Tennessee’s Republican Party has taken it upon themselves to illustrate what real patriotism is, and God Bless their crypto-fascist hearts, they just had to take a swipe at Michelle Obama while they did it.  One of the things I like about Barack Obama is that he doesn’t shrink from a fight, and true to form, he’s called the GOP out on their bullshit:

“Whoever is in charge of the Tennessee GOP needs to think long and hard about the kind of campaign they want to run, and I think that’s true for everybody, Democrat or Republican,” Obama said in the ABC interview, adding: “These folks should lay off my wife.”

Now, of course the Republicans can say that Michelle is fair game because she’s out on the campaign trail, making speeches and generally acting as an official representative of her husband’s campaign, and they’d have a point (not that I agree with it).  But that’s not why I think they shouldn’t lay off Michelle Obama.

I want Barack Obama pissed off.  In fact, when he takes office, I hope he’s a little bitter and resentful about how the entire campaign went down.  I hope he remembers who his enemies are, because as much as he talks about bipartisanship and how we need to move past our grievances and work together, there are some shitbags out there who need to be afraid of the President of the United States again.