The Seattle Times report on Michelle Obama's campaign event in Bellevue today quotes Mrs. Obama's anecdote of her initial reaction upon meeting her husband:
At first, she admitted, she thought "he must be weird" -- in part because he was biracial and grew up in Hawaii.Imagine how this would be playing out if any other candidate's wife said such a thing. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at July 17, 2008 04:21 PM | Email This
"My wife can make all the speeches she wants on my and her behalf and you can't comment on it since she is off-limits and non-political. It is you right-wingers that demonize my lovely, caring wife who loves America. It wasn't the Clinton campaign; it was you guys."
Weird is right; Michelle, you nailed it.
Posted by: swatter on July 17, 2008 04:34 PMThe left uses race as a wedge issue, and we will have a hard time making further progress towards MLK's dream as long as that is the case.
Posted by: russell garrard on July 17, 2008 05:52 PMPfft. The fact that you're spouting off that this is a "wedge issue" means that you don't have the slightest notion of why race is an issue.
Posted by: demo kid on July 17, 2008 06:36 PMBlech... cookie tossing fodder.
Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on July 17, 2008 07:19 PMThat, of course, must make it perfectly OK.
Posted by: hinton on July 17, 2008 11:10 PM...it's an issue now only because the Chitown @$$clown (who claimed previously to be a post-racial candidate) is making it an issue by "predicting" GOP scare tactics in the upcoming election even though no such messages have emerged 3-1/2 months from election day. He brings up the race issue in a stump speech and then sends his bobblehead surrogates on TV to somehow give the impression that this is the 'topic' due to GOP attacks....then he disingenuously emerges from the shadows spewing "We need to move beyond race" in this election. Sociopathic behavior if I ever saw it.
This fool speaks of "Hope and change" yet came out of the same old Chicago-style political machine that has existed in that city for at least a half century, and one with more than its share of corruption during that period. This snake oil salesman isn't selling me on his rhetoric, and I hope the American electorate isn't sold on him in November when it's time to decide the CEO for the country. Needless to say, our forefather's are probably rolling over in their graves.
Posted by: Rick D. on July 18, 2008 06:38 AMWe know why race is an issue....the Dems cannot lead on their socialist views/policies, so they look to pit folks against each other. If Obamasiah was about change he'd not be using the tired Dem plan of "Your a victim because of X group".
Posted by: Dengle on July 18, 2008 09:02 AM