Political Punch

Having lost my mother on 9/11 I take her not being there as a slap in the face to all of us who lost someone that day. She had to be with her kids? Well she didn't have to be with her kids the 2 days prior that we was out on the road giving speeches. She is a disgrace and I'm pretty sure if this is how she feels that if Obama didn't HAVE to be there he wouldn't have either. Wake up

Haha were you guys there at the 9/11 commemoration? Please, blog about something interesting and worth-while. I can't believe people actually blog about why someone wasn't at a ceremony, and try their damnedest to pull political meaning out of it. I feel more stupid for having read this. Just, please, think about what you're saying before you say it. I mean, really think about it.

Oh, and please research your facts too, so you don't waste my time.

I find many of the comments on this article disgusting and a fine example of the racism and bigotry that still exists in this country. I would hazard a guess that the people who are all attacking Michelle Obama for not attending the ceremony and for being "unpatriotic" are the very same people who drive huge, gas guzzling trucks with "I Support the Troops" magnets on their bumpers. I wonder how you support this country and the troops? What have you actually done besides wear flag lapel pins made in China and constantly attack a woman who is real, a loving mother and someone who actually cares about people. I am ashamed of my country because of people like you. You are the "Ugly Americans" I wish we could hide from the rest of the world.

Barack is the candidate, not Michelle. At least, they are putting their family first. That is more than Sarah Palin can say with her 5 children, one with special needs and one with child!

I am a mother and I teach my children that there are somethings more important them ourselves,the time to be with this families that lost love ones in such a tragic ways is one big lesson that we have to put others ahead of ourselfes.
Sorry Obamas you guys lost a great and dignify way to teach your girls about life and how not to be selfish.
What a bunch of BS this Obama campaing...
Let us wake up,McCain might not be perfect,but his love for country and his fellow men are amaizing.
O and by the way?What is the other lies about Michelle,afterall she is no where to be seen,not even in Hollywood tonight???Or maybe she was there????
Please let me know.

michelle obama wants to be our first lady. She can't mourn with us because she despises us.A progressive would not be so caught up in the past. We were willing to give her a chance at leading us, and she can't even show respect for the innocent victims of a brutal attack on our country.Those victims were my brothers and sisters,my fellow Americans.Her loyalties are not with us. She is hiding behind her skirts. What a dismal display of a lack of leadership skills!

I'm glad I'm not alone in this observation. . . But, now that I know she was campaining when her husband made such a display of the pause for respect of his country, I'm just totally disgusted. . . Another lie to add to the Obama list.

Does this mean if Michelle becomes First Lady she will always put her children first? I highly doubt it. She put campaigning before honoring the September 11 victims and used her girls as an excuse. Michelle has other priorities and she doesn't deserve to be First Lady. I will have a priority come election day and that will be to vote for her husband's opponent.

Beckie, she was also in Ohio and Indiana the day before stumping... yet she had to be there for their first week of school. I guess I didn't see what I thought, I must be stupid.

It was clueless to pull this counter-op on this day of all days. She missed a great opp to throw away earlier words and heal this nation (as she says). But hey, if she didn't feel it, why come. Good to see where she's coming from, as if we didn't know.

If she can't show up on 9/11, don't show up in the WH.

Okay, She stayed away from NY because it was the first week of school for the children.

But...As I understand it she was giving a speach in Ohio. Did she Pause for a monent of silence in this speach in memory of 9/11?

anyone know if there is a place to read the speach?

I love when women make decisions to put their children first, but, I also think that this is SO IMPORTANT and HISTORIC, and since her HUSBAND is in the race and representing the democrats on 9-11, she actually should have been there and brought her children with her. Why? They could learn more from this day than a month in any school.

I think the answer from her party was contrived as she did politic that day. I really believe she blew an amazing opportunity, not just to politic by being at 9-11, but for herself to "get it" about America.

And meanwhile, in Alaska, Sarah Palin gave a speech during which she wrongly linked Iraq with the tragic attacks on the Twin Towers. This assessment is no longer being espoused, even by the Bush administration.

Cindy had to be with her husband. Obama is the smart choice, but right now, Americans seem to like how the republicans can package a poor candidate wrapped in flags and bs. However, it still smells like the last 8 years to me.

some of the comments on this site confirms what I already know to be true: there are some hateful bigoted fools among us!

The gall of YOU people trying to come down on a woman for choosing to put the needs of her children first.

How freaking dare you!!!

This is so hateful and petty. I wasn't there either and I love my county. There were over 300,000 Americans not there. I'd like to know which of you hateful folks went there. Don't say you weren't there because you aren't running for President because either is she. Besides, would that be the only reason to go? She lives in Chicago, not New York. It isn't like she would just hop in a cab.

Those girls were probably crying their eyes out when told they might not be moving to the White House.

Michelle needs to teach them the meaning of not counting chickens before they're hatched.

Of course, she's too busy spending $10,000.00 per year on their ballet and drama lessons to do that.

Wouldn't it have shown tremendous class if Michelle Obama had sent a card or something to Sarah Palin on September 11... the day Gov. Palin's son was deployed to Iraq? Do you think that happened?

I think it's obvious why she wasn't there - so as not to remind everyone about her lack of pride in her country on 9/11 (or anytime in her entire adult life before Obama's campaign for president).

As a SINGLE mother myself, I can say that this is just about the lamest excuse I have ever heard. There are just some things that you find time for and this is for sure one of them. With all of her means I am sure she could have figured out a way to attend a one hour ceremony with out causing permanent traumatic damage to her children. GIVE ME A BREAK!

Why are we even debating this? Michelle already stated herself that she is not proud of her country. I think she has made herself more than clear on this matter.