Obama's wife...and McCain's

Barack Obama got mad yesterday because the Tennessee Republican party created a You-Tube ad that quoted her verbatim about her unhappiness as an American for so many years. From TheAge.com.au:

The first-term Illinois senator today blasted Republicans in Tennessee for an ad attacking his wife, Michelle, for comments some interpreted as unpatriotic. He called the criticism "low-class".

That is so much better than this criticism of Cindy McCain from Howard Dean from Boston.com:

"What is John McCain trying to hide?" Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said in a statement. "Throughout this campaign, he has acted like his own calls for openness and accountability apply to everyone but himself. Now he thinks he can bring that same double standard to the White House."

And her defense of herself:

Cindy McCain made crystal clear today that she has no plans to release her tax returns -- now while her husband is the presumptive Republican nominee, or later if she becomes first lady.

"This is a privacy issue. My husband is the candidate," she said in an interview aired on NBC's "Today" show.

The reality of both of these things is clear. If Michelle Obama goes out and stumps for her husband and trashes the country, her comments are fair game. She will be living in the White House as well if her is elected.

Just as Cindy McCain's financials are fair game as well as she will be a resident on Pennsylvania Avenue. What is absolutely silly is Obama's claim to "Stay away from my wife...that's not fair!". Forget it. Obama's answer to every hard question is turning into "not fair, I am not going to stoop to that level. I am about hope".

Grow up Senator. You want to trash other people and think you won't get it back. It doesn't work that way. You can't give a pretty speech and then claim that any examination of its content is out of bounds. You once compared yourself to Lincoln (a bit presumptious I thought at the time but so be it). Do you think that Lincoln cried foul during the Lincoln/Douglas debates?

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