May 7, 2008 8:00 PM
Is Hillary through? How about the Democrat Party?
Love this photo montage from Drudge:
I won't lie. I will be very happy to see the Clintons finally shuffle off center stage, taking all their melodrama and tackiness with them:
But, my goodness! Does the Democrat party have a death wish or something. I can't imagine Barak Obama winning a national election - even though I'm no big fan of McCain.
And it's not because he's a black man. It's because it's clear that he and his wife just don't take pride in their country at all. And Michelle Obama would be disastrous in the White House - a completely negative and hypocritical figure.
Listen to Michelle Malkin on Michelle Obama:
Barack Obama's Bitter Half
By Michelle Malkin
May 7, 2008
Are you ready for hope and change? Barack Obama better hope his bitter half has a change of attitude if she expects to assume the title of first lady in November. She's been likened to John F. Kennedy's wife, what with her chic suits and pearls and perfectly coiffed helmet hair. But when she opens her mouth, Michelle O is less Jackie O and more Wendy W -- as in Wendy Whiner, the constantly kvetching “Saturday Night Live” character from the early 1980s.
When last our worldviews collided, back in February, the other Michelle was expounding on her lack of pride in America. I gave her myriad reasons to cheer up -- from America's role in the fall of communism to our unparalleled generosity to our nation's superior economic system, cultural resilience, entrepreneurial spirit and ingenuity. But since then, Mrs. Obama has dug in her $500 Jimmy Choo heels and solidified her role in the 2008 presidential campaign as Queen of the Grievance-Mongers.
In one of her few (unintentionally) funny moments during a recent sit-down with comedian Stephen Colbert, Mrs. Obama claimed, “Barack and I tend to look at the positives." That's a side-splitter. As National Review's Yuval Levin put it, Michelle Obama is “America's unhappiest millionaire." And she has the audacity to extrapolate her misery and her husband's alleged victimization to the “vast majority of Americans."
In South Carolina, she called America “just downright mean” and bemoaned “a nation of struggling folks who are barely making it every day." And in case you hadn't heard enough of her carping about how hard it is for a seven-figure-earning family to pay for ballet lessons and piano lessons and pay off college loans, Mrs. Oh-Woe-Is-Me was at it again on the campaign trail in Indiana and North Carolina before Tuesday's primary.
Read entire article here.
While it's clear that for Obama's frenzied cult following discrepancies like this don't matter, I just don't think that even the most eager-to-prove-our-lack-of-racism types, if htey have a shred of patriotism in their psyches will be able to drink the koolaid pull the lever for someone with so much animosity toward the very country that offers the kind of unlimited freedom that got him where he is today.
That's a problem, isn't it? Especially when you're married to a woman who seems bent on stirring up all the class envy she can, even as she enjoys her own wealth and status.
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I think there are enough people in this country who listen to Mrs. Obama and don't hear anything jarring for this not to be a major factor. I think it's very possible he will be elected.
I try to keep a sense of humor about the whole thing. Maybe the Paulbots will pull something out of their hats, and our next POTUS will be President Paul. ;)
Posted by: Amy K. | May 7, 2008 8:57 PM
Despite all of that Reality, I do think it IS entirely possible that he will win.
About the racism... I don't think anyone would actually admit to themselves that they're enthusiastic about Obama based, in good part, on his ability to assuage their NPR-style, PC white guilt. Acknowledged or not, though, I think it is a factor, and a strong one.
How ironic. The America free of racism that was envisioned by Dr. King was one in which a person is judged, "not by the color of his skin but by the content of his character." And some are so eager to gloss over character because of the color of his skin. Racism in reverse.
On principle, I would be absolutely thrilled beyond words to see a person of African descent elected as our President. (How wonderful it would be for my daughter to see a person of character and sound leadership who looks like her holding the highest office in the land!)Unfortunately, Obama is not the right man.
Posted by: Marian | May 7, 2008 10:58 PM
Oh, but it's not his native land really as he wasn't raised in the United States.
Wikipedia has him born in Hawaii, moving to Indonesia with mother and stepfather at 6, and returning to Hawaii for 5th grade. Does this make him not "raised in the United States", or are there sources stating otherwise?
Posted by: persimmon | May 8, 2008 1:34 AM
persimmon -
I should have checked my facts. Thanks, persimmon.
I was a leftist for many years and I know from an insider's point of view and can recognize the symptoms when someone suffers from the disease of lathing their country.
We have never had a president who had this much disdain for America. I agree Marian, and I too would be proud to have a President of African descent. But Obama is not the right one. It all goes back to Dr. King's very clear vision.
Posted by: barbara | May 8, 2008 6:32 AM
Would you consider making the correction about Obama's upbringing in the post itself, just in case readers don't check the comments? I don't care one way or the other where he spent his childhood, but I suspect that your readers put a lot of stock in your views, and I'd hate to see this sort of misapprehension solidifying.
Posted by: Angela | May 8, 2008 7:07 AM
I have to agree with Barbara, I don't think he will win. The Clinton camp has created enough animosity toward Obama that it will affect his numbers in the fall. I think the whole race discussion adds a weird spin to his campaign. He is very inexperienced at a time when the country obviously needs experience and leadership. Obama is offering hugs and rap music and reminders of how crappy everyone's got it.
I think on election day that just won't seem like enough for the majority of voters.
I think the media has lulled us into thinking that he is on some sort of tidal wave of popularity...remember he does not yet have a mandate within his own party. This was not a run-away sweep for him. That means that approximately 50% of Democrats don't buy into the sainthood spin.
Posted by: Kelly | May 8, 2008 7:19 PM
While Senator Obama may not be the most appealing Democrat [neither is Senator Clinton], I do not see Senator McCain winning the presidency. Too many people are tired of the Republican Experience of the past eight years. Senator McCain has is unfortunate to be a Republican, which is a death knell to his chances, no matter how good he as an individual may be.
We are overdue for a third party option: none of the above is not sufficient.
Posted by: Will | May 9, 2008 2:49 PM
