Michelle Obama continued to make the morning show rounds Tuesday with an appearance on The View, where she was candid about her occasional doubts about being a “proper First Lady,” particularly given that she’s been known to do some hula-hooping on the White House lawn and her anti-obesity initiative involved working in a garden on the grounds. She noted that usually, however, she is focused on “the world [she wants] to leave for [her] kids.”

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Barbara Walters asked her if she believed that race would play an issue in the 2012 presidential election, and the First Lady was cautious but optimistic. “Race is still an issue in this country,” she noted, “but…Barack Obama is the President of the United States and he’s done a phenomenal job, and this country put him in office.” Joy Behar, whose enthusiasm for the current president was rather flagrantly on display (“They’ll put him there again,”

she declared), asked her about her reaction to personal attacks on the president, including rumors that he wasn’t born in the United States.

“You and Grandma [get upset],” Obama joked, adding “Hi, Mom.” She was resolutely positive, though, and said that her experience as First Lady has constantly reminded her that “we live in a decent country.” Asked if she might consider running for the presidency, she denied it emphatically. “I’m not interested in politics, never have been,” she repeated more than once. She characterized her role as First Lady as an occasion where she was called on to serve her country with Barack Obama, and that frankly she thinks she got the easier gig.

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