Michelle Obama is a mirror image of Hillary Clinton, and Michelle's handlers have learned from the mistakes of Hillary and her handlers. They are trying to soften, to humanize Michelle. This may already be too late for all but the people who have plunged head first into the Obama Kool-Aid, or who just haven't been paying attention. Mrs. Obama, like Mrs. Clinton, grew up in the Midwest, excelled academically, and graduated from prestigious U.S. universities. Both became successful in their respective careers, and both married ambitious, career politicians. Both are also extremely divisive in that there is a large number of people who love and admire them and an equally large number of people who loath but respect them. The same way one respects a serpent.
These ladies are single mindedly in pursuit of power; Clinton, now in her own right, and Obama, following in Clinton's footsteps of 1992. Likewise they appeal to the same demographics. One group of their supporters thinks that Americans are not smart enough to take care of themselves and need government to do so. This group consists primarily of “educated” yuppies who feel that the country which provided the freedom for them to pursue their educations and careers is horribly flawed and they need to fix it. This is the mind set of the people who have “fixed” the U.S. in the past. The same way one “fixes” a dog so it can't reproduce. This could explain why we don't exercise the ability to prevent our jobs from hemorrhaging out of the country, or to control our borders, or to use decisive force against our enemies, or to prevent our currency from collapsing.
Two other groups are the parasites of civil society. The first of these could also fall into the previous group, they are the entertainment class who are almost embarrassed by their success and have to “support a cause” to feel like their life has any meaning. Supporting their cause, however, cannot interfere with their self indulgent lifestyles. The second is the more obviously parasitic, the welfare class who don't have to choose between gas to go to work or food to have the energy to work, because they don't work and their food is paid for by the taxes of those who do work.
Another demographic drawn to Clinton and Obama is more disturbing. This group consists of the disaffected independents, Reagan democrats, and moderate republicans. These people are so disgusted with the republicans that they would “throw out the baby with the bath water” just to get the attention of republican leadership.
Our ladies both have memory problems pertaining to historical events, especially if they were involved. Mrs. Clinton remembered Kosovo snipers who were not there and only after much evidence was brought to bear did her memory clarify. Similarly, Michelle Obama “explained” that her “For the first time in my adult lifetime I'm proud of my country” remark was referring to the fact that so many people are engaged in this year's election process. She has obviously forgotten that in the last presidential election more people voted than ever in U.S. history. For that to have happened, a record number of people had to be engaged in the election process. What will it take to clarify Mrs. Obama's memory?
