In an interview with "Good Morning America", Barack Obama called the so-called attacks on his wife Michelle "low class" and "detestable" and warned the Republicans to "lay off my wife."
He seems to ignore a basic reality of politics–when someone chooses to enter the political arena, whatever they say becomes fair game for the other side.
Responding to an ad by Tennessee Republicans in which they used Mrs. Obama’s remarks about being proud of her country for the first time in her adult life, Obama said this:
"The GOP, should I be the nominee, I think can say whatever they want to say about me, my track record," Obama said.
"I've been in public life for 20 years. I expect them to pore through everything that I've said, every utterance, every statement. And to paint it in the most undesirable light possible. That's what they do."
But I do want to say this to the GOP. 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," he said."
The Obamas seem to have forgotten how those in their campaign "attacked" Bill Clinton for statements he has made while campaigning for Hillary. Lord knows I’m not one to defend the Clintons, but fair is fair.
Bill was criticized sharply for calling Obama’s lack of experience "a roll of the dice", for calling Obama’s opposition to the war a "fairy tale", and for his comparison of Obama to Jesse Jackson after South Carolina. Retired Gen. McPeak, an Obama co-chair, even compared Bill to Joe McCarthy at one point.
Cindy McCain’s lack of disclosure of her tax returns has been in the news as well. In fact the DNC has promised that it will continue to be an issue during the general election campaign.
When the Obamas complain about what they perceive as unfair tactics it comes across as whining, just as it does when Hillary laments about the alleged media bias against her.
Again, if a spouse injects themselves into the campaign process, like it or not, their words and their actions are going to be fodder for the opposition.
My advice to Mrs. Obama is this; you’re in the big leagues now, sweetie (sorry, feminists, I couldn’t resist the temptation) either get a thicker skin or get off the stage.
Most of the men I've spoken to applaud Barack Obama's defense of his wife and her patriotism, all delivered during a Monday morning TV talk show interview.
He was wearing a flag pin, and he applauded his wife as "the most honest, the best person I know," and that was sweet.
But when Michelle Obama was asked how she felt about the Tennessee Republican Party's video -- a nasty piece of work that implied she lacks patriotic virtue -- he leaned toward her, touched her on the knee, and interrupted. "Let me interject," he said.
"If they think they're going to try to make Michelle an issue in this campaign, they should be careful ... because that I find unacceptable," he said.
A week ago, this wouldn't have bothered me. But two interruptions, and a bit of macho protectionism, resonated in an uncomfortable way. Not in the way that my male colleagues took it, as "chivalry," as a man standing up for his wife, but in a slightly distasteful echo of last week's "sweetie" incident. That's when Obama brushed off WXYZ reporter Peggy Agar, called her "sweetie," and failed to answer her question.
It occurs to me that, in Detroit, we've had much recent experience with a politician brushing off criticism by posing as the family protector. That's what Kwame Kilpatrick did, when he broadcast his vague apology from a church anteroom, and dramatically asked that his wife and children be left alone. He said "lay off" when he said, "This has been a very difficult time for my wife and family. I would ask, from this point forward, that if you have to attack someone, attack me."
He said that, creating an aura of a man protecting his family, even as he thrust his wife into the TV lights to share in his humiliation.
In the case of Michelle Obama, her husband's rush to protect her is especially a reach that the opponent of Hillary Clinton can ill afford. It's suspect and inauthentic, the macho pose to defend his wife's honor. This Michelle Obama, with degrees from two Ivy League universities and a high-profile legal career, with political experience, is about as much the "little woman" as Hillary Clinton ever was.
As distasteful as a video that deliberately distorted her words might be, her ill-chosen words are as fair game for the critics as Barack Obama's tie pin.
Besides, it was refreshing to see a political wife appearing without having to apologize for her husband's latest transgression. That TV moment posed an opportunity for us to see Michelle Obama respond to a real question, as a dynamic and poised woman who can talk, when she's allowed to. No chivalry required.
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