Barack on 60 Minutes
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Livesteez shares some excerpts from the Obama interview with 60 minutes last night:
In an interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes— his first since the election — President-elect Barack Obama spoke about the economy, home foreclosures and whether his mother-in-law will join the first family when it moves into the White House. “There’s no doubt that we have not been able yet to reset the confidence in the financial markets and in the consumer markets and among businesses that allow the economy to move forward in a strong way,” he said. “And my job as president is going to be to make sure that we restore that confidence.” Obama, a Democrat, vowed to quickly establish a program to help homeowners avoid foreclosure and said Congress and the Bush administration should find a compromise this week to provide financial aid to the auto industry, according to USAToday.com. Obama and his wife, Michelle, also offered a glimpse into their family. They will get a dog, they said, but not until later this winter, after they settle in.
And the new president will leave it up to his mother-in-law to decide whether she will move into the White House. “I don’t tell my mother-in-law what to do,” Obama said. “I’m not stupid. That’s why I got elected president, man.” Michelle Obama teased her husband when he lamented he would no longer enjoy the “soothing” experience of dishwashing. “Since when was it ever soothing for you to wash the dishes?” she asked. “You know,” he responded, “when I had to do it. I’d make it into a soothing thing.”
The future first lady said her first priority is ensuring their daughters adjust to the new way of life. After that, she wants to help military families and improve the public school system in Washington, D.C., she said. “The thing we’ve learned … as we’ve watched this campaign is that people, women, are capable of doing more than one thing well at the same time,” Michelle Obama said. “And I’ve, you know, had to juggle being mom in chief and having a career for a long time.”
The more we learn about the Obama’s the more we fall in love with this beautiful family. A President that worked hard and was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth is similar to most of our upbringings and makes it easy to relate.
In other Obama news…
President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain are meeting Monday for the first time since the presidential election to talk about how they can work together on problems facing the country. The former rivals will sit down at the Obama transition headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.The meeting comes as Obama is trying to fill out his Cabinet with the most capable people and show he can reach across party lines. Obama aides have said the president-elect is expected to focus on common ground issues, like climate change and ethics reform, in Monday’s meeting. The two are not expected to talk about any possible Cabinet position for McCain, according to both McCain and Obama advisers.
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1st!! Love Him*
I watched the actual interview last night (sorry Lives*****) and I came away liking them even more…
I am going to love seeing what happens these next four years.
I saw this interview and she kept interrupting him, fall back Michelle, Barack’s the President elect, not you.
I just pray no scandle touches this family.They seem truly genuine..love em’….
lOVE THEM LOVE THEM LOVE THEM !
They are an amazing team, couple, and family. I love that “obama vibe” they give off.
..always at least one salty ***** in the bunch *sigh*
I watched the actual interview as well. The turning dishwashing into a “soothing thing” when forced to do it cracked me up. Typical man!
Luv them, all luv is a beautiful thing but black luv is on another level
That’s what I strive for as a man and father, to accomplish my goals without sacrificing my family
The Obama’s are great. They know they are not perfect, but they do the best that they can. They should be an inspiration to all families.
I am so excited to see what is to come with him in the White House!
I loved every minute of 60 minutes last night.That is the first time I watched it.
I LOVE THE OBAMA’S!!!!! THANK GOD!!!!
@Its6amHoGetOut
I saw this interview and she kept interrupting him, fall back Michelle, Barack’s the President elect, not you.
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lol. Now just becuz you puttin’ hoes out at 6am don’t mean Barrack can’t be interrupted by his wife. I bet he didn’t seem to mind. So long as she wasn’t saying anything disrespectful to or about him, it should be all good.
I hope most of the females in here heard when Michelle was riding with Obama even when his vehicle was rusting through the floor. You might want to follow her example.
I love these two so much, I could scream! They are putting a new face on black America and I LOVE IT!!
uh, a true cosby family.
i wonder how long it will be before BOSSIP starts to trash them? Black families are not BOSSIPS thing…i give it a year.
Obama I SEE YOU wut UP ! ! !
This man is destroying stereotypes one by one.
Thanks B.
I hear you, Michelle really needs to chill and let the president be the president. Yeah, he’s your man and all, but let him perform his duties with respect.
@B
These women in here are lookin’ for BALLERS, that is until the cops pull them over and threaten to charge them with “intent to distribute” too. Then they want that nerd n*gga lawyer.
I LOVE Michelle! That is role model and my inspiration. I LOVE Obama! He is my hero and a leader. Those two together are the most amazing couple I have ever seen. I watched the interview not thinking I could like them even more. I was wrong. Every time I see them together my respect keeps growing.
Its a tight rope for Michelle, Stepford wife or Chatty Cathy? I like the fact that she is intelligent and opinionated but I don’t like her cutting Barack off either. I didn’t like this during the primaries and I don’t like it now. Fall back Michelle. I don’t need to know that his breath stinks in the morning or that he snores. No one thinks he the Messiah. We know he’s a normal guy but you seem steadfast on portraying him in an unflattering way. She says she’ll be Mom-in-Chief but I think her voice in politics will be seen sooner than later. She’s brilliant, captivating and capable – use it well as First Lady not in attempts to “humanize” Barack.
You GOOOOOOO black love…….
TOTALLY AWWSTRUCK!!!! I WISH THEM THE BEST!!!
I love the way Barack is always checking out his wife’s legs, he gives the sexy look. -Man, taht is so hot. No wonder Michelle is always wearing those tight skirts.
Michelle is not making Obama look bad. He has said that he loves her sense of humor, so what some may find irritating he loves.
They are such a cute couple. I love it when they discussed his car, and how it had a hole from the rust, and she still dated him. That’s a real woman, she looked at the potential. Because, he was a man, that had it going on, but not financially. I’m going to start looking at nerds now.
Obama is obviously in love with his wife, I love the way he’s obviously “whimped”. Go Michelle.
Where can I find my Barack?
If Barack has a problem with Michelle, that’s on HIM to discuss that with her. He apparently doesn’t so neither do I.
I think they are perfect….
Jandsmama? Apart from those two things you mentioned, please tell us how Michelle presents Barack in an unflattering way. Do tell.
BUT, with the rockstar treatment that he’s getting, isn’t it somewhat nice to know that he’s just your normal “stinky” dad who leaves socks on the floor and hangs his pants on the door*****. It makes him a little more human.
Actually, I’d forgotten about those comments she made earlier on the campaign trial during the primaries, but in light of the treatment he’s receiving now, it makes him–them both–so much more endearing.
But, yes, the cutting him off is just a bit rude in the general sense when it’s done to someone else. Between spouses? Oh, that’s just how they roll.
The interview was nice…I love this couple. When you have been with someone for so long you get a chemistry, I am sure Michelle knows when to back off before her husband has to tell her.
they say being a president adds a lot of age on to you….now they get to see how it’s to be done…after President Obama does his term(s)…yes terms..i’m sure he’ll get 8….he’ll walk out still looking 47….cause that’s how we do it…no stress no mess….i also love that cool look they captured on the picture.
Nothing in life is perfect, but these two get my nomination for “Near Perfect Couple” if there ever was one. I love them together, and I think President Obama appreciates her realness. And she appreciates his intelligence and the way he takes care of her. He looks at her so longingly as if he hates not being near her. The way they held hands throughout parts of the interview lets me know that he will check a neck to protect her, as he demonstrated at the beginning of the primaries when “they” tried to get at the First Lady. “My wife is off-limits!” (Barack Obama, 2008) LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!
barack look hood in that clip.
“whats my name”
“barack”
“say it again”
“harder barack!”
“louder *****”
“OH BBBBBARACK”
“chelle im about to buss”
“catch it chelle”
“ahhhhhhhhh *****”
“mmmmmmm barack baby”
“whew!”
“turn the tv on michelle,NOW!”
“let me see what oprahs fat ***** talkin bout”
hahahaha!!!
Morning Y’all. Love those two. I just love ‘em!! The Obamas are such a fine example of US and OUR families: proof that not all black folks just lay up and make babies out of wedlock–cuz you know many think that’s all we do. They are intelligent and highly successful but loving and normal at the same time. If Mr. Prez doesn’t mind being interrupted by his wife we shouldn’t mind either: but I do hope she curbs that behavior in public. Just because we know how the media will spin it and make it seem like she’s the new Prez not him. Still, I love and respect them both.
Bossip finally got something right and worth quoting when they said,
“The more we learn about the Obama’s the more we fall in love with this beautiful family”
I love the Obamas but I do agree that Michelle needed to fall back a little in the interview. But if he like it I love it.
I thought that I was the only one who noticed that Michelle was a little to forward at times. It want be a problem, because I doubt if she will be particpating in most of the interviews with Barack. It’s ok though, that way a strong black woman is.
All I have to say is….I am soooooooo excited to see the change that’s going to happen!
all i have to say is shut up michelle, and raise then damn kids.
Now, this woman has been married to this man for 16 damn years, and you Bossipers are gonna tell her how she should handle her husband. How many years have you been married. If she’s out of pocket, let HIM deal with it. I watched the interview and didn’t see her interrupt him at all. Mind your damn business people and tend to your own families.
The American Everyman and his thoroughly modern wife. I guess I’ll have to go to The Root for deep discussion. Meaning: Bossip, you miss the point by not talking about how thoroughly outside the current rules of black male behavior Barack Obama is. This does not bode well for the millions of black Americans nursing delusions of deliverance at his hand. Apart from his wife (with her thinly disguised status hunger), he has no frame of reference for relating to us. Here’s the thing: he’s better than us, and he knows it. His destiny is hitched to his mother’s race, not ours. It is only a courtesy to give his ear to the entreaties and complaints of average black Americans. We are not a prudent investment of anyone’s time. White people, and the Asians who will eventually overtake them, are quietly moving away from us on their way toward a totalistic technological society. Even the Latins have sniffed something terminal coming from us and turned whiter. Obama has much bigger fish to fry than our ongoing pathologies of crime and weakness.
Celebrating Obama feels good, but it should also be sobering, because you are looking at the only kind of black man who will have a place in the world 50 years from now: one much purged of all the current qualities of “realness” that are a cornerstone of black male identity. Wave hello and good-bye to our evolutionary replacement for a new environment we are simply too crude a model to adapt to.
I hope most of the females in here heard when Michelle was riding with Obama even when his vehicle was rusting through the floor. You might want to follow her example.
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I totally agreed with this person.A lot of us sisters would have turned him down in no time flat ” Why you drive a ragedy car got me all cold in the winter? And why you always gotta be goin to them community meeting?!??!?! You betta recognize and bring yo ***** home!!!!” You have to see the potential in a black man is may not have all the material items but is working hard to do right. They were so cute on 60 min that I was actually giggling at their inside jokes. I can tell they have great chemistry and a deep love for each other.