Convention Watch! Michelle Obama's Speech
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GoogleGetting into the spirit of the MomsRising.org BINGO game early, I decided to tune into Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention. There was quite a line up of speakers, from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to Senator Ted Kennedy to Caroline Kennedy to the woman of the hour, Michelle Obama.
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Maybe it's my third trimester hormones since I'm not usually a teary type, but when Michelle's mom starts narrating the slideshow of Michelle's childhood in her gentle voice... well, I can't help but think of the generations of mothers and children who came before. It's such a great window into the values and determination of this family.
Then Michelle's speech starts, and her first words are not about policy, the economy or the war. (And she could have delivered a passionate engaging speech on any of those things.) Instead, she talks about family-- and not in the abstract. She talks about her own experience as a sister, wife, mother, daughter. She talks about her close relationship with her dad, who suffered and eventually passed on from MS.
From there, her speech eventually does mention the economy, the war and health care, but she does it squarely in the context of family life in the United States. Instead of describing what's wrong with the system, she describes how families deal with the impact. It's a really powerful rhetorical style. She talks about parents kissing their kids good night before taking that extra night shift; about a student working nights to pay for her sister's health care; several mentions of people, especially young people, foregoing flashy careers because they're needed back in their own communities.
Michelle ends her speech where she started it-- with her own family, her daughters, her husband's desire to be the best father he can be. I came away feeling like she meant what she said, and that as a hands-on parent who has experienced what it's like to struggle a bit, she'd need no explanation of what MOTHERS on our BINGO card means.
I'm looking forward to listening to some more speeches in the next couple of weeks, during both conventions, with my BINGO card handy!
One of the wonderful things
One of the wonderful things about Michelle Obama is that she can't be pigeonholed into a sterotype. Michelle Obama lawyer? Sure, but she's also Michelle Obama mother, business woman, wife, sister, etc. Although there have been attempts to demonize her, one has to respect the life this woman has built and the way she's managed to keep her life balanced.
Obama's past associations,
Obama's past associations, books, church, and wife all point to the same thing. He hates whites, hates americans, and so does his loser wife. He has bugger all experience in doing anything other then talking. If he was a white man he would have been hung out to dry long ago.
Wake up America, your political correctness is going to kill you
This is what freedom is
This is what freedom is about... are.nt you happy for this medium. You seems to forget Obama is of mixed race. Therefore you are implying he hates himself. Take that 3 seconds and use it to figure out the web that entangles your thoughts.
Do explain what is "political correctness" we all want ot have the correct definition.
You are so very ill informed
You are so very ill informed I'll bet you think the Republicans actually said things of substance at their convention when all they did was play the personality card big time I wouldn't want to spend time in the same state with either one them. Obama and Biden have more brains, experience and sheer dignity then the Republican ticket any day. They couldn't touch the Democrats because they have no real platform so they are going for the same old same old -- and we sure don't need that.
20 YEARS VS. A FEW SPEECHES ... NO WAY!!!
Both Barack and Michelle think they can cover up their own history of anti-American racist remarks and associations, simply by giving a few speeches to the contrary. Furthermore, it should be noted that in addition to Barack and Michelle choosing Jeremiah Wright as their mentor and spiritual advisor, for 20 years ... they also subjected their two young daughters to the racist anti-American likes of Wright, Farrakhan, Pfleiger, Moss, etc.. This also does not jive with the all American family image the Obama's are all of sudden trying so hard to portray for political gain.
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