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Michelle Obama Defends Patriotism, Jokes of 'Girl Fight' on 'View'
News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:33 AM EDT
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Obama appeared relaxed, cracking jokes alongside "View" co-hosts Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar, and Sherri Sheperd.
Her appearance on the popular women's daytime television program coincides with an attempt by the Obama campaign to soften her image and combat efforts by some conservatives to paint her as unpatriotic or angry...
Reviews of Obama's 'View' performance from audience members were mixed.
As the show was ending, Janet Brown, 70, of New Jersey leaned over to her friend and whispered, "She rocks, I have a whole new outlook on her."
"She's not going to be president," responded Eileen Curtis, 74.
Kelly Robinson, wife of Michelle's brother Craig Robinson, told ABC News her sister-in-law's 'View' appearance was a good way to see her.
"She's doing terrific," Robinson told ABC News between segments.
Michelle Obama is viewed more favorably by likely voters than Cindy McCain, 48 percent to 39 percent, according to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll. But while Obama leads in favorability, many voters say they haven't formed an opinion yet of McCain, and slightly more voters also view Obama unfavorably — 29 percent vs. McCain's 25 percent.
Scrutiny of the potential first ladies was evident among audience members waiting to get into the live show.
"I think she's wonderful," Veronica Deas, 45, said of Michelle Obama.
Deas drove from Maryland to see 'The View' with her sister and four girlfriends.
"She's intelligent, she knows the issues, she stands by her man but she's not going to try to take his job," she said in an apparent jab at Sen. Clinton.
"I don't really know much about her but she has been more visible than Cindy McCain," said Mary Laucks, 47, of Connecticut.
Other audience members weren't as enthused.
"What concerns me the most is her lack of patriotism and her lack of ettiquette," said Bonnie Halkowicz, 37, of Allentown, Pa. "Cindy McCain doesn't pat her husband on the butt or do the fist-jab thing," she said. "I don't enjoy that."....
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Personally, it's just ignorance, close-mindedness, or one simply rather believe another's interpretation rather than the person's own words.
1) "the fist-jab thing" - because Fox news called it that and related it to terrorist, even though there are pics of people such as George H. Bush doing the "terrorist fist-jab", ignorant people choose believe what they believe. There's a reason why the "fist-bump" is no longer a story... it was never a real story
2) if there was any misinterpretation of Mrs. Obama's words, she clarified exactly what her ambiguous statement meant. One does have the right to believe or not believe. Many who criticize are doing so without watching the entire speech (we've been here before), and rather only listen to the soundbyte. I say this because I watched the speech when it was live and in context, the unpatriotic thought never even crossed my mind. It sounded exactly like what she said it sounded like when heard in context.
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