Fifi Haroon, in her article “The untalented Mrs Obama,” seems to equate power with powerful positions.
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, US: Fifi Haroon, in her article “The untalented Mrs Obama” (October 25), seems to equate power with powerful positions. That may be how the writer measures success but power does not require a throne. I did not vote for Obama. I am a registered Republican, albeit moderate in principles, but I really feel that her article is completely simplistic and skewed. Ask any young girl today who Hillary Clinton is or to describe her role in the White House administration and I’m certain you will get a blank stare. Ask them about Michelle Obama and you will not only get recognition, many will know that she is President Obama’s wife. As such, she is one of the most visible women in the world and one that rarely has an agenda other than being a partner to her husband. It’s unfortunate that the writer sees Michelle Obama as untalented and a failure because she is not shaking the trees in the business world. That is not power. That is position.
Kathy Scott
Published in The Express Tribune, October 26th, 2010.
