Now campaign statements are off the table, too?
posted at 8:40 am on May 19, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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The whininess quotient of the Barack Obama campaign increased this morning with an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America. In an interview with Robin Roberts, Obama complained about criticism of his wife in a Republican political ad, proclaiming it “unacceptable” and “low class”. Obama, however, failed to explain why statements made in political speeches at campaign events should be off-limits to criticism:
In a preview of what the couple may face in the fall, the Tennessee Republican Party unveiled a four-minute online video Thursday, coinciding with Michelle Obama’s visit to the state for a Democratic Party event. The ad mocked her “proud” remarks from earlier in the year.
The video featured Tennesseans saying why they were proud of America, while repeatedly cutting to Michelle Obama’s comments that she was proud of America “for the first time in my adult life.”
For Barack Obama, the advertisements went too far.
“If they think that they’re going to try to make Michelle an issue in this campaign, they should be careful, because that I find unacceptable — the notion that you start attacking my wife or my family,” he said.
“For them to try to distort or to play snippets of her remarks in ways that are unflattering to her I think is just low class and I think they — most of the American people would think that as well,” he said. “I would never think of going after somebody’s spouse in a campaign.”
The ad featured a number of Tennessee voters talking about the pride they took in their country interspersed with Michelle Obama’s statement that her husband’s campaign made her proud of her country for the first time in her adult life. She made this statement at an Obama campaign rally in Madison, Wisconsin. This was part of Obama’s public campaign to win votes, and it was an appeal for votes specifically on the basis of her sense of disappointment and frustration with America until that point in time:
“What we have learned over this year is that hope is making a comeback. It is making a comeback. And let me tell you something — for the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment. I’ve seen people who are hungry to be unified around some basic common issues, and it’s made me proud.”
If Obama doesn’t want his wife to receive criticism, then he shouldn’t use her as a surrogate on the campaign trail. Whatever she says on the stump at campaign events is fair game for criticism, just as it has been with Bill Clinton. Obama’s camp has unloaded on the former President for statements he made about Hillary’s loss in South Carolina and several other incidents in which they believe Bill played the race card to explain Obama’s success. Bill’s not running for anything this year, but he has made himself a public figure in this primary race, and his statements are also legitimate targets for attack.
The whininess factor has become a real problem for Obama. Presumably, we’d like a President who doesn’t play a perpetual victim on the national stage. What happens when he has to tangle with Congress over policy, or more to the point, when he has to represent America on the world stage? If he can’t deal with legitimate political criticism now, what will we get for a response when Obama runs the federal government?
Toughen up, buttercup, and stop whining about criticism of speeches at political events. If you can’t handle that much, you have no business running for re-election to your current job, let alone for the presidency.
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Boo Friggin Hoo Obama
Wade on May 19, 2008 at 8:44 AM
Come on now, Ed. You must realize that it isn’t campaigning spouses who are off limits. You are simply not allowed to criticize or question The Obamassiah or His Blessed Wife. If you do, you are being divisive. Come January
when the reeducation camps are set upyou will understand that.rbj on May 19, 2008 at 8:48 AM
It’s an easy avenue for Obama to look tough but doesn’t require much in the way of actual fortitude. While it’s something that doesn’t stand even five minutes of scrutiny, it’s not like any of his base are going to bother. If they were inclined to spend five minutes scrutinizing him, they probably wouldn’t be in his congregation to begin with.
JohnTant on May 19, 2008 at 8:48 AM
“They should be careful“?
Why, what’s Barry going to do, roll on the floor, kick his feet real hard, and hold his breath?
profitsbeard on May 19, 2008 at 8:49 AM
In your ear Obama . . . the opposition will decide which of your wife’s Marxist antics to report, not you. Now, go play tough guy with somebody that give’s a rat’s backside.
rplat on May 19, 2008 at 8:51 AM
That sums it up well. He can’t have it both ways.
He’d probably be better off is she spoke in public less often, but I think she will keep on talking and get him in some more jams.
forest on May 19, 2008 at 8:52 AM
God help us if these two thin skinned and weasely crybabies get in the Whitehouse. Why does he even want to be president of such a mean-spirited country full of bitter, xenophobic, religious people clinging to guns anyway?
Lunkinator on May 19, 2008 at 8:52 AM
And Hillary whines that she isn’t getting fair treatment by the media. And McCain whines that people who disagree with him are out of touch with reality.
They are all whiners and, in their own eyes, above criticism.
BigD on May 19, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Let’s make a list of what Obama has proclaimed as “off the table”:
1. His wife and anything she says.
2. His admitting that he would negotiate with Iran with no preconditions.
3. Hamas’ approval of him
4. His middle name and the fact that he went to a madrassa when he was in Kenya
5. His reverend and his bigoted church
6. His domestic policies
7. His foreign policies
8. His suggestion of instant unconditional withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
9. His inexperience.
Am I missing anything?
mjk on May 19, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Obama is a prime example of the net results coming from the feminization of the American man…
Every time Michelle gives a speech, she represents her husbands message; this makes her words fair game, as it should be.
Keemo on May 19, 2008 at 8:54 AM
The point you make about Obama going after Clinton is insightful, Ed. I think it may further expose some sexism on Obama’s part. When he says “spouse”, I bet he was thinking only of women.
mikeyboss on May 19, 2008 at 8:57 AM
BigD on May 19, 2008 at 8:57 AM
Obama’s taking America’s sensitivity to racial issues and trying to expand in into a “No Fly Zone” for Republicans and the media on anything questionable he says or does. I don’t think it’s done much damage yet, but keep this up through November, and there’s a real possibility voters will experience “race card burnout”, in which they get tired of both the candidate declaring everything off-limits on racial and other grounds and worry about the prospect of going through four years of this, where anyone questioning the president’s words or deeds would have to then defend their racial tolerence.
jon1979 on May 19, 2008 at 8:59 AM
“Toughen up, buttercup”
If McCain says THAT to the Obamasiah during the debate, I might just vote for him.
Thanks for the laugh this fine morning.
Obama is such a
weinerwhiner.Janna on May 19, 2008 at 8:59 AM
At some point, do ANY of the networks (FOX excluded), ever get shamed into actually calling Buttercup on his incessant whining? Apparently, the only things you are allowed to say about Obama is that he is good looking and speaks well. But of course, you better be careful to say “he speaks well” because we all know that is racist speech. Actually, I think he READS well off of teleprompters… because when he actually has to come up with things on his own, his campaign ends up spending the next week telling us what he really meant to say and how racist we are for holding his words against him.
Hope and Change, man. Hope and Change.
Sugar Land on May 19, 2008 at 8:59 AM
This is so typical for Barry’s campaign.
1. Open mouth
2. Express true feelings
3. Insert foot
4. Come out with a statement to tell the “riff raff” what you meant (aka what will keep the rubes silent)
Exit thought: I was shocked that he didn’t pull out the race card during the interview. I guess that will be left to surrogate groups (MoveOn, People for the American Way, etc).
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 19, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Am I missing anything?
mjk on May 19, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Yes.
10. Anything and everything not listed in the first nine examples.
Obama never thought he would get this far in the process, he believed that he was just priming himself for the 2012 ticket, perhaps score a VP slot with Edwards or something. Then a funny thing (well not so funny); Hillary got trounced in the primaries and suddenly he was on the front page.
He still has the Chicago-style politico in him, telling people to shut their yaps or face the ‘machine’. Whatever Obie, this is the big leagues, get used to it or get out.
Bishop on May 19, 2008 at 9:04 AM
They’re trying to set the atmosphere for when the “Whitey” tapes are released.
Ain’t gonna work, Mr. Hope.
stenwin77 on May 19, 2008 at 9:06 AM
Awww, did wittle Bawwy woose his passy again?
The Tennessee Republican Party should send Barry a pacifier and a carton of Pampers.
Buy Danish on May 19, 2008 at 9:11 AM
Rumor has it that there’s a vid of Michelle railing against “whitey.” If this really exists, it’s just a distraction and only
Republicans and Hillary voterslow class people will want to discuss it.Akzed on May 19, 2008 at 9:14 AM
Darn it Cap…my computer ended up wearing coffee over that!
What a way to start a Monday morning!
LL
Lady Logician on May 19, 2008 at 9:18 AM
His relationships with domestic terrorists and folks who have close ties with Saddam Hussein.
Kafir on May 19, 2008 at 9:19 AM
Like you would know what “most of the American people would think”.
surrounded on May 19, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Ding Ding Ding! These are the comments that scare me to death. He makes comments like this a lot. I’m not scared of the man himself, but what will happen when he takes office. The socialist/communist? movement is building steam. Quotes like this make me think of knocks on the door in the middle of the night, ya know? Now I am taking it to the extreme of course but all it takes is a little at a time and since his minions turn a blind eye to everything he says and does I fear for my rights. I suggest you buy your guns now! Just sayin..
gator70 on May 19, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Hey !!
Y’all better watch out…
The O’man’s gettin’ all mad n’ sh!t.
franksalterego on May 19, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Ya know, some creative soul could probably make an excellent vid to the tune of the old song substituting “Toughen up, buttercup” for “build me up, buttercup.”
mikeyboss on May 19, 2008 at 9:24 AM
This guy will be a disaster.
ronsfi on May 19, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Obama seems to be a whiney sexist with silly threats for the GOP?
Let’s see if he is willing to have debates with McCain… without Pre-Conditions.
Life is So Grand!!©
Shivas Irons on May 19, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Precisely. In fact, I think he jumped the shark with this one.
You’re right. His “whininess” is starting to define him. Such awkward defensiveness about his wife suggests to me that he knows he’s vulnerable here. So I say, let’s apply more scrutiny, not less. With what we know about them, who knows what might pop up next.
petefrt on May 19, 2008 at 9:29 AM
Does quote from Booker T Washington apply?
Wade on May 19, 2008 at 9:36 AM
Michelle Obama is unacceptable and low class.
Connie on May 19, 2008 at 9:36 AM
It’s becoming clear that there’s nothing they do or say that Barack and Michelle Obama will take responsibility for.
So let’s get this straight: Michelle Obama is free to criticize America, and all of us. But it’s just not fair for us to criticize her in return for doing so, or for anything else.
Very sick of this already, and it’s only May.
Gilda on May 19, 2008 at 9:40 AM
Michelle Obama is even more a detriment to the Messiah’s campaign than Teres-ahh Heinz Kerry was to John’s. She is Obama’s vituperaptive mouthpiece asying things Obama won’t dare to say, telling Americans how “mean” we are. This woman obviously sucked up and breathes and speaks all of the Rev. Wrights anti-American hatred. Twenty years is a long time to marinate in that nastiness, and, whether Obamababy likes it or not, it shows and we have every right to comment and use what she says in this campaign. Who wants such a harpy as First Lady???
marybel on May 19, 2008 at 9:40 AM
This, or something along these lines, would explain his touchiness. He jumped the shark here with his hyper-defensiveness, and I’m certain the reason behind it is a perception of vulnerability.
petefrt on May 19, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Let’s make a list of what Obama has proclaimed as “off the table”:
1. His wife and anything she says.
2. His admitting that he would negotiate with Iran with no preconditions.
3. Hamas’ approval of him
4. His middle name and the fact that he went to a madrassa when he was in Kenya
5. His reverend and his bigoted church
6. His domestic policies
7. His foreign policies
8. His suggestion of instant unconditional withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
9. His inexperience.
Am I missing anything?
mjk on May 19, 2008 at 8:53 AM
That’s an awesome post.
I’d say you forgot mentioning anything that he MIGHT find offensive, not to his liking, maybe about him or maybe about Democrats. Talk about a thin skinned, insecure, Stalinist intolerant of a debate that he doesn’t have cue cards for and control of.
ikez78 on May 19, 2008 at 9:44 AM
Elite liberals, especially minorities, have benefited from political correctness gone mad, and are unaccustomed to any criticism. No one ever had the nerve to criticize them in the spheres they inhabit. I suppose it is a shock to them to discover that there is an opposition that is not guilty.
JiangxiDad on May 19, 2008 at 9:44 AM
You guys just wait. McCain, in the interests of playing fair and being a nice guy, will declare Michelle off limits eventually and will come down hard on anyone who opposes his idea of how to run a campaign, just like in NC. It’s only a matter of time. ;D
Vatican Watcher on May 19, 2008 at 9:45 AM
His ears.
Oink on May 19, 2008 at 9:47 AM
His giant ears! :D
ihasurnominashun on May 19, 2008 at 9:48 AM
GMTA
ihasurnominashun on May 19, 2008 at 9:48 AM
His EARS! We must not forget that he won’t allow us to talk about his EARS.
petefrt on May 19, 2008 at 9:48 AM
Here we go again. She makes stupid statements to media and on the stump and They both want to play the Victim Card.
No dice, Chump. I’m not buying it!
First Amendment Rights re: Freedom of the Press apply to You and your Racist America Hating Squeeze!
Maybe she should just keep her arrogant entitled a$$ at the house!
old trooper on May 19, 2008 at 9:50 AM
Ouch. I was ready to rip into this pansy and his “better be careful” threat - or what, Nancy Boy? - and then the girls started mocking him.
It really hurts when the girls are mocking you.
Jaibones on May 19, 2008 at 9:53 AM
I don’t want to go too far to the extreme. I expect an Obama presidency would be horribly destructive but not the end of the world.
However, this is a very interesting point. Barack Obama and the Democratic Party have already handed a huge amount of power to the odious Jeremiah Wright and I do not expect his silence until November to come cheap.
Wright could tank the whole Obama campaign with the release of statements, a book or videos, indicating Barack Obama’s agreement with his most inflammatory ideologies.
William Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Tony Rezko and other sleazy criminal actors have also been given some serious levers of power. If Obama takes office he might be the most corrupted and beholden president in modern history.
Gilda on May 19, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Bwhahahaha! That is a GREAT idea. The press coverage alone would be delicious.
Sen. Obambi: “We find all these cases of diapers and pacifiers to be politics as usual and a distraction from the important issues of the day.”
techno_barbarian on May 19, 2008 at 9:55 AM
Republicans are not exactly breaking new ground here. The callow, gravitas-deprived senator from Illinois might remember that his doofus colleague, John Kerry, tried to “out” the Cheyney’s daughter on ‘04.
whitetop on May 19, 2008 at 9:55 AM
Oops, my previous post was in response to
Gilda on May 19, 2008 at 9:55 AM
Great idea!
Paging MB4… white courtesy phone for Mr. MB4…
C’mon, MB, DO IT!
techno_barbarian on May 19, 2008 at 9:57 AM
The Obama campaign seems to think that Michelle can step in and out of the ring with impunity. She reminds me of a little chihauhau, (and I Know I’m insulting chihauhau owners everywhere),…sneaking out from behind its master and nipping at someone’s heals. When that someone turns to confront it, the sneaky little yapping rat runs and hides behind its master, using him to deflect any attacks and crying over being the injured party. And the observers (MSM) all agree that the chihauhau was the one abused. Ya gotta love Obama campaign. They’ve got more cajones than the Clinton’s. That’s why they’re winning.
sdd on May 19, 2008 at 9:58 AM
Somehow Barry has to get the criticism aimed at someone else–Operation Chaos in reverse so to speak. Choose Hil as his VP.
JiangxiDad on May 19, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Chicago Rage Boy
EJDolbow on May 19, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Excellent. You know that HA is part of show-prep for talk radio. So,
HEY RUSH. LET PAUL SHANKLIN DO IT. THANKS.
JiangxiDad on May 19, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Unflattering!!?? Distort?? Wow, that’s all she’s been shown to be? And this whine is coming from the candidate who hasn’t been thrown into the wood chipper by the media like the Clintons have. If he wins the presidency, (God help us if that happens) everything that he fails at will be someone else’s fault. That will be his legacy. (If that happens I hope we still have a country)
4shoes on May 19, 2008 at 10:03 AM
And he will be promptly ignored and we will say what needs to be said anyway. Hell, most here would relish doing his job for him, re obambi critisim and definition.
techno_barbarian on May 19, 2008 at 10:03 AM
AND RUSH, MENTION THE PACIFIERS AND DIAPERS (courtesy of Buy Danish)
JiangxiDad on May 19, 2008 at 10:03 AM
And considering the clintoons, that’s sayin’ sumptin’!
techno_barbarian on May 19, 2008 at 10:06 AM
What’s the over/under on hours until McCain tells them to pull the ad?
Darin on May 19, 2008 at 10:08 AM
That would be sweet! C’mon Rush!
techno_barbarian on May 19, 2008 at 10:10 AM
There is nothing inherently wrong with visiting a Madrassa
Well, you know hes thinking it.
Squid Shark on May 19, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Funny how playing videos of Obama associates (like Wright and Michelle) speaking their own hateful words always amounts to some sort of “distortion.” Somebody should buy Obama a dictionary so he can learn what “to distort” means. But until that happens, we’ll give you a hint Barry: it does not mean accurately reproducing a person’s actual spoken words.
AZCoyote on May 19, 2008 at 10:12 AM
(techno_barbarian: OT. That Flenser was very intelligent. Very other things too, but gotta give him that.)
JiangxiDad on May 19, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Great idea. If the TN Republicans don’t, we should.
Here’s one link for customized binkys and surely there are other merchants who make them as well.
Gilda on May 19, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Squid Shark on May 19, 2008 at 10:16 AM
So, one can use the words of a male spouse in a campaign statement, but not Michello’s words? There seems to be another onerous pattern forming…
The NYT, from today:
Some even accuse Mr. Obama of chauvinism, pointing to the time he called Mrs. Clinton “likeable enough” as evidence of dismissiveness. Nancy Wait, 55, a social worker in Columbia City, Ind., said Mr. Obama was far less qualified than Mrs. Clinton and described as condescending his recent assurances that Mrs. Clinton should stay in the race as long as she liked. Ms. Wait said she would “absolutely, positively not” vote for him come fall.
Ms. Ferraro, who clashed with the Obama campaign about whether she made a racially offensive remark, said she might not either. “I think Obama was terribly sexist,” she said.
Shivas Irons on May 19, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Mocking the Obamamessiah and/or his wife is a grave sin. Mentioning anything negative that they have ever said, anywhere, is expressly forbidden and the utterer will be deemed an apostate to the Church of Obama.
I weary of this campaign. If you can’t handle legitimate criticism, you should pack up your Tinkertoys and go home.
Oh wait, no criticism of the Annointed One is valid. I keep forgetting.
Physics Geek on May 19, 2008 at 10:21 AM
There may be more truth to that than we know.
txsurveyor on May 19, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Um, even if he could handle criticism of his wife’s statements on the campaign trail, he’d still have no business running for the presidency.
CK MacLeod on May 19, 2008 at 10:36 AM
This is another thing that needs to be remembered when the DNC puts out an ad with Cindy McCain, the drugs and the beer distributor.
/wait for it.
dish on May 19, 2008 at 10:39 AM
Shame? I don’t believe that word is in the dictionary used by those networks. Sorry.
iconoclast on May 19, 2008 at 10:41 AM
The Book of the Obamassiah
(Chapter II, Addendum)
XXI. Thou shalt not repeat the words of the Obamassiah’s Spouse, for it exposes thine as racist.
(According to Bob Beckel, on FOXNews)
franksalterego on May 19, 2008 at 10:42 AM
It’s truly amazing how Obama is making the Clintons look good by comparison.
By the second year of an Obama presidency we’ll be longing for the days of Whitewater, Rose Law Firm, Travelgate, Vince Foster and Bimbo Eruptions.
Gilda on May 19, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Sorry JD, respectfully have to disagree on the intelligent part.
Angrily confrontational? Absolutely. Intelligent? Not so much.
He was unwilling to respectfully debate and was interested only in dictating his beliefs, and pathetically projecting his all-too-fragile ego. I’ve got no tolerance or use for that crap.
But I respect you, and many of the others from yesterday’s marathon post, no end for being willing to reach across that particular aisle.
techno_barbarian on May 19, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Five minutes ago on Fox ……….
Bob Beckel charged the GOP with playing the Race Card in the MO attack ad.
Shocker.
Quoting the Obamas is racist.
fogw on May 19, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Good. The more we see and hear this the quicker the fatigue will set in and it’s all obambi’s got.
This is a good thing. More please.
techno_barbarian on May 19, 2008 at 10:51 AM
We need somebody to ask Obama one simple question, “Senator Obama, does you wife speak for you when she is speaking at your campaign rallies?”
EJDolbow on May 19, 2008 at 10:52 AM
He finds criticism of his wife “unacceptable.”
Wow, what’s he going to do about it, write a memo?
PattyJ on May 19, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Suck it down. Touch Titty said the kitty. If you can’t take the heat get the hell out of the kitchen!
Just imagine: Michelle Obama as First Lady.
Can you imagine the whining we will have to endure if he has to face a quarter of the crap Bush and his wife has to face from the MSM and people like Cindy sheehag every day?
CrazyFool on May 19, 2008 at 10:57 AM
To this girl, there are a few things worse than a girly man, but not many.
And, yes, Barry’s a pansy. I wonder how much his boss had to browbeat him before he went public in her defense.
baldilocks on May 19, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Cry more noob.
spmat on May 19, 2008 at 11:03 AM
I saw that. Many have long joked that yelling “Racist!” would be the Obama camp’s primary line of both attack and defense; now Beckel has made it official.
When challenged by host Greg Jarrett, who pointed out that merely repeating MO’s own statements had no racial overtones whatsoever, Beckel went to Plan B: The TN GOP ad was racist because it featured no black people expressing their pride in America, thus furthering the official definition of “Racist!”
Close observers may have noticed the obviously Hispanic man in the ad. Well, thanks for clearing that up, Dems.
Gilda on May 19, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Run for the hills! Barry has spotted snippets again!
corona on May 19, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Critisim of an Obama is either
Racist,
Distraction,
Disrespectful,
Unacceptable,
Umflattering,
Lower class,
Obama, I just don’t like your views. Sorry if you think I am any or all of your favorite descriptions of Americans who happen to disagree with you.
Pat in NC on May 19, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Hey hussein, too freaking bad, loser. Cry me a river.
Your wife got out there and opened her yap, now her statements are fair game and so is the fact that her statements and yours prove undeniably that you are both racist, anti American scum.
We have to keep that list of unmentionable subjects updated. We are not supposed to mention the “ear” issue either. I bet if we went back over the last years news clippings we might find twenty such topics.
dogsoldier on May 19, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Oh wait…That’s Commandment VII…nevermind.
franksalterego on May 19, 2008 at 11:15 AM
10. His sneering superiority over embittered lower class whites clinging to their religion and guns?
Did Jay Leno pay Obama to run for President just to get 6 months worth of jokes out of him???
iconoclast on May 19, 2008 at 11:23 AM
His faithful followers will probably have a good cry with him, feel sorry for him and want to vote for him even more than ever.
Yakko77 on May 19, 2008 at 11:26 AM
So now apparently, everything his campaign does, says, visited, listened to, is not allowed to be discussed. I am tepted to ask him what kind of cheese he would like with that whine. If he is doing this now, just wait until it starts getting close, or God Forbid, he wins. He is going to whine about everything. This is why you do not send a child to do an adult’s job. He sounds like my 2-year old.
ConservativePartyNow on May 19, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Is “100 years” a snippet?
jgapinoy on May 19, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Of course, Dem attacks on the very quiet Cindy McCain were not mentioned by BO.
jgapinoy on May 19, 2008 at 11:33 AM
“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said. “That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen,” he added. AFP excerpt…
Barack O’Buttercup done be takin’ my Oreos and SUV now! Maybe Michele lead the charge when she takes over as Baby Momma-in-Chief. Maybe that’s off the table too.
Wyznowski on May 19, 2008 at 11:37 AM
The Messiah says:
“Everyone knows I am the only one allowed to throw Granny under the bus, thus I, Barry Obamafofamama Barry, can attack my family!” - The Messiah from Hawaii/Indonesia/Chicago Political Machine
Branch Rickey on May 19, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Way to go, Barry, defending your woman with empty threats. Reminds me of his Big Man in Pakistan foolishness last August.
T J Green on May 19, 2008 at 11:38 AM
imao
Branch Rickey on May 19, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Yet the dems had no problem going after McCain’s wife in the last week or so, but no comment from Beebop.
Also Iraq, Taxes, Voting records, friends, family, personal beliefs, ideas for the future and how one will run the country are also off the table.
All we may talk about are hope and change….oh yeah and how McCain is a big poopoo head war mongerer who tried to marry Bush and wants to be like him when he grows up and is lying to us all, thats ok.
Rbastid on May 19, 2008 at 11:46 AM
I’m for it!
Branch Rickey on May 19, 2008 at 11:54 AM
This little tyrade has caused the Michelle Obama entry at http://www.countryaboveself.com to jump quite nicely. People are condemning both here and Barry H.
Michelle Malkin has done nicely since here nomination too.
ilitigant on May 19, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Obama needs to grow up. All this talk about “detestable” remarks makes him look like a drama queen. Especially when the remarks are anything but.
“Methinks the lady doth protest too much.”
America1st on May 19, 2008 at 11:59 AM
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