This isn't the first controversial move from the TN GOP, who earlier released a picture of Obama that they claimed showed the senator in "Muslim garb," which John McCain and the RNC both objected to.
So, is Obama right that Republicans are unfairly targeting his wife? At least in this instance, the answer is "no." Obama has frequently used his wife as a campaign surrogate, and the comments included in the TN GOP video come from a campaign event. It's not uncommon to try having it both ways in politics, as Obama is doing here. But conservative bloggers are correct in claiming Michelle Obama's comments here are fair game. As Hot Air's Ed Morrissey put it:
If Obama doesn't want his wife to receive criticism, then he shouldn't use her as a surrogate on the campaign trail. Whatever she says on the stump at campaign events is fair game for criticism, just as it has been with Bill Clinton.
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