I hate doing this, I really do. But its either an unbelievably ironic mistake, or a calculated move on the part of the President of the United States. Just hours after President Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev agreed to reduce stockpiles of nuclear weapons, Obama’s daughter Malia was photographed in Italy wearing this.
Of course the world knows this symbol to be a peace sign. But the origination of this symbol came from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament back in the 1950’s. It is an internationally known symbol for anti-war protesters, and for the CND. The symbol has become legendary in the many years since, made especially famous in the 60’s and 70’s in rallies against the Vietnam war.
She was photographed multiple times in Italy wearing outfits like the one shown above, which shows an irresponsibility on the part of the Obama’s to allow their 10 year old daughter to become a political symbol, especially given the fact that President Obama had just finished giving up everything including the kitchen sink to the Russian president. The deal is a framework negotiation, and will serve as a guide to a future deal on nuclear disarmament.
I will end this here. This will be the only time I reference the young Obama girls, I believe children of political figures are off limits. But for future reference, not all believe like I do, and to open up your children to the political debate, and in fact turn them into a symbol for a movement is irresponsible as a parent. I would have hoped Barack and Michelle Obama were better than that. Either it was a lapse in judgement on their part, or a calculated move. You decide.
Did anyone else notice that Michelle Obama skipped the trip through the Middle East with her husband, but met up with him when he got to France?
I’m sure there were “scheduling” issues involved here, or at least that is what we will be told, but she has been available for every other trip other than trips that run through Muslim countries.
I am sure there is nothing to this at all, I just find it curious. Maybe i’m looking too closely, or misjudging what I see. But where is the love for Islam within the Obama family that we are being preached to about? I’m guessing Michelle doesn’t want to pander to the religion that would make her wear that burka, ya’ know out of respect and all.
I tried, I really did. I wanted to give the President the benefit of the doubt on his Friday night date…but if your not going to be honest with the American people about what it cost, it makes it awfully tough to justify. Reports have ranged anywhere from 24K to 1 million dollars for this little tryst into the city. Just be honest Mr. President, im sure you will find that the outrage will be quite a bit less if your just up front about it. And you seriously need to get rid of Robert Gibbs as your spokesmen. White House press secretaries that stutter don’t really serve your purpose very well. Just a thought… see Gibbs below struggle to find words….its good entertainment.
The GOP has been in attack mode for the last few weeks. The attack machine of the so-called “conservative” party has been in overdrive. Unfortunately, they have been attacking all the wrong things. Most recently, you have the Republican hit machine taking swipes at the fact that President Obama took his wife out on a date this past weekend. The argument can be made (and its a good one) that this was an excessive abuse of his power. It was fiscally irresponsible, and could have even been poor judgement. All these things are probably true. At the end of the day, it will leave no lasting affect on the course of our country. It speaks only to the hypocrisy of our President as he calls on the nation to sacrifice and live within our means. This is obviously an issue for us to pay attention to. But is it really an issue that demands full blown attacks and statements and the “righteous anger” of the GOP? Follow me here for just a minute…
At the same time the GOP machine is taking major swings at the President for taking his wife on a lavish date, the same GOP who is outraged at this “heinous” lack of judgement have come out and basically admitted that Judge Sotomayor will be confirmed. Senator John Cornyn has all but disavowed any criticism from “non-elected” officials and has withheld any statements against the Judge. Does it make sense to have such a strong backbone on something as inconsequential as a Friday night on the town, and then morph into a spineless blob on an issue that will directly effect the Constitution, the citizenry, and the Supreme Court for what is likely to be decades??
Confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor is the politically expedient thing for the GOP to do. To filibuster, or to give her a major fight could possibly anger a growing political demographic. However, it appears to have not harmed the Democrats when they put Miguel Estrada through the ringer. They seemed to have come out on top of that argument. At some point, politics needs to be put aside to stand for something that you believe in. Why are Republicans willing to compromise on issues that fly in the face of the core values of our country?? The problem with the GOP is that they truly do not believe in anything at all. The Democrats have been successful because everyone knows what they stand for and what they are all about. Their core values fly in the face of everything that is conservatism. Yet the GOP wants to embrace them in the middle of the road on these issues to try and sway the moderates. Its poor strategy. At the end of the day, Dems are likely to continue voting for Dems. As long as the GOP continues to alienate their base, they will continue to be an irrelevant fixture in the 2-party political arena.
When the GOP decides to stand true to its core beliefs, you can rest assured that their will be another “Republican Revolution” like we saw during the Clinton years. The public is fed up with the corruption, hypocrisy, and duplicitous behavior of the Dem Congress. Eventually they will get fed up with the socialistic drive of this president. At this point there is no viable alternative…the GOP needs to become the alternative soon, and if they can’t, dissolve it all together and create a real conservative party.
She was photographed multiple times in Italy wearing outfits like the one shown above, which shows an irresponsibility on the part of the Obama’s to allow their 10 year old daughter to become a political symbol, especially given the fact that President Obama had just finished giving up everything including the kitchen sink to the Russian president. The deal is a framework negotiation, and will serve as a guide to a future deal on nuclear disarmament.
