Thomas wrote:snood wrote:Ooooh, can I play, too?
My guess is, its because she's an intelligent, outspoken, sucessfull, assertive and independent-thinking black woman, and some folks just can't handle that.
As I said -- Jackie Kennedy with a tan.
So wrong on so many different levels, but I read refresh and see you recanted a bit. Jacqueline Kennedy played the press (and everyone else) with velvet glove mastery. She would never have been an "issue" for her husband to overcome. That's not really a stab at M Obama. Some contemporary women think Ms Kennedy was a doormat....but Jacquie Ms Obama ain't.
I don't think M Obama's detractors can't bear an intelligent, outspoken woman. I think snood is wildly oversimplifying once again to support his obvious general belief that all whites really hate all blacks. This country has several very popular, outspoken, intelligent black women who are largely accepted and supported by the racial spectrum.
Try to accept this: Michelle Obama is prickly. Her first nature is not friendly or magnanimous or sweet. That's ok. Not everybody's is. I just think people should admit it and move on.