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- RockBandit, on 08/26/2008, -19/+108Wow. I thought it was a pretty great speech myself. I can't believe all the hating on it.
I mean, obviously it won't compare to the amazing jewel that McCain will unleash on the nation in one week's time. Pfft.
Anyone want to play a drinking game? We do a shot for every time McCain says, "my friends." - bigredpaul, on 08/26/2008, -24/+110Michelle Obama's speech was beautiful and served as a reminder that hard work is noble.
- kmdippenger, on 08/26/2008, -25/+98Michelle Obama's speech made me want to be a better person. It is worth finding if you missed it, she spoke to clarify prior comments that have been used out of context against her. This is a woman who loves her country and is working to regain the opportunity that was provided for her for all Americans in the future.
- inactive, on 08/26/2008, -4/+46Nahh, I like my liver
- geewhizbang, on 08/26/2008, -19/+54It was a great speech, well-written and well-delivered. She is is a better speaker than John McCain, for sure. I could sense that it was more than a bit intimidating for her to speak in front of so many people, but she pulled it off just fine.
The topic also helped a lot with making the middle-American roots of both Barack's and Michelle's families and making it clear that they know what it is like out here right for the average family in the United States, and she tied the story to her husband's message of hope very skillfully.
The messages of hate that appear here can be moderated out by voting them down. It is a very democratic forum. - Kohaxx, on 08/26/2008, -3/+36You know what I want to see? A debate between 2000 John McCain and 2008 John McCain. Those guys are such polar opposites it would be a good debate.
- Pherdnut, on 08/26/2008, -8/+39If you're still a Hillary supporter after the campaign she ran, I'm not sure you're a good judge of decision-making.
- womensgroup, on 08/26/2008, -19/+48Great speech Michelle. If we could all consider just one thought - be a better person and maybe all this hate that is spewed could go away.!
- stonecircle, on 06/11/2009, -18/+44Michelle Obama is an upstanding self made success, as is her husband Barack. Contrast these two with McCain, who truly got into politics by dumping his first wife and marrying a rich heiress, whose daddy was a federally convicted bootlegger. Do a little research on the Hensley liquor fortune, and you’ll be surprised. The press, is constantly covering for McCain.
Here’s some real news about the Hensley/McCain fortune. Where did all those houses really come from?
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2000-02-17/news/hau ... - dlm85, on 08/26/2008, -20/+43I am going to make sure my daughter watches that speech. Michelle Obama is one classy lady who I how will inspire a all young women.
- stonecircle, on 06/11/2009, -24/+46BEAUTIFUL SPEECH, eloquent, classy lady. It certainly gives insight into who she is as a person, and speaks volumes about the man she married.
The Republicans are cetainly running scared, as evidenced by their hateful, shallow comments here. Seems the only thing they and McCain can do is throw stones as they have nothing of substance to add. McCain is paying people to post comments on web, blog and news sites, and it appears this is a hotbed for their activity. After their comments are verified, they are awarded points through the McCain Online Action Center, through a program called Spread the Word, designed to spam the websites with McCain talking points.
They can cash their points in for a 3×3x6 Wooden segregation box for holding Iraqi prisoners, stock in oil production in 2028 from off-shore drilling, or the grand prize of one hundred years in Iraq! Seriously, though, they do get "real" prizes for their hateful activity. - rz8472, on 08/26/2008, -5/+24or 'POW' or '9/11'...
- kidathinnes, on 08/26/2008, -14/+33Time to turn off Fox News
- kidathinnes, on 08/26/2008, -6/+25"I can't believe all the hating on it."
They are called neocons. No matter what the opposite party says, it's always wrong and they always hate it even if they don't understand a single word. - relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -13/+31I didn't know her kids were twenty.
- neognostic, on 08/26/2008, -25/+42Show me a single sentence, not taken out of context, a single video of Rev. Wright ever saying anything racist. I've seen all the videos, and there is no racism in his words. BTW, you show your further ignorance and trolling, because the kids are not 20 years old.
- drmangrum, on 08/26/2008, -4/+20My only complaint, I really wish they would raise above the "Hopes and Dreams" platform. That was great during the primaries, but now is time for the speeches to reflect the Hows and Whys not the Whats. We already know we need health care reform. We know we need some major changes in foreign policy. We know we need to get our of Iraq. We know we need to repair the economic damage Bush has created.
Tell me how your going to do it, and tell me why your going to do that way.
Yes, I'm aware it can be looked on his website. But the average person WILL NOT research. For most, all they know is what is covered in their campaign speeches. It's time for those speeches to have some meat to them. - richbleak, on 08/26/2008, -5/+20They aren't, the poster is just a ***** moron. (I know you realize this)
- okcomputer1982, on 08/26/2008, -6/+20Identifying yourself as black is no more racist then identifying yourself as mexican. By your definition, ANY black person who joins a group of other black people is racist. The site thingswhitepeoplelike would be racist. Chinatown's existence would be racist. You see, the problem here is that you don't know what the ***** your talking about.
Racism is the assumption that a group of people are an inferior species based on the color of their skin. For example, the constitution saying that blacks are only 3/5 of a person is racist. A white person saying that black men are inheriently dangerous is racist. A black person saying that white people are selfish, devilish landgrabbers with no sense of morality would be racist as well. Nothing the good Rev. said is racist. Was it's just a little too loud and little to real for some folks to handle. And God bless em for it. - EvilLordBanana, on 08/26/2008, -9/+20I'm sorry, were you there for those 20 years? Do you know ANYTHING he has ever said besides the clips the media kept looping? No? That's what I thought. You Suck.
- EvilLordBanana, on 08/26/2008, -0/+10This. A million times this.
- chrissku, on 08/26/2008, -13/+23 The Obama girls at the end of the speech turned a triple play into a home run. Barack and Michelle have a beautiful family. Watching them interact with their father on the big screen was a touching sight indeed.
Obama/Biden 08 - sugarazor, on 08/26/2008, -2/+12Yeah, she leaves tackiness to her husband:
"I don't know how many houses I have because I was a POW!"
"I cheated on and abandoned my crippled wife because I was a POW!"
"I can't tell the difference between Sunni and Shiia because I was a POW!" - rcarroll215, on 08/26/2008, -4/+13Stop being stupid.
- rz8472, on 08/26/2008, -14/+23And yet, her favorability ratings are lower than that of Cindy McCain's. God we're stupid....
- nikdahl, on 08/26/2008, -2/+11usually I don't make these kinds of assessments over the internet.. but you are an idiot.
- zeusthemoose, on 08/26/2008, -6/+15None of these people are Hillary Clinton fans. They are part of operation chaos and nothing more than the merroling band of neckbeards known as the McTroll Patrol.
- okcomputer1982, on 08/26/2008, -7/+15I for one, found so much comfort in Michelle's discription of a true "ghetto" family experience.
For once, a discription of the bedrock of African American culture for over 500 years, a family lead by a strong man and a capable, intelligent women together. This is the ghetto I know.
It is something to be proud of, that is rare in the mainstream american experience and I for one feel a weight lifted in having a women so much like my sister, mother, and my friends embrace it with the love and respect it deserves. Preach sis. - dlm85, on 08/26/2008, -3/+11I am sure people like who focus on the "hate whitey" thing have never experienced racism before. BTW, my daughter is multiracial and she experienced at a young age.
- JarekB, on 08/26/2008, -1/+9Here are bout the first 20 minutes of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqz9z-Ot82E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU83QWh8V7E - wild, on 08/26/2008, -13/+21I think what impressed me most was that this morning I remember her speech better than I do Kennedy's.
"The current of history meets a new tide of hope." Thats a great line. - marike, on 08/26/2008, -0/+8When I read some of the negative, thinly veiled or overtly racist comments on Digg regarding Barack and Michelle Obama I feel sad for humanity.
They have displayed more class and true patriotism than any of America's so-called leaders who are simply looking to maintain the status quo. It is no wonder that America is falling behind the Chinese when we have such small minded people as the many haters on this forum.
Obama is the first candidate to actually include young people in the process and all you people do is ***** on him. Maybe one day you'll get a clue. - Kohaxx, on 08/26/2008, -0/+7Also they are always right, there are no other options, and if you disagree you hate America.
- JustinaJustice, on 08/26/2008, -2/+9Magnificent speech from an extraordinarily bright and committed woman. She embodies the values of the Democratic Party -- putting concern for the needs and aspirations of other human beings first. Michelle and Barack Obama will lead our country out of the darkness and despair of the last 8 years of the criminal, war profit driven Republican administration.
The election of Barack Obama and a solid Democratic majority in Congress this year may be our last chance to rescue our democracy from total control by the wealthy corporate anti-constitutionalists. Thank you, Michelle, for making a victory for democracy much more likely. - MixMastaKooz, on 08/26/2008, -1/+7Also, Cindy should be in jail after being caught stealing drugs from one of the clinics she funded.
- Rotzooi, on 08/26/2008, -7/+13But McSame is a POW! A POW! A POW! POWPOWPOWPOWPOW RIGHT IN THE KISSER!
- airwalke, on 08/26/2008, -3/+9Did you forget to change usernames, Bowden?
- kidathinnes, on 08/26/2008, -7/+13From the looks of your judgement, I think we will be ok.
- Gismo575, on 08/26/2008, -0/+6What is wrong with people nowadays?
- tcbishop12, on 08/26/2008, -0/+6Free Press voter panelists shared their thoughts about Michelle Obama’s speech during the Democratic National Convention.
"Michelle Obama related to me as a woman with multiple sclerosis, a mother, sister, daughter, aunt and more. It was important to me to hear her recognize Hillary Clinton as a woman who has broken the glass ceiling for all females in this country. Hearing from her children after she finished her speech was a wonderful way to finish a speech that started with her comment that those girls are the first thing she thinks of when she gets up in the morning and the last thing she thinks of at night. Michelle Obama's message that we need not accept the world as it is and to fight for the world as it should be was what made this speech moving and inspirational to me."
-- Ilene Beninson, 52, Berkley independent
"Michelle Obama is a powerful speaker. A woman who has been serving others and a woman who wants a bright, positive future for her children. Her image of the thread that connects us all was wonderful and I especially liked her idea of ‘listen to our hopes and not our fears.’ How easy it is to push aside our dreams of what could be because of our fears of changing the status quo. I get a true feeling of public service from Michelle Obama, of doing what is right for the common good ... what a wonderful change that would be!"
-- Diane Murphy, 42, Sterling Heights independent
"Hearing about the personal life of Michelle Obama was interesting. She seems to be trying to connect more to the working class in America today, but I am still uncertain of the central message."
-- Nicole Perry, 34, Wyandotte Republican
"I believe Michelle Obama gave a speech that hit home to a lot of people that are struggling to get out of debt due to loss of jobs. We desperately need the change and she gave us the inspiration that it is on the way."
-- Betty Emery, 61, Shelby Twp. Democrat
"She articulated the hopes and dreams that should resonate with those who yearn for change. Her presentation presents a wonderful tone for the convention and the campaign."
-- George Lentz, 66, Southfield independent
"Michelle Obama came off as sincere and provided great insight into the values Barack and her share. She did a great job in framing Obama's lifelong commitment to changing America as well as her own belief in the work he is doing. I also believe she became more (easy to relate to) by sharing her blue-collar upbringing in Southside of Chicago and the health struggles her father faced. Many voters today share the same health and economic circumstances. Her speech gave hope to voters that the next president will focus on these pressing issues and ensure all Americans are provided opportunity and access to the American Dream as she and Barack did."
-- Aurora Torres, 27, Democrat
“Michelle Obama gave a very inspiring speech explaining how we can achieve great things as long as we are determined and willing to work towards them. She came from a regular blue-collar family that instilled high values and beliefs in her that she carries with her to this day.Along with Barack, she is dedicated to making the lives of Americans better, no matter what their background."
-- Brad Alderman, 28, Dearborn Democrat
"After watching Michelle Obama's speech, I wondered how anyone could find her controversial. Her emphasis on the importance and influence of a loving family; the values she appreciates, (such as treating others with dignity and respect even when you disagree); the gratitude she expressed for hard working Americans, military troops, achievements of political leaders; the obvious pride she has in her husband -- who could ask for anything more?"
--Joellen Gilchrist, 64, Beverly Hills independent
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20 ... - inactive, on 08/26/2008, -5/+10so i guess if the only thing that could change your vote chris would be if the care bears won the democratic nomination?
- phrenzy, on 08/26/2008, -3/+8I'm sure they would if it actually existed.
- Vermifax, on 08/26/2008, -3/+8I love Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright. He served in the U.S. Navy AND the USMC. He helped provide medical care for President Lyndon Johnson.
Rev. Wright is one of the few clergyman who "walked the walk" by organizing various community services in Chicago. In other words...
Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright is more of an American patriot than anyone at Fox News or any "yellow elephant". He served this country in uniform, public service AND the Church.
So, you racist cowards continue to hate and spread the FUD. I'll take Rev. Wright over any of you cyber-Klansmen.
BTW, Rev. Wright's "rhetoric" isn't all that different from Dr. M.L. King's from 41 years back.
Digg racists make me sick to my stomach. - V3n0M, on 08/26/2008, -7/+12Welcome to Obamanomics.
- dBass, on 08/26/2008, -1/+6Repug, ditto head, bury brigade is out in force today. McSame's campaign is probably offering not one, but two sets of steak knives! Or they lost their way over to their usual dimly lit caves.
Their fear is palpable. - zeusthemoose, on 08/26/2008, -3/+8LOL you seem very knowledgeable about your kool-aid flavors. Perhaps it is because you love the taste so much?
- Vermifax, on 08/26/2008, -0/+5You're right.
Let's vote for the guy who thinks that Iraq and Pakistan share a border or that Czechoslovakia is still a country.
/s - nikdahl, on 08/26/2008, -1/+6I think you are misunderstanding her quote.
- inactive, on 08/26/2008, -8/+13I'm sure she could read a teleprompter just fine.
- jayzDigga, on 08/26/2008, -0/+5His exit music should have been "Take me to the River"
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