Beacon Street Journal

Michelle Obama notifies us that Barack is boiling over with anger over the tenacity of the Jeremiah Wright controversy that continues to plague his campaign.

Michelle Obama lifted the lid on the irritation felt by the leading Democrat candidate for the White House at the way anti-American outbursts by his pastor, Jeremiah Wright, have dogged his campaign.

He is said to be itching to turn all his fire on John McCain, the Republican candidate, who is benefiting most from Mr Obama’s protracted tussle with Hillary Clinton.

Mrs Obama told a rally in Durham, North Carolina, on Friday that only her husband’s desire to change US politics had helped him to control his feelings: “Barack is always thinking three steps ahead – what do we need to do to make change.”

Her husband was thinking “I can’t let my ego, my anger, my frustration get in the way of the ultimate goal,” she said.

It’s nice to know Obama is not letting his ego get in the way of the “ultimate goal” — and that would be what exactly? Ushering in a “new era” of politics, or doing whatever is politically expedient to secure the nomination? 

Perhaps the predicament of the Obama campaign can best be summarized with this gem of a lament from Michelle: ”Barack has been characterised as many things that have nothing to do with who he is.” Sorry Michelle, as indicated by some distressing recent polling data, Obama’s recent troubles stem directly from the fact that many voters do know exactly who Obama is. The New Messiah routine was all but impossible to maintain in light of his multiple and contradictory responses to his voluntary association with his racist, anti-American preacher. Bizarre justifications of The Exalted One’s supporters notwithstanding, the reality is all that’s left is an ordinary calculating politician whose motives have always been based on expediency, not altruism.

That Michelle and Barack Obama now profess anger and dismay that the mythologizing has been exposed and his sheen tarnished, shows just how clueless and out of touch this couple is with the rest of the nation they would seek to lead.