Barack Obama Controversies On Letterman, In Marriage
President Obama exposed in TV interview and new book
President Barack Obama made his first appearance since his presidential inauguration on David Letterman last night. It was his sixth appearance in all.
Letterman asked a question regarding the "unsavory behavior" surrounding the Obama administration's infamous town hall meetings and asked Obama to comment on Jimmy Carter's suggestion that perhaps the turmoil was rooted in racism. Obama responded saying that when a political leader proposes change, many citizens tend to get "very riled up." However, he said, the "overwhelming majority" of the public welcome common sense, honesty and integrity. "[Most of America expects] more from their public elected officials."
That's one blaze successfully extinguished...but this morning Obama's personal life is under fire. Author Christopher Andersen has written a new book titled Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage. In the book Andersen suggests that Obama was a ladies' man on the campaign trail and that at least once, Michelle gave him the silent treatment in response to countless women's blatant flirtation with him. Plus, there may have been affair concerns. Vera Baker was a young, attractive African-American woman working on the Obama campaign, and when rumors started floating that she and Barack had a fling, Baker disappeared to the Caribbean. Some sources felt Michelle Obama may have sent her there.
That wasn't Michelle's only difficulty in the marriage. It's rumored the Obamas tried for five years to conceive their first child and that there was severe tension in the marriage as Barack considered running for the U.S. presidency. When he and Michelle finally decided to press on together, she put her foot down against Hillary Clinton being Barack's running mate. Andersen says Michelle Obama asked Barack if he could really live with Hillary and Bill Clinton living down the hall from them in the White House.
How has President Obama responded to the public's inquiries about their marriage? Andersen's book quotes Barack as saying, "[Michelle] is my chief counsel, my chief adviser, I would never make a decision without going to her and asking her opinion."
If you missed President Obama on Letterman last night, here is a great piece of his interview.
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