filed under Election 2008 | Women
don’t do it Michelle
7:20PM ON
06/18/2008
BY
Beth Comery
Okay, complete disclosure… I’m crazy about this woman. She’s just so brainy and cool and I can’t wait to have sophisticated, smart people in the White House. Sounds good to me — but no. The New York Times reports that the consultants and spin-meisters have been called in to ‘fix’ her.
Now her husband’s presidential campaign is giving her image a subtle makeover, with a new speech in the works to emphasize her humble roots and a tough new chief of staff. On Wednesday, Mrs. Obama will do a guest turn on “The View,” the daytime talk show on ABC, with an eye toward softening her reputation.
This woman went to Princeton and Harvard Law, and ran with the big boys as a corporate lawyer in Chicago. Nope, can’t have that… we must make her go all soft and squishy and insipid. Come on! She’s got a good mind, leave her alone and let her speak it. Conservative bloviators got their knickers in a twist over some remarks she made about being proud of her country for the first time. (After the last eight years it is hard to remember feeling that way.) You’d have thought she had killed somebody (see:Laura Bush).
Please Michelle, fire these people. You didn’t get this far with consultants and focus groups. Just be yourself. And no cookie recipes.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:05PM
Roberts Says:
I don’t know much about Michelle, and I don’t really like Obama, but this is just sad.
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June 18th, 2008 at 8:53PM
PING Says:
Who is running for President Obama or his wife and who cares, they will not make it..
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June 18th, 2008 at 11:06PM
Jessica Says:
Advice to PING - Proper punctuation makes a comment easier to understand.
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June 19th, 2008 at 6:21AM
JOE BERNSTEIN Says:
Michelle ought to speak her mind.She obviously has a better education than her advisors.If she does say what sh’e thinking I suspect it won’t help get Obama elected.Didn’t she get him to join that church where Wright preaches ?He’s not a make-believe issue.
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