Byron York attended a get-out-the-vote rally in Charlotte, NC the night before the North Carolina primary. After reading the article, it’s understatement to say that Michelle Obama doesn’t share her husband’s sunny disposition.

First, she complained at great length that her husband had been treated unfairly in the Democratic presidential race. Every time he made a move forward, she said, “they”, she never spelled out exactly who “they” were, moved the goalposts a bit farther away from him.

First, “they” said he couldn’t raise the money necessary to run a big-league campaign.

But “once he proved that he could raise the money, then all of a sudden money didn’t matter,” Mrs. Obama told the crowd. “Everybody said, ‘Well, money isn’t important.’”

Then “they” said the test for Obama would be whether he could build a political organization. But “once it was built, they said it’s not an organization, the stakes changed again.”

Next, “they” said Obama had to win Iowa. But “once he won Iowa, then all of a sudden Iowa was no longer important.”

“They” had moved the bar again. This time, Obama had to win a primary state.

“Then we rolled into South Carolina,” Mrs. Obama said. “Then you know what they said? They said South Carolina didn’t count, because Barack was supposed to win.”

Then came Super Tuesday, and after that Obama’s stretch of victories in a series of primary and caucus states.

Still, Mrs. Obama complained, “they” tried to undermine her husband every step of the way.

Michelle Obama’s complaining doesn’t disqualify Sen. Obama from being the 44th president. His pacifistic world view alone disqualifies him on that front. Nonetheless, Michelle Obama’s whining doesn’t fit with the hope part of Sen. Obama’s hope and change theme. If she continues with this, she’ll also draw attention to herself and away from the campaign.

When Michelle Obama speaks out, she’ll give the media justification for running something on her anti-American perspective. Here’s a re-inforcement of Michelle Obama’s whininess:

She’s irritated at those people who have suggested that she and Sen. Obama are elitists. And she appears to be still outraged, at this late date, by the fact that she had to take out loans to attend Princeton and Harvard Law School. It took her years to pay them back, something she has kvetched about in numerous public appearances.

Imagine that! First she had to borrow money to go to some of the world’s most selective and expensive schools, schools whose graduates usually do pretty well in the world, and then they made her pay it back.

Give that lady a bigger megaphone.

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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog