Michelle Obama Watch

Posted by Hawa On June 17, 2008, the Daily Kos Blog featured a post: Fox News Smears Michelle Obama as "The Angry Black Woman." The post quotes Cal Thomas: "Look at the image of angry black women on television. Politically you have Maxine Waters of California, liberal Democrat. She's always angry every time she gets on television. Cynthia McKinney, another angry black woman. And who are the black women you see on the local news at night in cities all over the country. They're ... Read More

Posted by Hawa One of the latest controversies surrounding Michelle Obama is the alleged "whitey" tape, which some speculate contains a soundbyte of Michelle using the derogatory term to describes Whites. While some might expect the Republican party to give birth to such an allegation, apparently CNN's Roland Martin and some other sources believe that Democrats (i.e. Hillary supporters) initiated the attack. When asked about the intensity of the attacks against Michelle Obama, Martin replied: "I'm not surprised by it, but I think, also, ... Read More