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Obama tells Tenn.'s GOP: 'Lay off my wife' [Barf Alert]
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Posted on 05/19/2008 8:38:48 AM PDT by indcons

Democrat Barack Obama has a message for Tennessee's Republican Party: "Lay off my wife." ADVERTISEMENT

Obama, his party's presidential front-runner, and his wife, Michelle, were asked in an interview aired Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America" about an online video last week by the state's GOP taking her to task for a comment some considered unpatriotic.

"The GOP, should I be the nominee, can say whatever they want to say about me, my track record," Obama said. "If they think that they're going to try to make Michelle an issue in this campaign, they should be careful because that I find unacceptable, the notion that you start attacking my wife or my family."

He called the strategy "low class."

The video, posted on YouTube, centered on remarks Michelle Obama made while campaigning in Wisconsin last February, when she said: "For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country."

The four-minute video replayed the remark six times, interspersing it with commentary by Tennesseans on why they are proud of America. In a news release that included a link to the video, Tennessee's GOP said "the Tennessee Republican Party has always been proud of America." It urged radio stations to play "patriotic music" during Michelle Obama's visit to Nashville last Thursday.

Michelle Obama later clarified the remark, saying she meant she was proud of how Americans were engaging in the political process and that she had always been proud of her country.

"Whoever is in charge of the Tennessee GOP needs to think long and hard about the kind of campaign they want to run, and I think that's true for everybody, Democrat or Republican," Obama said in the ABC interview, adding: "These folks should lay off my wife."

Obama said his wife "loves this country. For them to try to distort or to play snippets of her remarks in ways that are unflattering to her is, I think, just low class. I think that most of the American people would think that as well."

Tennessee's Republican Party was roundly criticized in March, including by likely presidential nominee John McCain, for a news release that used Barack Obama's middle name — Hussein — and showed a photo of him wearing what it said was "Muslim attire."

The release ultimately was removed from the party's Web site at the urging of the state's two Republican senators and Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan, who said he "rejects these kinds of campaign tactics."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: audacityofdope; audacityofmendacity; barackhusseinobama; fourth; lendmeyourears; michelleobama; nobama; obama; obamawife; obambi; tn2008
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To: indcons

Tell her to stay home, shut up, put on an apron, bake cookies, have teas.


21 posted on 05/19/2008 8:56:47 AM PDT by NRA1995 (Bill Clinton: HILLARY!'s other big ass)
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To: indcons

Sorry, Obama, but if your wife is out there representing you and your campaign, she IS open to criticism for her comments, the same way that x42 and Cindy McCain would be.


22 posted on 05/19/2008 8:56:47 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: indcons

Time for the Tenn. Republican Party to double its efforts.


23 posted on 05/19/2008 8:58:08 AM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: indcons

“I wonder if this statement is but a pre-emptive strike against the release of the alleged Michelle Obama “whitey” tape.”

Or Worse!


24 posted on 05/19/2008 8:59:34 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Hussein Obama"Hama's" Pastor, Jeremiah Wright: "God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11")
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Exactly!

If they did not trot her out to campaign for him, she would not be fair game.


25 posted on 05/19/2008 8:59:51 AM PDT by Laserman
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To: indcons
"Lay off my wife."

Or what Barry....you'll wet your prayer robe? Maybe you should learn to keep your militant-ass woman in check before she lets out all the family secrets.

26 posted on 05/19/2008 9:00:28 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.)
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To: indcons
"He called the strategy "low class."

So's his wife.
27 posted on 05/19/2008 9:08:17 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter Lifetime ACU Rating: 92 (any combo will do, fellas))
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To: Grampa Dave

Michelle Obama is a surrogate of Barack’s. Therefore she is fair game. She is giving policy speeches and criticizing the opposition which opens the door!

She said, America is a down right mean country. (the ‘if you don’t like us, you’re mean method’ of insulating her husband)
Barry’s just trying to return the favor and ‘insulate’ her.


28 posted on 05/19/2008 9:09:10 AM PDT by griswold3 (Al queda is guilty of hirabah (war against society) Penalty is death.)
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To: indcons
Just add this to the growing list of things we're not allowed to mention.


"Do not critise his wife"

29 posted on 05/19/2008 9:09:50 AM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: indcons
Get used to it whiner. If she campaigns for you she is fair game. If she says off the wall crap, she is fair game.

This guy has to be the biggest whiner I have ever seen running for President. I had made up my mind not to vote for McCain but I just can't see letting this arrogant racist bas**** into the white house along with his muslim loving, American hating wife.

30 posted on 05/19/2008 9:11:36 AM PDT by calex59
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To: griswold3

“Michelle Obama is a surrogate of Barack’s. Therefore she is fair game. She is giving policy speeches and criticizing the opposition which opens the door!”

Exactly. She is fair game like Hill was in 1992-96, Madame Kerry in 2000.


31 posted on 05/19/2008 9:12:35 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Hussein Obama"Hama's" Pastor, Jeremiah Wright: "God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11")
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To: indcons
"I wonder if this statement is but a pre-emptive strike against the release of the alleged Michelle Obama “whitey” tape."

Anyone seen this video yet? I keep hearing about it, but details are sketchy so far.

32 posted on 05/19/2008 9:12:51 AM PDT by libs_kma (The land of the free, because of the brave)
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To: indcons

I wouldn’t lay on your wife for a million dollars buddy.


33 posted on 05/19/2008 9:14:58 AM PDT by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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To: indcons

Obama your wife wears army boots!


34 posted on 05/19/2008 9:15:06 AM PDT by linn37 (phlebotomist on duty,its just a little pinch)
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To: indcons

Wouldn’t Michelle Obama be a legitimate target, considering that she is campaigning for a candidate, and would hold an [unelected] government position if her candidate of choice was elected. Yes, she is her wife, but she had made herself part of the political process. No unlike former First Lady Hillary Clinton.


35 posted on 05/19/2008 9:15:21 AM PDT by tlj18 (Governor Sarah Palin for Vice President!)
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To: libs_kma

No, not yet. The “alleged” existence is picking up some mention in the MSM but I wouldn’t put it beyond them to bury it if it is as eplosive based on leaks from the Hillary Clinton campaign.


36 posted on 05/19/2008 9:16:31 AM PDT by indcons
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To: indcons

Hey Obama - tell your wife to shut her trap and she might not get called for her anti-american statements.

But as long as she is a public part of your campaign, all bets are off (and gloves). You are married to an American-hating racist. If you don’t think that is an issue, then you need to step out of the campaign.


37 posted on 05/19/2008 9:17:11 AM PDT by TheBattman (LORD God, please give us a Christian Patriot with a backbone for President in 08, Amen.)
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To: libs_kma

No, not yet. The “alleged” existence is picking up some mention in the MSM but I wouldn’t put it beyond them to bury it. Based on “alleged” leaks from the Hillary Clinton campaign, it sounds like a campaign killer.


38 posted on 05/19/2008 9:17:26 AM PDT by indcons
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To: indcons

At this time in history, why are we even seriously considering a leftist with Muslim roots as a Presidential candidate?


39 posted on 05/19/2008 9:19:03 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Concerned about the price of arugula)
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To: indcons

Michelle has put herself out there with her anti-American rhetoric. She is therefore fair game. Have at it, GOP!


40 posted on 05/19/2008 9:19:23 AM PDT by Paperdoll ( on the cutting edge.)
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