Obama’s biggest general election liability: His bitter half
With Barack Obama on the verge of sewing up the Democrat presidential nomination, my syndicated column this morning looks at his biggest general election liability: The Missus. I’ll be on Fox and Friends this morning at around 7:15am to talk primary results.
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Obama’s bitter half
Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2008
Are you ready for hope and change? Barack Obama better hope his bitter half has a change of attitude if she expects to assume the title of first lady in November. She’s been likened to John F. Kennedy’s wife, what with her chic suits and pearls and perfectly coiffed helmet hair. But when she opens her mouth, Michelle O. is less Jackie O. and more Wendy W. — as in Wendy Whiner, the constantly kvetching Saturday Night Live character from the early 1980s.
When last our worldviews collided, back in February, the other Michelle was expounding on her lack of pride in America. I gave her myriad reasons to cheer up — from America’s role in the fall of communism and our unparalleled generosity to our nation’s superior economic system, cultural resilience, entrepreneurial spirit, and ingenuity. But since then, Mrs. Obama has dug in her $500 Jimmy Choo heels and solidified her role in the 2008 presidential campaign as Queen of the Grievance-Mongers.
In one of her few (unintentionally) funny moments during a recent sit-down with comedian Stephen Colbert, Mrs. Obama claimed, “Barack and I tend to look at the positives.” That’s a side-splitter. As National Review’s Yuval Levin put it, Michelle Obama is “America’s unhappiest millionaire.” And she has the audacity to extrapolate her misery and her husband’s alleged victimization to the “vast majority of Americans.”
In South Carolina, she called America “just downright mean” and bemoaned “a nation of struggling folks who are barely making it every day.” And in case you hadn’t heard enough of her carping about how hard it is for a seven-figure-earning family to pay for ballet lessons and piano lessons and pay off college loans, Mrs. Oh-Woe-Is-Me was at it again on the campaign trail in Indiana and North Carolina before Tuesday’s primary.
On the stump, she warmed up (or rather, berated) supporters by complaining about how her husband is an underdog even after he keeps winning primary and caucus after primary and caucus. With a scowl etched on her face, she bellyached that “the bar is constantly changing for this man.” Call the waambulance, stat.
Barack Obama, the missus explains, is Everyman who has ever been put down by The Man. And “understand this” (a condescending verbal tic shared by both Obamas): Mrs. Obama is here to make sure you feel their pain. Which is really your pain. Because the hardships of a privileged Ivy League couple are “exactly” the same as the travails of miners or service workers or small-business owners: “So the bar has been shifting and moving in this race,” she grumbles, “but the irony is, the sad irony is, that’s exactly what is happening to most Americans in this country.”
Don’t tell Michelle about the Great Depression or the Carter Malaise. “Folks are struggling like never before,” she seethes.
Well, yes, gas prices are up. Some food prices are rising. And borrowers who bought more housing than they could afford are underwater. But “struggling like never before”? Didn’t they teach her about Hoovervilles and stagflation?
In Mrs. Obama, the fear-mongering pot meets the angst-stirring kettle: “Fear,” she froths, “creates this veil of impossibility and it is hanging over all of our heads.”
But what Mrs. Obama lacks in pride for her country and its promise she more than makes up for with bottomless pride for her husband. Her standard campaign speeches include at least a dozen references to how “proud” she is of him. And of herself. And of everyone who has overcome The Man and pierced the “veil of impossibility” to get to the polls and vote Obama. An online MSNBC report on a joint appearance by the Obamas on The Today Show in the wake of the Jeremiah Wright debacle included this tellingly narcissistic passage:
[Mrs. Obama]: “‘I’m so proud of how he has maintained his dignity, his cool, his honor.’
“Obama gently tried to interrupt, admitting to being embarrassed by the praise.
“‘But I am proud of you,” she said.
“I know,” he replied.
We all know. So get over yourself already, haughty spirit. Pride doesn’t photograph well. And bitterness leaves frown lines. Which means Botox bills. Which “struggling folks” like you and your husband simply cannot afford.
Try smiling for once. It’s cheaper.
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The next hillary.
Shoot me now
Touring the White House with this woman would be one hoot after another. She complains more than I do!
I’m thinking that her background needs an even more thorough combing. She sounds as vapid as a reformed smoker.
Showcase her, let her speak her mind. If necessary let the GOP pay for it. Does buy one get one free ring a bell?
Michelle Obama hangs around his neck like an albatross.
I have the answer for voting for McCain, it’s tough but the other choice being Obama is to much to take.
When visiting the Polls in November….
use this
Gauranteed full protection when pulling the lever.
When listening to Michelle Oblahma, I have finally realized what an “angry vagina” is. Have to admit that protest sign was befuddling.
Having to choose between John “La Raza” McCain and Barack “my wife has an angry vagina” Obama, I have one question. Can we have a “do-over”? We can whine that we didn’t know what we were doing and start over. It worked in grade school!
Michelle, that’s likely the main reason she is not proud of America. She is a socialist. The power of the Soviet Empire was a source of pride for her. Now, she can only cling to Chavez, Castro, Ahmed-whats-his-name, and other two-bit, tin-horn dictators.
Um, but she’s not bad looking.
A Jackie Kennedy, she is not. Jackie had a lot more class than Obama could ever hope to have. I see now that people will vote for anyone, regardless of political views, if they are democrat, entitlement givers and hate America. It wouldn’t surprise me if I read that Ayers and Wright were running for Congress and leading in the polls. How low are we to sink before the pendulum swings back again….
#9. ew.
In the words of Johnny Soprano (Tony’s father) to his wife, “You’re like a friggin’ albacore around my neck!”
Gateway Pundit linked a story I saw yesterday. More could be coming out about Obama, as he was mentioned in the computer that belonged to the recently killed FARC leader. Should get interesting. They could take her off the circuit if they think she’s hurting him, but it seems like she “whips up” the black crowds that agree with her, at least in principle!
fyi,
michelle malkin is on fox and friends talking soon about this piece.
Michelle Obama is the Second Coming.
The second coming of Theresa Heinz Kerry!
Michell Obama as first lady. Ahhhh….let’s ponder that for a moment……
Okay let’s not.
I can’t think of a more egregious error that Americans would make in my lifetime. OH heck- let’s make that- my children’s and my children’s childrens lifetime.
Sorry, but this conversation is not helping my children…
Obama’s wife has recieved the best and hates America. Sad business. She does not deserve respect or residency here.
Ship her and her Husband and children to Liberia. Let them get a reality check there.
have you ever asked yourself why these Obamas, out of college for almost 15 years, didn’t have their loans paid off?
i’ve come to realize that the Obamas are exceptionally marginal. this realization is especially aggravating when you consider that their Harvard advanced degrees should have been a golden ticket.
so onto why shes angry: she’s angry because she thought the world would be handed to her because of that degree, without hard work. and of course her only excuse for why it wasn’t is racism.
these are two individuals who really have no excuse for the mediocre resumes they have.
B-b-b-b-but, Cindy’s Poopy-head husband feels sorry for Mexicans.
what to do….What…to…doooo.
I doubt that she could last 10 minutes out in the “real America” that she claims to know so well. Or, as the “reverend” Wright said: AmeriKKKa.
I guess its hard to have a level view of things when you’re busy looking down your nose at people. These people don’t seem to be in touch with normal, everyday people.
And the argument that they came from poor backgrounds, or whatever…pales in the light of their current situations. Seems like they might have forgotten about the roots from wence they came.
Thanks for the good article, Michelle.
Who hasn’t known a few Michelle Obamas–marginally talented, loudmouthed women promoted beyond their level of competence simply because of minority group affiliation?
The idea of an ardent communist being elected to the highest office in the land really bothers me this morning.
I am with MM on this one for sure… Michelle Hussien Obama has some real issues. Since she thinks it is so hard here can we not send her to Darfur and maybe she will have it easier ?
michelle obummer is prepping us for HOW BAD ITS GONNA be when she is first lady and eating everybodies pie.
She thinks we are children…if you tell a child over and over how incompetant they are, guess what? Her tactics arent working on me. They are pointed at citizens who she knows wants this sympathy, and the government dole.
Texas, yep. it’s this that leads to racial tensions.
unfortunately, my black girlfriends - all college educated, most with grad school degrees, and several dating interracially, look at me with a straight face and say “race relations are getting worse” (the context of this is right after the Jena story broke - we haven’t since spoken about it).
i’ve found it’s impossible to reason with people like this. how can you claim race relations are getting worse when you’re black and your husband’s white?? i asked this question and got an Obamaesque answer…which is to say, no answer at all.
CSPAN should dedicate a channel to Michelle O until the election.
The veil of impossibility is socialism on the horizon.
Hey,
Quit pickin’ on her. Let her keep talking. Let her be Barry’s A-#1 spokes(wo)man. Or to quote the parody on Point-Counterpoint in the movie Airplane:
Horizon? It’s all ready here - did you cash your stimulus check yet?
On a side note, I am not so keen on his wife.. I always liked Laura Bush with her wonky eyes.
But on the general point, I actually like the fact she comes across a bit snobby… because I am too and nobody wants to pander the plebs.
Michelle Obama’s problem is, she spends too much time around Liberals…They’re the ones who shape her bitter worldview.
In my experience, it’s Liberals who say some of the most hurtful things about persons of color, and they’re so ignorant, they don’t even realize they’ve done it.
Liberal condescension makes my hair curl.
ACHefty, you beat me to it. How can any good socialist ever really be proud of the society that helped to end their communist wet dream only to replace it with facts and reality? It’s gotta suck having your delusions so violently shattered.
As for her affirmative-action related “accomplishments” … what did the big screen tv lady say? “It’s a shame what some people will give you!”?
On May 7th, 2008 at 7:09 am, Alan-of-Vermont said:
Um, but she’s not bad looking.
Alan, I’ll just betcha 30 Pieces of Silver is a LOT prettier than she is!
My biggest issue with Mrs. Obie is the fact that she has no idea what it is like to truly suffer and be one of the not-haves. So you were shunned in college and now you have student loans to pay off. Who doesn’t and why should we care about your loans? My childhood was one of abject despair. Yet, here I am making a way for myself, no longer holding onto how horrible things were back then because they are so beautiful now. No longer that angry young lady I once knew. Today there is so much to be thankful for - truly that in and of itself is a blessing from God. A God that Michelle and her hubby claim to serve. Yet, I have a very difficult time recognizing the Christian within them. They truly have been blessed by God and you wouldn’t know it to hear them speak. I’ll concede that life is rough but I’ll save up my tears for those who truly deserve them. Michelle and Barack are charlatans.
They utilized racism, divisiveness and victimhood to make it this far in life, why “change” it up now. Why bite the hand the fed them thus far?
Barack Hussein Obama is so close to be becoming the next President of the United States. POTUS!!! Yet, all we hear about are student loans, ballet and piano lessons payments. Cry me a river.
Thanks tre! Aw shucks…
Michelle,
Are the times you give Eastern Standard Time?
The bride of “Obama Lama Ding Dong” just has to keep opening her mouth to help the grumpy old man win in November provided he can keep his big trap shut. Every time he opens his mouth he confirms my decision to write in “none of the above.” We are so screwed!
I have to agree 100% on that one. I believe 30 pcs of silver is more by far more intelligent too!
and she makes a mean pecan pie…. so i hear.
If Michelle Obummer is such an albotoss around Obummer’s neck, why is his supporter strength growing each and ever day?
Peeps are voting for him because look at their other choice…. rofl.
He’s toast in the General.
yes, she’s quite the liability… without her, Obama might have won NC by 30 points! Everything I read on this thread, and Michelle M.’s column, is far more bitter than anything I’ve heard Michelle Obama say. The Obamas–and actually McCain, too–are trying to lead us out of politics based on anger and divisiveness, and it drives all of you crazy. It’s sad, really–but kind of funny, too.
Michelle Obama, you ignorant twat. Somebody knock that huge chip off her shoulder. I guess that $300K a year salary that her employer gave her after Mubarack Hussein Obama procured a 7 figure earmark for them is just not enough.
Life’s hard out there for a race pimp.
Mr & Mrs Odrama…..PUKE!
yes Bob. est. early here. ugh.
What I meant to say is I believe 30 pcs of silver is more intelligent too!
Need to get more caffeine in me!
I’m a bit offended, as a Christian, that the Obama’s even claim to be Christian. They don’t sound like Christians at all.
The “suffering” that she talks about - that’s just part of life, sweetie. Most people are able to look back at their lives, recognize the hard parts and realize how these times helped them become who they are now.
This woman cannot even comprehend how hard life is for real people. I wish Americans would open their eyes and see what snobs the Obama’s are.
I hope once the campaign for Pres really gets going - it all comes out. 4 years ago everyone thought Kerry would beat Bush and he didn’t - I still have hope McCain will win this. Obama in the WH is frightening to me.
No one not even BHO has the guts to tell her to sit down and shut up. She will keep talking and talking and talking. I hope so.
You should report what Obama himself says: “Michelle and I have lived the American dream.” He talks about what America has done for him — a son of a single teenage mom who was able to earn a place at Harvard Law School. He knows how fortunate he is to be an American and says so constantly. Maybe you should listen?
He did not have a rich alum Daddy to buy a place for him. He was a top student.
You want the President to represent the best in America. Obama and McCain both do that. But what about Bush?
Wonderful: the #1 liberal in the Senate and his angry black wife. All this garbage about pride; these people (yes I mean black people) have missed the boat. Why is it such a shock to them that white people would vote for a black candidate they believe is qualifies? I think that they project their own racism on white people. As a Repub I would vote for any black candidate that had the credentials. All this “whitey hates the black man” is more in their imagination, than anything; and if this doesnt prove it, then they are far more racist than I thought. I just hate the thought of this America hating elitist nitwit being First Lady. What an insult to that tradition.
Michelle do you ever sleep?
10pm…
5am…
Man I cant keep up!
heeh
I’m sorry. Did I miss the memo? I thought Bush was done running for Prez. My bad.
lgm #49…
Are you a troll? The gist of this article by Michelle is his WIFE’s bitterness towards this country; a country that has given her and the world so much. I dont like McCain’s or Bush’s moderate politics at all, but each of them has a Wife that is unquestionably a loyal patriotic person. I think it would be a joke to characterize Michelle Obama that way. And for what her politics says about her Husband’s feelings about America, the jury may be out on that. I think his Wife’s feelings about this country are at the least, relevant, even if not necessarily dispositive of how Obama feels inside about the USA.
sbw999:
lgm suffers from BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome) and has trouble staying focused.
My husband was poorer than Michelle Obama growing up. Lived on a farm (his father was a sharecropper), no running water, slept on a couch in the living room, never had much of anything. But he was smart and studied and went to university and then the Air Force and got his Master’s Degree and is quite successful. Never complained or cried that it was somebody else’s fault he had to struggle so many years, never blamed anyone, just worked hard and never looked back. I can’t stand the woe-is-me blather that comes out of the Obamas or, for that matter, so many liberals in this country. Being black has become an excuse for not getting what you want without putting any effort into it. And black leaders who continue to promote this idea are doing a terrible disservice to people they claim to care about. I’ll only give Michelle Obama one compliment: you watch her in a side-by-side interview with her husband and at least she’s got some passion. He looks and sounds like he’s falling asleep!
Great article Michelle. One of the best you’ve written in my opinion.
Now, back to Ms. Obama: She referenced the other day that she didn’t do well or score high on her SATs. Knowing Princeton is one of the top schools in the country, most students that get into that highly competitive Ivy League school typically have very high SAT scores, high academic achievements, along with many other attributes.
If MO had low SAT scores, how on earth did she get into Princeton?
Not everyone is as keen to the issues as they should be. Admittedly, my family will vote ‘Democrat’ regardless of the color of the candidate and their credentials.
That’s subjective. You’d support Obama regardless. I believe you too fall into the category I listed above.
I find it interesting that the “uniters” you mention are the ones who pointedly bring race into every issue. I’d provide some money quotes for you, but you all would cry foul that I’m somehow taking their words out of context.
No, it’s just sad that people like you drink this stuff all in, no questions asked.
Have you fallen down and can’t get up?
To wit:
1. … “for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback.”
2. “We have become a nation of struggling folks who are barely making it every day. Folks are just jammed up, and it’s gotten worse over my lifetime. And, doggone it, I’m young. Forty-four!”
3. We’re a country that is “just downright mean,” we are “guided by fear,” we’re a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacents.
4. “You’re looking at a young couple that’s just a few years out of debt.”
Sounds like an angry vagina to me.
lgm saith:
No! But he sure did go to an exclusive and expensive school in Hawaii that Grandma paid for. Top student my ass, he was a Marxist leach in school and if you ask me that’s the easiest way to go.
Of course, Bush would get dragged into this. I don’t always agree with him, but really, the fingerpointing at Bush over anything and everything gets old lgm.
As far as Oblahma…
People like myself have no problem with them living the American Dream. Yes, they have done that.
No one is debating that.
What we are saying however, is the fact that these people bemoan and lament their current lot in life, as if their millions of dollars is equivalent to the money I have in my pocket for lunch, and that they don’t know how they’re going to survive off of their 7 figure annual income.
Let’s see them live off a lower, 5 digit income. You think MO would be able to live off 30k a year? 25k? But here she is b!tch!ng about her million?
And sorry for the language…but I have a SERIOUS dislike for people who make more in a year than some people make over their adult working life, and still have the cojones to complain as if they are the poorest of the poor.
Michelle O. is complaining about paying her bills, and how much money they ARENT making. They want things handed to them on a silver platter.
They forget the same dream that put them there, is the same one they’re besmirching now.
For once though, LGM, I would like you to actually take someone on the Democratic side to task for their behavior. Your post earlier just tells me you’re ok with people like the Obama’s making statements like they do, without thinking about what they’re saying in the first place. Can you ONCE just actually see something for what it is? Can you just once not throw out the “If it’s an (R) complaning, then it must be unfounded.
I know that’s asking too much though. I just find most of your posts ridiculous and partisan simply for being partisan.
Done.
On May 7th, 2008 at 9:13 am, Boomer said:
What I meant to say is
I believewe all know beyond a shadow of a doubt 30 pcs of silver is more intelligent too!Fixed it for you.
Don’t worry about “frown lines” on Michelle. Black don’t crack.
I agree 100%. Whenever I see the Obamas I think she is the driving force behind this. Barack seems to never have expected to actually won the nomination, is rather stunned and overwhelmed to find himself in the position he is in and would still be amazed if he actually won the general election. Michelle on the other hand has her eyes firmly set on the White House with all the prestige and power that it will bestow on her. She comes across as far more ambitious and driven than her husband.
Thanks you guys. You sure do know how to make a woman feel good…. I wonder if the same will work for Michelle. She could use some cheering up.
I find it amusing when the millionaire race hustlers complain about biggotry and how unfair the country is. Especially when they are the product of affirmative action which allowed them to become among the top 1% wealthiest people in the world. Some b*lls to whine when you have so much. Hmmm, think you would have achieved that in Africa Michelle? No matter how much we give these race huslters it will never be enough. So why do we keep trying to appease? A lost cause.
abstractmind
Nice smack down and very well said. I’ve learned to ignore that troll because of the classic illogical liberal nonsense.
As for Mrs. BO, she is a perfect example of the liberal entitlement mentality. Nobody should have something I don’t! And because she is around elitists with money, she feels she deserves to have more than she knows what to do with. Repay a loan??? Why should I have to do that? The government should pick up the tab.
You’re right. Just like…
1. Al Gore
2. John Kerry
3. John F. Kennedy
Three words for Barry…. pulp fiction ball…
abstractmind:
Nice post but you know you’re talking to a wall. Some might think the power of indoctrination is a myth but lgm is a power of example; mindless and follows the marching orders that are given.
Challenge to Michelle Obama:
Today is National Grump Out Day. Think you can stay cheerfull for 24 hours and not make everybody else deperssed?
LISA MILLAR (from the transcript quoted above): They say there’s one in every crowd, and every office – someone who’s grumpiness brings everybody else down.
Can you imagine the effects on the audience when the speaker herself is grumpy?
Hmmm… “angry vagina,” “ignorant,” “marginally talented, loudmouthed” “twat” who hates America, isn’t a real Christian, and should be shipped off to Darfur or Liberia.
And she has the nerve to say Americans are downright mean!
An outspoken black woman really pushes the buttons of you people.
Hey #55 - Very well said. Black leaders are doing irreparable harm to the black community by fostering the notion of hate.
I think we’ve all met Michelle Obamas as service-with-a-snarl, bossy, aggressive lower level bureaucrats in the lower reaches of government.
So this is going to be the fifth time in the last six election cycles that Republicans have attacked the Democratic candidate’s spouse?
You stay classy, GOP.
Good to see you this morning with the Fox Morning Lite crew. No doubt the “other Michelle” is the Hillary behind the scenes of her husbands campaign, and no doubt like Hillary she has more testesterone than her husband. I know Punahou and Hawaii quite well and have been trying to figure how a Punahou kid can end up in a black separatist church on the South Side of Chicago (my old stomping grounds). Well now I know. It is because of the “other Michelle”.
Figure her out, and you figured out what makes Obama tick.
What Republicans?
Actually you should listen. Michelle stated that Obama plays the good cop to his wife’s bad cop.
To pull an LGM (and in fairness, I think we’ve earned at least one turn-about), if you think its bad here, you should see what DailyKOS and HuffPo say about people on this side of things.
This is tame, civilized discource x10, by comparison.
And for something without the ad hominems, i’d refer you to my earlier post.
I dislike MO simply because she’s whining over her good fortune. Her color and gender don’t matter to me. If she was a white, Anglo-Saxon male in his mid 30’s, I’d say the same exact thing.
Just saying.
And thanks hatelibs…its hard sometimes, but i give it a good shot
Well, if it works for lgm. . .
Right, because Democrats wouldn’t DREAM of badmouthing a Republican president’s spouse.
And Rusty,
Wasn’t there a post here not long ago about someone attacking Laura Bush? And what about the attacks on their children?
Gotta…be…a…link…on….michellemalkin.com…somewhere…
Apparently, DailyKOS is a fav today for reference. Where’s your denouncing of class from those folks there?
Where did I say any of this? Besides, the fact that some of this is true - these are responses to her holier-than-thou, entitlement mentality and persona. Michelle’s over-arching and broad sweeping claims about AMERICA on the whole are based on her personal experiences over twenty years ago when she was in college and didn’t fit in. So that’s the impetus for blame-all-of America attitude? Puh-leeze.
No. Correction. America is downright mean.
Um, err, I’m black and even if I weren’t this has more to do with her attitude but please continue interjecting race into every issue. Now where have I seen that before?? hmmmm….
Rusty,
Asking questions is not attacking. But for you lefties, ANYTHING asked about a spouse (even which flowers they prefer) would be considered either let’s see, what to choose from:
1. racist
2. bigoted
3. out of line
4. all of the above.
I guess you didn’t read that recent column by Mark Morford in the SF Chronicle about Laura Bush, did you?
Or let’s see, Nancy Ragan was viciously criticized, mocked and laughed at for 8 years.
Oh, and Mrs. Bush (GHWB’s wife) was also criticized for her hair, etc.
No, no one criticizes the Republican’s wives for petty instances. Never.
Get a clue.
Attacking her? WTH? I take it we should all just sit back and allow her and her husband to say what they want, do what they want and never question their abilities. Got it. Thanks.
30 pcs of silver
You are very welcome!
They HAVE to attack on petty things, Rusty. Haven’t you figured that out by now? If they don’t, they really have nothing else to talk about.
I’m going to LOVE watching Obama get sworn in next January. It’s over, GOP. Get used to it.
When it comes to electing the next person to become President, I think their entire family and past has to be scrutinized. The job as President is too important to just let a person’s past and their spouse slide by without serious scrutiny.
To #56
It is called affirmative action!!!
On May 7th, 2008 at 10:13 am, 30 pcs of silver said:
I take it we should all just sit back and allow her and her husband to say what they want, do what they want and never question their abilities. Got it. Thanks.
That is exactly That is exactly what we are up against. We’re just supposed to swallow hook, line, & sinker “Hope and Change” without requiring an explanation. We are not allowed to make the connection between Mrs. BO”s words and the teachings of Wright. We are not allowed to question his true world view given the sleezy company he keeps. We cannot ask what his qualifications or accomplishments are that qualify him to be POTUS. We cannot even mention his middle name.
In other words, SHUT UP and don’t be a racist. He is ENTITLED to be President!
None of this matters. The “we need a black president!” crowd is halfway to their dream. Yeah, but the guy is a racist (Wright)-so? But the guy is an idiot (Invade who??)-so? But the guy is corrupt (Tony)-so? But the guy is a lier (winks at Canada)-so? But the guys wife HATES America and since he hasn’t said a word to counter that, so does he-so? HE’S BLACK! WOO HOO! Can’t wait for the press conferences with the nation of islam bodyguards all around him
Congrats America. How utterly sophisticated of you. Yup. we need a black guy-credentials are optional. Kind of like affirmative action…
Well, maybe I am color blind!
I thought 30 pcs of silver was white man of about my age (and maybe a little fat like me, too)!
Which prompts me to say that I revile the Obamas not for any reason of race or gender. They’re communists! I was so pleased to see the posts that pointed this out. Keep saying it. Don’t let them off the hook. They are the most egregious socialists that have been on the American Political Stage since ….
the last Democrat to run for office…
I guess you missed that memo. That was a quote I was using sarcastly- one born from the mouth of a fellow Kovacite
sarcastically
abstractmind said:
It’s not about her whining the fact is it’s her dialectal that caters to that group of people who feel marginalized by America. If anyone should feel marginalized it’s the middle class. I always look at the social class system in America as a pyramid where M.O. is trying to get votes from the bottom 2/3′rds of the pyramid. Her rhetoric is a slimy Marxist tactic where America is the antagonist and I detest it.
hatelibs,
Yes. We are supposed to line down on the tracks and allow the “Hope & Change” express to just roll right over us without batting an eye. Libs…can’t live with ‘em and they won’t leave you alone.
Klaatu,
Nah. I’m black and I’m a woman. We’ll work on your spidey senses.
JWS
You left out: It’s time to try Socialism in America and since he’s black, it makes sense.
Remember the immortal words of John Street (former mayor of Philadelphia) “The brother and sisters are now in charge.”
So America is about to elect the first country hating minority President & first lady because otherwise we are a mean racist country.
#89
Sorry bro, but the rule book clearly states that any opposition to these two is the very definition of “racist” I have a dream is turning out to be more like-I have a scheme…
So it’s going to be Michelle Obama’s “anger”, “bitterness” and “sense of entitlement” vs. Cindy McCain’s drug addiction and thievery? What a fun election this is going to be.
I weep for this country.
Courtesy of your driveby crapbird:
Maybe his wife should listen.
What about Kerry, Gore, Kennedy? What about Obama is so great? Is he the only graduate of Harvard Law? Did he win his senate election by default? What are his achievements?
On May 7th, 2008 at 10:01 am, Rusty said:
Hey, you want class? Go to any lib site. They are rolling in it.
We know what we know about Obama by his associates, and his wife is one of them. If she puts herself out there with her appearances and interviews, then she is fair game. So is his pastor.
Every criticism is not racism or bigotry, nor any criticism of his wife unfair. She is an accomplished lawyer, and, by definition, has complete control of everything she says or does publicly. So one can only assume that she does not make gaffes, nor her husband.
They are the “best and the brightest” and if that includes a perverse interpretation or inner hatred of America, then it is not a mistake. It is deliberate.
I have a dream:
JC Watts or Michael Steele and Condi on a ticket so the true racism & sexism party would be exposed for all to see. Republicans would be thrilled and could sit back and watch the left explode.
bigterpfan said:
Where did you get this load from? I must of missed the last edition of the Enquirer.
Chris Matthews and Stephen Colbert should have a contest to see which one is more aroused by Michelle Obama. Matthews was so giddy describing her as being “just like Jackie Onasis” and then Matthews actually said: “The Obamas are cool people. They’re really really cool”. Colbert tried to top Matthews in the Michelle Obama sycophancy department. He actually asked Michelle O:” Will Barack be jealous of me?” Then Michelle Obama told Colbert that he (Colbert) could sing to her and Colbert happily obliged. Colbert also did not challenge Michelle Obama’s tall tale that growing up, her family only owned four spoons.
I always thought ‘30 pcs of silver’ was a clever name.
So is that what it boils down to? McCain has zero credentials of his own other than being a POW, so he has to find a Black or Indian or Latino running mate? How pathetic and sad!
undrseige247,
Thanks. That’s a pretty clever name as well. Very apropos.
Amen!
That Cindy McCain was addicted to drugs is a pretty well-known story reported in more than just the Enquirer. THat it matters or shouldn’t matter was my point. You can rest assured it will be discussed by some sleazier elements of the Democratic party as the election grows closer.
Cindy McCain was addicted to pain killers and stole them from the AVMT. She was investigated by the DEA.
#23 TexasTiger wrote:
#33 WarTip wrote:
Although a comforting thought for many conservatives (and commenters on this blog), it’s wholly bereft of truth. Michelle Obama graduated cum laude from Princeton, which might explain her subsequent acceptance to Harvard Law and hiring by prestigious law firm Sidley Austin.
#24 undrseige247 wrote:
“I believe that America’s free market has been the engine of America’s great progress. [T]he more Americans prosper, the more America prospers.” — Barack Obama
Based on the above quote, I’m guessing either Barack Obama is not a communist — OR the fundamentals of Communism have been radically redefined. (But I’m going to go with the former.)
#32 franksalterego wrote:
If this were true, African Americans — who, as I’ve pointed out before, are hard-line social conservatives — would vote Republican.
#71 Kovacs wrote:
Absolutely and without question.
Hey 30 pieces of silver,
I always thought that your username was in reference to the money Jesus was betrayed for by Judas Iscariot. Is that correct?
Mookie said:
This is a non-issue because you can just as easily bring up Barry O’bama’s admitted coke and drug use.
love2rumba,
Bingo! Yes, that’s it. It’s strange, I know. I could have simply chosen Jesus Freak but went for something a little less obvious.
So we are all just a bunch of bitter, suffering victims in America.
If we weren’t these desperate victims, they wouldn’t need to shower us with glorious blessings.
Such as higher taxes, nationalized health care, redistribution of wealth, and generally bigger government all around.
To be fair, I have seen some higher-minded liberal sites giving McCain a hard time for marrying an heiress. That’s unacceptable too.
But let’s not pretend that the “Republican noise machine” doesn’t attack the Dem candidate’s spouse as a matter of habit. It happens every election cycle and it’s out of line.
Cindy McCain may very well have been addicted to pain killers. Roger Clinton was her dealer?
Or was it RFK Jr.
Only a tolerant lib would morally equate a woman becoming addicted to a MEDICATION with Michelle Obama’s hate and disdain for America as she tries to become first lady.
Only a lib.
Remember that old Led Zeppelin song: “Your Time Is Gonna Come”?
Obama can’t weather the Weatherman storm with the American people..
Ayers is an unapologetic, self admitted terrorist, & Obama gladly snuggled up to him & his equally homicidal wife.
The Blogoshpere definitely needs to stay on that, as well as these other issues of unelectability. God knows the MSM won’t dutifully pursue these things until we force them to.
~ Dan Lee
Welcome to the Responsible Party of America. It would not be that way if you were not so danged self-sufficient and willing to take responsibility for your own actions.
All you have to do is give up your freedoms, hope for a change to despair, quit being responsible for your actions and learn how to suck on the government teat and be thankful for crumbs instead of enjoying the cake and you will be all set!
Oh, and if you do happen to grab a cake that has dropped close to your spot on the floor under the table, make sure to tell everyone how bitter and nasty it was and you only ate it so some other poor unfortunate soul would not have to suffer like you did!
/Sarc
Not to mention her affair with a married man.
Any explanation as to why she is so angry, bitter and clings to the past as if it is some
riteWright of passage for her current feelings towards America? She’s accomplished - which begs the question - why so angry? Why is that thesis of hers is under lock and key? I don’t expect you to be able to answer of all these questions I have posed but I suspect that you’ll no doubt have a reply. I just wonder deep down as a black woman who has accomplished so much why the utter contempt for America. A quote here and there does not disprove the overall theme of his Presidential campaign which is - America = bad…Wright displays the same tendencies, Obama displays the same tendencies and his wife too. There has to be some connection. Is it a black thing that I just don’t understand? I know, I know context…
undrseige247 said (#59):
Obama was elected president of the Harvard Law Review. This is a huge distinction. Bush was elected head of beer drinking at his frat.
Nyk saith:
Come on Nyk I thought you’d lay out a more formidable challenge than this. Peruse Barry O’s voting record in the Senate and the professors he was gregarious with, that alone says Marxist. Since when do you judge a person’s character on what he says rather than what he does?
lgm saith:
Looks like he had a nose job.
You should watch out. That strawman you’re building might catch fire.
Because the wives of nearly all Democratic presidential nominees have an inordinate amount of influence over their husbands’ decision making processes, they are fair game for the GOP.
In the Church I attend, we have elders and overseers. If one of them has a spouse that is out of line, it becomes obvious that they cannot manage their own household. If they cannot manage their own family, how are they to help others to manage theirs?
We are not talking about a man trying to run a small group or even a small business. We are talking about someone who wants to be put in a position to rule the most powerful nation in the free world. I think how he runs his household, the personalities of the people he chooses to associate with and ESPECIALLY the type of person he chooses to spend his life with are VERY relevant to how he feels personally and ultimately, as to how he will run the nation.
Remember Rusty, due to real-good/feel-good liberal legislation, we CAN prove intent now and prosecute people extra harshly due to their perceived thoughts. No matter whether it is just or not, it is a reality and it is such because of liberal laws of intent. Like making smoking illegal in private businesses and homes, we are just taking it to the next logical step.
Again, a deflection from the issue of Michelle Obama’s Marxist dialectal. We know she’s smart which is more than you’re giving us Nyk.
#115
We’ll have to wait and see what he can weather. Remember, this is an unapologetic racist who has said and done so many things so wrong, each of which, taken separately and done or said by a white man, would have derailed that man&