As someone who is more conservative, I’m not an Obama voter. But I must say I’ve been mightily impressed with his ability to handle *most *of the stuff that comes his way. But in Tennessee, where some of the GOP have been using his wife’s remarks in an ad, he sounds like a jackass:
They should be “careful”?!? Because, shiver me timbers, you find it “unacceptable”?!? Oh, really? And if they’re not careful, then what? :dubious: What are you going to do, tough guy? You do realize that we have something called freedom of speech, right? You may want to look it up, seeing as you may be asked to swear an oath to protect that right. Now here’s a little advice for you Golden Boy, if you don’t want your wife to become an issue in your campaign, keep her off the stage and tell her to keep her ugly yap shut. Granted this might be difficult, as she is as drawn to the spotlight as a mosquito. But don’t don’t be surprised when you hear ZZZAP!
I love Obama, and his wife. But I agree that fair criticism of Michelle is fair game. She speaks at rallies during the campaign. He’s just trying to get public opinion on his side to blunt these attacks. I’d prefer he didn’t bother.
God, I swear these parties have completely switched roles. Now the bumbling Republicans can’t do a damn thing right. Yeah, go ahead, Pubbies. Attack the lady. Run smear ads. Lose another 20 Congressional seats and the presidency. Enjoy.
What he’s not going to do is launch a pathetic smear campaign that latches onto a single statement to “prove” someone isn’t patriotic enough to be the wife of the president.
Maybe the pubbies should bring up an issue that is relevant to the way Obama would run the office, like his choice of lapel pin.
I would imagine he differentiates between discussing and attacking.
We will have to see what happens. Has there been any discussions/attacks that provoked this? So we can have a bit of context or was this just a initial shot across the bow so to speak.
How is this a smear ad? If someone can be “smeared” by just using their very own words against them, are those words magically off limits? Why? And if you’re answer is that she explained herself afterwards, I find her explanation as believable as Obama’s claim that he never heard such incendiary remarks from his spiritual mentor over 20 years. And, IMO, going after her will not hurt the republicans in the least. It appears she’s been on a shorter leash lately. I think the campaign realizes that outside the Obama lovers, she’s a negative. I personally think she detracts from his appeal greatly. For me, anyway. The actual mistakes the republicans have made are much larger than this.
That’s the fucking point, genius! That’s why he looks like an ass. He uses the language of a threat to stop them from saying shit when he can’t do shit about it. Why? Because it’s protected speech. I never criticized him for not being able to express a particular view, just that the view he expressed was assholish, dumb, and ignorant. You know, much like yours.
I imagine he probably could do something about it, were he to be elected. “No exclusives for you, i’m afraid, and - what a shame - there wasn’t room on Air Force One to bring you guys over to my latest publicity stunt/dipolomacy either”. He can’t do jack shit to stop them having protected speech (at least nothing that would be accepted), but he could have the muscle to make them not want to.
From what I’ve seen of Michelle Obama, I wouldn’t assume that Barack was implying that he was the one they need to be wary of.
Seriously, is this the worst thing you can say about BHO – that he sticks up for his wife? I’ll tell you what, I’ll take the guy who stands up for his wife over the guy who calls his wife a “cunt” in public anyday.
I have to say that the only people who’ll get really pissed off about this are people that aren’t going to matter when it comes to putting Obama into the White House.
It’s a minor point to say the least. Actually I’d imagine McCain would/will do the same when his missus starts getting attacked.
Hasn’t that started BTW to some degree? Stock sales and no tax returns etc.
