This is great, "What's he doing to help tigers?"

WASHINGTON – Michelle Obama told a group of curious kids visiting the White House Thursday about her daughter Malia's most frequent question about Dad's job: What's he doing to help tigers?
Asked about her family's favorite animal, the first lady said they talk about tigers at least once a week, because Malia, 11, is concerned about what President Barack Obama is doing to save the endangered animals.
"He tells her he's working on it and there are a lot of people who are thinking about it," she said. "But I think, the Obama household, we're trying to save the tigers."
Mrs. Obama spent about an hour taking queries from children of executive office employees who visited the White House for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
The children asked Mrs. Obama about life in the White House, her campaign against childhood obesity, the White House garden - and whether she could make school recesses longer. She dodged that last one.

read more. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100422/ap_on_re_us/us_michelle_obama

That is adorable.

What a refreshing news item. Hoe I used to cringe anytime anything about w's family would be in the newspaper. I appreciate the change so very much.

and of course, she had totally mis-characterized the exchange.

I responded "huh? You're better than that, Shelly"



Quote:

"Malia Obama's most frequent question about Dad's job: What's he doing to help tigers? Excuse me?? Even my 8 year old knows the natural habitat of tigers is not in the U.S.; my 8 year old thinks the biggest problems we face are: cure for cancer, the litter on the earth and homeless kids. I don't think Michelle Obama should be telling newscasters how out of touch her daughter is while living in Fantasyland."

I thought back to when I was a kid and this is the kind of thing that was on my mind as well. For an 11 year old to even care about what is going on in the real world is a huge plus in my book.

Seriously. They act as if there is an invisible bubble around our country and their thinking stops well short of that bubble. lol

I wonder if she reads Mutts?

at least, if they were making more than $250K a year ...