She seems to have walked a very fine line in the racism arena, though I’ll concede her lack of respect is most consistent with people who think skin color is a useful way to separate us. I disagree with that reasoning. The link above relates to that “careful” line some people walk, though I don’t follow Malkin enough to know it’s applicable.

Now, as I interpret your epithet to be a figurative expression and think others would tend to concur (with my interpretation) I’ll let that post stand for the time being since it’s indicative of the depth of your distaste, but I’d prefer we keep to more objectively verifiable descriptors – and I reserve the potential of removal at a later time.

I note, also, that there’s a move to bring pressure on FOX advertisers, such as Snuggle, for supporting a network that enables verbal bashings of married mothers by what can, at best, be called uninformed “punditry” and is considerably more consistent with old-fahsioned smear-mongering. Advertiser backlash is probably more painful to FOX than pulling a show for ill-advised commentary such as “terrorist fist jab.”

I met Michelle when she was in Minnesota for a fund-raising luncheon appearance well prior to the Minnesota caucuses, and I find her an elegant, eloquent, admirable person. She knew what she was getting in to when she agreed to Barack’s desire to run for President – in fact, they’re probably quietly chuckling over the uproar this has caused.

But it’s a despicable disservice to voters for a network to embrace the use of a disparaging, insulting, and derogatory term as a way to demean Mrs. Obama and detract from the discussion of real issues during the campaign.