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Bill O'Reilly is an idiot. What a destructive remark. Not only because it digs into an old wound, but it also takes attention away from something that matters. That is, the damage to Democrats when anyone lets fly a remark like what Michelle Obama said on Monday. As you see in the short response above, she's now clarified her remark. There's only one problem. She talks about what she said without understanding what was actually needed from her in a clarification. Now I realize that just by criticizing Mrs. Obama, I'm a bad liberal. That it's wrong to take offense at this stuff, you know, because patriotism isn't something "good" liberals criticize their own on because it (ahem) plays into right-wing talking points. (Mind you, I came to Obama's defense on the whole flag pin kerfuffle.) Well, when a Democrat makes a verbal blunder that plays into old stereotypes, then makes a clarification that doesn't come close to neutralizing the original comment, this America loving liberal is going to say something. Now, before you hit the eject button, I'm not saying Michelle Obama doesn't love her country or isn't proud of it. I'm saying she doesn't know how to say she is and is evidently only capable of being defensive about herself, instead of correcting the gaffe. Already MSNBC has splashed a headline wondering if Michelle Obama is a "liability." The Teresa Heinz-Kerry treatment has begun and Mr. Obama isn't even the nominee yet. Some McCain 527 is likely readying a negative ad as we speak.
What Michelle Obama should have said has nothing to do with a clarification of her previous remark. She needed to say something really simple, with a smile, by the way: I'm very proud of my country. What I said didn't come out right. Then she could add whatever flair or clarification she wanted from there. But she didn't...
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