{"id":32628,"date":"2013-02-25T13:17:50","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T20:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/25\/when-in-doubt-attack-michelle-obama.html"},"modified":"2013-02-25T13:17:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T20:17:50","slug":"when-in-doubt-attack-michelle-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/25\/when-in-doubt-attack-michelle-obama.html","title":{"rendered":"When in doubt, attack Michelle Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"
If she shows up in public, she's a grasping, publicity-hungry, arrogant, vain woman who's pulling down the dignity of the White House.<\/p>\n

If she didn't show up in public, she'd be called a recluse, weird, and people would wonder what the President is hiding.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If she just showed up for the standard First Lady "pet cause" events, then she would be (as she is) attacked for pushing an agenda, telling people what to do, and (see all the above).<\/p>\n

The fact is, it's not at all about what Michelle Obama actually does, it's how the Right Wing media just don't like That Woman in the White House.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Media Matters for America<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Attention right-wing media: Michelle Obama's appearance at the Oscars is not unprecedented. For reference, see: Laura Bush, Ronald Reagan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Michelle Obama Attacked For Oscars Appearance<\/a><\/p>\n

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If she shows up in public, she's a grasping, publicity-hungry, arrogant, vain woman who's pulling down the dignity of the White House. If she didn't show up in public, she'd be called a recluse, weird, and people would wonder what the President is hiding.\u00a0 If she just showed up for the standard First Lady "pet … Continue reading “When in doubt, attack Michelle Obama”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134833,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/22\/one-obama-legacy-trump-hasnt-tried-get-rid-yet.html","url_meta":{"origin":32628,"position":0},"title":"The one Obama legacy that Trump hasn’t tried to get rid of (yet)","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 22-Sep-17 3:49pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Melania Trump is continuing the White House South Lawn vegetable garden that Michelle Obama planted, and the harvest is both being used by the White House kitchen and donated to local charities. 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