Althouse: "She wants to run. So, this is her way — now that she’s talking about politics, if she were really concerned about..."

January 9, 2024

"She wants to run. So, this is her way — now that she’s talking about politics, if she were really concerned about..."

"... the future and tenor of the country, she would be on the campaign trail with Joe Biden. She is just as concerned about him as she is about Donald Trump. This is her way of sending out a little canary into the coal mine to see if it lives, and I think this could be beginning of her campaign."

Said Fox News commentator Kennedy, quoted in "Fox News Hosts Claim Michelle Obama Isn’t Helping Biden’s Campaign Because 'She Wants To Run'" (Mediaite).

64 comments:

JaimeRoberto said...: Meh. I've seen no evidence that she actually wants to be President, unless it's to be a front man for Barak.; 1/9/24, 4:53 PM
gilbar said...: i'm pretty sure, that If you loo, you'll see that gilbar has been saying, for a LONG TIME now;
that Moochelle O'Bama will be the democrat candidate.

to recap gilbar's prediction:
resident Biden will "win" all the primaries that the dems allow to take place..
then; right before (or, most dramatically.. The 1st night of) the convention; poor Joe will be found dead (PROBABLY of "covid"). Much televised "sadness".
Then, the nation (or, at least the democrats (or, at least the DNC)) will rally behind Moochelle.

Moochelle will convincingly win, with well in excess of 100% of the "vote"; 1/9/24, 4:54 PM
Skeptical Voter said...: If that canary comes by me in the coal mine, I'll tie a message to its leg and send it back to Queen Moochelle===fuggedaboutit.; 1/9/24, 4:55 PM
Breezy said...: Michelle has never been elected to anything. She has no experience in any of the top issues facing us: economy, immigration, energy, etc. And, with current right track wrong track polling, people want a turn toward centrist policies. That’s not Michelle’s thing. So I’m very curious what she thinks she brings to the table, except pro-abortion up until birth and the color of her skin. I’m pretty skeptical that she’ll run.

Plus, it’ll be obvious for others to claim that her husband’s really running the show (again), which would technically be unconstitutional. So, not so empowering for her if she’d want to generate any legacy. It’d be awful if you’re the first woman president and no one believes you’re really the boss.; 1/9/24, 5:01 PM
rhhardin said...: Soap opera took over long ago.; 1/9/24, 5:03 PM
Original Mike said...: Oh, gawd.; 1/9/24, 5:05 PM
Jim at said...: Why would someone who's never done a hard days work in her life want to run for the most difficult job in the world?

Do remember how much she 'hated' the confines of the White House ... while doing absolutely nothing but pretending to dig in her garden after hosting parties the night before.

The job requires work. Actual work.; 1/9/24, 5:05 PM
gspencer said...: AA has given her everything she has today. Ditto for hubby. AA gave The One 1600 for eight years. Why not for her too?; 1/9/24, 5:08 PM
Jupiter said...: So many possible VPs! Claudine Gay, Oprah Winfrey, Letitia James, Fani Willis, Kim Foxx, Marilyn Mosby -- there are just so many accomplished black women to choose from!; 1/9/24, 5:14 PM
Aggie said...: No, she isn't.; 1/9/24, 5:17 PM
Goldenpause said...: Great. Let’s have someone who has zero - zero- executive experience and who also has never held elective office as President. Add her far left race-tinged agenda for good measure. What could go wrong?; 1/9/24, 5:22 PM
Ice Nine said...: It could happen. I kind of doubt it but who knows, she might be partied out and it might be attractive to her at this point in her life. She wouldn't have to do squat to win, nor to preside. Barack would be the defacto prez of course, maybe with even a high official appointment (Sec State or some such). All she would have to do would be to go to work every day - well, wait, no, that tradition has been discarded by Biden, hasn't it - and to smile at poobahs and carry on insipid conversations with them.

This is the stuff of nightmares. It is merely a matter of her whim. If Mooch wants the nomination, it is hers for the asking. When she gets it Democrats will vote in huge numbers and hero-worshiping women and independents will pour out of the woodwork to vote for her. And she will be elected in a landslide and will have long down-ballot coattails. The Republicans will be wiped out. And of course the last gasp hope for the salvation of America will be extinguished as well.

It is simply a matter of if/when she gets bored with the East Coast social circuit and with hanging with JayZ and Beyonce. Pray that that never happens.; 1/9/24, 5:31 PM
Dave Begley said...: And she would beat Trump.

Only Vivek could beat Obama.; 1/9/24, 5:42 PM
Leland said...: If the whole point of these recent State SecSate decisions was because who/who not is included on the ballot needed to be decided now to get things ready for primary elections in the coming months; then how would Michelle get on the ballots?

I think the notion she "wants to run" is BS. She might want to be President by appointment, but if she wanted to run, she should have started months ago. Not only to raise money and truly gain interest, but because the mechanics of running in the primary has already started and nearing an end. She can certainly push to replace Biden at the National Convention without running between now and then. I hope she does this just for the chaos and popcorn benefits. After all, if the system is rigged, then what would it matter if it is Michelle or Biden, especially if Michelle wins by rigging of the convention and the general?; 1/9/24, 5:54 PM
wild chicken said...: Jfc at least Hillary paid some senate dues first.; 1/9/24, 5:57 PM
Mr. Majestyk said...: The linked article quotes Michelle Obama as saying in a 2022 BBC interview, "No, I am not going to run." That could sorta be true, and she could still end up being the nominee if Joementia bows out before the convention for health reasons and if she is drafted to replace him. In which case, of course, she will "reluctantly" agree to accept her party's nomination to "save" America from Herr Trump.; 1/9/24, 5:57 PM
Ampersand said...: What a deep bench of talent the Dems get to draw upon.

The main idea is to be a vapor cloud Rorschach of passivity into which the coastal elites, the labor unions, and the sexual and ethnic minorities can project their fantasies of power. Kamala filled the bill for a while, until her vapidity became all too evident. Maybe Mrs. O can disguise her emptiness until the second week of November. Barry's fourth term.; 1/9/24, 6:13 PM
Gusty Winds said...: I hope Michelle runs. If she wins...First American female President would have a penis.

Just like college women's swimming. If the country is going to hell, let's go full Sodom and Gomorrah.

Joan Rivers would be laughing from her grave.; 1/9/24, 6:25 PM
Mutaman said...: Why are wasting time with this nonsense. Quoting Kennedy? Was Tyrus busy?; 1/9/24, 6:25 PM
Butkus51 said...: Another Harvard "graduate".

Ive read her "thesis". 8th grade level stuff.

So sure, why not? But consider, a Nazi just said that. A literal one.; 1/9/24, 6:26 PM
Aggie said...: ... And speaking of desperate criminals, I see that Ray Epps had his sentence handed down to him today. He got a whole year - of probation.; 1/9/24, 6:28 PM
rehajm said...: Why would someone who's never done a hard days work in her life want to run for the most difficult job in the world?

If the appointed ham sandwich that’s doing it now can do it…; 1/9/24, 6:33 PM
Gusty Winds said...: If Michelle replaces Biden as the replacement Dem nominee, you know the Dems are afraid black men are planning on voting for Trump.

I don't think Biden makes it to November. Makes no sense. This actually makes more sense if you just follow Liberal Democrat trajectory.

All the Democrats have are racial politics, skin color, and DEI. What possible policy are they going to run on?

Name ONE. Rich, Cook????; 1/9/24, 6:35 PM
Another old lawyer said...: She doesn't want to run for president. To be president is a different issue.; 1/9/24, 6:37 PM
Old and slow said...: Oh God help us, that cow would win. This is the path to 20 years of Obama running/ruining the country.; 1/9/24, 6:44 PM
Gusty Winds said...: If Biden starts to believe Michelle is going to run and replace him as the Democrat nominee, I would recommend hiring a food taster.; 1/9/24, 6:44 PM
chickelit said...: Michelle has always been Barack’s beard. This is no different. She’s a patsy for Barack’s fourth term. But she might just unravel the current dem coalition. I can’t see Hispanics and Jews getting excited about her—she will be DEI on steroids.; 1/9/24, 6:54 PM
Oh Yea said...: Blogger wild chicken said...
Jfc at least Hillary paid some senate dues first.

1/9/24, 5:57 PM

I would vote for Hillary before I would ever vote for Michelle.; 1/9/24, 6:57 PM
Mason G said...: "So I’m very curious what she thinks she brings to the table, except pro-abortion up until birth and the color of her skin."

Progressives, in unison: "Yeah- so?"; 1/9/24, 6:59 PM
Jupiter said...: "She doesn't want to run for president. To be president is a different issue."

Actually, I think she doesn't want to run for President, and she doesn't want to be President either. But she would probably like to be elected President. Like being Prom Queen. "For the second time in my life, I'm proud of my country". She is stupid, but not so stupid she can have forgotten what an absolute blinding drag it was being First Lady. But it's possible that if enough of her ditzy female friends flattered her slavishly enough, she might go for it. She would be a disastrous excuse for a candidate, but that didn't stop Joe.; 1/9/24, 7:07 PM
Iman said...: Barky ‘n Mooch, the Gravy Years…; 1/9/24, 7:11 PM
Gusty Winds said...: The only person that forced Obama's hand to release his long form birth certificate from Hawaii was...Trump. Why would the Obama's hate Trump so much, if all he really forced them to do was release...a real birth certificate??

Unless, of course, it wasn't real, then that would explain a lot.

Why would Obama claim to be a Kenyan born Harvard student in one of his first publications? Just to sell books? Like Elizabeth Warren publishing in "Pow Wow Chow"?

I don't know the actual truth. But I assume all of this is so much more corrupt and dirty than the average American is able or willing to understand and absorb.; 1/9/24, 7:13 PM
Jim at said...: If the appointed ham sandwich that’s doing it now can do it…

Yeah, but Biden's made no secret he always wanted the job. Michelle claimed she hated living in the White House.

She doesn't want the job. Because it's ... a job.; 1/9/24, 7:20 PM
gilbar said...: there are OVER Seven Hundred MILLION votes, just waiting to be counted for her.
i can NOT see How she could possibly lose.

after all, you can now print your own ballots at home.. Coming soon to a state near You
Printing Your Own Ballot? It’s Real and It’s Been Implemented by the California Secretary of State; 1/9/24, 7:45 PM
Howard said...: I hope she runs strictly for the entertainment value. Never going to happen.; 1/9/24, 8:30 PM
Kathryn51 said...: Oh for heaven's sake - She Wants To Be Annointed. She would be perfectly happy to be anointed and then sail into the White House and leave the executive function to all of the returning Obama acolytes who will actually run things - as they already are.

I said yesterday: Team Obama and Team Clinton (Not. The. Same.) have their plans for Joe either withdrawing or becoming incapacitated (get those doctors lined up). plan B. Back-up plan C. And Five Alarm Back-up Plan D.

All depending upon what happens - and which inflection point - in the next 7 months.; 1/9/24, 8:39 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: wouldn't she be in by now?; 1/9/24, 8:45 PM
Oso Negro said...: It would be just like “For All Mankind”, which fantasizes about every progressive meme of this century and backcasts into the 20th. But wait! If women, negros, and homosexuals were going to rise up and lead humanity into a syrupy “Imagine” world covered in yummy progressive goodness, do you not think we should have seen SOME sign of that by now? And perhaps people are fucking sick of DEI.; 1/9/24, 8:57 PM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: People are coming around to the idea that Biden may make it to the convention, or tragically depart just prior to it, and that the devious scheming DNC has some sort of Torricelli option play that they will put in motion at the convention. If done right it will be more coronation than campaign for Michelle in the sprint to Election Day. With Sir Gavin riding on ahead and an endorsement from Kamala — who will get a few ceremonial days as The First Woman President to secure her spot in Democrat history— Michelle will warn about the Trumpocalypse in choosing wrong or a return to the Era of Barack-type cool normality. She’s been prepped. She’s making speeches and opining on the News of the Day.

She will be your ONLY choice if they can dispose of Big Mean Tweets in some quick and permanent fashion. Every news source will praise her poise and wisdom. Don’t fall for Kennedy’s outlier opinion on Fox. That channel has turned on Trump and is only propping up Haley until they can go full gaga for Michelle. It’s become a hideous throwback to early 2000s CNN, tentatively neutral but everything filtered through lefty framing, their language identical to any brain dead liberal college freshman.; 1/9/24, 9:06 PM
Gospace said...: Gusty Winds said...
If Michelle replaces Biden as the replacement Dem nominee, you know the Dems are afraid black men are planning on voting for Trump.

She's not real popular among that particular group of men.; 1/9/24, 9:20 PM
Assistant Village Idiot said...: Good-For-You Lunches for All! They are so yummy!

Will anyone highlight her SAT's, which were under 1000?; 1/9/24, 9:38 PM
Michael said...: The horror.; 1/9/24, 10:12 PM
Friend of the Fish Folk said...: The thought of Michelle Obama as President makes me want to puke.; 1/9/24, 11:53 PM
James K said...: Well we're already a banana republic, so why not? Really, we need an amendment to the 22nd Amendment that prohibits the spouse of a two-term president from serving an additional term. It's an obvious end run around the two-term limit.; 1/10/24, 12:00 AM
Narayanan said...: it’ll be obvious for others to claim that her husband’s really running the show (again), which would technically be unconstitutional.
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was this not also the case wrt Hitlery?; 1/10/24, 1:43 AM
John Marzan said...: david bagley, if you are reading this. it's not just vivek who proposed common sense election reforms. the only thing missing from trump's proposal is to make election day a national holiday.

https://www.worldtribune.com/trump-to-all-gop-governors-go-to-paper-ballots-same-day-voting-voter-id/; 1/10/24, 2:36 AM
Todd said...: Jim at said...

Why would someone who's never done a hard days work in her life want to run for the most difficult job in the world?

1/9/24, 5:05 PM

Well if we are being honest if pudding Joe can do it, how hard can it really be?

At least on the Dem side, that position is now just filled by a figure head and a pretty lame one at that...; 1/10/24, 4:02 AM
gadfly said...: USA Today reports:

A May 9 [2023] Instagram video shows a woman speaking alongside a screenshot of an article published by the [MAGA, not-so] conservative outlet, the Western Journal.

"The Democratic Party Just Confirmed Michelle Obama Will Be Its Nominee and Nobody Noticed," reads the article's headline.

In a 2022 BBC interview, Obama said she detests being asked if she's going to run for president and said she will not be doing so.

The Intercept notes that the Western Journal and all other Liftable Media sites churn out bombastic headlines with little regard for the truth. Since Liftable labels everything as "commentary," I guess that they are free to lie through their teeth.; 1/10/24, 4:13 AM
Will Cate said...: Kennedy is a very entertaining TV personality, but I think all this "Michelle's gonna run" talk is nonsense. No such thing is gonna happen.; 1/10/24, 5:59 AM
dbp said...: Biden is so far gone that he's unable to serve his primary purpose, being Obama's puppet--his wife is vying for puppet master. I can see the desire to get a puppet who will be able to faithfully perform the duty of puppet and Michelle would do nicely. The problem for Democrats: How to get there from here?; 1/10/24, 8:43 AM
Madison Mike said...: Yesterday I got a text asking for my opinion and donation for Michelle. Frankly, I think she'd win in a walk if she ran against Donald.
I am amused that somehow I got on a list for Democrats and frequently received donation requests from peeps I've never heard of and they fail to identify where they are running, not to mention a lack of positions on issues other than anti Maga; 1/10/24, 9:15 AM
D.D. Driver said...: If you believe Biden will be the Democrat candidate that means you believe is is the one calling the shots--that senile old pants-shitting fool. I don't think Joe is calling the shots. And, the question is does WHOEVER is actually in power love POWER more than they love Joe Biden? My bet is: yes. Q.E.D. Whoever is in charge will force Joe out *but only after the Republicans are locked in on Trump.*

Trump will be very easy for anyone other than Biden to defeat. Trump's electoral record is shitty and between now and November he will say and do another 10,000 insane stupid things that will remind everyone why they have always hated him since we was the pretty boy on the cover of National Enquirer. Everyone is focused on the dumb shit he has said in the past. What about the shit he will do in October because he has no discipline and just can't help but cut his own dick off?

If Michelle Obama wants to be President, she will be. You guys can thank yourselves for another 8 years of Obama. I no longer give a shit. You fucks are too stupid to care about. Burn it all down. Who the fuck cares?; 1/10/24, 9:39 AM
Tina Trent said...: I don't think so, unless they promise her another no show job.; 1/10/24, 10:16 AM
JAORE said...: I shudder to find myself agreeing that if she ran she would win.; 1/10/24, 10:19 AM
Tina Trent said...: And we can get her through her lies about practically living with Bernardine Cohen and Bill Ayers. It's been documented by an objective but liberal source now.

She raised her kids with domestic terrorists. Just repeat that. And she lied about it hundreds of times. And so did many other important people.; 1/10/24, 10:20 AM
JAORE said...: "...we need an amendment to the 22nd Amendment that prohibits the spouse of a two-term president from serving ".

Residing in Alabama, I can say that the Wallace family was the prototype.; 1/10/24, 10:23 AM
William50 said...: Not too long ago I made a half joking prediction that the 2024 election would be the first one where the Democrat candidate would be the first in American history to get 100 million votes.

It starts with Michelle replacing Joe at the convention.; 1/10/24, 10:27 AM
Readering said...: Now that Dean Phillips can't get a single person to show for his NH event, maybe I'll write in Obama for CA primary ballot. Thanks for the inspiration, Kennedy.; 1/10/24, 10:35 AM
mikee said...: Michelle Obama's entire campaign running for President of the United States would be almost as delightful as that single moment when I heard Hillary lost. Go for it, woman!; 1/10/24, 10:52 AM
PM said...: World-class scowler her.; 1/10/24, 11:46 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Cmon man Joe has proved that POTUS is right now a no show job. Look at his official daily schedule. It’s emptier than his mind, which at least has the thoughts “sniff hair” and “ice cream” at the ready. He has not met with his own Cabinet since 11/2/2023 and had no clue that his SecDef was AWOL for two weeks! It is a no show job for a lazy or senile Democrat.

It’s perfectly suited to Michelle who has a hey-boy on call 24/7 already. One who has posed and pretended and puppeteered his way through 2.75 terms so far and got away with it.; 1/10/24, 2:46 PM
Josephbleau said...: In order for Michelle to win she needs to wait as long as possible. She needs the shock factor, the initial irrational impulse voting. Don’t give voters time to think about it. It should happen well after the convention, when Beiden shockingly removes himself. No good opposition campaign could be done by republicans in 30 days, but Michelle could still get on the ballot. Even if there is a deadline that is missed a judge can be found to say that it’s against her civil rights to keep her off the ballot. Then a number of pre planned spectacular Michelle hagiographic events covered by free media will be announced that cover 90 min per night on tv.

This will move so fast that republicans will just stand around and say Wha Hoppen? Unless some good repub lawyers are put on this now to get ready.; 1/10/24, 7:03 PM
Bunkypotatohead said...: It's just click bait from Fox News.; 1/10/24, 8:44 PM
Bill R said...: Michelle Obama is the next President of the United States of America.

Biden cannot possibly run or win or serve, the poor man is simply too old.

After Biden withdraws and Kamala Harris suffers that unfortunate stroke, fall, or traffic accident the Dems will need a new nominee.'
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All Michelle has to do is keep he mouth shut and tell people she will have all the help she needs from her glorious husband.

He's still popular. It's a landslide a comin'.; 1/11/24, 10:23 AM