Book depicts tensions between First lady Michelle Obama, Aides
Associated Times ^ | January 7, 2012 | By JIM KUHNHENN
Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2012 10:54:03 AM by Comrade Brother Abu Bubba
New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor, in a book to be published Tuesday, portrays a White House where tensions developed between Mrs. Obama and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and former press secretary and presidential adviser Robert Gibbs.
Among the book’s most provocative anecdotes, Kantor recounts a scene in which Gibbs, frustrated after tamping down a potential public relations crisis involving the first lady, exploded when presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett told him the first lady had concerns about the White House response to the flap. The initial commotion had been over an alleged
remark by Michelle Obama to French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy that living in the White House was “hell.”
In another, the book describes how Obama, after winning a U.S. Senate seat and writing a best-selling book, “The Audacity of Hope,” sought self-protection and privacy as he came to terms with his new fame. Some staffers came up with a
word to describe times when Obama couldn’t connect with people: “Barackward,” a combination of “Barack” and “awkward.”
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