The proud Obamas lash back
You know what I have to say about Barack Obama calling the Tennessee GOP “low-class” and “unacceptable” on Good Morning America because of its ad answering Michelle Obama’s lack of pride in her country?
Barack, sweetie, your conversation with ABC News’s Robin Roberts insisting that your wife’s public remarks on the campaign trail be exempt from public criticism doesn’t help my children.
The proud Obamas claim they want to talk about the “issues,” rather than “distractions.” But when the candidate puts his bitter half on stage and his chief public surrogate, what comes out of her mouth is an issue.
Michelle Obama was asked about the ad on “GMA,” but her husband said, “Let me just interject on this.”
“The GOP, should I be the nominee, I think can say whatever they want to say about me, my track record,” Obama said. “I’ve been in public life for 20 years. I expect them to pore through everything that I’ve said, every utterance, every statement. And to paint it in the most undesirable light possible. That’s what they do.”
“But I do want to say this to the GOP. If they think that they’re going to try to make Michelle an issue in this campaign, they should be careful. Because that I find unacceptable,” he said.
Obama praised his wife’s patriotism and said that for Republicans “to try to distort or to play snippets of her remarks in ways that are unflattering to her I think is just low class … and especially for people who purport to be promoters of family values, who claim that they are protectors of the values and ideals and the decency of the American people to start attacking my wife in a political campaign I think is detestable.”
Obama later added, “I think that the American people also would like to see some restoration of decency to this process. And when you start attacking family members, there’s a lack of decency there.”
The only ones engaged in distraction are the Obamas when they pout about being held to account for her statements and how they reflect his own ideological underpinnings. The Macho Man act is a poor smokescreen.
If the Missus cannot take the heat, keep her away from the microphone.
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Rick Moran: More whining.
Ed Morrissey: Toughen up, buttercup.
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22. We can’t mention he looks a little like Curious George.
Michele Obama goes out on the campaign trail for her husband. She utilizes her free speech right to criticize and spew hatred towards America - calling it “a downright mean country.” Yet, when others utilize their free speech rights to criticize her comments, Namby Pamby Barrack lectures us that his wife is “off limits.”
Yep… the liberal dictatorial attitude with Marxist SPIN at it’s best!
Michelle,
This will probably get lost in the 300 or so comments here, but here goes.
Somebody needs to point out that the left has a twisted idea of freedom of speech. They believe they should be allowed to speak their minds about any issue they feel passionate about, but without consequences. Freedom of speech to them means “We are free to speak and you better shut up and listen.” Opposing opinions are not allowed. They are instead labeled as bigotry and censorship, and a great deal of effort is made to silence them.
LOL…indeed. Disagree with me and I will blow you up!!
Yup. Some of the anti-war left will talk about an atmosphere of stifling of dissent of the war. No one is stifling dissent. It’s just that not everyone agrees with the anti-war left, and they think that’s “stifling dissent”. Comical.
If Obamessiah (PBUH) gets so upset when a fellow American disagrees with him or his wife, what chance does he have against all the whackjob dictators around the world. Maybe he’ll do ok as long as they don’t hurt his feelings. But don’t do that. That’s not acceptable.
Can we mention their AFFIRMATIVE ACTION educational oppurtunities??
Please?
Well sweetie.
Since whan does a candidate decide who is off limit and who is not?
Ever heard the phrase, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen?’
Everything should be on the table: his associations with unsavory elements of our society, his lack of experience, his courageous “Present” non-votes on many lagislations in Illinois State legislature as well as US Senate, His wife’s observations,….
To be fair, McCain and his wife must be fully scrutinized too.
After all, these guys want to be the President of the most powerful nation on earth, and not some community organisation.
Over 300 posts, h ere, sorry, I haven’t read them all , yet - HAS ANYONE ELSE SEEN THE LATEST CARLOS MENCIA ROUTINES ON COMEDY CENTRAL?
I saw them last night.
He has some comments about Obama and the Mrs - and the RACE CARDS.
It is HOT STUFF! Carlos nails the race and Bigotry stuff pretty well most of the time, and he did a great job on the Candidates, too!
It sure helps me to have someone put it in basic terms that helps me laugh about it - and Carlos does THAT!
There is only one thing you can say about OBAMA - THANK GOD he isn’t EFFECTIVE in ACCOMPLISHING the DIM SOCIALIST AGENDA LIKE JOHN McCAIN IS.
WOULD TO GOD that JOHN McCAIN WERE NEARLY AS INEFFECTIVE, TOO!
WOULD TO GOD that Angels in Heaven would stop the McCAIN TRAIN in its TRACKS immediately.
I HEAR THERE ARE WINDS OF CHANGE BLOWING THROUGH THIS LAND!
2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
MAY THEY STOP ALL THE RINOS AND JOHN McCAIN AND THE RECONQUISTAS IN HIS ORGANIZATION in their tracks!
AMEN!
Vatodio, while I agree with you for the most part, I must point out a HUGE DISTINCTION.
Michelle Obama is out on the campaign stump, giving speeches and expressing the viewpoints of her husbands campaign.
She is REPRESENTING Mr.Obama explicitly and is doing so FOR HIS CAMPAIGN.
In doing so, she has become part of the campaign and her words, opinions and rhetoric are part of the campaign and discourse. As such, her words, opinions, and attitudes are subject to scrutiny. That is a choice that she and the Obama campaign made. She has POLITICIZED herself. Her words and obvious GAFFES are PART AND PARCEL of OBAMA’S campaign. She was speaking on his behalf.
If you are suggesting that both Mrs.McCain and Mrs.Obama should be scrutinized without reference to their relevance to the prospective campaigns, then I disagree.
This isn’t a personal attack. Michelle Obama is speaking as PART of the campaign, and as such, she has injected herself into the campaign. Mrs. McCain should be scrutinized if and when she injects herself into the discourse.
Well, Let me start by saying one positive thing was he wrote a law in Illinois to require the videotaping of interrogations. Passed the IL Senate 35-0. This was good because it protected the rights of the accused. I know its a hard thing to swallow now.
Another item on the list is he played a major role in the first ethics law in the state in 25 years.
The Lugar-Obama Act on keeping weapons out of terrorist hands, particulary nuclear arms from old soviet stockpiles.
Getting rid of no-contract bids with regards to FEMA.
Work on a public database of all federal spending and contracts.
Work on the Lane Evans Health Care Benefits Improvement Act for Veterans healthcare when returning and on duty in the war of terror. Yea. All that.
Obama wants to end secret ballots in union voting. Wonder if he harbors greater ambitions regarding the demise of the secret ballot?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356643,00.html
He sure is trying. Not seeing McCain on there though.
It is my hope, Mr.Iwannabepotus
HussienObama, Sir, that I, being just a crazyowhitegranma may, ask you a question about your policy of change, Sir? Will this change be simply a name, address, or wardrobe change for yourself and maybe for Mrs. Michelle iwannabeflotus Obama? oops! please .. hopefully no offense taken..Sir…or do WE have to change our names, addresses or wardrobes? Hope not… Hope not.. Assuming it is you that is going to change…may I be so bold as to ask…what you might change into? Sir? OK. Just asking…cause I get really, really warm in those pretty black robes with scarves and muzzles and everything…hope I’m older…but IF we have to change.. hopefully I may be excused? Sir? Hope so. Hope so.So… all we are allowed to speak of is change for change sake…or hope for hope’s sake? Ain’t that somethin! I hope to change into a rabbit!
What it does, is it establishes the Union without a secret ballot supervised by the National Labor Relations Board. If a majority of workers in the group sign, then the NLRB recognizes them as a Union and the employer has to negotiate a contract. The usual time between secret ballots and recogniztion of the union is 6 weeks. 6 weeks of hell for the employees and mass firings. I would love to see a Unionized Wal-Mart. How about you?
MM, my post was deleted because?
That cost me a mouthful of some very fine homemade chai, LOL!
You have just printed the liberal Democrat manifesto! Do you have their playbook by any chance?
Isn’t it interesting that they are the ones always squealing the loudest about “censorship” and the First Amendment etc., yet examples like this, and political correctness, show them to be the biggest transgressors of the First Amendment.
Rush is right: Dems always accuse others of what they are most guilty of doing.
Nope. Union corruption is worse than WalMart.
atheling & Silkyinfamous ..I’m sorry…jeeez..I thought I was on a conservative website…must haveclicked the wrong url…hmmm…sounds like the Marxists are alive and well Michelle! See ya!
I love a non-unionized Wal-Mart.
Only a LIBTARD needs someone ELSE to decide what his/her LIBTARD worth is.
Rodham isn’t a union member.
Jesus Obama isn’t.
John Edwards isn’t.
Ted Kennedy isn’t.
Yet their followers should be??
Collectivism. It’s called Socialism, or Marxism.
Get a clue ass-hats.
#22, #299…BHO DOES look like Curious George…I wish he WAS Curious George…and Michelle BO would probably be happier in BFE!
Afraid of a little argument?
Come on. Lets all get together and hold hands and sing happy peaceful songs.
Not being serious of course.
Being on a Conservative Website
you should have alot more ammo. Don’t give in or up on your ideals or you might be labeled a ___________.
reland1!! References about Michelle “the Mouth” Obama have been deemed….”bad references”.
She has become a Non-political factor.
Please refrain from using her name or face the consequences.
Thank you.
Signed.
Big Brutha.
You might just be onto someting.
“Oh Mr, B. Hussein Obama…your years of Islamic brainwa…er…education is showing!
I guess anything to deflect attention from the sorry administration we have now and McShamnesty is good (but I doubt it will hold for the next five months).
Wow!!! Impressive!!! Can’t wait to vote for Obama. I can live without foreign policy experience, government management/budget experience, business experience, military experience, negotiating experience etc.,
He was an absentee/”present” senator in Ill. And he has spent over half his time at a US Senator running for President.
He is one the most unqualified Presidential candidates in modern times. Frankly, I don’t want a virtual intern serving as my President.
As Harry S. Truman once said, ‘If you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen’.”
MUST WATCH…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVsXtuQg7tU&feature=related
You may not disagree with the O-BORG-ama.
Your only choice is assimilation.
WTF??? I think your reading comprehension leaves something to be desired.
You are absolutely right..I DID misinterpret what was written here last night … reread it today … please forgive the stoopid remark! You, too, Silkyinfamous.