Posted on 02/29/2008 9:51:36 AM PST by kingattax
Michelle Obama, who often has decried "the fear bomb'' that opponents have used against her husband for his middle name -- Barack Hussein Obama -- said in Canton, Ohio, today that it is happening again and shows why it's so important that he wins election as president.
"They threw in the obvious, ultimate fear bomb," Obama said today of her husband's 2004 Senate race. "We're even hearing [that] now. … 'When all else fails, be afraid of his name, and what that could stand for, because it's different.'"
The senator's wife said that rivals use innuendo to play on fears. "Just as they're saying it now," she said.
But, she told about 200 supporters this morning at a restored theater in Canton, Obama won despite that "climate of negativity and doubt" in 2004. "We learned, number one, that when power is threatened by real change they will say anything to stop it," she said. "But we also learned that the American people can handle the truth."
What America needs, she added, is a "fundamentally different kind of leadership," one that challenges people to be different, and better to one another. And that, she said to critics who say it is not his time, cannot wait.
"Barack Obama will be the kind of leader we need right now, not in four years or eight years or 12 years," she said. "We can't wait to get this right. We need it to happen today."
(Excerpt) Read more at weblogs.chicagotribune.com ...
From your keyboard to God’s ears.
The only word that comes to mind regarding Mrs Obama, is militant, well the only one fit for polite conversation.
She is a militant woman.
This country seems hell bent on electing the enemy............I guess In hope that they will Love us.
Why is it no one is allowed to say his real name or show authentic pictures of him in african dress but it’s totally cool to talk about his drug use?
The senator’s wife said that rivals use innuendo to play on fears. “Just as they’re saying it now,” she said.
Hey...just like...um...YOU are doing, Michelle!
What a lovely First Lady she will make. /s
Yes! That fits her very well among some other things I am too polite to say....However I will say I don't see her as First Lady material. The thought of those two in the White House makes my head hurt.
I have an awful feeling we're going to be hearing a LOT more from Mrs. Barack Hussein Obama in the coming months... *groan*
If his John McCains middle name was Christ or Jesus, the same people who denounce the use of “Hussein” in this country would be demanding that he explain to us all how his name is not related to Christianity and promise that he would not “force” the religion down America’s throat.
Michelle Mouthbomb Obama
“I guess I’ll just call him Barry!!??!!”
I’m going to call him Obie (rhymes with Opie and Dopey).
“This has gotten beyond ridiculous.”
Double-Dog Dittos to that!!!!
His first name.
It's the name of Muhammed's flippin' flyin' HORSE!
Baraq or Barack
So what do we call him? "Muhammed's Flying Horse - Muhammed's grandson - Obama?"
********************
It's his name, honey.
I bet she wouldn’t wear a burkha
She Will Be Worse Than Hillary Ever Was If She Gets Into The White House
If he gets so riled up over his birth name, his BIG ears, and being called a liberal. I hate to think how he will react to real problems.
has anyone else noticed the resemblance to anita hill ?
Exactly
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.