The Queen's Chair: If President Obama Were My Dad...
My heart goes out to the Obama daughters. It's one thing when your dad references you in a speech. However, if my dad outed my grades to the National Press Corps, I'd throw a "hissy" fit. To have my dad tell everyone that I got a 75 on a math test that wasn't for public consumption.
Maybe Malia had a bad day; maybe she didn't study. I don't know, but there are some things that shouldn't be shared. That's one of them. How would President
Obama feel if the world knew he wet the bed until age 14? Or that as a teen, he failed Home Economics. That's his business. Why do I need to know this? Will it save a job? Or put money in my pocket?
I understand the media interest in the first daughters. I understand that President Obama wants his girls to grow up minus public scrutiny. I have to tell you though telling the whole free world that your daughter Malia got a "C" on a test...a "C" isn't scholarly. It suggests something else. The problem here is if your dad is President of the United States, you are expected to be smarter.
What the President seems to forget is that he has a teenager. A teen-aged daughter at that. They are moody and abnormal. And they challenge you at every juncture. My teen always expresses her angst. The President needs to put his hormonal daughter's reaction in check. Those girls set a good example for other black girls.
Maybe Malia had a bad day; maybe she didn't study. I don't know, but there are some things that shouldn't be shared. That's one of them. How would President
Obama feel if the world knew he wet the bed until age 14? Or that as a teen, he failed Home Economics. That's his business. Why do I need to know this? Will it save a job? Or put money in my pocket?
I understand the media interest in the first daughters. I understand that President Obama wants his girls to grow up minus public scrutiny. I have to tell you though telling the whole free world that your daughter Malia got a "C" on a test...a "C" isn't scholarly. It suggests something else. The problem here is if your dad is President of the United States, you are expected to be smarter.
What the President seems to forget is that he has a teenager. A teen-aged daughter at that. They are moody and abnormal. And they challenge you at every juncture. My teen always expresses her angst. The President needs to put his hormonal daughter's reaction in check. Those girls set a good example for other black girls.
@ Irma: You are right about Sarah Palin. And the Einstein reference...priceless.
@ Daniel: I agree. President Obama does have far too many attackers. As the mother of a teen and a tween, their personal info the smallest things that they share with you aren't always for public consumption. And when you are the daughter of a President, actress...someone in the public eye...it's worse. I actually admired the President for keeping his kids out of the public eye. If I were his press person, I would have advised him NOT to mention his daughter's grades. I'm not attacking him, but whoever encouraged him to mention this gave our enemies the ammunition. Not me. I'm actually taking his daughter's side because I understand how this little slip can be a MAJOR deal for teens and tweens.