Michelle on Barack

The block quotes below are from Michelle Obama in an interview conducted by Katie Couric:

I mean, they wanna believe that the system as it's structured ... is basically doing what it's supposed to do. But when you've gone through years and years and years of just things getting progressively worse for everyday working people. I think people are at the point where they're frustrated. And they don't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Years and years and years of things getting progressively worse for everyday working people? What the hell is she talking about? Despite all the government growth and interference since the days of FDR and LBJ (and GWB?) everyday working people are more prosperous than at any time in history. But I'm for change too. I want all the nanny state messiahs like Barack to get out of the way and let the free market work better. Barack wants to throw obstacles in the path of the producers and grease the path of the non-producers.

Today we have teenagers becoming millionaires by coming up with an idea and working hard to implement it. These things don't just happen to them; it takes effort and perseverance. Granted, it's hard to become a millionaire when one hand is constantly committed to holding up your pants.

You can, you know, you can tough it through any bad situation. But I think folks are starting to think about the next generation to follow. And if we don't make those changes ... what's this country gonna look like for our children?

You're exactly right there Michelle. I am worried about what this country is going to look like for my children and grandchildren. I'm worried that a socialist leader like Barack would take away more of our freedom and destroy our economy. I'm worried that a socialist leader like Barack would confiscate my children's inheritance and give it to someone he thinks needs it more than my children. From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs, right Michelle?

The changes that we need to make in this country are gonna be hard, and they're gonna require a whole lot of sacrifice from every single American. And it's gonna require a level of unity in this country that we haven't seen yet and we haven't experienced it, at least in my adult lifetime.

Every single American? You're going to ask the poor working people to make sacrifices? I thought Barack was going to make things better for the poor working people. Actually I think you're right. If Barack becomes president we'll see a lot sacrificed for the supposed good of all. Whoever this "all" is.

When you're talking about ensuring that your kids have a decent public school to go to, what's more important than that? And how do you ensure that that happens? How do you ensure that the government, the federal government, is going to invest enough resources to ensure that every single child in this country has access to a decent education?

I noticed that you emphasized that you believe the federal government should be engaged in educating our children. Are you aware that the constitution does not give the federal government that power? Or have you decided that it doesn't really matter since George W. Bush and other presidents have ignored that little detail?

Barack has traveled the world, lived in other countries. He brings a certain unconventional approach to the Oval Office. And what people are saying all around the country is that that's what they're looking for. They're not looking for the conventional years in Washington. We've done that. So let's try something new. Let's bring somebody in who's … gonna look at this stuff in a very different perspective. And that's exactly what I tell people.

Traveled the world, lived in other countries? Unconventional approach? Different perspective? And we're talking about a man named Barack Hussein Obama. To me that's pretty scary. That's a lot of change for me to take in.

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