Unacceptable

I don't know if any of you have seen this comment by Michelle Obama, but I warn you, it will make you scream. Initially, Michelle came off to me as a stong, intelligent woman - until I saw this - and instead it brought back to me how far we have to go, when seemingly intelligent women make sexist remarks.

In this video, Michelle says to a crowd in Chicago: "One of the things, the important aspects of this race, is role modeling what good families should look like, and my view, is that if you can’t run your own house, you certainly can’t run the White House. Can’t do it!" And the crowd roared with laughter and cheers.

This comment is beyond offensive. I am assuming the implication is about Bill - but unfortunately, she brought the whole family down, including Chelsea.

Since when does a man's uncontrollable lower half, become our fault? We women work hard every day to keep our families together. Everyday - we go to work, we take care of our kids, and we face a 50/50 chance that our marriage will last. But to be told that those women who have dealt with a cheating husband - whether she stayed or left him - is a reflection of how she will perform on the job - whether it is a waitress, housekeeper, teacher, doctor, lawyer, CEO or President - is just plain wrong, sexist and offensive to all women.

Let me say this in simpler terms - Michelle Obama, in one short sentence, said that we women are to blame for our husband's bad deeds, and therefore we women who have these "bad" husbands, don't have the capacity to make good judgments on the job. Isn't this the kind of discrmination we fight every single day?

Furthermore, in one fell swoop, she dismissed Chelsea Clinton. She stated an important aspect of this race is, "role modeling what good families should look like." The Clintons raised their daughter under the worldwide spotlight. Amazingly, through all their trials and tribulations, they raised a magnificent, intelligent young woman. And isn't that something we all hope to do in our private lives? Now that's good role modeling.

So my final concern here is that this "sainthood" that the Obamas have been christened with is suspect. What are they saying in their private conversations about the American people? Michelle Obama, a wife and mother, accused another of not being "up to par" as to what a wife and mother should be. She attacked the essence of a woman and her everyday challenges. And it makes me wonder, what do they think of the rest of us?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN1qZMBE9Gc