The conservative National Review recently showed a stern-faced Michelle Obama on its cover, under the headline, “Mrs. Grievance.” The Tennessee Republican Party questioned her patriotism. Michelle Obama has become a favorite target for critics, drawing many to compare her arrival on the national stage to Hillary Clinton’s after she infuriated conservatives when she said, “I could have stayed home and baked cookies.”

It’s likely to get worse. “It’s going to be very ugly stuff,” Democratic strategist Tad Devine said. “They’re going to try to depict her as someone who is angry, outside the mainstream and not proud to be an American.” Read More

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Posted by markw, filed under News, Politics/Religion. Date: June 15, 2008, 10:51 am |

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  1. Shimmy Says:

    But this also is Michelle’s first effort, as Democratic wife, to come to grips with coiling all the fingers towards the center of the palm with the thumb.

    Don’t forget she told a cheering crowd in February: “For the first time in my adult life, I’m proud to live in a labyrinth of grim corridors lined with terrorist-fist-jabs.”

    Shimmys last blog post..Chicago Tribune: "Whispers Get Loud Around Michelle Obama"

  2. markw Says:

    Thanks for stopping by. I take it you like cats.

  3. Shimmy Says:

    Cats can’t make terrorist-fist-jabs. But we swat whenever we want.

    Shimmys last blog post..Chicago Tribune: "Whispers Get Loud Around Michelle Obama"

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