Michelle: Hold Your Head High; We Got Your Back

[Triana]

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One by one these incidents add up to an effort to portray a warm, humorous, gracious, hard-working professional woman and an apparently devoted wife and mother as a racist shrew.

Why the Fear?

Why are people so afraid of her?

Is it because she's smart, educated, outspoken, 6 feet tall and an African American woman?

I think so.

Is it because many people are somewhat OK with the idea of an African American president but are still petrified by the idea of an African American first lady?

Could be. That double whammy; African American and a woman.

Is it because destroying her reputation harms her husband's chances of winning?

You bet.

But don't worry Michelle, we got your back. We're not going to let them slam you and marginalize you. There are many women--white women and those of color--in the trenches and on your side.

Friends to the Rescue

Gina McCauley, a 32 year-old African American blogger, is one.

"The whole country doesn't know what to do about Michelle," says McCauley, who started "What About our Daughters," a blog by and for black women. A few days ago she launched MichelleObamawatch.com to track the slings and arrows aimed at Michelle.

"I was getting so many e-mails every day citing horrible things being said about Michelle, I just had to create this separate site to let people know," she said. Her main site was being overrun with negative posts not only about Michelle but also the Obama daughters, including one referring to them "nappy headed ho's."

A cartoon that briefly appeared last month on the progressive Daily Kos site was there too, offering a glaring example of what can only be explained by complete cultural incompetence. The drawing showed Michelle being lynched and branded.


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[Cha]

1. We do have Michelle's back..thank

you, Triana! I know her appearance on The View helped dispel the smears the rw have been throwing because they can't have anyone looking at their inadequacies.

[Triana]

3. "they can't have anyone looking at their inadequacies"

And that's exactly what's behind this BS - gross hypocrisy for one (Cindy McCain?! The drug-addicted thief married to John? Puhleeze!), and distraction from the issues in this election.

Michelle is a decent, smart, accomplished woman (in SPITE of being a DOUBLE minority), a rock of a Mom and Wife, and someone we can all admire. She doesn't deserve this drubbing.

But then, Repigs would nearly murder their own mothers for power or profit - so you have to expect this from such low-lifes. :mad:

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Michelle frightens the Reich Wing

Nothing scares them more than a tall, beautiful, smart and accomplished African American woman.

It's really their worst nightmare and their knee-jerk reaction is to lash out at what they perceive to be a threat.

[Triana]

5. Pfft! Bunchco Ninny Nincompoops!

God their misogynist, racist, holier-than-thou attitudes annoy me.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. We got her back!!

Go Michelle!!!

:applause:

[shifting_sands]

6. Sorry for them

There is a certain mind set, men and women alike, who are seemingly terrified of smart strong competent women, add black to that mixture and they go wild. I feel kind of sorry for them, going through life like that with so much fear, it must be awful

[Triana]

8. Michelle mentioned that on The View - people don't even know how to talk to (or ABOUT)

strong women. (well they know how to talk about them BADLY - especially the insecure misogynist neo-cons).

Welp. They need to LEARN.

[grantcart]

7. they are so far behind they could never reach her back

[Triana]

9. Bwah! Good point. But we need to cover it anyhoo. Because you know they..

...will try every trick in the book to stab the Obamas there (via Michelle or otherwise).

[TBF]

10. I adore Michelle - she's a strong woman and great mother

[H2O Man]

11. Nominated.

This morning, before she went to work, my wife watched some of the news with me. There was coverage of Michelle Obama. My wife began to smile, and so I asked her what she was thinking? She said that Michelle Obama is going to play a very important role in her time as First Lady, and that she is going to help our country make advances in its thinking.

[ismnotwasm]

12. Excellent article

They didn't waste any time going all out after her. I figured something like it would happen, but not how. Pretty disgusting. Damn right we have her back.