"... three points:
1 - as a person who has lived in the other English speaking democracies where you don't hear squat from 'first spouses' this American obsession with the first lady seems quite bizarre - I'll assume it has something to do with the puritan/fear of sex nexus in the American psyche and leave it at that.
2 - if she has to be told or encouraged to do what should be obvious that probably means she really doesn't give a shit or is ideologically predisposed to marginalize such things, in which case any effort she exerted now would be mere tokenism and might do more harm than good.
3 - as a proud anti-Obamian I'd say her attitude is perfectly emblematic of the left wing academic culture that spawned the royal couple - the tenured intelligentsia of this country does not care for the study or practice of war and tends to view anyone who does display an interest or respect for things military as not fully evolved. Obama does a reasonably good job with his public persona of covering up his true nature [although I think it's clearly revealed in his approach to foreign policy] but the First Lady apparently does not share a similar need to dissemble her disdain..."
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Response to an article taking Michelle Obama to task for failing to pursue any causes or initiatives having to do with the military that would seem to fall under her 'First Lady' purview - the article asked 'Does the The First Lady care more about her vegetable garden than the wives of fallen soldiers?':
