Posted by
InchDeep on Monday, May 19, 2008 3:09:29 PM
From www.boston.com
Obama warns Republicans about attacking wife
Michelle Obama is a strong woman, but her husband the presidential candidate warned Republicans to lay off going after her.
The Tennessee GOP last week posted an online video hitting Michelle
Obama for a comment that foes called unpatriotic. While campaigning in
February, Obama declared, "For the first time in my adult life, I am
really proud of my country."
She later clarified the remark, including in an appearance in Providence, saying that she was proud of how Americans were taking part in politics and that she had always been proud of her country.
In an interview aired today on ABC's "Good Morning America," Obama
said, "The GOP, should I be the nominee, can say whatever they want to
say about me, my track record. 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."
"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 continued.
Obama said his wife "loves this country. For them to try to distort
or to play snippets of her remarks in ways that are unflattering to her
is, I think, just low class. I think that most of the American people
would think that as well."
UPDATE: In response, the Republican National Committee sent an
example of the Democratic National Committee criticizing Cindy McCain
for not releasing her tax returns, noting that Obama said nothing at
the time.