While making Barack a victim, they have to work the 'Michelle as victim' narrative.
"It's going to be very ugly stuff," Democratic strategist Tad Devine said. "They're going to try to depict her as someone who is angry, outside the mainstream and not proud to be an American."
How did a 44-year-old Harvard Law School graduate become so demonized? One reason is the increasingly viral quality of the Internet.
Yup. You thought it had to do with her saying things like this is a mean country, but it's really got to do with the internet.
Much of the criticism stems from Michelle Obama's artless statement early in the campaign that, "For the first time in my adult lifetime I'm really proud of my country."But that shouldn't be counted, it seems.
The campaign immediately clarified that to say that she meant she was prouder than ever. And she was defended on "Good Morning America" by first lady Laura Bush, who said, "I think she probably meant 'I'm more proud,' you know, is what she really meant."Oh, lordy. Where do they find the people to write this crap?
But the statement was lampooned in a Tennessee GOP advertisement that juxtaposed her statement with those of supposedly ordinary citizens, one of whom played pool in a room lined with rifles who said, "I've always been proud to be an American."Check out this closer for the article.
On "Good Morning America" recently, candidate Obama offered this warning: "These folks should lay off my wife, all right?"
The candidate was expected to offer a very different view of his wife, and his family, in a Father's Day speech in Chicago today, with wife Michelle at his side.
Pins and needles! Get me a copy of that speech!
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