Michelle Obama seems to be everywhere lately and that has critics questioning whether a first lady should be so universal. She talked up hairdo's with Rachael Ray, released two public service announcements with Big Bird, and promoted her anti-obsesity campaign with Jimmy Fallon. She just recently had a week's worth of appearances with a surprise appearance at the Oscars where she announced the Best Picture winner. Conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin said Obama's role at the Academy Awards went too far, trivializing the White House and made "both the president and the first lady seem small and grasping."
"There is a sense of going too far and too much and becoming so ubiquitous that people don't consider you something special," Rubin told NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker. "She is the first lady for goodness sakes. She's not just a Hollywood celebrity." Advertising executive Donny Deutsch agreed, calling the first lady "an uninvited guest."
"You are putting politics, like it or not, in a space that people are not necessarily invited into their home for, "he said Tuesday on TODAY's Professionals panel.
I understand where they're coming from, but I also understand why people want her to make so many appearances.. what do you guys think?
"There is a sense of going too far and too much and becoming so ubiquitous that people don't consider you something special," Rubin told NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker. "She is the first lady for goodness sakes. She's not just a Hollywood celebrity." Advertising executive Donny Deutsch agreed, calling the first lady "an uninvited guest."
"You are putting politics, like it or not, in a space that people are not necessarily invited into their home for, "he said Tuesday on TODAY's Professionals panel.
I understand where they're coming from, but I also understand why people want her to make so many appearances.. what do you guys think?
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