‘Brightstar’ is out there making a name for herself in South Africa during a weeklong trip with every family member in tow, including her brother’s children, but not her husband the president.
Brightstar is the name dubbed to Michelle Obama’s plane.
Brightstar may flicker brightly over the dark continent but in her own country nothing shines from her.
Even though touted loudly as a “goodwill trip”, there must be some South Africans wondering why it took America’s First Lady almost three years to disperse her goodwill in their country on a weeklong trip that leaves lots of room for photo ops, and foundation and museum hopping.
In a country whose poverty-stricken, barefoot children stood waiting for water from a spigot within spitting distance of the United Nations 2002 Johannesburg Summit, the media noted that, because of complaining fashionistas, Obama replaced her ballerina slippers with high heel pumps.