During the last presidential campaign, Michelle Obama was becoming a liability to her husband. “For the first time in my adult lifetime,” she said in an interview, “I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change, And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.” Her sentiments went over like a led balloon with proud Middle Americans. That’s when Obama campaign strategists put a muzzle on Michelle. And it worked.
Since her husband became president, Michelle has stayed in the shadows. Her husband’s political handlers decided to soften Michelle’s angry persona by repackaging her as a fashion guide to American women. Michelle is ready to free herself from her husband’s PR handlers.
In early June, Michelle fired her chief of staff Jackie Norris, replacing her with former boss and Chicago friend Susan Sher. One of Sher’s first official acts was to call President Obama’s senior adviser David Axelrod to inform him that he is to return the First Lady’s calls…immediately. After his verbal spanking, Axelrod had an amazing change of heart. “We were throwing her [Michelle] out there in the kinds of events that were probably not press-worthy…There was a push for quantity and not quality,” Axelrod told the Washington Post.
It appears Michelle the fashion plate is ready to dawn the persona of angry Klingon warrior. And she intends to push her husband’s goal of socializing U.S. medicine – hopefully succeeding where Hillary Clinton failed.
Early in Bill Clinton’s presidency, Mrs. Clinton was dedicated to socializing the nation’s health care system. She held secret meeting with members of the health care industry and high-ranking members of the Democratically controlled congress to push the process through the legislative pipeline. It failed. And the Democrats lost control of both houses of congress. Today, with Republicans like Sen. John McCain pushing for socialist-lite variations of the Obama plan, the outcome is all but certain America will soon enjoy the wonders of Cuban health care – with the rationing of medical services and a reduced life expectancy for one and all.
“The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care…someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more,” Mrs.Obama said during the presidential campaign. Or, in the words of the Klingon proverb: “Once you have their money…never give it back.” Soon, the same will be true of our very lives.
