Michelle Obama Makes Daily Show Appearance

Smiling but showing the wear of the past twenty months of campaigning, Michelle Obama made an appearance on The Daily Show last night, where Jon Stewart immediately remarked on how strange it was that after such a long campaign and such thorough public vetting, "This woman from Alaska, Sarah Palin, wants to know who you are."

Stewart asked, "Do you ever think to yourself...who are you?" "That does cross your mind," replied Obama.

The two discussed the growing intensity of the campaign rhetoric, centering on Barack Obama's past. Michelle Obama noted that the grueling primary process had already brought thorough scrutiny, and more or less confirmed that they would not be going on "family ski vacation" with Bill Ayers. Though who knows, maybe if Bill Ayers had gotten involved in some healthy activities as a young man, no one would be worried about this stuff today.

Obama confessed that she's tuned out some of the media conversation, saying, "I've stopped reading and watching a lot of stuff." "So you are a lot like Sarah Palin," Stewart joked. But Sarah Palin reads everything! All the newspapers! Crazy McCain oppo! Starbucks coffee cups! She's like a Roomba for the "verbage."

Actually, in Palin's defense, Michelle Obama mispronounces the word "pundit," as well.

Obama went on to say that she enjoyed the debate, despite the pressure of having to make a Daily Show appearance. "He very clearly believes you observe him with an objective eye," Stewart prompted. Obama replied, "I put myself in the position of a voter, and I tell him, if I don't believe you, I'm not voting for you, buddy." But, lest you think there's some fence-sitting, she did declare herself to be an "Obama momma."

Michelle Obama also tamped down the notion that there's any sort of personal friction between the candidates and their families. "I think some of that gets overanalyzed...we don't have time for long conversations, but [Cindy McCain is] very cordial...we have to be careful about all of this, because some of it is theater. And the reality is, Barack has tremendous respect for Senator McCain."

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Comments

[kotipup]

Michelle Obama is a class act. She represents the type of person that I would aspire to be.

[blust8r]

Style, class, beauty and intellect. What a change that is!!!

[Collielady]

She's no Stepford wife. More change for America!

[mysterygirl18]

I am so impressed by her more and more each day. It'll be fantastic to have someone like her as a first lady.

http://www.myspace.com/wakeupnowpeople

[barackobama4prez]

She makes Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain look soooo small. She's really a gracious woman. Love you Michelle!

[FaceYourFears]

Michelle did a great job...she's equally as intelligent as her honey (my secret honey too). She's ten-steps above Cindee and Sarah.

[ThomasMc]

She is light years classier than Cindy McCain or Sarah Palin.

[BabsfromKansas]

I was smiling the whole time she was on the show!!

[Mabila]

What a lady!!

[UnderdogSRD]

Such Class. So proud to be a Democrat.

Santa, I'd like my gift early, a 50 state sweep so the Republican party goes away and we can have the USA back with the bill of rights, the Constitution and a competent government.

Anyone want to bet that if Obama wins, the Dow will jump at least a 1,000 points up on Nov 5th, and if McCain wins it will drop at least a 1,000 points?

[mr jellyneck]

I can has habeas corpus?

[Tenebrae]

LMLCO!

(laughing my lol cats off!)

[lagumbo]

Michelle Obama a woman with true class. Cindy McCain could not hold a candle to Michelle.

[RuffNReddy]

Michelle is so eloquent. What a cool lady!

(Palin should be paying attention to how a woman with poise handles herself)

[NotMcCain]

"Barack has tremendous respect for Senator McCain."

Why? I certainly don't.

And the respect certainly isn't returned. (Bitter? You betcha. The McCain-Palin campaign is the ugliest and most disgraceful I've seen in a long, long time--and that includes Nixon v. Helen Gahagan Douglas for Congress).

[barackobama4prez]

Michelle HAS to say that.

[klondiker]

Michelle is all class and grace.

She's had so many opportunities to dis McCain and Palin, but she always stays above the dirt.

Cindy McCain, on the other hand, has been reduced to being a third-rate mud-slinger for her husband. I have NO respect for her, and would be embarrased if she were representing the United States abroad.

[Buckeye16]

LOAX -- you need to buy a dictionary !!

[loax]

This is the woman I want as First lady. Someone who is smart intellegent, beautiful on the outside and in. She is a model for Cindy McCain to aspire to when she grows up. Plain is hopeless. I would never let my daughters and grandaughters use McCain or Palin as rol models.

[SunshineDaydream]

ignore the tro//, dear.