Obama sure has been saying some goofy things lately. First, Obama shocked many of us when he said, “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times…and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK.” We can’t? Isn’t this America? Power Line’s Scott Hinderaker explains, “In his imagined future Obama assigns the American people the role of the poorhouse orphan beseeching Mr. Bumble: ‘Please, sir, I want some more.’ In his imagined future Obama aligns himself with Mr. Bumble.” And Townhall’s Carol Platt Liebau has another take on Obama’s philosophy: “In Barack Obama’s America, other countries are going to help dictate what we drive, how we cool our homes, and how much we eat!?” At The Corner, Yuval Levin asks, “at what temperature would other countries like me to keep my home, then, and how much should I eat?” Then, Barack got mad when the Tennessee GOP released this video highlighting Michelle’s statement that she was proud of America “for the first time in [her] adult life.” On Good Morning America, he told the GOP, “Lay off my wife.” Bloggers feel little sympathy for Mrs. Obama. At Contentions, Linda Chavez explains that “the Obamas can’t have it both ways. Michelle Obama doesn’t just show up at fundraisers or make the occasional, canned surrogate speech. She is…involved in shaping campaign strategy, and her speeches have sometimes generated as much attention as his. Why shouldn’t she be fair game for speculation, dissection, and criticism?” At the Jawa Report, BlutoComments notes, “Obama also trotted out the ‘snippet’ defense to explain away his wife’s belief, spoken aloud at at least two different campaign stops, that, ‘…for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country [because her hubby is running for president].'” And at the Corner, Charlotte Hays adds, “And, come to think of it, this isn’t the first time Obama has said that anti-American ‘snippets’ by a close associate were taken out of context. We get to decide if we think this is relevant, not the candidate.” Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey says simply, “If Obama doesn’t want his wife to receive criticism, then he shouldn’t use her as a surrogate on the campaign trail.” Or, as Michelle Malkin put it, “If the Missus cannot take the heat, keep her away from the microphone.”
