w.t.f...apparently the MSNBC people are now using "family guy's" manatees to write their ad segments.

This is making me so sick. Michelle Obama's husband is running for president of the United States of America and she's probably going to be humiliated more than she ever has is her entire life because she's a black woman. The media has never held a first lady up to this kind of scrutiny before, and for some crazy reason, they feel like they can use slang and this kind of suggestive imagery to cover "news" about her. As a 'radical femnazis' (my new favorite self descriptive phrase) I'm obviously outraged, but what is the average person's reaction to the way she's being treated in the media? I'm seriously curious, does the average person accept a black potential first lady being called a 'baby-momma,' or think it's funny? I'm really curious.

I agree with triskelion, this whole situation with the way Michelle Obama is being treated makes me sick too. Why does the fact that she is a woman automatically make her a sex object? She is obviously just as/more intelligent than most of the rest of Washington (does Harvard Law mean anything to anyone? I know it's not easy to succeed in law as a woman, and I'm guessing it's even harder as a black woman). They are treating her with blatant sexism and derision and I don't know why America is standing for this (except, oh wait, for the sexist and racist undertones present in our society!) I already hated/am boycotting MSNBC because of their refusal to allow Kucinich in the debates even though he met their requirements, but if I weren't already I would start now.

I was a Clinton supporter, but now that Obama is our candidate he AND his extremely intelligent, poised wife deserve our utmost respect.

MSNBC pulled the teaser, acknowledging it was "inappropriate."

This is not unlike the intentionally character-smearing question presented to a witness on "Law and Order," only to have the judge instruct the jury to ignore the question altogether.

Have we all forgotten Teresa Heinz Kerry so quickly? Remember, she had a Portuguese accent, which is totally unacceptable First Lady material.

I don't care what a presidential canidate wears (short of an SS uniform), so why the hell should I care what a spouse of a presidential canidate wears? Isn't this whole thing supposed to be about ideas?

O.M.F.G. This is out of control. Who's running our national media outlets? A college fraternity? I'm ready to recommend the turning over of all election coverage to Maxim magazine and be done with it. At least then we'd know exactly what to expect--and I can stop picking up my jaw from the floor. This is utterly ridiculous.
Michelle Obama deserves better. Our nation deserves better.

BTW: LOLZ to triskelion!

Of course this would be on Hardball! Chris Matthews "news" coverage doesnt seem to deter at all from his normal sexist status quo.

We can expect much worse to come.
It's sad, but, it's happening and it isn't going to stop.
It's part of the Public office experience in a sexist and racist society.