Do They Really Want To Play The Mi-chelle Game?

"Obama's Baby Mama?" The pound she shared with her husband that was really a "terrorist fist jab?" When she thinks nobody's listening she loves to use the pejorative "whitey?" C'mon, do the Reactionary Regressives really want to shape the campaign on demonizing Barack Obama's wife Michelle?

They might as well take out a full page ad in the Weekly Standard announcing: EEH, WE GOT NOTHING

First off, demonizing the potential first lady; didn't they try that with Hillary Clinton? All that got them was eight years of Bill in the White House, and eventually Mrs. C as Senator from New York. Seriously, before the far Right Retro Guard gets too far down that road they might want to move on to Plan D.

Does the Right really want to go after a politician's wife? Remember what Dick Nixon was able to do with Pat's cloth coat. Stand back from the pillar of fire that's gonna rain from on high when Barack unleashes all his oratorical powers and smites the transgressors who dare...transgress the sanctity of his marriage.

Short of that, stand back when Michelle does Oprah and they get to crying and all the soccer moms recall repressed gender memories of how much they can't stand woman-bashing.

But to bring it all back home: Obama's Baby Mama? Somewhere, even Don Imus is shaking his head in disgust. Did no one at that Fox Chyron department know how to spell "Negress?" And I want to be very careful here not to denigrate "baby mamas." I'm not getting bent over how other people form their relationships. But what galls is the idea that to them -- to them -- married, single, with children or without all back women are the same and good for one thing: no more consideration than black women have gotten from Tom Jefferson through Strom Thurmond and right up to the aforementioned Imus.

And you think the Right would have learned something from the Imus affair. You think they would have learned what it looks like when the wagons circle and indignation -- be it righteous or faux pious -- rises up.

Clearly they have not.

So, keep on, I say, playing your Mi-chelle game. Keep on demonstrating that you've got nothing to say about the economy or the dollar or an energy policy. Health care or immigration. The war, National Security. Keep on putting into full effect that you are bereft of any idea that is any deeper than flicking a finger at a man's Mrs.

Comments

[Auspicious8]

Thanks John. Although I think Camp Obama should continue focusing on the issues as they already started....I believe that if a nasty the Repubs are calling for, war is what it will be, we can't just sit, watch, and listen while those regressits start putting planting seeds of ignorance about two wonderful people, especially his wife.

Cindy McCain should be fair game...By the way, if McCain is such a honest, straight shooter, why is he hiding his black daughter. She is old enough to be campaigning with her parents...That is suspect!Maybe he does not want to revive the insults some games played by his own party on him....

I almost puked last night during the Dan Abrams show on MSNBC when the idiot of Pat Buchana with his denigrating approach called Barack "Exotic"...as in "Too blacK"...Why is this old racist still on MSBC? Who has the dirt on him? or his wife? Everyoen's wife should be fair game as he loves to say.

[SanityClaus]

McC's adopted daughter is from Bangladesh, not Africa.

We caught a brief glimpse of her climbing stairs with her mom in the video of the recent gathering of VP candidates in AZ.

The reason they're keeping her under wraps is that she's overweight. Miss Size 0 probably thinks she's protecting her from ridicule, which is probably true.

[bhenry112]

"When Barack unleashes his oratorical powers and smites the transgressors"... I Love It. He can do it, too! This year will NOT be 2004 all over again!

[4wehttam]

Thanks for this article Mr. Ridley. I doubt very much that the RIGHT gives a crap because those spewing lies, innuendo and hate don't really have a conscious.

I'm hoping that THIS TIME, THIS YEAR, THIS ELECTION CYCLE, Americans don't let these hatemongers dictate the show. I'm hopeful that this time around, decent Americans will COLLECTIVELY fight against intolerance, ignorance and hate. I've very very hopeful and INSPIRED.

[veteran1964]

AND, you know what disgusts me? Millions of these Republican voters believe this bull CHIT. I am sickened by the rhetoric, but more sickened by the people that stand up and vote for this racist attitude and dialog that the Republican party spews out. People need to stand up and slap a few smiles off of these arrogant idiots. What in the hell has happened to America with these people? Has the almighty dollar bill just got them going crazy? The Republicans borrow all their money to pay bills. They use peter to pay paul...They want to cut more taxes and take away medicaid, medicare and privatize social security. Show me one 16-25 year old that will get their paycheck and invest a portion in this stock market for their retirement.....This is a sickening moment in American History and the hate mongering that is going on needs to be addressed BY THE PEOPLE, because the news media repeats it for ratings.....

[robXdion]

John, you're defending Obama and his wife, again? Who woke you from this coma? Are you beginning to see the underlying innate race-baiting of the Republicans? Maybe you should become an Independent so you wouldn't have to be seen defending the Repugs policies too. We know you're father taught you to be conservative, but Repugs are morally ridiculous in some aspects.

[ClassyT]

What?

I think this is called freedom of speech. It's about time someone had the guts to stand up for what is right.

[crablover]

Freedom of speech is not a license to insight.