We know the GOP is 'scurred' of Sen. Obama. Now it seems as though their fear of a Black president also extends to the woman who would become the first African-American first lady in our country's history as well.
What is it about Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama that 'scurrs' them so much? Is it the fact she's an intelligent, almost 6 feet tall sistah with a compelling story as well? Is it because she rose from growing up in a one bedroom apartment on the South Side of Chicago to graduating from Princeton and Harvard Law and making major cheddar? Is it because she has a handsome husband she's been married to for over a decade and has two cute kids?
Yep.
The Tennessee GOP released a video timed for a visit that she's making to the Volunteer State to campaign for her hubby. It attempts to pile onto a remark she made in Wisconsin three months ago that they tried to blow up into a major controversy. She stated during a rally speech that this was the first time in her adult life she was proud of this country.
Hell, I agree with her. How can you be proud of a country that enslaved your ancestors for two and a half centuries and mistreated your parents, grandparents and great grandparents for another 100 years after that?
For most of my adult life I've had to deal with conservative administrations that have jacked this country up for the benefit of the have-mores, and what Michelle speaks about is a sentiment that many African-Americans say to each other when we're not in racially mixed company.
Besides, you Republicans are drinking GOP Red Haterade because Michelle is not a plastic coated Stepford wife like some GOP spouses are. This is a sistah with a lot of substance behind her and she will make a fantastic First Lady.
Y'all tried to stir up crap back in February with a false conservadriven controversy about Michelle's 1985 Princeton senior thesis and ended up with egg on your faces then. Now it's another video from a state party with a history of race-baiting.
The infamous 2006 'Call me' ad
Obama campaign spokesperson Hari Sevugan fired back at the Tennessee GOP and linked it back to the Rethuglicans smear 'em mentality:
"This is a shameful attempt to attack a woman who has repeatedly said she wouldn't be here without the opportunities and blessings of this nation. The Republican Party's pathetic attempts to use the same smear tactics to win elections have failed in Mississippi, failed in Louisiana, and will fail in November because the American people are looking for a positive vision of real change. And if the Tennessee Republican Party has a problem with Senator Obama, maybe next time they’ll have the courage to address him directly instead of attacking his family."
But then again, if I was the NRCC chair and I'd just spent 42% of my party's on hand cash trying to defend three congressional seats my party had held in Illinois, Louisiana and now Mississippi for 20 years and lost them badly, I'd be trying to deflect blame too.
The 'Southern Strategy' is alive and well. We saw the North Carolina Republicans use race-based ads there and now the 'girlie men' in the Tennessee GOP are attacking his wife. But what's going on is the same racist dynamic that's being played out in the general campaign against Barack. They're trying to demonize Michelle as well.
Keep it up. The more you attack Barack, his wife and his family the more African-American voters that get registered and show up at the polls for the landslide coming in November.
