Sympathy for Michelle Obama

Okay, at the risk of turning in my right-wing-conspiracy card, I found this clip of Michelle Obama endearing and entertaining, and funny, not a turnoff. Her timing is really good.

I understand that conservatives have picked up a pattern that they perceive as Michelle Obama’s complaining about things that other people consider privileges. It’s true that she lives in a nice house, and her family is very financially secure. She lives a good life. But I always thought she seemed to carry the burdens that came along with the privileges, more than her husband did. When Usha Vance gave a very polite, positive, and diplomatic answer about how she handled being the wife of a politician, Trump reportedly replied, in a very winning manner, “Yeah, my wife f***ing hates it too.”

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Michael Brendan Dougherty is a senior writer at National Review Online.

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Okay, at the risk of turning in my right-wing-conspiracy card, I found this clip of Michelle Obama endearing and entertaining, and funny, not a turnoff. Her timing is really good.

I understand that conservatives have picked up a pattern that they perceive as Michelle Obama’s complaining about things that other people consider privileges. It’s true that she lives in a nice house, and her family is very financially secure. She lives a good life. But I always thought she seemed to carry the burdens that came along with the privileges, more than her husband did. When Usha Vance gave a very polite, positive, and diplomatic answer about how she handled being the wife of a politician, Trump reportedly replied, in a very winning manner, “Yeah, my wife f***ing hates it too.”