Michelle Obama

can only imagine her being a prisoner of her own conscience – that’s assuming she has one Michelle Obama: Prisoner at Large
 As we’ve been apprised in the press, on July 2 Michelle Obama described living in the White House as being in a “really nice prison.” This occurred during a discussion with former First Lady Laura Bush at the “African First Ladies Summit” in Tanzania, an event that for some unfathomable reason merited moderation by NPR’s Cokie Roberts. I’ve always thought “Cokie” is an astonishingly stupid name, by the way. But I digress. The First Lady said she loved her job and found it liberating in some respects, but confining in others. “You can’t complain,” she went on to say. Then what in the hell do you call what you’re doing? Describing one’s role as that of a prisoner isn’t a complaint? The First Lady leading with her chin as such was too much of a temptation not to take a swing – and to elucidate with regard to the entitlement mentality, something about which Michelle Obama’s comments speak libraries rather than volumes. I’ve always found uptight, imperious, belligerent black women to be almost amusing in their irksomeness, perhaps because I’ve known so many of them – and Michelle Obama most assuredly fits the bill for that archetype. I suppose that could be construed as a racist assessment, though it’s anyone’s guess as to whether I’ll be called out for it, my being a “person of color” and all. I promise to disparage uptight, imperious, belligerent liberals of another ethnicity and gender at a later date, if that’s any consolation. But again, I digress… Liberals, particularly if they are “people of color,” tend to be irrevocably conditioned into the entitlement mentality. They deserve a castle in the sky, butlers, valets, and gilded chariots, just by virtue of having a pulse. It’s the immature and superficial impulse of a kid in a sandbox: he or she sees another child’s toy and wants it, only the impulse never gets tempered by time, maturity, or reason. In fact, it is nurtured by Marxists and progressives who know they can use it to their political advantage. Quite in opposition to the American tradition of working hard, achieving, and tending to be grateful for the fruits of those achievements, the entitlement mentality dictates working as little as possible, but demanding maximum compensation for what meager efforts put forth. It also dictates never being satisfied with the results. In fact, never being satisfied is sort a hallmark of liberalism; liberals always want more, and they’re the perennial armchair quarterbacks of society, with no talent for the game, but always having a better play. It is this sort of mentality that makes socialists out of wealthy liberals, and civil rights activists out of multimillionaire rappers. The First Couple and I are around the same age; while there’s no doubt that we witnessed and experienced social inequity in our youth, the notion that things in America have not changed dramatically in the area of race can only stem from a “half-empty” worldview. Yet we’ve known for a long time that this is precisely the view that the First Harridan holds; her 2008 statement “for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country,” uttered because her husband’s campaign was doing well at the time, is clear evidence of this. So, despite growing up in middle class America, having been well-educated, traveled all over the world, eaten the best food, and enjoyed comforts that most people on the planet can’t even conceptualize, it’s not enough for Michelle. She’s a prisoner. In the practical sense, I can only imagine her being a prisoner of her own conscience – that’s assuming she has one.