Posted on 03/16/2009 8:38:48 PM PDT by Steelfish
MARCH 17, 2009
The Dissing of Laura Bush
By WILLIAM MCGURN
By choosing Fort Bragg for her first official trip outside the capital last Thursday, Michelle Obama signaled that she will use her position as First Lady to promote one of America's most deserving causes: our military families.
Plainly the families loved it. Just look at the smiles on those children as she read them "The Cat in the Hat."
So it was just a little disconcerting the next morning to hear the First Lady explain how she came to this issue during last year's campaign.
"I think I was like most Americans," she told ABC News. "Pretty oblivious to the life of military families. Sort of taking it for granted."
Perhaps Mrs. Obama did take these families for granted. Surely, however, it's extraordinary to suggest that "most Americans" did the same.
Certainly not the McCains, the Bidens and the Palins, each of whom had at least one son in uniform. More to the point, the presidential campaign in which she says the issue started "taking shape" for her came nearly seven years into a war that has inspired millions across America to step forward to help our troops.
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Even more arrogant than her husband.
Actually....she sounds STUPID to say something like this....
Michelle, are you proud yet?
Because for the first time in my life I’m really ashamed of my country.
bambi’s ‘wife’ isn’t fit to polish Mrs. Bush’s shoes, and NEVER will be!
Ha hahahahahaha!!....... You think Hillary is the only one who seeks the Presidency?? Be ready, I’ll be dead by then and I’ll miss out on it. I’ll bet that Michelle is positioning herself for more than just the first lady.
Give it up Michelle. We know you are lying through your teeth.
Big @$$, but no class.
Oh, for the love of..
*fuming*
Michelle Obama is classless and clueless.
She will NEVER be the First Lady Laura Bush was, nor could she hope to be.
She has a vile and twisted soul.
This was a very well written piece. The MSM has really had a full-court press on to deify Michelle Obama as quickly as possible. It will be curious when her “approval” numbers come out as to what they’ll be. My guess is she is much less popular with the American public than her husband - whose one personal approval ratings seem to be slipping quickly.
I don’t even want to hear things like that. No Way No How!
Well put!
Except jimah carter’s fiasco in the Iranian desert hit the “ashamed” buttom pretty hard with me. Or was that just a worldclass embarrasment?
She is so full of it.
Laura Bush didn’t feel the need to call a press conference every time she made a move. People who do things out of genuine care and concern for other people don’t need to call attention to themselves...unlike the attention whores currently inhabiting the White House.
I’m sure the military families are very happy about Ms. Obama’s husband’s plan for all military related injuries to be handled by their private insurance.
I dont know, he went went the forces he had, and our military was not up to that task at the time.
They could have still went into Tehran with what they had left, but who knows what would have happened then. I give him credit on that one even though the mission failed.
just my 2 cents on that.
Speak for yourself, lady. (Yes, I use the term "lady" generously here.)
//I think I was like most Americans//
She thinks she is like most Americans, on what planet?
While Bambi is cutting Vet’s benefits .... does she thinks she kids anyone?
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