Jack & Jill Politics

Barack and Michelle will be on the Cover of US Magazine – next week.

Fox News Smears Michelle Obama as “The Angry Black Woman”

Michelle brush ya shoulders off. They are going to come after ya hard but we got your back regardless!

Senator Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, a close ally of the Obama campaign, says Mrs. Obama must stop sounding like a lawyer trying to win an argument. The trick, she said, is “not pushing so hard to persuade people that Barack is the right one.”
“All she has to do is be likable,” Mrs. McCaskill said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/us/politics/18michelle.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss

This is a great picture of her, she looks happy. I hope she doesn’t get too down about all the crap.

Yes TruthSeeker, I agree. This article made me cry. I feel so sad for Michelle who seems in danger of losing her spirit because some cannot accept her the way she is.

I was particularly distressed by the above quote “all she has to do is be likeable”. The unspoken assumption being that Michelle has to change to be liked or acceptable.

I hope MIchelle doesn’t allow herself to become “Stepfordized”. What a terrible position to be in. One must wonder if patriotism for ones country or love for ones spouse requires such sacrifice.

She will simlpy have to shed the matter-of-factly southsideness from her attitude and demeanor. As much as we like the truth straight up and with emphasis, the rest of the world deals in polite evasions of the truth being told, especially when it’s not their reality and they also tend to view the world through a different lens.

It’s sad that Michelle has to have a fullblown staff for her “image”. But I guess you gotta do what you gotta do. The GOP is so desperate. They can’t seem to find anything to attack Obama on, so they attack the people next to him. I wonder if they’ll do the kids next.

They used the same pictures from that Ebony shoot. Should’ve used a better picture. Like that one where Barack is whispering in her ear. IMO that would probably solve the problems right there. Although maybe it’s too much for the cover.

Karmi- what are you talking about? She grew up with different circumstances and so she expresses her views in a different way. I don’t think there’s a problem and since she’s not running for a policy position who cares?

Why should she change? I say be yourself Michelle. The majority of Americans will appreciate that.

Leneypoo,

If they (the Obama campaign) are doing a makeover of Michelle’s image, then apparently they see a problem. She’s out giving speeches for the campaign…so, what she says counts, even if she isn’t running for office or a “policy position”.

Basically, my point was – why try to hide what she really thinks? I think many Americans were surprised by what Rev. Wright taught through TUCC, i.e. the Black Liberation Theology. Michelle has clearly been influenced by such racist teachings. Barack lies about its influence on him.

I blame a lot of this on the Democratic Party’s agenda of pushing divisive and “Identity” politics. They have promoted hatred for decades…hatred of the “RICH”…hatred of “B-I-G Corporations”…hatred of Capitalism, etc. Black Liberation Theology is apparently an offshoot of the Democrat’s promotion of hatred. “There will be no peace in America until whites begin to hate their whiteness, asking from the depths of their being: ‘How can we become black?’” – Rev. Wright

Living in the past isn’t good for one’s own peace…