Michelle Obama is afraid of…South Carolina?
First, the White House goes to war with Fox News.
Now, if Democrat Rep. James Clyburn is to be believed, it looks like the First Lady is spoiling for a tiff with the state of South Carolina.
Is there anyone Team Obama isn’t willing to alienate these days?
Via the SC Post and Courier:
U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said Friday that a conversation with White House staff left him with the sense that a hostile environment in South Carolina is keeping the first lady from visiting.
The high-ranking South Carolina Democrat said he has received more than 100 invitations for Michelle Obama. But this summer when he brought one of those requests to her staff on behalf of his alma mater, South Carolina State University, Clyburn said her security was an issue.
The conversation came after former Richland County GOP activist Rusty DePass suggested on Facebook in June that an escaped zoo gorilla was not harmful because it was probably one of Mrs. Obama’s ancestors. DePass’ comment was coupled with a remark in July from U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, a Republican. DeMint said that beating the president’s health care plan would be a ‘Waterloo’ moment for Obama.
Congressman Joe Wilson’s ‘You lie!’ outburst during Obama’s joint address on health care reform last month didn’t help either, Clyburn said.
‘A lot of it has to do with the fact that the climate in South Carolina just is not good, and that’s a shame,’ Clyburn said at a roundtable discussion at his Columbia office.
‘I do believe it is keeping her away from this state,’ he said.
Hat tip: Jenn Q. Public, who calls out the Democrats for smearing with a broad brush:
Yes, a moronic South Carolina GOP grunt wrote something shameful about the first lady and a couple of politicians made bold statements about the president and his policies. How do those comments indicate a statewide climate hostile enough to jeopardize Mrs. Obama’s security?
Simple answer: they don’t.
The White House isn’t keeping Michelle Obama out of South Carolina to protect her from assassins in white hoods. South Carolina is being kept off her itinerary to send a message: embarrassing the president will not be tolerated. (Are you listening Joe Wilson?) Dissent will be contorted into proof that racist backwater bumpkins in the south are undermining Obama’s presidency and endangering the very life of the first lady with their dangerous coded rhetoric.
Who cares about smearing the people of South Carolina? After all, it’s just a red state.
If this tactic of criminalizing dissent seems familiar, it should be.
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The POTUS and FLOTUS should represent all the people of the USA, not just their close supporters. The great uniters, yeah, as long you agree with them.
Okay, so Michelle O isn’t going to South Carolina? That makes South Carolina the envy of the other 56 states!
What can I do to get her to hate Arizona; I would love to know mz. barry hussein or her hubby does not want to ever visit again.
She won’t come to South Carolina because there’s no $1,000 sneakers here.
We call ‘em “tennis shoes”.
And two things we don’t do is we don’t pay $1,000 for tennis shoes and we don’t kiss the rear-end of some crybaby who pays $1,000 for tennis shoes.
Not having Michelle Obama visit your state could be a positive thing.
BUT………….he won!
Here in Hawaii, we have to put up with the Obamas everytime he gets a hankering for “shave ice” or “kalua pork.”
I don’t remember them coming to Texas either! Here they would have a reason to be scared.
You know what? These people (the Obamas) make me sick.
There. I said it.
We wouldn’t be hostile.
But I don’t want her setting foot in West Virginia either. We’re too good for her.
Without South Carolina, Obama would not be president now. Remember. . . Jesse Jackson won the SC primary too.
It’s not that she’s scared of SC. . . it’s that she’s TOO GOOD for SC (in her own mind). SC is a very poor state for the most part. She’s high class from the big city of Chicago. She wouldn’t soil herself by going to the dirty dirty South that was instrumental in allowing her to be where she is today.
Gee…if that’s all it takes to keep her wretched ass out of my state, I’m opening a Facebook account right now.
She’s probably afraid she’ll run into a member of the “Redneckus Americanus” tribe.
Win a contest and get a visit from the FLOTUS. Come in second and get 2 visits from the FLOTUS.
Don’t get me wrong… I loved South Carolina when I visited there. Stayed on Hilton Head Island, spent some time in Charleston. Lovely place.
Ummmm, do they have Whole Foods there? That could be all you are missing.
Ahh, the perfume of the pulp mill in North Charleston; the green pond scum in Goose Creek; the mustard in the barbecue sauce…….
Always remember that the Obamas are interested in power only. Each step and each trip is calculated to enhance that power. South Carolina is not worth anything to them at this time. They must keep visiting their power bases to keep the “useful idiots” working on their behalf.
Maybe she is afraid of the kudzu.
What can we do to keep her and her hubby out of Illinois?
What else can we say to make sure they both stay away?
That’s grounds for being scary? Because Joe Wilson shouted (rightfully) YOU LIE!
Now I can only imagine what GW Bush felt with all those REAL nuts.
Maybe turn Cook County into the nation’s 58th state or whatever the number of states of Duh One are up to now?
Michelle Obama must’ve majored in Victimology and not Sociology at Princeton.
Get some thick skin already. And please, do get over yourselves.
Pathetic.
Mustard is also a common ingredient in baked beans, pork and beans and many other dishes too.
Granted, the pulp mill and green scum may be an issue but don’t mess with my … oh wait … I do not seem to have any Grey Poupon … don’t touch my old yellow mustard!
Maybe they will not visit because there will be no Black SUV rolling along side them to pass the grey poupon?
WarTip: Don’t forget the arugula too.
It seems the FLOTUS reads Michelle Malkin’s website. Almost make you feel sorry for His Lordship.
I think Rep. Clyburn is slandering the Secret Service. If he thinks they can’t protect the First Lady in South Carolina, does he think they can do a better job on the South Side of Chicago? Or in Russia? How about Oslo, Norway?
Well, does she or doesn’t she believe in evolution? If she goes on record, I want to know.
The Obamas aren’t interested in visiting “red” states. Their travels thus far have been overwhelmingly to deep blue states, when they aren’t overseas visiting deep blue countries.
She honors my beloved home state more by staying away than she ever could by coming here.
I don’t care if I’m supposedly represented by a visit from those elected, I’m MUCH more interested in being represented by my views being presented and/or using “greater information” to make decisions on what is best for USA.
On that score, the Obamas and the vast majority of those in government (at any level) are failures.
That’s all it takes to keep them out of our hair? I’m logging in to Facebook right now, somebody alert the WH. Maybe if the other states would do the same thing it will keep the Obama’s in Washington and off the campaign trail and maybe he can figure out the job that he was elected to.
Ahh who am I kidding. They will just take more taxpayer funded vacations to Europe to meet their adoring masses.
You’d think that a president who claims to admire Lincoln would be aware of the repercussions off pissing of South Carolina.
Indeed!
Now if we can just get Clyburn and Graham to leave, we’d be in good shape!
I’d be more afraid of going to Chicago.
Gee, is that all it takes!?!?
Michelle Obama! This Okie says, “You Lie!”
Remember now, that’s Oklahoma! The 46th state, not the 57th!
Being a Sandlapper, this pleases me immensely. She can stay away for all that I care. I can’t believe that woman is in the White House.
I beleive that there is more to this than just the Obama’s wanting to make a point. Obama has never stopped campaigning and this AP article has some insight as to why Michelle O wont be going to South Carolina:
Run away! Run away! That’ll build your character, Michelle.
I am sure South Carolinians weep over the news. Perhaps she will stay north of the Mason-Dixon line for another three years.
Maybe SC is on to something. I don’t recall either the Zero or the First Phony ever coming here to Texas, and we don’t seem to be any worse-off as a result. In fact, I Hope that doesn’t Change.
Good Riddance!
We like our air free of the stench of condescension and derision. The mirror is the place for you MO.
Urban Spaceman: Grow some kudzu?
Keeping shouting out “You Lie!” that seems to work.
The doll of the First Beast sells for about $13. It’s worth more than the real thing, in my opinion.
You beat me to it!
Kudos!
I was gonna ask, What’s the bad news for SC?!
Wooohooo! My home state is way too good for that wench to visit. We are a good people in SC, and we don’t take kindly to uppity city folks scouring down their noses at us.
It is raining in SC today, but it’s just rain.
and this condemnation from a chicagoan! that is really rich.
‘Bold’? How about ‘truthful’? And since when did telling the truth become political? Oh….yeah, well, there is that.
So much for “Post-Racial” politics.. I think an atmosphere of division has multiplied since the swearing in of this President.
I’d say she wasn’t welcome in Massachusetts too, but the adoring masses of moonbats would throw me out before not welcoming her.
Sigh, it’s tough being a conservative in Mass.
Yes, because Chicago is so much safer.
Dear Thacker Agency,
SC is not a poor state. We are very rich, conservative, patriotic and have alot of common sense. You need to check your facts before spouting out. SC has the best cost of living in the entire USA. Oops I shouldn’t have said that. We have plenty of ammo and guns and rednecks who shout out “You Lie” Most of the state is conservatives who left the north, We call them damn yankees. Our Governer can stand side by side with any democrat you put up against him. I don’t know where you get your facts but SC was a big McCain state. Obama lost his ass here and we will pay for that in time.
The first lady being reluctant to visit a state = criminalization?
And that state that a) flies the confederate flag at the state house, b) elected unrepentant segregationist Strom Thurmond for longer than the reign of the Roman Empire, c) still has cretins like Joe Wilson who defended the legacy of Thurmond and of the confederacy, and d) has political operatives exposed as racists on a regular basis = dissent?
Please.
I love SC by the way, but from a political perspective, I could not be more repelled by it.
PLEASE! KEEP MICHELLE OBAMA OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA! WE DON’T NEED HER HERE! WE DON’T WANT HER HERE!
In fact, we don’t even want Jim Clyburn here! We don’t want Lindsey Graham here either. Why not ship all these thugs to Paraguay where Michelle O. can play with them all day?
Nonetheless, Hangfire, I did enjoy my visit to SC.
I only have two problems with SC.
1. Personal income tax.
2. CCW reciprocity with Florida.
Neither of those prevent me from visiting. Oddly enough, I don’t think they’re preventing the Obamas from visiting either.
Remember, it’s permanent campaign mode with this bunch.
So what?
The Roman Empire was around for more than 800 years. I know you’re trying to be cute.
Southerners are not ashamed of the Confederacy. We are quite proud of our rebellion against having a bunch of rich Yankees telling us how to behave. The rebellion was not over slavery, sorry. You claim to be a Southerner, you should get out of the house more.
Like who? I can point to racist Democrats easily, like Byrd who has been in the Senate longer than Thurmond.
If Chewy doesn’t want to come visit us in SC that’s fine with me.
Frankly, I wish the Housseins would stay out of DC too.
Not Ready for Prime Time…it’s called Class. The First Lady is supposed to represent the Country, not just the Chicago Way.
C’mon folks… give ‘chelle a break… She’s worried that Mark Sanford might come calling…
Don’t play dumb. Both Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens acknowledged as much before backtracking later on. See, for example, Stephens’s Cornerstone Speech (”The new constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution African slavery as it exists amongst us the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution.“)
Like who? Like those linked in my post. Y’all love that Robert Byrd was a bigot for much of his life, but cannot quite come to grips with the fact that he has pulled a complete 180 during his last 25 years in office.
Obama is doing a fine job of undermining his own presidency. He needs no assistance from hooded GOP bumpkins. The wheelis of this little Marxist engine are slowly grinding to a halt.
Now if we can get ficticious, dead, illegal and illiterate people out of the voting booths we will be on our way to a free republic.
Red State Screwball: Oh, really? Are we to believe he had a “road to Damascus” moment?
I believe it was more of a “need to get re-elected moment!”
You think getting a 100% rating from the NAACP is necessary to get re-elected in West Virginia?
So, when you’re done slamming the people of South Carolina and West Virginia, who’s next?
Hey Obama, I am from Tennessee and I think that your wife has a gigantic booty and your ears make you look like Mickey Mouse. Does this mean you are not coming to Tennessee?
Cool.
The slavery question was the vexed one which troubled the relations of the army and the people in all the border States. My own position was that of the party which had elected Mr. Lincoln. We disclaimed any purpose of meddling with the institution in the States which remained loyal to the Union, whilst we held it to be within the war powers of the government to abolish it in the rebellious States. We also took satisfaction in enforcing the law which freed the “contrabands” who were employed by their masters in any service within the Confederate armies. These principles were generally understood and acquiesced in by the West Virginians; but it was impossible to come to any agreement in regard to fugitive slaves who took refuge in our camps. The soldiers and many of the officers would encourage the negroes to assert their freedom, and would resist attempts to recapture them. The owners, if Union men, would insist that the fugitives should be apprehended and restored to them by military authority.
Major General JD Cox
US Army
No matter what your personal opinions may be, the facts remain evident that slavery was not ended in the North (who was ostensibly fighting a war “only” or “primarily” to end slavery?) until nearly two full years had elapsed since the final and finally legal emancipation of the slaves in the South and was not fully ended until finally, in January of 1865, a constitutional amendment was passed making the abolishment of slavery complete … in the North where it had continued unabated throughout the war years.
South Carolina is a beautiful, friendly state and doesn’t deserve to have Ms. Obeyme within its borders. South Carolinians should consider themselves blessed!