I don't get it. Her husband is the presumptive Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States and she's complaining about how hard "they" made it.
You know what, maybe he did have to fight for every inch but so did every other candidate. Besides, isn't that the way it's supposed to be? Isn't running for President one of these things that should be hard and exhausting and frustrating and unfair? And thus isn't victory in itself a testament not only to a person's ideas but also to their convictions, to their steadfast commitment in good times and bad. Michelle Obama should be celebrating her husband's ideas and strength of character and not trying to make everyone think that somehow he was deliberately sabotaged and disadvantaged at every turn. I don't even know where that kind of thinking comes from--I don't think there's ever been a candidate more revered by the media than Barack Obama.
I wish Ron Fournier's article, where he talked about how the Obamas "ooze a sense of entitlement", delved a little deeper into the roots of their developing arrogance. It seems now that Michelle Obama can hardly make a speech without implying that America owes the presidency to her and her husband because of the lives they've led. I always thought it was something you earned.
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