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Barack Obama and family attended his grandmother’s memorial service yesterday:

President-elect Barack Obama spent much of Tuesday honoring the memory of the grandmother who raised him, and then scattering her ashes at Länaçi Lookout on Oahu’s rugged southeast coastline, Continue »

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Here is a preview of the double cover of the upcoming issue of Essence; and the world’s most influential and eloquent couple bless it. Although the pick with Hillary may be kind of shady, we will not lose faith so quickly in our man of the millennium. They look spectacular.

We have pictures of them attending a friends funeral in Chi-Town over the weekend when you… Continue »

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Looks like talk show dinosaur Barbara Walters will have the pleasure of interviewing the soon to be President and First Lady:

The Barack Obama media tour is making another stop — and at another high-profile place. A week after the president-elect and first lady-elect Michelle Obama spoke to “60 Minutes,” they’re sitting down for an interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters. It will air as a one-hour special Wednesday night on ABC.

The interview will touch on the transition, economy, foreign policy and how the family is dealing with the immense change in their lives, says ABC. Walters will do the interview late in the day in Chicago, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The television network hopes that the Obama interview will be as much of a ratings success as the Obamas’ interview with “60 Minutes” two Sundays ago that gave the newsmagazine its best ratings in years. Parts of the interview will also air on “Good Morning America,” “World News” and “Nightline.”

Yeah, the ratings are guaranteed to be high for this jawn too, but let’s hope the old bag keeps it relevant, which means no more questions about the Obama’s getting a mutha-effin’ dog. A hint of what’s to come is on the flip Continue »

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Michelle and Barack have selected an elite private school in DC for their beautiful daughters:

There were obvious reasons for the Obamas to pick Sidwell Friends for their daughters Sasha and Malia. As the school that educated Chelsea Clinton, Al Gore III and the Nixon girls, it understands the unique personal and security needs of prominent children. It provides a first-rate education on two well-equipped campuses. Nearly four in 10 students are children of color. But the choice makes sense at a philosophical level as well, because of how Quakers view the challenge of shaping children into socially responsible and spiritually aware adults.

We will never get tired of the Obamas, yeah, we are a little drunk on the First Family. Pic of the Sidwell Friends school below.

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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.

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In a Livesteez report, First Lady Michelle O speaks on maintaining normalcy while operating as “Mom-in-Chief”:

As her husband, President-elect Barack Obama prepares to become the nation’s new Commander-in-Chief, Michelle Obama has coined a new title for herself – Mom-in-Chief – one she proudly admits to inventing.

But the First Lady isn’t worried about the transition and is ready to weather the storm, as long as she can still fix her girls’ hair and put them to bed at night, according to OK!. Michelle adds, her only concern is that she wishes she could pull herself together as fast as her husband does. “Barack puts on his suit, tie and he’s out the door,” she recently told “The View.” “I’m getting my hair, makeup, the kids…” Meanwhile, the CIC is pulling double duty as well. Barack Obama may be the new president, but when it comes to being involved in his girls life, he’s present for parent-teacher meetings, ballet recitals and reading Harry Potter, just like most parents across the country. Before jetting off to the White House Monday, he kissed his daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, goodbye and dropped them off at school.

Check out Mr. President on the Cover of Us with the girls.

And as a special treat for you, can you guess who this cutie pie is? Continue »

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The pretty girls of the first family, Sasha and Malia have been invited to appear on Hannah Montana:

Disney’s hit show Hannah Montana just went from a little bit country to potentially presidential! On Monday, Billy Ray Cyrus told Access Hollywood that President-Elect Barack Obama’s two young daughters have been asked to appear on the Disney Channel’s hit show. Cyrus, whose own daughter Miley Cyrus is the star, said producers have asked Malia, 10, and Sasha Obama, 7, to take part in an episode possibly around April.

“They probably will. The invitation is there,” Cyrus said, adding, “You know the Hannah Montana film comes out in April. Maybe something might happen around then.” When pressed for details, Cyrus said, “I can’t, I can’t. I have got to keep a secret.” In interviews, the President-Elect has said Malia is a big fan of Hannah Montana.

The Obamas, however, have made a priority of shielding both girls from the media, so it will be interesting to see if the deal actually happens. On Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus plays a school girl with a secret life as a pop star. As for what she thinks of the opportunity, Miley, who turns 16 later this month, said, “I think that would be really cool and if anything, have them visit the set.”

In our mention of the Cheetah Girls skank, we forgot to tack on baby ho. We surely hope the Obamas are aware of all of the hos-in-the-making they have running around at the Disney lot before letting them have contact with the girls.

::: Update::: The Obama camp is unaware of an invitation to appear on the show:

President-elect Barack Obama’s two young daughters haven’t been asked to appear on Disney’s Hannah Montana, a source within the Obama camp tells Usmagazine.com.

Billy Ray Cyrus — the father of Hannah Montana singer Miley Cyrus — told Access Hollywood on Monday that Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, “probably will” appear on an episode in April. “The invitation is there,” he said. But the Obama source tells Us, “Folks within Obama-land know of no such request.” Still, Miley wouldn’t mind having them around. “I think that would be really cool and, if anything, have them visit the set,” she said. After all, Miley noted, “They are kind of like me before I started my own career.”

Uh, no, no they’re not. Not at all.

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Here is the First Family on election night looking at the results as they came in. Just the beautiful image of the Obama family is an attack on the ‘baby mama culture’ that is growing to be acceptable to too many of us.

Are some white folks being a little “nicer” to you since your boy Barack became President elect?

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Here’s the First Family on the cover of Jet magazine. Don’t you wish Bush and his whole family could be crated and dropped off in the middle of Iraq and President Obama could just start today?

Check out another Obama cover, a beautiful oil painting of First Lady Michelle and Sasha Obama which is on display at The New Museum on the Lower East Side of NYC and one more of our first family.

Speaking of NYC, see hundreds of people actually burst into an improptu singing of the national anthem in downtown Manhattan’s Union Square as Obama was announced president when you… Continue »

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The new First Family. Discuss tonight’s results…

SMH at the punk McCain supporters booing during the concession speech.