POLITICS: MICHELLE OBAMA’S DNC SPEECH
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
In case you missed it, check out Michelle Obama as the first headline act of the Democratic National Convention.
In a soul-stirring speech in honor of her father’s memory and her daughters’ future, Mrs. Obama said her husband, Sen. Barack Obama, will make an “extraordinary president” and added that “[her children's future] and all our children’s future is [her] stake in this election”.
She also mentioned that she and her husband were raised with the same values like “you work hard for what you want in life, that you word is your bond, that you do what you say you’re gonna do, that you treat people with dignity and respect even if you don’t know them and even if you don’t agree with them.”
Malia and Sasha joined their mother onstage following her speech as “Isn’t She Lovely” played to a roaring crowd. Sen. Obama made an appearance via satellite and asked, “How about Michelle Obama? Now you know why I asked her out so many times even though she said no. You want a persistent president.”
Sen. Obama will make history on Thursday when he accepts the Democratic Party’s nomination in front of an expected 75,000 on the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech“.








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76.
Big M
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
Pardon the typos:
1. McCain
2. its like she has no pupil!
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*Sigh*
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
So Michelle has memorized every episode of the Brady Bunch. I might have believed it if it was the Cosby show. I find it hard to believe she had a Father’s Knows Best childhood. What fatherless friends did she have? How did she face the racism around her? Was she not shaped by black culture at all? Where was the church in her life? Was there not any sense of injustice mixed in with all that alturism? What was her personal story with women’s issues? Who were her teachers and who influenced her life? What was her family’s experience in civil rights?
This is not going to hold up well compared with Cindy McCain’s compelling story of overcoming addiction, adopting black skinned orphans from East Asia and a son in service in Iraq.
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WHOA!
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1987
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
Damn! All black people do is complain!
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bella
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
oh sigh bite the dust already. She has spoken on her lack of acceptance when she was in Princeton. She has spoken about her challenges fitting into the Ivy League Community and how she always felt like an outsider looking in. At the same token she has chosen to focus on the future and not revere in the past. She has chosen not to focus on sob and sad stories of racism and sexism and look to the future. How hard is it for people to grasp the concept of change. She has clearly overcome several odds to get to the position that she is in.
As for your comment about Cindy McCain, I wonder how close to the American values she was when she was involved with a man who was still married and who eventually left his practically disabled wife for her. Incase that was lost on you, the man in question is Mccain.
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Jojo
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
“So Michelle has memorized every episode of the Brady Bunch. I might have believed it if it was the Cosby show.” Cosby show wasn’t on 30 years ago moron! And what she’s black so she can only watch “black shows”?!
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bella
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
As for the Brady Bunch comment, by the time the Cosby show came about, you know Michelle was not a tiny kid anymore so the thrills of cramming her favorite show were probably over.Yes she may have watched the episodes but memorizing them at her age would not be normative. Hell I know the words to episodes of the Cosby show but Fresh Prince which was one of my favorite shows, I assure you I do not know every word to, So you need to stop and its nothing short of laughable to think that Cindy McCain can command a stage as well as Michelle did, That is sheer comedy
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Jojo
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
61 sucks!
83.
*Sigh*
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
“So Michelle has memorized every episode of the Brady Bunch. I might have believed it if it was the Cosby show.” Cosby show wasn’t on 30 years ago moron! And what she’s black so she can only watch “black shows”?!
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You’re an idiot. Next–>
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FJJ
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
Did they(CNN) not listen??? She said “that you treat people with dignity and respect even if you don’t know them and even if you don’t agree with them.” There was no need for Bashing. This just shows how we have grown and Matured!!! Go Michelle
85.
*Sigh*
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
As for the Brady Bunch comment, by the time the Cosby show came about, you know Michelle was not a tiny kid anymore so the thrills of cramming her favorite show were probably over.Yes she may have watched the episodes but memorizing them at her age would not be normative. Hell I know the words to episodes of the Cosby show but Fresh Prince which was one of my favorite shows, I assure you I do not know every word to, So you need to stop and its nothing short of laughable to think that Cindy McCain can command a stage as well as Michelle did, That is sheer comedy
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You completely missed the point of the entire post. It wasn’t meant to be taken “literally”…*sigh*
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shoyouright
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
she could get it…draped in an american flag…ntl anthem on repeat. haha.
flyest first-lady-in-waiting since jackie kennedy.
obama 08!
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bella
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
sigh you have some serious issues. Do not make a comment if it is not factually correct trying to hide it under the guise of missing the point. From what you wrote, your point was to negate her message of shared common experiences with black people and to state in some way that her story is less compelling because she did not go through an addiction episode. Her story of her father and his struggles and her deeply-rooted need to return to the community and leave corporate America for that cause is just as compelling a story as any and if you cannot see that, I have nothing else to say to you. You can sigh on that if you want, that seems to be the one thing you can do with clarity
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OrangeSharpie
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
i knew someone would have this vid. thanks for the upload. im gonna watch it when i get home.
89.
*Sigh*
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
sigh you have some serious issues. Do not make a comment if it is not factually correct trying to hide it under the guise of missing the point. From what you wrote, your point was to negate her message of shared common experiences with black people and to state in some way that her story is less compelling because she did not go through an addiction episode. Her story of her father and his struggles and her deeply-rooted need to return to the community and leave corporate America for that cause is just as compelling a story as any and if you cannot see that, I have nothing else to say to you. You can sigh on that if you want, that seems to be the one thing you can do with clarity
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Huh?!
No disrespect, but are you simple or slow? I never said it wasn’t factual, it was referencing how Mrs. Obama comes across as a fictional TV character/family…I have no idea what you’re talking about…but ummm…yeah
90.
*Sigh*
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
@ Bella
I’m just trying to understand how you could take everything in my post and make it appear as though, my purpose was to state how Mrs. Obama was at home, literally memorizing the transcripts of the “Brady Bunch”, and “The Cosby Show”..smdh..WHOA
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dukesman2000
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
It is funny how Judas has not commented on Michelle Obama’s speech. That’s right; he has nothing negative to say about her. If Michelle had done something less than remarkable he would be in here spewing his filth all over the message board. The sign of a real Uncle Tom isn’t it? Only gets his kicks when black people are portrayed negatively. But to see a classy, intelligent, uplifting black woman go out there and shatter years long stereotypes, Uncles like Judas won’t get their kicks but they will get kicked….hahaha
Let me stop before people start catching feelings…lol
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bella
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
Only a simple or slow person would have a complex and have a pressing need to put someone else in their retarded category. And if it isnt the convenient disclaimer before the rude comment, Girl save that mess for someone else. Perhaps you need some clarity and I will provide you some. You made mention of how unbelievable her watching the Brady Bunch and cramming it was and how much more realistic it would be had it been the Cosby Show. My point was the idea of her knowing the words to the Brady Bunch isnt remotely unusual for the age she must have been when the show was on. And why does she have to know the words to an all black show only. Next you said she did not address her racial and sex related struggles and I mentioned that those issues have been addressed not once but several times and she chose not to focus on that yesterday. How hard is it for you to comprehend the above and yet you have the nerve to call someone slow. Only one who is pathethic has a need to demean another. If this is slow then I am proud that slow has earned me that Yale law degree
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why?
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
all hail michelle!
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God's Girl
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
Oh last night brought tears to my eyes. I did not get to see Ted but I heard it was awesome. I am so proud to call myself a black women. I feel like I have something to look forward to and never have I ever seen a President and first lady to look up to. I am 31 years old and I am proud to say I am apart of this history in the making. To see Michelle speak, and her kids, it gave me a sense that they too are just like me(with only one house) lol! I realized last night that OBAMA will win this. God is ready to see a change in this country within all of his people(black, White, Asian, Hispanics,,etc). I will continue to pray for them and their safe journey. Psalms 37 says ” For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones”.
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dukesman is soo emotional
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
dukesman stfu ….. you’re just like a damn women
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KIM
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
I was very impressed with her and her speech. It brought tears to my eyes. I can’t wait to get out and vote on Nov 4!!
Obama 08
98.
SEABREEZE (networking)
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
well I didn’t get to watch this last night, but I just finished watching. And regardless of what we do or do not know, Michele Obama is the epitome of class. She is a beautiful women whose beauty shine from the inside out. I am proud as a woman, and as a black woman. I had to fight back tears and I am definitely definitely proud of the Obama’s and what they represent as a black family.
99.
Toons
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
@68 You sound like freakin JUDAH, wouldn’t be surprised if it was you under a guise. Pick up a book, magazine or research her for heaven’s sake. That speech was not a detailed account of every facet of her life. If you want to know more, get off of your lazy ass and READ. And it definitely wasn’t a speech on “Being Black In America”. It was a speech on her personal view of her husband, and why we should vote for him and how she and her husband have raised their daughters. It was to show everyone she is a normal American who had a normal upbringing that people of all colors can related to. It sickens me when black people always try and make things about being black. Get over yourself!
And are you really serious about “Cindy McCain’s compelling story on overcoming drug addiction”? That sounds like every other trashy white women’s story in this country. Damn near half this country is dependant on prescription pills, and it’s the norm. What the h*ll is so compelling about that??
I swear this women can’t do anything to please anyone. The republicans were saying her speech was too soft and that it needed more meat. If she gave them the meat they requested, then they would’ve labled her a militant.
She is a dignified, articulate, beautiful black women. She is what our young women need in a role model. Matter of fact the Obama’s as a family are a role model in and of themselves.
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dukesman2000
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
@ Dukesman is So Emotional
Is that you Judas? Judas, come out, come out wherever you are….hahaha
I can tell you the type of emotion I am feeling - passion. I am always passionate to see black people knock down barriers and put racist ass holes and Uncle Toms like you to flight…..
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LOL
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
*SIGH* = MS. DYNOMITE
Aka disgruntled, confused, black people stan Puerto Rican skank
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LOL
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
*SIGH* = MS. DYNOMITE
Aka disgruntled, confused, black people stan Puerto Rican broad
104.
JUDAH
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
@ DaisyDukesman
Sis, what is your problem, lol? Why can’t you just chill out and do you? Be easy. I wasn’t even going to comment but it seems as though your bleeding in your panties. Number 85 is not me, I have no time or patience for childish games. Though I do agree, you are extremely effeminate. If black people had the same “passion” about the issues in their own communities that they have when trying to uphold this system and attack anyone that threatens the white man, they’d have the kingdom already. I listened to this speech that the sister gave and she, like her husband, says nothing. Something must be bothering your spirit that you feel compelled to go from post to post seeking attention from myself.
Are you looking for a real opinion? Are you a homos*xual? Am I a racist or is Joe Biden? Have you researched this man? What is an Uncle Tom? Are you intelligent enough to know what you’re saying when you speak it? The Bible tells us that “two cannot walk together unless they be agreed.” (Amos 3:1). The democratic national convention featured a known rapist and murderer like Ted Kennedy, and he was held in high esteem and applause by the crowd. Joe Biden is a known racist but he has been made Obama’s running mate. Michelle Obama is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. What does that make Obama? Please let me chill out in the cut when I’m chillin’ in the cut.
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algie
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
she was the truth. i can’t wait to vote for them in november
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DisneyPrincess
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
@ 61…Knowing you..you’d probably write in Beyonce Knowles if voting wasn’t electronic…Can we please see Sen. Kennedy’s speech too…Very inspiring..I love Michelle’s hair..The girls are cute too…
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DisneyPrincess
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
sorry that’s directed @ 60…
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JUDAH
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
If I comment on one of these Obama posts, people tell me to keep my comments to myself. When I don’t, people call me out to comment, lol. Confused negroes.
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JUDAH
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
# 96, not # 85. I guess the posts got rearranged.
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FRESCO
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
Michelle is so dope. She is so poised and graceful. Its rare that you see in mainstream media eloquent words of wisdom from a powereful woman of color.
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dukesman2000
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
@ Judas
Hahaha….
You have become unglued….Your panties are in a bunch, huh? You asked if I am a homosexual, leave me alone with your girl and I’ll let her answer your question.
I am just cutting the grass and exposing your tail..that’s it!
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ThinkAboutIt
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 /
That sister and that family is fierce.
She is as good an orator as her husband…. very Inspirational.
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Teresa
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 /
The little sweet laced heart-tugging speeches that both Barack and Michelle give aren’t winning over whites independence. Why they don’t go after the Bush Admininstration and McCain with both barrels? You have all the amunition you need to winning this election hands down and all Obama is going to give us Thursday is another great sounding speech. If he had chosen Hillary Clinton as his Vice-President nominee, this election would have been locked up for them. Like most Presidents past, Obama needed just to hold his nose and put her on the ticket.
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sassydancer
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 /
Go michelle obama a class act
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Getem
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 /
Well for one I have never really paid much attention to Michelle until now. And I was in tears. Awesome speach. I love the type of woman she is.
As for clinton why is she being so emotional. I know we as women are more emotional then men, but she needs to let it go and support. She needs to take notes from Michelle.
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big kidd
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 /
I support Obama. Most of single milllioanires and billlionaires I met on a milllionaire personals site –”"”"”"W e a l t h y L o v e s.co m”"”"”"”" also support him. I firmly believe HObama will win the election.
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MINDYOURBIZNESS
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 /
Angel,
What happened to my post? I was #11 yesterday now I don’t see my reply AT ALL Wassup with that?
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JUDAH
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 /
@ Daisy
Sis, I’m always unglued, lol. See, I asked you a series of questions and the only one that you felt compelled to answer was one. This is why I cannot respect what you think you represent. You cannot answer any questions from real black people that see what’s going on for real. Black people are lemmings and they become frustrated when they cannot get all blacks to follow them as they follow the white man. Yuo allege that we’ve been “debating” this Obama issue. No ma’am. A debate is an exchange of POINTS. You have not made any points, you don’t have any points, you have not answered one question I’ve asked you, and you cannot.
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eMpire
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 /
The world needs more women like Michelle Obama.
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divainva
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 /
Lmao .
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Nothing But Love
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 /
First off that was a really good speech it kinda left a lump in my throat…it was just so moving, Michelle is nothing but pure class…
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Nothing But Love
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 /
Oh yeah and second off…. LMAO @ the arguments going down, e.g. judah, *sigh*, dukesman and everyone else wild n’ out …you know who you are, lol
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