Prior to the 2020 race, I predicted Michelle Obama would be the Democrat/Socialist/Communist (D/S/C) Party nominee. I was sort of wrong. “Sort of” only if one assumed the Obamas have not been enjoying a third term and angling for a fourth. Since then, I’ve continued to keep an eye on Michelle, who, we are assured, hates politics and absolutely does not want to be president and will not run.
Now we are told a Reuters/Ipsos poll predicts Michelle would beat Donald Trump 50 to 39. Perhaps, to save “our democracy,” Michelle would nobly sacrifice herself to ensure a fourth Obama term?
Why 50 to 39? Because she’s more than Kamala-sort-of-black? Because reporters have long drooled over her arms? Because some of the messianic shine might rub off from Barack? Instead of being “the one,” she might be becoming—the title of one of her books--“the one-half?”
But what are Michelle’s qualifications for the office, other than being the first lady to the most malignant, America and American-hating narcissist ever to occupy the Oval Office?
Graphic: Twitter screenshot, 2015
Well, she had the school lunch portfolio and hastened through the “Healthy and Hunger Free Kids Act that all but starved a generation of school children. So “healthy” were their Michelle-mandated meals, kids wouldn’t eat most of the inedible, Dickensian gruel, and untold tons of food and millions of taxpayer dollars went to waste.
Graphic: Twitter screenshot, 2015.
She also demonstrated her political acumen with this:
MICHELLE OBAMA sparked fury among voters after she admitted that campaigning for her husband Barack's first-term as President was "the first time in my adult life I'm proud to be an American".
She expressed difficulty in “knowing that after eight years of working really hard for this country, there are still people who won’t see me for what I am because of my skin color.”
"Writing BECOMING has been a deeply personal experience. I talk about my roots and how a girl from the South Side found her voice," she shared ahead of the book's release. "I hope my journey inspires readers to find the courage to become whoever they aspire to be. I can't wait to share my story."
Michelle Obama's first book was released while she was First Lady, detailing the White House Kitchen Garden through the seasons. Obama shares her struggles as a new gardener, and writes about gardens across the United States that have inspired her.
Michelle Obama's arms have been on people's minds since Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. Although Michelle's never been photographed in a bathing suit, she's rocked plenty of sleeveless dresses showcasing her toned arms. In 2008, campaign staff even wondered whether her bare arms made her look too formidable. Despite this concern, Michelle's arms remained highly visible throughout her husband's two presidential terms. "Sometimes I think half the reason Obama ran for president is so Michelle would have a platform to show off her biceps," joked David Brooks, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times.
Oh yes: Michelle also had a fitness initiative titled “let’s Move,” which apparently encouraged Americans to, well, uh…move.
Graphic: Michelle Obama participated in a Let's Move! event, 2013. Wikimedia Commons.org. Public Domain.
With qualifications like those, it’s no wonder she’s trouncing Donald Trump who doesn’t have her “toned arms” and only has one term as a white guy POTUS.
America breathlessly awaits the ascension of “the one-half.”
Mike McDaniel is a USAF veteran, classically trained musician, Japanese and European fencer, life-long athlete, firearm instructor, retired police officer and high school and college English teacher. He is a published author and blogger. His home blog is Stately McDaniel Manor.