Obama tells critics to leave his wife alone

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Obama tells critics to leave his wife alone Mon May 19, 2008 8:50am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said on Monday that Republican critics should stop picking on his wife Michelle.

"These folks should lay off my wife," Obama said in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America."

Obama was referring to a four-minute video posted on YouTube by the Tennessee Republican Party last week during a visit by Michelle Obama that portrayed a remark she made in February in an unflattering manner.

Michelle Obama's remark that "for first time in my adult lifetime I'm proud of my country" stirred a controversy at the time. Critics said it sounded unpatriotic and suggested she had not been proud of her country before her husband's candidacy.

[Williams]

You have caught on to the dem playbook: Turn all your weaknesses around by screaming that your opponents are mean spirited. Confuse people into thinking that is the issue.

[Army Air Corps]

I find it amusing that Obambi’s campaign has taken-on health care costs while his wife is pulling down over $350,000 in a non-essential job for a hospital.

[maggief]

Leave Michelle alone!

[savedbygrace]

I hope Rush picks up on that idea. A Chris Crocker impersonation would be hilarious on air, even on radio.

[raptor29]

“Trying to preempt the “Whitey” video that’s supposedly out there?”

DING DING DING, ‘winner, winner, chicken dinner.......’

[Fido969]

Maybe he should put her in a burka and tell her not to go out in public. It seems to be what he wants.

[angelsonmyside]

“What I believe is both parents Obama and his wife are child abusers..Anyone who would let their children sit in a so called Church and listen to the Racist Bidget they call a pastor should have their children taken away”

Never really thought about it until you brought up this point. Now that I do...there really is not much difference in what Mr and Mrs. Hussaine Obama are doing and the Fred Phelps Westboro Cult morons do to their children. Thanks for bring that to the forefront.

[EagleandLiberty]

Hey Barak:

I'll leave your wife alone, if you weren't running for the presidency. However, YOU are, so she is fair game - and so is the CRIMINALS (Bill Ayers) and RACISTS (Rev. Wright) you ASSOCIATE with.

You only told us about HOPE and CHANGE, but NOTHING ELSE! Are you HOPING we will CHANGE into BRAINDEAD VOTERS and vote for you? I'll vote for you if the only party was the Worker's and the Communist were running against you.

[faithinchaos]

I think I despise his wife more than him.

She just looks like the typical racist angry black woman. And I hope that when the tape of his wife in typical racist form comes out it that it buries him.

Although I have doubts because nothing has really hurt this guy yet.

[WayneS]

I pretty much hate everything about our current bloated, constitution-over-stepping federal government, too; except when they stay strictly within the limits of the powers granted them by the constitution (like funding the military and operating post offices and such). I do not hate our FORM of Government, but the form OF our government. These are two different things. Perhaps your brother is having a hard time discerning between the two.

There is a lot of monopolistic, anti-capitalist behavior by large U.S. corporations that tees me off, also.

But if you call be a Democrat I’ll challenge you to a duel. ;^)

[bannie]

“These folks”

“Folks” is his code for white people.

[MuttTheHoople]

If Michelle can’t stand the heat, she needs to go back into the kitchen and bake cookies.

[IMissPresidentReagan]

Michelle Obama's remark that "for first time in my adult lifetime I'm proud of my country" stirred a controversy at the time. Critics said it sounded unpatriotic and suggested she had not been proud of her country before her husband's candidacy.

Just for the record, critics did not suggest she had not been proud of her country before her husband's candidacy, Michelle Obama did by saying "for the first time in my adult lifetime", unless of course we need to redefine the word "first" much in the same way the Clinton's needed to redefine words like "is", "sex", "alone", etc. None of Michelle's critics forced her to say those words, nor are the suggesting anything by using them. Why is it whenever a Democrat says something like this, "critics are suggesting" the Democrat is whatever he/she just said?

[Jim Noble]

When you're getting flak, it means you're over the target.

Let's see the tape.

[DogBarkTree]

Make that fish eyed "big eared" fool.

[headsonpikes]

“$10 says she keeps a straight razor in her shoe...”

LOL!...and she certainly looks mean enough to use it!

[WayneS]

Sort of like “those people” was R.E. Lee’s code fro Yankees?

[bannie]

Someone quoted Mohammad Ali (Cassius Clay) as saying that he’s beyond GRATEFUL that is great-grandpa “got on that boat.”

I’m grateful for the horrible hardships my ancestors faced in getting to this nation, too (I am in no way comparing coming here to flee religious persecution to slavery...but I share the same gratitude.).

Barack Hussein Obama should also thank his generous “white folk” grandparents for raising him when his own “sainted” father seemed “otherwise engaged.”

[ProfessorGage]

I’ve heard nothing of this video. Are you referring to post number eight or have you heard something else? Thanks.

[ishabibble]

>>”These folks should lay off my wife,” Obama said in an interview with ABC's “Good Morning America.”<<

Preemptive strike. Methinks the Michelle “whitey” tapes rumour might just be true...