Political Families

Barbara Bush Doesn't Think Jeb Should Run for President

Your mother is the person who is supposed to believe in you no matter what -- the woman who says you can be anything you want to be. Of course, Barbara Bush has never been a woman who's afraid to tell it like she sees it, and on Today this morning, she said she doesn't think Jeb Bush should run for ... More >>

102-Year-Old Miami Woman Who Waited Hours to Vote Will Sit With Michelle Obama During SOTU

Marco Rubio may be delivering the Republican response to Barack Obama's State of the Union speech tonight, but he won't be the only local face you'll see on TV. Desiline Victor, age 102, has been chosen to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama during the proceedings. 

The Mystery of Michelle

Michelle Obama Stumps For Barack at the Knight Center (With Help From Some Famous Friends)

Election day is almost upon us, which means our two suitors have just a few days left to ply us with sweet nothings and false promises. The numbers are closer than ever in Florida, so it's anybody's guess who's going to take the state on November 6. With this uncertain state of affairs, the two sid ... More >>

Obama on Nicki Minaj's Romney Endorsement: "I Don't Know What's Going on There"

See also "Nicki Minaj Goes Republican, 'Voting For Romney,' Calls 99 Percent 'Lazy Bitches'" and "Nicki Minaj Not Registered to Vote, Mitt Romney Endorsement Nullified." Unemployment dipped to 8.1 percent in August, according to a recent report by the Labor Department, and Florida's jobless rate co ... More >>

Michelle Obama Accidentally Endorsed by Miami-Dade's Twitter Account

Those of us with access to professional organization's Twitter accounts live in fear that we'll accidentally send a Tweet out meant for our own personal followers. I for one wouldn't want the entirety of @MiamiNewTimes' followers to know that I had a dream that Diplo was dating my mother. Oh, wait, ... More >>

J.Lo, Shakira Make Forbes' List of Most Powerful Women

World's Most Powerful Women in Pop: From Gaga to J.Lo and Shakira, Madonna Snubbed

See also "The 15 Richest Musicians: From Jay-Z to Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Dr. Dre" -- plus "Ten Richest DJs: From Pauly D to Deadmau5, Swedish House Mafia, Skrillex, and Tiesto." These days, Elton John isn't the only one treating Madonna like a "fairground stripper." Despite the 53-year-old p ... More >>

Michelle Obama's Planned Visit to a Miami Lakes High School Upsets Republican School Board Members

First Lady Michelle Obama is stopping into town tomorrow, and will be speaking to supporters of her husband's reelection campaign at Barbara Goleman Senior High in Miami Lakes. However, two members of the Miami-Dade School Board, both registered Republicans, are taking issues with the event."Don't t ... More >>

Disney to Eliminate Junk Food TV, Radio and Web Advertisements, But What About the Parks?

In an effort to reduce childhood obesity, the Walt Disney Company will limit junk food advertisements on TV programs, radio shows and websites that are aimed at children, according to sources knowledgeable of the plan. Disney chief executive Bob Iger and First Lady Michelle Obama plan on announcing ... More >>

Sofia Vergara Will Never Be Florida's First Lady

Bad news, you guys: it appears the chances that Sofia Vergara will ever be Florida's first lady have dwindled. "Wait," you ask, "there was a serious chance Sofia Vergara could have been the first lady of Florida?"Well, she was dating Nick Loeb, some rich guy from a powerful and politically connected ... More >>

School Lunch: French Fries Still a Vegetable, But New Rules Are Better

​Yesterday, First Lady Michelle Obama ate a cafeteria lunch at a local D.C. area elementary school as a sign of support (and photo op) to mark the new USDA nutritional standards for public school lunches. These rules, which must be implemented by July, 2012, aren't perfect (French fries are still ... More >>

Michelle Obama Joins Twitter as "Mo," Gets a Shout-Out From the Prez

​Get ready to feel ashamed of your flabby arms, Twitterverse. Michelle Obama launched her own Twitter account this morning, promising to help tweeters across the globe "connect" with FLOTUS herself (and President Obama's campaign, of course).This wasn't the first tweet by the First Lady -- in Octo ... More >>

George W. Bush Wishes Jeb Would Have Ran for President This Year

​George W. Bush has remained relatively quiet throughout the Republican primary race. That's not unusual for former presidents, and, perhaps, most candidates may not have been rushing for his support anyway. But it seems that none of the current candidates were Bush's favorites. He much would have ... More >>

Michelle Obama to Become First Black Woman to Watch NASCAR Race When She Visits Homestead

​It's almost that time of year again when race fans across the nation descend on Homestead for the last race of the NASCAR season. This year they'll be joined by First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden, meaning that very likely Michelle Obama will become the first black woman in histo ... More >>

Michelle Obama's American Grown: Gardening and Cooking with FLOTUS

The White HouseMichelle Obama and Bo in the White House garden.​The first lady has written a cookbook with gardening tips. The 256-page book, American Grown: How the White House Kitchen Garden Inspires Families, Schools, and Communities, is scheduled to be released April 10 in both print and e-boo ... More >>

Wail of a Good Time

Rush Limbaugh to Michelle Obama: You're No Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model

​Chubby radio ranter Rush Limbaugh called out First Lady Michelle Obama for eating ribs with her daughters while on a ski break in Vail, Colorado. Rush said that while the nation's number one mom wants everyone to "basically eat cardboard and tofu. No calories, no fat, no nothing -- gotta sto ... More >>

Rep. Frederica Wilson Joins Two-Person "Cowboy Hat Caucus"

via News-Leader​While freshman Rep. Frederica Wilson has more important things on her priority list she's still trying to get presumptive Speaker of the House John Boehner to let her wear her trademark hats while the House is in session. Well, she's found an unlikely alley in a conservative Republ ... More >>

Michelle Obama Visits Riverside Elementary -- Hide the Cuban Food!

White HouseFirst Lady Michelle Obama is in Miami today, and she wants to educate young children on the importance of a healthy diet.Students at Little Havana's Riverside Elementary will welcome Mrs. Obama and local area chefs at 2 p.m. to discuss what schools are doing to improve cafeteria lunch opt ... More >>

Dirty Sexy Freedom

Mesches at the Frost: Nightmarish images of America

Burger King to Be Bought by Brazilian Billionaires for $4 Billion

​It's a super sized King Deal. Burger King, one of the largest companies headquartered in Miami-Dade and second largest fast food chain in America, has agreed to sell itself to 3G Capital Management Inc., a New York-based private investment firm backed by several Brazilian businessmen. Burger King ... More >>

Bringing Back the Bush

Michelle Obama Continues Her Harsh Criticism of Barack's Dance Moves in Miami

Last time Michelle Obama was in Miami she made her husband dance for the world as she mocked him. Well, not directly, but she had gone on Ellen earlier in the month to make fun of Barack's dance moves, and then in a live link with Ellen from his Miami rally Mr. Obama continued his campaign of ... More >>

Michelle Obama's Comin'. Will She Join the Top 5 Craziest First Ladies?

Joyce N. Boghosian Go ahead, make my day Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso ​Michelle Obama has a ridiculously difficult job.  She has to raise a family and schmooze with googly-eyed dignitaries, all the while still having to share her shortbread cookie recipes with Good Housek ... More >>

Miami: Second Worst Place to Raise a Family

Michelle Obama appears on Children's Health October issue. ​When the editors of Children's Health describe the perfect locale to raise a family as "the kind of place where a child can slip on her rubber boots, grab her colorful umbrella, and play on the quiet, tree-lined street outside her home wi ... More >>

This is What Michelle Obama Distilled Down to Shoe Form Would Look Like

via HDMag​Miami Designer Robert Tabor has worked out a niche for himself creating shoe sculptures, or "Sole Sensations," if you will. He has made flip-flops that look like sandwiches, stilettos that looks like spaghetti, and high heels that look like little red wagons.But his Sistine Chapel is mos ... More >>

Ashley Biden Caught Doing Cocaine?

There was a time when middle America could pretend cocaine was a drug done only by nightclubbin' gays at Studio 54 and used in props in Miami-set movies. Now these good churchgoing, tax-paying, troop-supporting folks are forced to realize that a lot of people have done cocaine. Like tons. Bush and ... More >>

New Poll: 9% of Southerners Find Bernie Madoff Favorable

This week poll magicians were out in full force collectively interrupting Americans' family dinners with long surveys. Both CBS and the Daily Kos have interesting polls out where we learn surprising things (Hillary Clinton has better approval ratings than Michelle Obama) and not so surprising things ... More >>

The Real Housewives of Various Governor's Mansions

I was just checking the ol' RSS reader, and discovered that Naked Politics has a post up alerting readers to outtakes from The Real Housewives of New York City featuring Florida's First Lady Carole Rome.  I am insanely jealous we did not have this first (btw, anyone notice that the Rome has exc ... More >>

Tuesday Will Forever Be Known as Aretha's Hat Day

This past Tuesday, January 20, 2009, things changed forever. Something inside the American people clicked, something that will have repercussions for years to come. It was the realization that Aretha Franklin's bow hat is friggin' awesome, and we, as a country, would not rest until it become part of ... More >>

Boogie Down Barack

Riptide offers to DJ Obama's inaugural ball.

Own a Piece of History for Only $1,099

The venerable New York Times is selling prints of this picture of Barack and Michelle Obama in downtown Miami starting at the low, low price of $199 for the 11 x 14 size. But if you've got the big bucks, you can splurge $1,099 on the 20 x 24 that's framed and "signed, sealed, delivered."Or, you k ... More >>

Secretary of State Clinton Is Almost a Sure Thing

Obama's fast rise had as much to do with his natural charisma and thoughtful, powerful speeches as the fact that he wasn't Hillary Clinton. The former first lady a year ago seemed like a lock for the White House, but the anti-Clinton factions in her party needed a superstar challenger. Enter Obama ... More >>

Home-Wreckers and Harlots

The Other Woman gives voice to wives, mistresses, and those caught in between.

Miami Blogdom As First Lady Fashion Critic

Live Wire

Leslie and the LYs

Remy Ma featuring Swizz Beatz

"Whateva" (SRC/Universal)

Faith Evans

The First Lady Capitol

Daydream Believers

New York folk-rockers The Kennedys eschew cynicism and celebrate hope

Kitty Versus the Bushes

Behind Bush

Presidential advisor Karen Hughes draws a crowd at Books & Books, a very, very divided crowd

An Idea Whose Time Has Gone

A grand plan to fight Latin poverty flunks out at UM

First Among Men

Eleanor: Her Secret Journey

Homey Rollers

Tired of battling expanding suburbs, Debra Flynn wants to pick up her 79-year-old house and move it

Swelter

Meditations on the L-Word

Janet, Donna, Hillary, and Me

Hillary Clinton Feature