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• Tuesday, August 26, 2008 08:20 AM

  Michelle and Obama

  I may be the only one, but I always thought Michelle was smart, connected, and from a good family. . . I though that was why Obama sought her out. More and more my sense that Obama zeroed in on his mentor at that high profile firm was because of his unabashed drive to be a political animal is being affirmed by the other personal glimpses we are being given this week. . . In my estimation, Obama's goal has always been political rising, not implementing "change." If idealism and change were there for him in the beginning, when did it morph from "doing good" into just talking about doing good.

  I have been hearing over the last couple days that Obama decided to settle in Chicago, and persisted to attract a successful woman with Ivy League credentials, whose father that was politically involved. A woman whose good friend was the daughter of one of the most known African American figures in the U.S. (Jesse Jackson) - who mind you had just recently ran for President at the time that Obama and Michelle met. Obama then fervently pursued his ambitions and admits his wife was perturbed at the lack of time he spent with his family.

  I still want to know what was Michelle's take on the Rezko deal was. When will a reporter ask her those pointed questions? That house was their family house, not just a deal Barack was involved in. She had to have said "Barack, I don't know about that . . ."

  I am glad to see Michelle share the spotlight. . .Everyone says she looks different than other first ladies -- but to me, she is a lot like a mix of Hillary and Jackie O. Their daughters are lovely, but something about the event last night did not set well with me given the Obamas prior efforts to try to keep the children out of the limelight. . . .I am not certain that the "open mike" moments were not part of the script. . .Sasha did not grab that mike out of mom's hands, and when Malia gestured for the mike Sasha willingly gave it to her and Malia waited to talk. I think Sasha's time was a little off, because dad winced a little. Dad seems kind of regimented.

  To me (I could be wrong), the Obama campaign is a strictly choreographed affair -- even down to the "candid" moments. I fully believe that they were trying to limit Bill's talk on the economy. Obama runs the risk of being overshadowed not only by Biden, but by Hillary and Bill. Not an enviable position, but one borne out of his lack of record.

  Seems problematic to me that Obama and his camp could not get the Clinton issues settled long before the convention. There was plenty of time to do so. . . If the inter-party issues cannot be worked out - - how will we manage international issues???? Remember "Hope" is not a new concept. . .there was a guy from Hope, Arkansas. A guy from Hope that married a woman with Ivy League credentials from Chicago. . .Difference. . .30 years later that couple is still working for change, not just talking about hope. Perfect people, no. Deserve respect, yes. The "New Hope" folks need to learn how to better respect their elders for there to be a reconciliation - - throw the passive aggressive power struggles aside and stop trying to choreograph/dictate every element. . .I am dismayed that the "new hope" still is searching for the light. . . which has led me to a search of my own on how to place my vote come November. . .

  —dcbrown Read dcbrown's other letters
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