April 30, 2008
Why So Bitter?
I've been thinking about Michelle Obama lately. I admit, I don't get her. She's my age, but that's about all we have in common. She has a loving husband, healthy children, an Ivy League education, and makes more money than me and my entire family combined. And yet, she seems so angry, and dare I say it, bitter. In Michelle Obama's world, living in America sucks. And yet, she is blessed with a life few of us will ever have. She doesn't have to worry about her next paycheck, or paying a credit card bill, or paying her rent when it goes up. I doubt she ever lived out of the family car when she was a teenager. But instead of feeling blessed at what being an American woman brings her, she's angry; all the time, it would seem.
I'm not rich, I never went to college -- I was too busy working as a teenager to help support my family. And no, not in the U.S.A., but in Canada, that perfect society, or so the liberals would have us believe. I have a roof over my head, and food on the table, and I'll never be rich and powerful like Mrs. Obama. But you know what? I thank God everyday I was born in this country. I am blessed. Mrs.Obama may not think she is, but I know I am. I can vote, I was educated, I know I won't be murdered by my family for besmirching some disgusting concept of honour, or stoned to death for talking to a man who isn't a male relative. I don't have to worry about armed gangs slaughtering me and my family, or wonder where my next bowl of rice will come from. Each and every one of us in this country is blessed beyond compare to so many who suffer in this world.
John Edwards talked about 'Two Americas', and perhaps he was right. There's the America he and Mrs. Obama inhabit, the one that's hopeless and never good enough. Then there's mine, the one I'm grateful for and wouldn't change for a life in any other country in the world. Sure, we all go through hard times. But that's life. No one promised us we'd have perfection. It isn't possible. All we can do is be the best people we can be with the life we have, and to be thankful for the blessings we've been given. And we've certainly been given many. It's sad that Michelle Obama will never realize that.
Posted by Ith at April 30, 2008 7:32 PM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE
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You took the words right out of my mouth. Well said Ith. I would also add "cold" to her description.
[Thanks :) ~ Ith]
Posted by: Greta at April 30, 2008 7:47 PMSome people in life aren't happy unless they are carrying the weight of a giant chip on their shoulder. You're right. You have to pity her in some ways.
[ it's sad that you could have so much, yet feel so empty ~ Ith]
Posted by: Conservative Belle at April 30, 2008 7:48 PMEXCELLENT, Ith - I think you spoke for all of us "bitter, clinging" people in Flyover Country (even though you're not technically in Flyover Country).
;-)
Michelle Obama and the Left would say they love America, but what they love is what they think America could be. That's why they're all about Hopey Changey schmaltz. They HOPE for CHANGE so they can have the America they want to love. On the other side, we love this country, warts and all. Not that we don't see things that can be fixed, but like family, we love America despite the faults. We recognize past mistakes, but we honor how America overcame them, rather than indulging in guilt and self-flagellation for things done long ago.
[ Yeah, I'm one of those elitist coast dwelling Californians! I may love my red wine and smelly cheese, but I love my country more. ~ Ith]
Posted by: Beth at April 30, 2008 9:06 PMWell, consider the church she's been going to for the past 20 years.
If you really want to get depressed, think of all the blacks who have gone to churches like that their whole lives, and you start to understand why we can't seem to get beyond the racial division we have in this country.
[If I'd gone to a church like that, I guess I'd be a hater too. But what about their kids? That's what's sad. ~ Ith]
Posted by: Nice Deb at April 30, 2008 10:32 PMIt really is all about a different worldview. We are grateful for America and people like her see America as wrong and destructive. We see as a "shining city on a hill."
[ So it would seem ~ Ith]
Posted by: Rightwingsparkle at May 1, 2008 6:49 AMHer trouble is getting hooked up with a left-wing liberal demacrook
Posted by: condor at May 1, 2008 1:56 PMIf people thought Hillary was an overbearing and control freak of a First Lady, just wait for Michelle.
Posted by: Mark at May 10, 2008 2:01 PM