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Michelle In The Spotlight
November 20, 2008
I receive many strange comments on this website that I simply delete. Although I am a strong proponent of First Amendment rights, I exercise my option of deleting defamatory remarks, spam-based “comments” and miscellaneous lunacy. That final category includes a comment I received a while ago from an alleged female, focused on Michelle Obama. The rant included this statement: “Someone should look into Michelle …” I felt inclined to reply with the following:
An obstetrician actually did look into her and found two African-American babies, who were sired by Barack Obama. Are you scared yet?
Throughout the Presidential campaign, the crazy stuff about Michelle kept turning up all over the media. Monday, November 17, was a landmark day for that ignominious chapter in “news” coverage. You may remember Fox News anchor E.D. Hill, who, on June 6, called attention to Michelle’s “terrorist fist jab” with Barack. Fox News subsequently removed Hill from its America’s Pulse program. On November 17, TVNewser reported that the Fox News Senior Vice-President of programming, Bill Shine, informed TVNewser of his decision not to renew Hill’s current contract with Fox, which expires within the next few months. A small step for Fox, but a giant leap for … uh … Fox.
From a more rational perspective, another item about Michelle appeared on today’s Daily Beast website. The article, “Michelle’s Closet Agenda”, was written by Geraldine Brooks. Ms. Brooks summarized the theme of her posting with this statement:
This point emphasizes an aspect about Michelle that many people find threatening. They saw it all before with Hillary Clinton: A woman who attended law school with her husband at Yale, who went on to have an active and successful legal career. Although Barack is two years older than Michelle, she graduated from Harvard Law School three years before our President-elect graduated from that same institution. While working as Vice-President for Community and External Affairs for the University of Chicago Hospitals, Michelle was earning approximately $273,000 per year, in comparison with Barack’s $157,000 salary as a United States Senator representing the State of Illinois.
Michelle’s stint as First Lady follows that of Laura Bush, who did not have much to say during her husband’s eight-year tenure. Nevertheless, book publishers are stomping on each other’s toes in the quest to obtain the publishing rights to Laura’s memoirs. As for Michelle, many are expecting a First Lady who might have a little more to say, than did Laura Bush. There is a great deal of doubt as to whether Michelle will become as involved in government as was Hillary Clinton, during her days promoting expanded health care. Despite that, many people are anxious to get a little more insight from Michelle than we heard from Laura Bush. One of the first commentators to express this craving was Jason Zengerle. After Michelle’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, Mr. Zengerle had this to say in the August 25 edition of The New Republic:
Many pundits are hungry for more incisive, quotable wisdom from our next First Lady. They will surely get it. They will know better than to scrutinize Michelle’s statements for gaffes. Joe Biden has proven himself as the new administration’s most abundant source of those. Why look elsewhere?