Am I being too thin-skinned or what? Is it just me?
Sorry for the short diary, but the Associated Press has an article published within the last half hour that I found on Yahoo... for a change.
Obama's mission was to humanize her husband and tell skeptical voters that he's not so different, despite his unusual name and exotic background.
We know by now that Barack Obama has an American story. He spent several years overseas, but spent the majority of his life on American soil, raised by his American mother and his American grandparents from the Kansas heartland. WTF with the exotic stuff?
Barack and I set out to build lives guided by these values, and pass them on to the next generation," she said. Her address was the first big step in a weeklong effort to reassure dubious voters that the party's presidential nominee understands their problems and beliefs.
First they were "skeptical," now they're "dubious." People just can't believe that Barack Obama's a legitimate American candidate, apparently.
They know the public Barack Obama, the guy on magazine covers and nightly newscasts.
That's right... the celebrity. Copy the McCain talking points much? That's the public Obama, the side we get to see. As opposed to the private Obama, the Muslim manchurian candidate.
His wife hoped to convince voters that he's a lot like they are, despite all the attention given to his African father, his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia and the incendiary remarks of his former minister.
Michelle gives a great speech and Rev. Wright makes it into the story. More exotic stuff. And the grand finale:
Obama has repeatedly faced questions about whether he's a "real" American.
Fuck you, AP.