Michelle Obama felt Irish American political leaders had far too much power

I don't think the book is accurate. The USA has doesn't recognize her full talents. Electing her husband was one of the few good thing the USA did to be proud of. And Michelle has suffered a lot, fully paid scholarships, after that cushy high paying government jobs. And just read her "thesis," to be fair, it's not just the Irish, Michelle hates all whites regardless of their ethnicity.

This is only a peek into the soul of the Obama's. They have one large chip on their shoulders. I hope America wises up.

She sure is one to point the finger. It was the Irish Americans who help build the USA. Usually their first ladies are not so outspoken.

Whoa kitduffy,you are not insinuating that our financial troubles are the responsibility of the Daleys are you/or did similar things happen in Illinois?

Well,the Daleys responded.O'Bama's Chief of Staff (Brother to the former Mayor) resigned today.Guess he couldn't handle Michelle which is a shame because she is not an elected official.White House is of course spinning it.

S.Shaughnessy....Such smear and crapola!! The event was the 911 ceremony, and they've had deaf people read her lips over this smear, Mrs. Obama was saying with admiration: “Look at how they fold that flag" Does it give you some kind of high to spread this garbage?

Michelle Obama is right. Under the Daleys and the Madigans with their iron hold on local and state government, we have the largest deficits, the lowest credit ratings, and the worst reputation for corruption in the country. Lest anyone want to limit these issues to local racial/ethnic elements alone, the closest analogy I can think of is England's occupation of Ireland. The basis for colonialism is the certainty that none other than the dominant population is wise or powerful enough to maintain order, that the colonized are unruly and unworthy. The means of maintaining it are suppression of independent thought, installation of puppet tokens from the colonized population in positions where graft will incentivise their cooperation and subversion of their own people, deceit and when necessary, brute force. That pretty much sums up Chicago and Illinois governance and politics today and for the past many years, the only "breather" in this sorry history occurring with the election and administrations of Harold Washington. For Chicago Irish with a different perspective.. recall if you will Bernadette Devlin, who raised exactly the same concerns about the oppressive and exclusionary nature of the Irish grip on Chicago many years ago and clearly in retaliation, was seized by immigration officials at O'Hare Airport in 2003.

If you don't like the Obamas, you'll believe every word of this book. If you do like them, you'll blow this book off as based on nothing but rumors and inuendo with no facts to back it up. Everyone else will try to be more objective and check out whether Kantor has written a fairly accurate portrayal or nothing but a hatchet job to make the big bucks and have her 15 min. of fame.

Also, at a major function; the soldiers were so carefully folding the flag and she leaned over to her husband and said; " All this over a flag!" You know they can go " You know where!"

I live in the states and she is ignorant. She has a lot of room to talk! She's nothing but a country bumpkin; that looks like she just got done plowing the back forty. I'll be so glad when that family leaves and goes back to Chicago. Then they can be oppressed by the Irish! LOL! Her and that stupid husband of hers; is about as Irish as my cat!!!

Could have a good drink, after all this. Now, am REALLY riled-up for the day.

Lucia826 Says of Mrs Obama "this broad" "Michelle McFattyPants"... As for being Scotch Irish; did you know this term was virtually unknown in Ireland, England and America because it was only "created” in America after the famine Irish began to arrive in New York and Boston and the elitist "Scotch Irish" did not want to be included in the same group as the arriving poor Irish from the South. It was a form of class discrimination at the time which seems to still reside in your family.

Michelle Obama has not been elected to ANY political position. Her opinion means NOTHING. I wish journalists would quit reporting about the latest whim of the "first lady", unless it's to ask her if she is proud of her country yet. If the president resigns, dies, or is impeached Michelle will be just what she is right now - just another american citizen.

Listen to yourselves, commenters- well over half of you are listing your own racist perjudice and anti Obama tripe-if the shoe fits, realize that you are the problem that keeps this country from progressing. I'm proud of my Irish ancestors, but not of you negative bashers, and not of this website for promoting such a vile book and author.

who else but your own would a leader be likely to subscribe to - and even then yer own can do you dirt. The narrow mindedness of goys will tend towards doing just that.