Posted on 01/05/2017 4:26:54 PM PST by drewh
The first lady seems bitter that the voters, like rebellious teens, aren’t taking the Obamas’ advice anymore. Last month, Michelle Obama sat down with Oprah Winfrey for what many assumed would be one of those feel-good, lighthearted interviews. Past first ladies have provided similar end-of-term interviews, in which they tend to display both astonishment and relief that it’s all over, coupled with the proper magnanimity and graciousness toward the next family to reside in the White House.
Yet, this time was different. Far from feel-good, Mrs. Obama seemed more like a frustrated mother lamenting the rebelliousness of her growing child. The biggest headline maker in the interview was her response to Oprah’s question about whether she felt that the administration had achieved its goal of “hope and change.” Mrs. Obama responded, “Yes, I do, because we feel the difference now. . . . Now we’re feeling what not having hope feels like.”
Critics rebuked the first lady for suggesting, in narcissistic fashion, that the people feel hope only when the Obamas reside in the White House. But Mrs. Obama’s next statement was equally revealing. She said: Our children respond to crises the way they see us respond. You know, it’s like the toddler that bumps his head on the table, and they look up at you to figure out whether it hurts, and if you’re, like, “Oh, my God,” they’re crying. But if you’re, like, “You know what, Babe, it’s okay, it’s okay.” And I feel that way about the nation. I feel that Barack has been that for the nation. . . .
Having a grown-up in the White House who can say to you in times of crisis and turmoil, “Hey, it’s going to be okay.” This quote betrays the disturbing way in which Mrs. Obama seems to view the American public — as children in need of constant minding and confidence-building. And yet it’s also notable because she and her liberal allies have taken the opposite tack with this election: Rather than reassuring the American public that the country will indeed be okay under a Trump presidency, they look panicked and despairing. Of course, the overheated nature of their reaction is only riling up the toddler in this scenario: Obama’s liberal followers.
And note that Michelle Obama seems not to grasp that not all Americans share her feelings. Some are indeed feeling hopeless, particularly those who supported Hillary Clinton. But others — such as the millions who supported the incoming president — are feeling more hopeful. Some are even ebullient. In fact, it was precisely that desire to rekindle hope, and the feeling of hopelessness that they had throughout the past eight years, that propelled many to vote for Donald Trump.
Like many parents who are suddenly shocked at their child’s teenage rebellion, Michelle Obama appears surprised to learn that her kids (the American public) have interests and ideas very different from her own. For instance, some of her “kids” genuinely disliked being told how to eat and live. Some bristled at having their choices limited and being forcefully nudged to eat this way or that. Many balked when government bureaucrats told them how to parent their own kids; they slammed the door on all the unsolicited advice about their personal choices. In fact, most Americans don’t like the federal government treating them like children at all. Some of Michelle Obama’s ‘kids’ genuinely disliked being told how to eat and live.
It will certainly be difficult for the first lady to watch as the Republican Congress — if it does as promised — rolls back many of the programs and policies she helped push through, such as school-lunch reforms and onerous restaurant-menu labeling. Yet that’s the curse of Washington’s swinging pendulum and the fickle nature of the American voter. If indeed Michelle Obama sees herself as a mother figure, she should remember that parenting is as much about setting a good example as it is about instructing children. She has an opportunity to set yet another good example for the American public — as she’s done as an accomplished woman and an involved mother, and in serving as a loyal and strong partner to her powerful husband. Let’s hope she is able to set aside her own feeling and confusion about this election, let go of those troublesome kids she doesn’t seem to understand anymore, and show the incoming first family the kindness and respect they deserve.
Who ever did?
Whatever. Just pack up and move the #### out already.
her last diatribe is tomorrow thankfully!
Greener pastures MOOchelle
All anyone has to do is look at her parenting of her own kids, one of which was recently filmed smoking pot at a party.
The Obama’s are so full of liberal hot gas they could explode any minute.
I work overnight so I only have to wake up 14 more times with her as first lady.
I’ll get home 7am on the 20th and obviously not going to sleep till I know they’re out.
We could be sad about her. She called nannying busybody activity “hope” and she calls aspirations to free enterprise disappointing. What a constricted worldview. What a miserable mind to be locked into. The Whos forgave even the Grinch, though to be sure the Grinch had to understand first.
Michelle, cheer up. The world doesn’t have to be your grim, puppeted child. You don’t have to be its grim, puppeted child either. Ya know, Michelle, there is a God. And He is as near as a prayer. Which you never uttered because you were so busy trying to depend on yourself, Michelle. Give up the game, Michelle. Discover the same thing that has made a billion rednecks happier than you think they have a right to be.
Dam straight!
I feel like launching into a heartfelt rendition of “Alfie.” While outwardly a secular song, it pointed at the heart of God. “Without true love, we just exist, Alfie!”
Eat your own dam peas, lady.
She needs peace, not peas.
Moochie.....we hate your guts. We see you as an anti-american marxist who hates white people. So we’re even.
I have fireworks set up for 12:05 and a double shot of Wild Turkey for Lunch.
How did America get where it was?
Why isn’t it another Pakistan?
It was because of what it believed in.
Michelle is in such a rotten shape because of what she’s believed in, and failed to believed in.
I hope one day she gets a clue, before she goes to the eternal world that’s about nothing but hate.
Raise a toast to the Donald... and a prayer.
He’s going to need lots and lots and lots of help from God. He has a God sized vision. It needs a God sized architect and a God sized builder.
Lol how true.
She wanted to be the Queen of Hope so much that she hogged all the hope to herself.
I worked under a manager who was 20 years younger than I. This was her attitude......all the techs we her children. I simply could no longer take it one and retired early. She is sht same these days, but at least I don’t have to deal with her. Cannot wait until the Obamas are out of The People’s House : ))))))))))
Wow. Accurate and truly revealing. It’s the absolute truth.
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