New secret weapon in selling ObamaCare: Michelle Obama
posted at 9:31 pm on September 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
Why not? The One’s out of ammo and the Democrats’ hyper-negative racial campaigning has failed epically. Might as well hand the ball off to Mrs. O and see if she can “mom” America into supporting this craptastic boondoggle. Imagine the media coverage. Three tips to raising a healthy child: Plenty of exercise, lots of vegetables, and blowing a trillion dollars on a universal health care plan that’ll still be bleeding red ink when the Obama girls are grandmothers.
The bad news: This means lots, lots more stories on how to get toned arms. The good news: There’s a fair chance of a “I won’t be proud of my country unless we pass ObamaCare” moment, which means rich, tasty right-wing blog content for weeks on end.
For the health care reform push, which got something of a reboot last week with President Barack Obama’s address to Congress, the aim is for the first lady’s imprimatur to put a friendly face and a noncontroversial spin on a complex, highly partisan issue.
She won’t get into the weeds on health care, pushing specific details or plans as Clinton did. Instead, she’ll make the soft, soccer-mom sell, highlighting the need to eat healthy, exercise and get preventive care. On Friday, Michelle Obama will appear at an event where women and families will talk about the health care system, and she will deliver remarks that will “amplify the president’s message on the need for health insurance reform,” according to the White House…
“Women are the swing voters on health care, and they are the people who pay most attention to health care for their families,” said Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager for Health Care for America Now, a coalition of community, labor and health care provider groups. “Having Michelle Obama as a spokesperson on health care makes a tremendous difference in terms of having women understand what the president’s plan will mean for families. It takes it from the policy to the personal.”
Consider yourselves lucky. Given the left’s penchant for using kids to push their policies, if M.O. fails it’s only a matter of time before Democratic spin doctors unleash an army of precious moppets to drop an atomic guilt bomb. Remember the scene in “Wag the Dog” with the girl and the calico kitten? Dude, it’s coming.
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And John Kerry reminds me of Lurch. Is that racist too?
atheling on September 18, 2009 at 1:52 AM
I think he’s passed out now. I believe you. I lived in Vancouver, WA for over 20 years. I KNOW Portland.
betsyz on September 18, 2009 at 1:52 AM
Yes. Wait let me call one of my liberal friends and check. They seem to be experts on all this.
jhffmn on September 18, 2009 at 1:54 AM
Bong Hit Interlude in lowwww E.
OkieDoc on September 18, 2009 at 1:55 AM
It isn’t racist. Just like the Socialism isn’t racist. And yelling “You Lie” isn’t racist either.
They are not very bright and they do not have an argument for their flawed plans so they call you a racist.
It is the political left’s equivalent of “I know you are but what am I?”
It would be funny if it weren’t so sad that so many blindly follow a philosophy they cannot even defend.
Elizabetty on September 18, 2009 at 1:55 AM
Is that the kind of people that comment over at LGF?
d1carter on September 18, 2009 at 1:55 AM
betsyz,
Hey, it’s Kesey’s birthday…the Pranksters are out and about.
RIP, Ken
Christien on September 18, 2009 at 1:55 AM
betsyz on September 18, 2009 at 1:58 AM
last one of the night, (I promise)
the bartender asks:
“are all ya’ll troglodytes? Of the butt sisters?”
OkieDoc on September 18, 2009 at 2:00 AM
d1carter,
Killgore is most likely one of LGF’s “Monitor Lizards,” or Charles Johnson’s inner circle. They monitor comments and links and IIRC have administrative privileges such as deleting comments.
Christien on September 18, 2009 at 2:01 AM
It is only 11:00 here on the West coast, so keep going.
betsyz on September 18, 2009 at 2:02 AM
Nobody said anything, Kilgore? You lie as well as Obama.
noblejones on September 18, 2009 at 2:04 AM
Go with God, Killgore. He loves you, as do we.
Christien on September 18, 2009 at 2:05 AM
noblejones,
Doorgunner spoke out.
Christien on September 18, 2009 at 2:05 AM
betsyz on September 18, 2009 at 2:06 AM
You mean as racist as the democrat Andrew jackson, who slaughtered six million Native Americans?
noblejones on September 18, 2009 at 2:06 AM
Umm, yeah.
Since CJ has gone hard left and nutso, he’s been banning anyone with two functioning neurons. What’s left couldn’t sum to a 150 IQ among them. Pretty much all that are left are sycophantic followers of CJ who are really good at reflecting the talking points CJ pitches their way. Being able to put together a reasoned argument? Not so much. As demonstrated by one of their leading contributors here tonight.
/Had first thought it was just an imposter, but apparently this is being discussed in a thread on LGF, how Kilgore Trout is “engaging” a thread on Michelle Obama at Hot Air. Given how hard it is to get registered over here, seems a stupid way to go out in a blaze of glory, but nobody is accusing them of brilliance.
AZfederalist on September 18, 2009 at 2:06 AM
You mean as racist as the democrat Franklin Roosevelt, who interned 300,000 Americans of Japanese descent, causing the deaths of thousands of innocents?
noblejones on September 18, 2009 at 2:09 AM
Ok, I’m trying to figure out which comparisons to star wars aliens are racist. Black Yoda?
jhffmn on September 18, 2009 at 2:10 AM
okay, I lied…
KT walks in to a bar…
OkieDoc on September 18, 2009 at 2:11 AM
You mean as racist as the democrat police official and Klan leader Bull Connor of Birmingham who brutally attacked black protesters?
noblejones on September 18, 2009 at 2:12 AM
You mean as racist as the democrat Harry Truman who needlessly incinerated hundreds of thousands of Japanese with nuclear weapons because he was so self-conscious about his tiny weiner?
noblejones on September 18, 2009 at 2:15 AM
Too bad DesertSage wasn’t here to witness this. He really liked Killgore and tried to help him.
Christien on September 18, 2009 at 2:15 AM
…and with him is noblejones
OkieDoc on September 18, 2009 at 2:16 AM
…he see’s Michelle,
“Never mind, I see she’s got a date with the porcupine and the walrus”
OkieDoc on September 18, 2009 at 2:21 AM
Yeah, don’t remember seeing him here before, but he does appear to be a bit of an historically uninformed ass, doesn’t he?
AZfederalist on September 18, 2009 at 2:22 AM
Holger on September 18, 2009 at 2:20 AM
+100
AZfederalist on September 18, 2009 at 2:23 AM
Standing ovation.
betsyz on September 18, 2009 at 2:24 AM
Well I think this is a desparate and dumb move by obama. How is he going to get passed Mrs. O’s part in Chicago’s patient dumping scheme? The blogosphere will be all over that again like white on rice. ooooooooooops, is saying “white” on anything racist? If so, my apologies. Not.
karen32862 on September 18, 2009 at 2:25 AM
The Internment of the Japanese and German Americans was based solely on suspicion and great injustice was done. But the stakes were great and what was done was done on a worse case appraisal of the scenario.
As for the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshiam and Nagasaki. In the end the Allies (read the United States) ended the war roughly a year and a half before it would have ended had we maintained the war effort through more eventual means.
The Estimattes range from a few tens of thousands to a million dead and wounded, and that was just on the American side. Every shred of evidence indicates the Militarists in charge of Japan were planning to go down to the Bitter End with various nasty war fare techniques such as Biological and Chemical Warfare as well as mass human waves of civilians.
In the end, 250,000 or so died to bring to a brutal war to a much earlier end.
Holger on September 18, 2009 at 2:27 AM
I made a statement in support of Right-wing political parties in Europe, notably that same party that il Duce of LGF went off on.
I will repeat Churchill: “I will ally myself with the Devil to defeat Hitler”.
Allying oneself with or supporting a political party, even a reprehensible political party, does not mean believing that party agenda. The Enemy of my Enemy can very well be my friend but more often than not a temporary ally to be disposed of when the main enemy is defeated.
Holger on September 18, 2009 at 2:39 AM
I wonder if Healthcare Reform will cover Lithium for Charles Johnson…
Holger on September 18, 2009 at 2:43 AM
gah, I cannot believe it. It wasn’t Aristotle who drank the Hemlock! Demmit, I learned this in Philosophy 101!
His name was Socrates.
Holger on September 18, 2009 at 2:45 AM
Nurse Ratchet.
atheling on September 18, 2009 at 2:48 AM
The point I was making is that it seems to be okay for a democrat to do things they’d call us a racist for. I don’t remember protests against Clinton for Bosnia.
noblejones on September 18, 2009 at 2:48 AM
Holger,
Speaking of hemlock, Killgore’s state of Oregon will help with doctor-assisted suicide. And now former governor John Kitzhaber, who pushed the Oregon Health Plan and later admitted it was a colossal failure, is running for a third term.
Christien on September 18, 2009 at 2:50 AM
Remember when Hillary made a joke about Indians working at gas stations? She got a free pass.
atheling on September 18, 2009 at 2:51 AM
Hey, today is One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest author Ken Kesey’s birthday. How appropriate!
Christien on September 18, 2009 at 2:52 AM
Wasn’t that Biden?
Michael Steele and other African-American Conservatives will tell you about Liberal Racism. Oreo, Eggplant, Uncle Tom are favorite ‘praises’ in Liberal Vocabulary.
I go so far as to say Liberal policy toward the African-American Community is racist in nature, Michael Steele agrees.
Holger on September 18, 2009 at 2:54 AM
I read an post on Instapundit the other day, this late night crashing of blogs by really creepy people seems to be the new way of smearing sites. Like the site mentioned in the article, the regulars stood up for the site and took the offending commenter to task. That’s the best you can do and I am sure the host’s will appreciate it. Really poor form by the Left and it fools no one.
Cindy Munford on September 18, 2009 at 2:55 AM
Good tactic.
Troll a site with racist comments when the moderators aren’t on, then claim that the lack of moderator action as well as the regular posters ignoring the troll is proof of racism.
Holger on September 18, 2009 at 2:57 AM
When someone takes you to task over ‘racism’ when you tie Michelle Obama to Klingons, point out the Racism of Star Trek for concieving the Klingons to have darker skin.
I’d actually point out her forehead and brow ridge and compare it to Warf’s. I rate her a 3 on the Klingon scale, Warf is a 7 or so.
Holger on September 18, 2009 at 3:00 AM
We got to Ridicule the Liberal Doctrine of Racism ad nauseum until it is laughable and has no force.
Holger on September 18, 2009 at 3:04 AM
No, Hillary made a joke about it… referred to Gandhi too. She was running for Senator, I think.
atheling on September 18, 2009 at 3:08 AM
Gotta go to bed.
Holger on September 18, 2009 at 3:10 AM
Although admittedly racism is a tougher sell, the Right has not only adopted but reveled in everything the Left has tried to throw at them. The Right has proudly used tea bagger, thug, mod, and terrorist in signs and apparel so it won’t surprise me if someone comes up with a funny creative way to make the Left eat the racism claim also. Then it will be interesting to see if they(Left) are capable of coming up with anything new or continue to use the tired old playbook of years gone by.
Cindy Munford on September 18, 2009 at 3:18 AM
No worries – Killgore Troll will perform a full frontal lobotomy on Chuckie, to completely free his diety of material bonds that bind him.
Evolution: brainwaves are for ignorant teabagging rednecks.
Aristotle on September 18, 2009 at 3:21 AM
Calling Dr. Kevorkian, calling Dr. Kevorkian, kill and gore that trout!
S/he couldn’t come out during the day and had to attack
in the early morning…you AM HotAir posters circled the wagons.
yoda on September 18, 2009 at 3:23 AM
Exclusive video of self-proclaimed space-monkey Killgore Troll, using his eternal wisdom to clear the lair of King-God Charles the Darwin of racist creationalist dissenters.
Aristotle on September 18, 2009 at 3:28 AM
Cindy, the Left doesn’t have anything new, so they have to keep dragging the “racist” dig up every time things don’t go their way.
You can’t sleep either?
yoda on September 18, 2009 at 3:30 AM
Sheemenee
I’m glad I don’t have to be at work early.
You guys are way too funny…
OkieDoc on September 18, 2009 at 4:03 AM
Never was here this late before, kind of like the Greyhound station late at night…
Having Mrs. Obama take the field for health insurance reform is a great idea. It will give us the opportunity to find out if she is still proud of her country, if she still thinks we’re mean. And also to ask how she did her hospital job so well that they didn’t even need to replace her – think of the health care savings if we can learn to get rid of expensive political dead wood from her experience! And the cute articles as she stops by her old home and visits her neighbors, the Rezkos.
I can’t think of anything American women, concerned with their family’s health issues, can learn from her. Except maybe to pass on $500 tennis shoes, you might need the money some day for the doctor. If there are any doctors left.
jodetoad on September 18, 2009 at 4:03 AM
I fell asleep around ten and woke up sometime before three. Very annoying, luckily I don’t have to work tomorrow. And I got to watch Red Eye so it was a bonus. As to the Left, maybe we should count our lucky stars that they are pretty much one trick ponies.
Cindy Munford on September 18, 2009 at 4:04 AM
I guess he’s realizing who wears the pants in his own family. Begs the question, is he going to give her the “mom jeans” to wear?
ted c on September 18, 2009 at 4:11 AM
I agree. What better forum to give the FLOTUS a long needed proctological exam on her role in the hospital boon doggle scam involving patient dumping and her driving away with truckloads of cash for doing jack and squat.
Sure, honey–bring it.
ted c on September 18, 2009 at 4:15 AM
I am probably reading more into this then there is but I got the impression that Mr. Obama didn’t like how much attention Mrs. Obama got on their first trip to Europe. I think he might be worried that she will cast a shadow on his halo.
Cindy Munford on September 18, 2009 at 4:19 AM
Me and my trusty terrier were up to watch Beck and Red Eye’s 600th show…Beck has another surprise tomorrow.
I am hoping this all turns around for the Republicans. I am tired of the power and control both parties have and can’t wait to replace the ones who are in “it” for themselves and not for us.
yoda on September 18, 2009 at 4:22 AM
That was a funny picture of Andy Levy from the first show. I really find it disheartening that men get better looking as they get older. I wish I had a puppy. I like that Mr. Beck is shining the light on the creeps in Washington but I don’t think the Right taking the majority because they are less creepy is the greatest option. I would prefer to see the whole place clean up it’s act, Congress become reacquainted with the Constitution and the people in their districts. Right now they just seem to be doing a lot of spending with no idea on the ultimate outcome just because they can. They aren’t leaders, they are trophy wives.
Cindy Munford on September 18, 2009 at 4:30 AM
Insightful. I think pushing gerrymandering reform should be one topic. Tort reform. There should be some feedback loop involving overspending and pain inflicted on legislators.
NaCly dog on September 18, 2009 at 4:39 AM
MM,
sometime take a look at posts generated compared to hits. I think there’s a number between 1 and a hundred that is not showing up correctly.
OkieDoc on September 18, 2009 at 4:44 AM
Andy had the shocked look in the earlier photo….come to think of it, his hair looked a little on the singed side.
I think most of the polititians were surprised when they attended the townhall meetings. They are use to being treated like rockstars and they all found out that they had better change their attitudes before their next election or they are out.
Puppy – I have two dogs and they both keep me and my husband pretty busy. We call the pair, the ying and yang of dogs…hmmm, kinda like me and my husband.
yoda on September 18, 2009 at 5:04 AM
So ACORN, the SEIU, and Federal Employees are a coalition of community, labor, and health care providers…?
… I wonder how safe the women of Poland are feeling today?
Seven Percent Solution on September 18, 2009 at 5:23 AM
How do they figure Michelle can sell this horse with a broken leg we call ObamaCare. No one on our side likes her.I think the independents are still in shock because of ACORN and being told they’re racists.
I just don’t see how this will work.
Jeff from WI on September 18, 2009 at 5:44 AM
… I wonder how safe the women of Poland are feeling today?
Seven Percent Solution on September 18, 2009 at 5:23 AM
Great point!
Jeff from WI on September 18, 2009 at 5:44 AM
Bring her on. They have kept her low profile for a reason. Short little clips of her saying stuff about vegetables to kids and long distance photo ops. When she gets on a stage and talks at length she will turn off the American people bigtime. There is no softness in the woman, there is no humor or humility. She will come off as hard and bossy. Let the cameras get in close and see that coldness in her eyes.
peacenprosperity on September 18, 2009 at 6:04 AM
hillary is ellen degeneres to michelles rosy.
peacenprosperity on September 18, 2009 at 6:08 AM
. There is no softness in the woman, there is no humor or humility. She will come off as hard and bossy. Let the cameras get in close and see that coldness in her eyes.
peacenprosperity on September 18, 2009 at 6:04 AM
Exactly. This woman makes Lucretia Borgia look like Heidi.
MaiDee on September 18, 2009 at 6:27 AM
Kilgore is showing the whole net what a fine group of individualist thinkers is over there at BikeBoy the JazzSingers’ Happy Moonbat Farm….
hey KT if Michelle “Predator 1 and 2″ Ogabe can say “finally proud of my country” and get a pass from the likes of you we can mock her coughing up furballs and Romulan ale if so inclined.
The woman has the double whammy of being ungodly ugly outside and in.
sven10077 on September 18, 2009 at 6:37 AM
If I remember correctly, wasn’t she responsible for the policy of the hospital where she “worked” pushing poor people out to other places? I don’t think she will go over well.
CC
CapedConservative on September 18, 2009 at 6:40 AM
Let’s just say KT is Monica to Chuckles’ Bill….
the Chuckles Johnson guide to logic, “it is ok for the moonbats whom I am now buddies with to call Bush a chimp and his wife a vehicular murderer BUT no criticism of the Swiss Family Ogabe EVER!”
yeah makes sense, I hear the Olduvali Hillbillies have thin skins.
sven10077 on September 18, 2009 at 6:41 AM
That’s why I say “welcome to the fight Mich’elle” we hjave managed fairly well to go around the media on this battle if Barry wants to unleash the Primal Rage on us we’ll get to highlight he “success” as a “manager” with people paying the most attention.
Michelle’s target audience is limited to brain dead donks and the 95% lockstep communi-tay.
sven10077 on September 18, 2009 at 6:43 AM
Didn’t Michelle get a huge raise from that hospital she worked at for doing nothing except to be married to a guy with more political power.
Jeff from WI on September 18, 2009 at 7:07 AM
Killgore Trout’s comments have been removed — all of them from when he first started commenting — and will not be back. It’s real brave to pollute our blog while we’re asleep.
Ed Morrissey on September 18, 2009 at 7:11 AM
Then he’s a chickenshit for trolling in the middle of the night.
Ed Morrissey on September 18, 2009 at 7:12 AM
Michelle Obama has already convinced me that I need to buy organic Tuscan kale at the Farmer’s Market.
Why wouldn’t I believe her when she tells me that Obamacare is good for me, too?
Can’t wait to see her on Oprah!
misslizzi on September 18, 2009 at 7:14 AM
Go Ed!
misslizzi on September 18, 2009 at 7:17 AM
Ed, thank you very much. The mighty early AM crew had taken care of the troutmeister before I saw it later in the AM. You know what they say about dead fish…..it starts to stink after awhile.
yoda on September 18, 2009 at 7:19 AM
Indeed, it is why I welcome the Media’s arbogation of their impartiality and instead have decided to try to act more overtly as information broker. They *could* have subtly defended her when they still had any level of trust.
Now their silence of Queen Mich’al’s excesses will make people more inclined to listen to our whisper campaign.
It may behoove us to gather a list of source’s that show she left Windy City under a cloud.
Thanks Ed, not beating a deceased Equine but Chief KT is a CJ lackey in good standing.
This may well be a LGF shot across the bow.
Add me to the “delink the Kos allies” crowd.
sven10077 on September 18, 2009 at 7:31 AM
at a minimum it makes you an undead-a-phobe….
I was harder on Beijing Billy than I have been Barry T. Soetoro, Ogabe was honest about who he was if you dug deep enough.
Billiam not so much.
sven10077 on September 18, 2009 at 7:35 AM
She won’t get into the weeds on health care,, because Barry already did!
Alden Pyle on September 18, 2009 at 7:37 AM
Racist Tea-Bag Jerks
Opposing Health Care don’t help
Michelle ‘Bama’s Kids…
Haiku Guy on September 18, 2009 at 7:51 AM
Count your blessings that at least the response was on point.
Recently (and months after I sent it) I got a response to my e-mail to Senator Stabenow demanding accountability from Giethner. The response I got agreed with me that George Bush needs to be investigated.
What does it say when one of the nations most incompetent partisan whores can’t even hire a decent staff? Michigan is screwed.
highhopes on September 18, 2009 at 7:57 AM
The bride cant take Michelle’s attitude and refers to her as a BWA. In the medical profession, that would be the clerk that gives you the hairy eyeball when you make an obviously needless request for assistance. The sell wont sell, IHMO.
JAW on September 18, 2009 at 8:03 AM
I think it’s the beginning of the end for personality-cult politics. She’s going to do more damage to her personal “favorables” than she is going to improve the ObamaCare “favorables”. People don’t hate ObamaCare because it lacks a spokesperson, they hate it because it stinks. The WH’s strategy here is, shall we say, putting a pig on the lip balm.
mr.blacksheep on September 18, 2009 at 8:08 AM
I guess when all else fails, release the beast from her cage.
Hening on September 18, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Wait a minute, I thought this article was about Michelle Obama.
PaddyJ on September 18, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Here’s hoping Michelle acts like an Acme purchase by Wile E. Coyote (Duh one)
Oh, and I will save you all the trouble…….
RAAAAAAAAAACIST!!!!!!!!
NoFanofLibs on September 18, 2009 at 8:34 AM
I would be amazed, no, I would be astounded, if Michelle Obama were able to change ONE persons mind on Obamacare.
Girlfriend makes Hillary seem warm and fuzzy.
anniekc on September 18, 2009 at 8:35 AM
If you take a close look at Michelle, isn’t she the spitting image of James Brown, with a wig?
Jeff from WI on September 18, 2009 at 8:36 AM
Thanks, Ed, for catching that fish and frying him up for breakfast.
First Carter, now MO. Who else can they push out front?
Gore? They played on our fears!
kingsjester on September 18, 2009 at 8:37 AM
The first shemale will definitely get the tranny vote. The question of the day however:Is she pre-op or post-op?
inevitable on September 18, 2009 at 8:41 AM
This is great!
With Michelle out there it is the death of Obamacare.
Hope and hope and hope that she gets in a situation where she gets angry and lashes out at those that oppose Obamacare.
albill on September 18, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Is there any doubt that these two Obama hucksters are the two biggest scammers in world history? They probably close the door at night, do a fist bump and say, “Americans are fools and suckers”.
marklmail on September 18, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Change one person’s mind in favor of Obamacare, right? Cause I’m willing to bet that it won’t take all that much to turn fence sitters against the scheme.
And, for the record, Girlfriend makes Bernie Madoff seem warm and fuzzy.
highhopes on September 18, 2009 at 8:46 AM
I used to think that the grifter tendencies of the Clintons was as low as it got. The filthy liar has found a new low.
highhopes on September 18, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Oh, I am so sorry I feel asleep, I would have loved to discuss that with you. It is a practice that has long out served it usefulness.
Cindy Munford on September 18, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Sorry, late answer. Far from a rockstar my opinions of politicians have veered so far in the opposite direction as to be equally unrealistic.
Cindy Munford on September 18, 2009 at 8:53 AM
If you haven’t already, you probably should do a private e-mail to Charles asking him if this is the type of “civil” commentator he’s claiming his blog only tolerates. And if Kilgore really does have administrative privileges over there, then he’s pretty much Grover Dill to Charles’ Scott Farkus.
jon1979 on September 18, 2009 at 8:55 AM
I can’t stand the lady because of her attitude about America; she who received special treatment in college because apparently her brother was a talented athlete there. My wife lost all respect for her when she found out that Mrs. Obama made $103,633 in 2007, the year she reduced her work schedule to part time. The e-mail about making over $300K was incorrect, but $103K for part time work and we still don’t know why she gave up her right to practice law. Of course her huge $300K plus salary coincided with the $1 million earmark to the hospital by her husband. And hey, she was the friend of the Ayers before Mr. Obama knew them. These people are less transparent than the Clintons and I thought they were remise.
amr on September 18, 2009 at 9:04 AM
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