Player Hatin' On Michelle Obama's Trip To Spain

When I think of all the haters coming out to take shots at first lady Michelle Obama for her trip to Spain it makes me laugh.

First off, I could care less where she goes on her vacation. It's her right to go on a vacation and, if she so chooses to go to Spain, then more power to her.

If the haters don't like it then they should get off their asses and do something so they can make such a trip ... and quit hatin' on the first lady. Rush Limbaugh, of course, wasted little time as he took his customary racial shot at Michelle Obama. Leave it to Limbaugh to turn someone taking a vacation into something that gives him a green light to introduce slavery, reparations, yadda, yadda, yadda...

It's a manufactured controversy.

They've accused him of going on apology tours.

They're crying these days about an Obama trip to Spain.

They cried over his trip to Germany.

They cried when the Obamas went to New York.

They cried when Obama went to Hawaii to visit his sick and dying grandmother.

Basically, they want him to stay in the White House and maybe go to Chicago once in a while.

So, get used to it Obamas.

This is the kind of haterism that exists these days.

It all got me to thinking about a blast from the past.

This whole nontroversy reminds me of the opening from the 2Pac rap, "Holla at Me." (Parental guidance suggested):

Niggas out there jelous cuz we be bailin' with Death Row
They try to playa hate
but they can't fade us tho'
We be mobbin' through tha neigborhood
Yeah
with that funky sound (so funky)
we be throwin' down)

That's right Michelle ... keep throwin' down. Let the haters hate and let the players play.

Steele Getting Challengers From Within

Things are not looking too good for Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, who looks like a political dead man walking.

This clown has the same old ignorant rhetoric, but the bigger point is Steele could be in a lot of trouble.

President Obama Shows Class In Notre Dame Commencement Speech

President Barack Obama proved far classier than some of the crazy extremists who took protests to the far fringes of our society. The president stood tall as far-right nuts tried strongly to silence him and those who differ (the definition of bigotry) in opinion. While media outlets like Fox News are working hard to pour gasoline on the fire, the president took the high road. Also taking the high road was the president of the university, Rev. John L. Jenkins. Rev. Jenkins showed great courage and strength. He showed the kind of character and the willingness to bring people together. This is what we should want from our leaders. While some are using abortion, Catholicism and the University of Notre Dame to advance their extreme viewpoints on these sensitive issues, the president proved classy and as a person who is more of a uniter – working to build bridges rather than burning bridges.

“I do not suggest that the debate surrounding abortion can or should go away. Because no matter how much we may want to fudge it — indeed, while we know that the views of most Americans on the subject are complex and even contradictory — the fact is that at some level, the views of the two camps are irreconcilable,” Obama said.

“Each side will continue to make its case to the public with passion and conviction. But surely we can do so without reducing those with differing views to caricature,” he said.

We should be able to do that without reducing differing views to caricature, but it will be difficult with outlets like Fox News advancing their own far-right agenda.

“We must find a way to live together as one human family,” Obama said.

Notre Dame President Rev. Jenkins earlier defended the university’s decision to invite Obama and honor him with a degree.

“We honor all people of good will who have come to this discussion respectfully and out of deeply held conviction,” he said.

That’s what it should be like on our college campuses. We should have a free exchange of ideas rather than a close-minded approach that excludes and shuns those who differ.

CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/16/obama.notre.dame/index.html

Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/17/obama-urges-notre-dame-graduates-seek-common-ground/