The Obamas Double Essence Covers

As always, showing class & more, Michelle & Barack Obama will grace the covers of the upcoming issue of Essence Magazine. These 2 look wonderful!!!! Don't forget to check out the issue when it hits the stands!

Malia & Sasha Obama's School is......

Michelle & Barack Obama announced last week that Malia & Sasha will attend the private Sidwell Friends School. This is the same school that Chelsea Clinton went to.

Other notable members of the Quaker school's student body: the grandchildren of Vice President Elect Joe Biden. That was a big factor in the decision, because Malia is friends with one of the grandchildren, the Washington Post says, citing "sources familiar with the decision."

The Obamas are definitely making moves to get accustomed to the White House & DC!

Obamas' Code Names Revealed

Various sources have released The Secret Service's Code Names for the new President-Elect, Barack Obama, and his family.

President Obama will be known as "Renegade". Michelle will be called "Renaissance." Malia Obama's name will be "Radiance," while little sister Sasha's will be "Rosebud."

This is just the beginning for the Obama's move to the White House!!

The Next President of the United States!!!

Last night, we found out the 44th President of the United States will be Barack Obama. This election was truly historic! The first African-American President!! Way to go America. May we continue to pray on the road ahead for the Obamas & this country.

Michelle Obama: Best Dressed!!

Michelle Obama made People Magazine's 10 Best Dressed Stars of 2008 list. At 44, Michelle is one of the oldest people to make the list. With her sense of style, Michelle has brought attention to herself as the potential future first-lady!!!

As always, it is going seeing our strong African-American women getting noticed for the good things in life.

pic from essence.com

Michelle Obama's Motivational Speech

Michelle Obama gave a wonderful speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Monday, August 25, 2008. "Wonderful" may be an understatement; motivational, moving, and inspirational also describe Michelle's words.



Barack Obama truly has a strong woman by his side. Michelle noted family values, world issues, and the like in her speech. She moved the crowd with the relevance that we are all one and can relate to each other!! Everyone should've left the room different than what he/she came in.



Check out her speech if you didn't see it or want to see it again:

Black First Lady: Michelle Obama's Greatest Media Hits

A full ranging video that pays homage to the wit, intelligence, lucidity and perspicacity of Michelle Obama:

Michelle Obama Referred to as Barack's Baby Mama by Fox News

Michelle Obama is referred to as a "Baby Mama" by Fox News. The black community is outraged over this statement and considers it to be an insult. This is not the first time that Fox has insulted the black community. It has allowed Bill O'Reilly, one of it's most prominent talk show hosts, to refer to actually lynching Michelle Obama. Additionally, it has paid many African American commentators to say degrading things about the black community.

Michelle Obama and Barack Obama haven't responded to the statements, but many in the black community are concerned about the racism terrorism used by Fox News in this election.



The video is below.

Barack Obama Stands by Michelle

In recent media outlets, we find many people attacking Michelle Obama. From Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, calling Michelle a "washer woman" to more, we are so glad to see that Barack knows how to hold it down.

Barack stated,

“If they think that they’re going to try to make Michelle an issue in this campaign, they should be careful, because that I find unacceptable — the notion that you start attacking my wife or my family,” he said.

“For them to try to distort or to play snippets of her remarks in ways that are unflattering to her I think is just low class and I think they — most of the American people would think that as well,” he said. “I would never think of going after somebody’s spouse in a campaign.”

“If that’s something I start seeing during the course of this general election, I will have something to say about it. And I will say something to the Republican nominee, [Arizona Sen.] John McCain, about it because I would never consider going after his family,” he said. “If I saw Democrats doing that, I would call them out on it. And I would expect that he’s going to do the same thing because I think that family is off limits.”

Barack has handled this election with class and dignity. This says a lot about a man and how he carries himself. Barack truly knows what it takes to come out on top!!

Star Jones Drops one on Bill O'Reilly at Fox News

Star Jones Reynolds had some strong words for Bill O'Reilly at Fox News. Star is not known for making such strong comments toward a major at host at a major network, but she is known for speaking her mind.

Bill O'Reilly said:
"I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless
there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman
really feels. If that's how she really feels - that is a bad country or a
flawed nation, whatever - then that's legit. We'll track it down."

Star Jones Reynolds said:
"I'm sick to death of people like Fox News host, Bill O'Reilly, and his
ilk thinking that he can use a racial slur against a black woman
who could be the next First Lady of the United States, give a half-assed
apology and not be taken to task and called on his crap.

What the hell? If it's 'legit,' you're going to 'track it down?' And
then what do you plan to do? How dare this white man with a
microphone and the trust of the public think that in 2008, he can still put
the words 'lynch and party' together in the same sentence with
reference to a black woman; in this case, Michelle Obama? I don't care how
you 'spin it' in the 'no spin zone,' that statement in and of itself
is racist, unacceptable and inappropriate on every level. O'Reilly
claims his comments were taken out of context. Please
don't insult my intelligence while you're insulting me. I've read the
comments and heard them delivered in O'Reilly's own voice; and there is
no right context that exists. So, his insincere apology and
"out-of-context" excuse is not going to cut it with me.

And just so we're clear, this has nothing to do with the 2008
presidential election, me being a Democrat, him claiming to be
Independent while talking Republican, the liberal media or a conservative
point of view. To the contrary, this is about crossing a
line in the sand that needs to be drawn based on history, dignity, taste
and truth. Bill, I'm not sure of where you come from, but let me tell
youwhat the phrase 'lynching party' conjures up to me, a black woman born in
North Carolina . Those words depict the image of a group of white men
who are angry with the state of the own lives getting together, drinking
more than they need to drink, lamenting how some black person has moved
forward (usually ahead of them in stature or dignity), and had the audacity
to think that they are equal. These same men for years, instead
of looking at what changes, should and could make in their own lives that
might remove that bitterness born of perceived privilege, these
white men take all of that resentment and anger and decide to get together
and drag the closest black person near them to their death by
hanging them from a tree - usually after violent beating, torturing and
violating their human dignity. Check your history books, because you
don't need a masters or a law degree from Harvard to know that is what
constitutes a 'lynching party.'

Imagine, Michelle and Barack Obama having the audacity to think that they
have the right to the American dream, hopes, and ideals.
O'Reilly must think to himself: how dare they have the arrogance to think
they can stand in a front of this nation, challenge the status quo
and express the frustration of millions? When this happens, the first thing
that comes to mind for O'Reilly and people like him is: 'it's time
for a party.' Not so fast...don't order the rope just yet. Would
O'Reilly ever in a million years use this phrase with reference to
Elizabeth Edwards, Cindy McCain or Judi Nathan? I mean, inall of the
statements and criticisms that were made about Judi Nathan,the one-time
mistress turned missus, of former presidential candidate
Rudy Giuliani, I never heard any talk of forming a lynch party because of
something she said or did.

So why is it that when you're referring to someone
who's African-American you must dig to a historical place of pain, agony and
death to symbolize your feelings? Lynching is not a joke to
off-handedly throw around and it is not a metaphor that has a place in
political commentary; provocative or otherwise. I admit that I come from a place of
personal outrage here having buried my 90 year-old grandfather last
year. This proud, amazing African-American man raised his family and lived
through the time when he had to use separate water fountains, ride
in the back of a bus, take his wife on a date to the 'colored section' of a
movie theater, and avert his eyes when a white woman walked down
the street for fear of what a white man and his cronies might do if they
felt the urge to 'party'; don't tell me that the phrase you chose, Mr..
O'Reilly, was taken out of context.

To add insult to injury, O'Reilly tried to 'clarify' his statements, by
using the excuse that his comments were reminiscent of Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas' use of the term 'high-tech lynching' during his
confirmation hearing. I reject that analogy. You see Justice Thomas did
mean to bring up the image of lynching in its racist context. He was saying
that politics and the media were using a new technology to do to him what
had been done to black men for many years -- hang him. Regardless of if you
agreed with Justice Thomas' premise or not, if in fact -- Bill O'Reilly was
referencing it -- the context becomes even clearer.

What annoys me more than anything is that I get the feeling that one of
the reasons Bill O'Reilly made this statement, thinking he
could get away with it in the first place, and then followed it up with a
lame apology in a half-hearted attempt to smooth any ruffled feathers,
is because he doesn't think that black women will come out and go after him
when he goes after us. Well, he's dead wrong. Be clear Bill
O'Reilly: there will be no lynch party for that black woman. And this black
woman assures you that if you come for her, you come for all of us.

" -- Star Jones Reynolds