Time: 'Furies' Like Hugh Hewitt, NR Make 'War' on Michelle Obama

Published: May 29, 2008, 2:23 pm

Tags: 2008 presidential, campaigns amp amp elections, feminism, hugh hewitt, jay newton small, michelle obama, nancy gibbs, time

Time brought the hammer, nails, and lumber to build on Barack Obama's demand that conservatives "lay off my wife." The June 2 edition of the "news" magazine included a two-page spread on "The War Over Michelle." Reporters Nancy Gibbs and Jay Newton-Small (both females) suggested she's now "a favorite target of conservatives, who attack her with an exuberance that suggests there are no taboos anymore." They cited Hugh Hewitt, National Review, and an anonymous blog commenter as the villains of the piece. The Time duo attempted the spin that this is puzzling since Mrs. Obama is so conservative: In the early going, Michelle Obama was not an obvious conservative target, since in some obvious ways she's so conservative herself. When asked what her priorities as First Lady would be, she said her only cause would be giving her children a decent upbringing in the White House. She seems indifferent to the prospect of her power. She doesn't expound

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