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I thought it was great when blogger friend Phil highlighted the model American stump speech as retold by Mark Steyn:
My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you’ll join with me as we try to change it.
Barack Obama’s wife Michelle seems to agree with the last part of the model speech:
“Hope is making a comeback and, let me tell you, for the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country. Not just because Barack is doing well, but I think people are hungry for change,” she said during a rally in downtown Milwaukee.
“I have seen people who are hungry to be unified around some basic common issues and it has made me proud,” she told supporters.
Okay, so she’s not talking about 1994 when we put Republicans in charge of Congress and she’s not talking about 1980 when we elected Reagan. Michelle Obama was an adult during those times, so we can pretty well establish she doesn’t mean any ol’ “basic common issues.”
She’s talking about the “issues” embraced by people who are supportive of her husband. You know, that whittles the field down a great big bunch, or not at all, depending on your point of view. What are Barack’s issues? Well, I know he wants to pull out of Iraq. Beyond that all I’ve heard about the guy is that it’s so wonderful he’s serving as a Senator even though he isn’t a big ol’ fat corrupt drunk white guy from a privileged family who thinks himself above the law (and I note with interest it’s one of Obama’s most fervent supporters who is most responsible for starting that stereotype). And that he has a really warm personality and makes people feel good…which aren’t “common issues.”
So for the first time in her life, Michelle Obama feels proud of her country because it’s about to retreat. Surrender fast or we just might win, and all that.
Perhaps she misspoke. Perhaps she meant to say she’s always been proud of her country and is just extra-extra proud now. But that isn’t what she said, and Occam’s Razor does not smile favorably on this — instead, it leans toward the Fifth Column.
If we can make a big ol’ election fight out of this, the country stands a good chance to make some lemonade out of these three sour lemons with which we’ve been saddled as we try to put a decent butt in the chair behind the most powerful desk in the world. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if it became impossible to moderate a presidential debate in 2008 without asking “Senator, this next question is for you: Should Americans be proud?” And…a simple yes or no will be just fine. You have one second for this one.
For the same situation to exist in all the elections from here on out, would be even better. Might not change anything. But it couldn’t hurt.
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I think you’ll like what Rachel Lucas has to say about our next First Lady…
This woman (Mrs. Obama, NOT Ms. Lucas!) will make our blogs SO much easier to write for the next four a half years or so. A very mixed blessing, that.
- Buck | 02/19/2008 @ 14:00I think the speech was idiotic more then anything else. She’s proud of people being hungry for change? WTF does that mean?
As to the common issues, from what I’ve read the nearest that I can get to stating them would be: Change, Hope, and now Hunger.
- Allen L | 02/19/2008 @ 17:02