ago

SheilaAnn

(10,260 posts)
14. I hope Mrs. Obama is enjoying a good chuckle over this over the top concern re her absence from both the Carter
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 02:41 PM
18 hrs ago

funeral and the upcoming inauguration. She owes no one any explanations as to her absence and I'm starting to get the feeling that some here are trying to insinuate a problem between she and her husband. Knock it off, none of your business or concern.

maxsolomon

(35,491 posts)
17. Maybe she needs to avoid that MFer to maintain her sanity.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 04:01 PM
17 hrs ago

She'd need to be cordial, on camera, to the man who used the Birther Conspiracy to legitimize himself as a Presidential candidate and never apologized for it. He's literally the worst person in America.



Fla Dem

(26,020 posts)
18. I think I read she was in Europe at an event/meeting .........
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:59 PM
13 hrs ago

scheduled before Pres Carter's Funeral scheduled was announced.


I also read that when she found out she had to sit next to Trump at the funeral she said no way.

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