Thanks to Salon.com (who are spies like me and listen to right-wing talk shows to wrap the liberal mind around Republican dogma), a Fox News story , inspired the appropriate response of "how tacky" from Obama supporters and non-entrenched GOP voters alike. Along with other stories, the Obama camp has now responded in kind .
The Fox News story about Michelle Obama, accompanied by popular conservative blogger Michelle Malkin (using her best pundit-savvy voice), ran a caption stating "Stop Making fun of Obama's Baby Mama." &
Now, the irony of identifying the Democratic candidate's wife of 16 years, a Harvard trained attorney and professional in her own right, as the mere vessel of Obama's lineage a few days after the New York Times' headline story about her impeccable grace, style, and elegance is vintage smear-machine Fox News. The tongue-in-cheek, satirical tone of "Faux News," as it's commonly referred to in liberal parlance, often turns straightforward news stories into Saturday Night Live skits. &
Sure, for any sticklers saying "what's wrong with the caption?" Senator Obama's wife is in fact the mother of their two children. But, Fox News' use of the phrase "Baby Mama" clearly diminishes Michelle Obama's role in the senator's life as well as minimizing Senator Obama's role in his kids' lives. &
