Michelle Obama: 'Barack Is a Pretty Cool Dad'

Weekly Standard ^ | Jun 13, 2012 | DANIEL HALPER

[Sir Napsalot]

The latest campaign email to supporters of President Barack Obama's reelection effort tries to capitalize on the president's coolness. "From coaching basketball to knowing how many Jonas brothers there are, Barack is a pretty cool dad," writes First Lady Michelle Obama in an email to supporters.

Michelle Obama adds, "But more importantly, Barack is a wonderful father and partner. ...

The email goes on to encourage folks to virtually sign an e-card wishing the president a happy Father's Day. After signing the card, supporters are immediately directed to a page that then asks the president's supporters to donate money to Obama's reelection campaign.

[DrC]

Unfortunately, this cool dad wants to be our national nanny. Let’s retire him next fall so the Obama kids can spend more time with their cool dad.

[MissMagnolia]

I heard that too ..... gal talking about it was making a pretty big deal out of the ‘cool’ description being racist. Somebody better send the Mooch the memo.

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Moochelle ma belle:

"Moreover, when he plays catch with the girls, they don't feel intimidated or overpowered, because he throws just like a 10 year old girl.....

[No Truce With Kings]

Well, Michelle, since he is such a cool dad, I intend to do my best over the next five months to make sure he has a lot of extra time to spend with his daughters after January 2013.

It’s the least I can do for them.

[gnickgnack2]

>> Yeah he’s a really cool dud. <<

Okay, it might be a typo, where you meant dad or dude, but I think you got it exactly right!

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

Poor Barry. He won’t be getting a father’s day card from Trayvon this year.

Now that's just flat-ass downright clever right there!

[Secret Agent Man]

Let’s hope that’s the only title he’s got left after November.

[liberalh8ter]

LOL...I wouldn’t be surprised!

[Bellflower]

Presenting Obama as a wonderful, wonderful, completely wonderful person, I believe, is the essence of their political strategy. They don't want people to choose him because he is good at politics, but rather because they wildly love and adore him as a person. His operatives have his followers send Obama a Father's day card as a way of reinforcing him as the image of a perfect father, the one that they never had. Kind of like The Heavenly Father. By sending him a Father's day card he, in their psyche, has become their very own father. They don't market him as a great politician, but rather as a perfect person, even a god.

This kind of campaigning is so removed from the Republican mindset that it is completely flying under their radar. Republicans continue to go up against him for political reasons, which is the way they are use to dealing in the realm of politics. They should come to the understanding that the campaign against Obama is, at least partly, if not primarily, a matter of coming up against this prevailing message that Obama's handlers are running with, that he is close to or even possibly a sinless person, who is very, very wholesome, and a completely wonderful and loving person. No syrupy superlatives are too much when it comes to describing how Obama's followers are being led to feel about him. He is the father they have always dreamed of having. They even try to blur the line between loving him as a human and worshiping him as a god. His followers cannot help but to vote for someone they madly love. Republicans should find ways to disprove the fallacy of his "godness", so people will not be driven to worship him. I am amazed that they are still running with this, but they are.

Obama is becoming so unpopular with so many that it may be possible to win the election against him without coming to grips with their true campaign strategy, but maybe not. So let's start coming up against his "wonderfulness" with his followers so that the power of this kind of campaign style doesn't continue to catch on with too many others. Let's not lose the election because we didn't understand their strategy, because understanding it was beyond our comprehension.

[Toespi]

Lol.......it was intended.......I also put another little jab in there for Michelle being “hip”

[Ezekiel]

She said “partner” instead of husband. I guess she doesn’t see him in a masculine role.

Good catch. Parter in crime is more like it. A slip of the forked tongue. And maybe they really aren't married. So much "Obama" history is fake that even the name Obama belongs in quotes, so who can take anything they say at face value.