Michelle Obama Tells NPR She 'Never Ever' Would Have Chosen Politics For Herself
NPRMichelle Obama Tells NPR She 'Never Ever' Would Have Chosen Politics For Herself Enlarge this image toggle caption Chuck Kennedy/NPR Chuck Kennedy/NPR As a kid, Michelle Obama rode around with her Chicago-precinct-captain father in his Buick during his visits to constituents. She went to Princeton, although Obama says her guidance counselor at Whitney Young told her she wasn't "good enough for the place." Obama says her box-checking was in part because she was somebody "that was staying on the safe course," and also "I couldn't afford not to." Once they were married, and after two young daughters, Barack ran for public office, leaving corporate lawyer Michelle at home with the kids — a period Michelle Obama calls "irritating and hard." She says she was called "Obama's baby mama, and I put all that down because I want young people to know there are highs and lows and rough patches and things you have to overcome."
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