LOWERING THE STANDARD – AT 1:45 P.M. ET:  Former presidents and first ladies are well advised to stay out of the affairs of their successors.   Why an exception is made for the Obamas, I do not know.  From Bizpacreview: 

Former first lady Michelle Obama, who plays the role of victim well and is quick to take offense over the actions of others, has a real knack for grating on our nerves.

Mrs. Obama harrumphed in an interview with ABC anchor Robin Roberts that her successor, first lady Melania Trump, never sought her great and wise counsel. When asked by CNN for a comment, Mrs. Trump’s press secretary Stephanie Grisham said her boss is “a strong and independent woman.”

And that’s where CNN’s inherent bias against the Trump White House took over.

Obama is peddling her new memoir and Roberts asked about a passage where she wrote that her predecessor, Laura Bush, told her she was “a phone call away” should she need help, before explaining that she extended the same offer of help to Trump.

Asked by Roberts if Trump has taken her up on the offer, Obama was succinct in her reply: “No.”

When asked for comment, Grisham told CNN that “Mrs. Trump is a strong and independent woman who has been navigating her role as First Lady in her own way. When she needs advice on any issue, she seeks it from her professional team within the White House.”

COMMENT:  What strikes us is the smallness of the issue.  There are serious problems to be solved, but CNN, which seems determined to destroy itself, wastes time on this, the personal hurts of Michelle Obama.

What CNN might highlight occasionally is the remarkable performance of Melanie Trump in representing this country, despite the hatred for her husband that is regularly displayed by the press.  She is a class act, routinely slighted and demeaned, and yet she has not taken the bait.

November 13, 2018