Whiny Obama: Stop Being Mean to My Wife

Aww, the poor baby. Hey pal, you're playing in the big leagues now. Get used to it.

Seriously, how big a baby is this guy? Perhaps the nonstop, uncritical slobbering coverage from the networks and Washington press corps has gotten to his head. But seriously, if you can't take even the slightest criticism, how on earth can you handle the pressure of the Oval Office.

He ought to take a cue on how to gracefully handle criticism from the current occupant of the White House. Nobody has been savaged more than George W. Bush and have you ever heard him snivel and whine like this?

Democrat Barack Obama has a message for Tennessee's Republican Party: "Lay off my wife."
Obama, his party's presidential front-runner, and his wife, Michelle, were asked in an interview aired Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America" about an online video last week by the state's GOP taking her to task for a comment some considered unpatriotic.

"The GOP, should I be the nominee, can say whatever they want to say about me, my track record," Obama said. "If they think that they're going to try to make Michelle an issue in this campaign, they should be careful because that I find unacceptable, the notion that you start attacking my wife or my family."

Should be careful, huh? Hmm, sounds like a threat to me.

Obama better be careful about issuing threats.

The video, posted on YouTube, centered on remarks Michelle Obama made while campaigning in Wisconsin last February, when she said: "For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country."

The four-minute video replayed the remark six times, interspersing it with commentary by Tennesseans on why they are proud of America. In a news release that included a link to the video, Tennessee's GOP said "the Tennessee Republican Party has always been proud of America." It urged radio stations to play "patriotic music" during Michelle Obama's visit to Nashville last Thursday.

Michelle Obama later clarified the remark, saying she meant she was proud of how Americans were engaging in the political process and that she had always been proud of her country.

"Whoever is in charge of the Tennessee GOP needs to think long and hard about the kind of campaign they want to run, and I think that's true for everybody, Democrat or Republican," Obama said in the ABC interview, adding: "These folks should lay off my wife."

Here's the video in case you haven't seen it.

Fair game as far as I'm concerned.