Did Michelle Obama "diss" Laura Bush?

I read an article in the Wall Street Journal that told of how the first lady had taken up a cause to help military families. The article is entitled The Dissing of Laura Bush by William McGurn and it talked about how Obama seemed to slight Laura Bush by saying that she thought that no one ever thought about or tried to support or help the families of our military personnel. The article pointed out that Laura Bush had done numerous things to aid the families of soldiers even having picnics on the White House lawn. The author thought the ABC press coverage could have been a little stronger. It gave me confirmation of an impression I have been getting regarding our new first family also.

This Seems more like typical biased love affair with the Obama’s that pays little, if any attention to the actual facts. Where have the Obama’s been the past 8 years that they thought no one recognized military families? My impression is that hubris doesn't properly describe the level of arrogance the first family is revealing. It seems as though they have been in the "change train vacuum" for too long and were too focused on "getting elected" to notice so many genuine committed, caring people that have been working to recognize, help and support military families. Evidently the administration was just too busy to get prepared to take office during the months of November, December and January as well. I thought as bright as the President appears to be, that he would have realized we were in economic crisis and that he should spend the 2 months after the election learning a little bit more about economics and the law of supply and demand. It is clear that after 3 months the new administration is still quibbling about how to get credit flowing again. Leadership is not built on arrogance and narcissism and if both the President and the first lady want to lead the country they need to stop with the platitudes and actually see what is really going on across the country. If you are a good speaker you can be a preacher, a teacher, a lawyer and even get elected president. However, as president, substance will is the most important ingredient. Whether or not this president can turn his great speeches into more substantive results in order to lead a thriving country is to be determined.