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Is America Finally Ready to Turn the Page on Barack and Michelle Obama?

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The question was once unthinkable. 

From the Democrat Party to the left-wing media to Hollywood A-listers, the mere thought of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama no longer having influence within their own party was once unfathomable, if not totally unintelligible. It just didn't register.

Yet, if former President Donald Trump wins the 2024 next Tuesday, could it actually happen? Could the majority of Americans, including a growing percentage of Democrats and black Americans, finally turn the page on the Obamas? 

As I've written multiple times, I'm not in the prognostication business, but I wouldn't be surprised if the answer was a resounding "yes." Think about it. 

Mr. Obama, who, shall we say, remains his own biggest fan. He continues to be fond of chastising men — particularly black men — for refusing to support Kamala Harris in the election. Those men haven't taken kindly to being berated by the former president.

On Monday, Obama admonished men who believed Donald Trump's "behavior" was a "sign of strength."

I've noticed this, especially with some men who seem to think Trump's behavior is somehow a sign of strength. You know, sort of the macho; fake-macho thing -- I'm here to tell you that's not what real strength is.

Yes, Mr. Obama, please tell us -- better yet show us -- what "real strength" is, and I'm not talking about arrogance.

Earlier in October, Obama scolded black men for allegedly not supporting Harris because she's a woman.

And you're coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses, I've got a problem with that. Because part of it makes me think -- and I'm speaking to men directly -- part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren't feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you're coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that… That's not acceptable.

Excuse me? Not acceptable to whom? Barack and Michelle Obama? (And of course the loons on "The View," but they matter not.) 


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NFL Hall-of-Famer Herschel Walker was among untold numbers of black men who took issue with Obama's arrogant berating.

Barack Obama, you forgot how hard we fought for our right to vote! Telling us how to vote based on color is a step backward. The bad policies of Biden/Harris have hurt us all. We need unity brother, not division! #Togetherwestand

I suspect Obama cares a whole lot more about his legacy and position of power in the Democrat Party than how black Americans fought for their right to vote. 

The truth is Herschel Walker nailed it. 

How is it not racist for Obama or any other Democrat to chastise black voters, based solely on the color of their skin, for refusing to vote for Kamala Harris? Does Obama think black Americans aren't smart enough to draw their own conclusions and form their own opinions about the disastrous four years of the Biden-Harris administration and the hollow promises and nonsensical word salads Kamala continues to regurgitate? 

Michelle Is Ready to 'Go Low' Against Donald Trump

Not because Michelle Obama isn't in tune with the tens of millions of Americans who agree with the sentiments of Herschel Walker, but mostly because she's arrogant like her husband and believes her admonishments matter, the former First Lady declared on Saturday night that, yes, she ready to "go low" against Trump.

I want the men in the arena to bear with me on this, because there’s more at stake than just protecting a woman’s choice to give birth. Sadly, we as women and girls have not been socialized to talk openly about our reproductive health. We’ve been taught instead to feel shame and to hide how our bodies work.

Nonsense. 

Conservatives are neither concerned about a woman's right to give birth nor hiding how their bodies works. What conservatives are very much concerned about is protecting the rights of the unborn, including strict opposition to on-demand abortion until what would have been the moment of birth.

Obama continued:

Please, please, do not hand our fates over to the likes of Trump, who knows nothing about us, who has shown deep contempt for us, because a vote for him is a vote against us, against ourselves, against our worth. To think that the men that we love can be either unaware or indifferent to our plight is simply heartbreaking. It is a sad statement about our value as women in this world.

Sorry, Michelle — that doesn't fly. Millions of women are also concerned with protecting the rights of the unborn and are opposed to using abortion in response to unwanted pregnancies. 

She droned on, now trashing Trump -- bigly -- (emphasis, mine).

I hope you’ll forgive me if I’m a little frustrated that some of us are choosing to ignore Donald Trump’s gross incompetence while asking Kamala to dazzle us at every turn. I hope that you’ll forgive me if I’m a little angry that we are indifferent to his erratic behavior

His obvious mental decline. His history as a convicted felon. A known slumlord. A predator found liable for sexual abuse. All of this while we pick apart Kamala’s answers from interviews that he doesn’t even have the courage to do, y’all.

Funny, I don't remember Mrs. Obama speaking out about Joe Biden's obviously cognitively-vacant mind.

Memo to Michelle: There's a whole lot of daylight between expecting Kamala Harris to "dazzle us at every turn" and expecting her to be able to articulate her policies, utter intelligible sentences instead of silly salads, and talk more about what she's going to do as president and less about the evils of Donald Trump.  


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So Here's How I See It

The Obamas are still the Obamas. They always will be. However, it appears that the once-unshakeable Obama coalition is on the precipice of becoming old news. Black voters are increasingly turning to Donald Trump and the Republican Party. A growing percentage of the black population is sick and tired of six decades of Democrat patronization, hollow promises, and the same ol' same ol.

Yes, America might finally be ready to turn the page on Barack and Michelle Obama.

And not a moment too soon.

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