YouTube Video: Michelle Obama said "I'd Have To Think About" Supporting Hillary
Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on February 9, 2008 - 3:26am.
Rapid Response
Hello Everyone:
Here is the YouTube video link where Michelle Obama said "I'd Have To Think About" Supporting Hillary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp_7nnIvWJM
Michelle Obama: "I'd Have To Think About" Supporting Hillary (0:44)
Here is part of an article where this incident about Michelle Obama was reported that contains this YouTube video:
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/michelle_obama_id_have_to_thin_2.php
Michelle Obama: "I'd Have To Think About" Supporting Hillary As Nominee
By Greg Sargent - February 4, 2008, 5:02PM
"Michelle Obama went on Good Morning America today and sent decidedly mixed signals as to whether she'd back Hillary, should she become the nominee. Michelle did say that everyone would work hard for "whoever the nominee is." But when asked directly whether she'd back Hillary, she said: "I'd have to think about that."
Michelle also said that Obama was the "only" candidate who could take the country in a new direction, suggesting that Hillary represents nothing but a continuation of the status quo. This is a pretty harsh assessment, both because Hillary would of course be our first female president, and because, as Paul Krugman says, Hillary and Obama "are far closer to each other on every issue than either is to any Republican..."
So far I have seen this statement from Michelle Obama get very little media coverage and I have not seen the Obama campaign suffer from this gaffe in any way yet!
My big question that I think needs to be asked and answered is what would have happened to Bill Clinton and to Hillary Clinton's campaign IF Bill Clinton had ever said in a public interview about Obama "I'd Have To Think About" supporting Barack Obama if he is the nominee?
The honest answer to that question in my opinion is that Bill Clinton would be crucified by the media for making a comment like that which I would definitely consider to be a gaffe and that the Clinton campaign would probably suffer for it in the polls as well!
This all comes back to the blatant media bias that is going on toward Hillary Clinton's campaign and to the free ride that Barack Obama is getting by so much of the media right now in my opinion:
http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14623#comment-278450
There is NO question in my opinion of anti-Hillary media bias...
Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on February 5, 2008 - 6:35pm.
and that Barack Obama has received a free ride from many pundits in the media as I have very credibly and thoroughly documented:
If anyone disagrees with me about this and with my conclusion that there is a double standard going on right now in the media where Michelle Obama is getting a free pass on what Bill Clinton would have been crucified for if the candidate's spouse statements were reversed under the same circumstances, then I gladly welcome any comments and feedback!
Mitch Dworkin
http://www.securingamerica.com/
http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/10756
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Submitted by Wes Clark on February 21, 2007 - 11:40am.
http://www.securingamerica.com/ccn/node/7191
Listen to Gen. Wes Clark fight for Dems on Sean Hannity's radio program: An excellent example for all of us to follow and what we all need to be doing to help fight back against extreme right wing Neocon smear propaganda!
(wanted to see the "apology" - but that's another matter)
Nora ODonnell was the host. There were 2 guests and one of them brought up the "I'd have to think about it" thing. Nora quickly dismissed it and turned the conversation to something about Bill, and not exactly complimentary. :/
MSNBC has jumped the BO shark. Cripes.
(assuming the Obamas become important figures in politics). There appears to be a very determined, ambitious (nothing wrong with those), and possibly ruthless (hopefully not) person behind Barack's meteoric career.
for her gaffe "I'd Have To Think About" Supporting Hillary!
I also like how Howard Kurtz brought the same issue that I did about the double standard with Bill Clinton if the roles were reversed when Kurtz said "Imagine the reaction if Hillary Clinton's spouse had said, well, I don't know if I could support Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee:"
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0802/10/rs.01.html
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES
Coverage of the Republican Presidential Race Unfair to Candidates?; Super Tuesday Stalemate on the Democratic Side
Aired February 10, 2008 - 10:00 ET
HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: "Let's move on now to the campaign the way Barack Obama is covered.
Michelle Obama -- and this did not get a lot of attention -- was on "Good Morning America" this week. Look what she said when asked -- well, you can hear the question and the answer right now.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
DEBORAH ROBERTS, ABC NEWS: Could you see yourself working to support Hillary Clinton so she gets the nomination?
MICHELLE OBAMA, WIFE OF BARACK OBAMA: I'd have to think about that. I would have to think about the policies, her approach, her tone.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KURTZ: Imagine the reaction if Hillary Clinton's spouse had said, well, I don't know if I could support Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee.
MICHELLE COTTLE, SR. EDITOR, "THE NEW REPUBLIC": Well, sure, but he's a former president. I mean, Michelle Obama is somebody's wife. That's all we know her as. I mean, obviously, she's done other things in her professional life, but for the purposes of this campaign she is Mrs. Obama.
KURTZ: But she is a potential first lady who's out there campaigning regularly for her husband.
Is there a reluctance to take her on either for racial reasons or because she's a newcomer to the national scene, or for any other reason?
JIM GERAGHTY, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, "NATIONAL REVIEW": It could very well be. I mean, she's much more of a private citizen than Bill Clinton is.
KURTZ: Sure.
GERAGHTY: But I think the other thing is, if you talk about the lack of coverage for this even, if you're going to -- other than -- if your name isn't David Shuster, if you're going to say something controversial, do it the week of Super Tuesday, where, you know, McCain's getting the nomination, Romney's out, Hillary and Obama are neck and neck. There's a lot of news going on.
Somebody saying, gee, you know, I may not support the person who has been beating my husband around the head and using horrible language and comparing him to Jesse Jackson, doing all these things, you know, I can't say I'd terribly -- I'm going to disagree that much with Michelle Obama. I wouldn't be eager to, you know, endorse someone who just beat the hell out of my spouse.
KURTZ: Well, whether she's right or wrong, you didn't think it was all that newsworthy?
GERAGHTY: I can't blame her, you know, for having that sentiment. She made have just had -- she may have the gaffe of being honest, probably.
KURTZ: A gaffe of being honest. How often have we seen that?
All right. I want to turn now to the Republican race..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7UdwhaLCRI&feature=user
Bill Admits Mistake: "I Don't Want To Be The Story" (01:39)
Bill Clinton knows that the media will crucify him over what they even perceive him as saying that they think may be out of line!
Why is Michelle Obama not getting this same kind of intense media scrutiny that Bill Clinton is getting right now when she said in a public interview "I'd Have To Think About" Supporting Hillary?