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LOOKING INTO MICHELLE OBAMA?S FALLING POPULARITY: Michelle Obama got bad press galore during the ?

By Glenn Reynolds

LOOKING INTO MICHELLE OBAMA’S FALLING POPULARITY:

Michelle Obama got bad press galore during the 2008 campaign. She got her image readjusted ? feminized, really. She became the wonderful mom, fashion icon, and purveyor of vegetables. You can just imagine how much she liked doing that. But as she stretched out within the hyper-feminine role imposed on her, she got into the manifestation of femininity that rubs people the wrong way. Too much shopping and free-spending on superficial, materialistic pleasures. It’s the classic feminine protest against confinement in a feminine role. Don’t like it? Then don’t limit powerful women that way. But if Michelle Obama isn’t limited, most people won’t like her. We saw that in 2008. I mean, I liked her, but it didn’t play well generally.

She’s likable enough.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 14, 2010 (boomark / email).