Thursday, March 26, 2009

GOP transparency push seen as attack on Michelle O.

I see the decision to propose an amendment bringing more transparency to the first lady as very unnecessary. In all honesty, the first lady does more of the work of promoting the work of her husband and the administration than sometimes even the President does himself. We already have access to public records of what goes on in the White House, is it really necessary to know where the first lady goes on her everyday tasks of promoting service and education? I do not really care where the first lady spends her time as long as it is productive and it acknowledges the strong position she is in to get some good done for the country. By making her meetings public we stand to see more of the gotcha politics in place from the media and definitely more criticism from whoever is in the opposing party at the time. This is not what we should be focusing our attention on in Congress given all of the issues that face the nation. I don't really see the transparency push as an attack on Michelle as some others have pointed out, but it is obvious that people expect her to play a big role during her husband's time in office if they make this sort of claim. Given the role of the public lady in our history, transparency doesn't really seem that big of an issue to me, but if this will enable citizens to become more informed on the potential issues of importance than I guess it may be a good thing.

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