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~ Brilliant Heart Felt Speech from First Lady Michelle Obama~
Published on Sep 4, 2012 by BigSupremeDaddy
On Tuesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina, Michelle Obama gave one of the finest speeches ever delivered at a national political convention. More important, it could have more impact on the immediate future of the country than her husband's celebrated 2004 keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in Boston. In short, Michelle Obama has redefined black women
Tuesday night, a woman with the singular American title of first lady may have opened a path for her husband back into the hearts of those who had such high hopes for his audacity.
Her speech tied the Obamas' personal stories directly to the lives of millions of voters struggling not to be the first generation of Americans unable to offer hope of greater opportunities to their children than they had, thus drawing a contrast with Mitt Romney as an unnamed but unmistakable caricature of privilege without shading her talk with negativity or animosity.
In fact the overall emotion, and there was far more real as opposed to rhetorical emotion than any speech at this level in memory, was a feeling rarely conveyed in our political language today — love. The first lady's speech already has a place in the history books. But does it explain why it may actually change what will be written in them. Should that occur, it will be because almost for the first time in four years, she single-handedly brought Democrats to tears and to their feet at the idea of Barack Obama as president of the United States.
It will be up to him whether to choose change over comity when a leader cannot have both, and win the opportunity to give a second inaugural address that will be better than his first, as perhaps a second term may be more successful on more fronts than his first. For as Mrs. Obama reminded the nation Tuesday night, “Being president doesn't change who you are. … It reveals who you are.
Michelle Obma delivered an intimate portrait of her marriage to President Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, saying he was the right man for America and remained “the same man I fell in love with all those years ago.”
Headlining the convention's first night, the first lady said, “Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it, and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we're from, or what we look like, or who we love.”
She recalled watching her husband “in those quiet moments late at night, hunched over his desk,” reading letters from people who said they were unable to pay their bills, or whose cancer treatment wasn't covered by their insurer, or whose opportunities didn't match their abilities.
“I see the concern in his eyes, and I hear the determination in his voice as he tells me, 'You won't believe what these folks are going through, Michelle. It's not right. We've got to keep working to fix this. We've got so much more to do.'”
She did not mention Mitt Romney by name in her speech, and didn't delve much into political rhetoric. Instead, she told her audience in Charlotte — and millions of people watching on television — the story of her life with the man who was raised by a single mother and became president.
Her story was repeatedly interrupted by wild applause from delegates at the Time Warner Cable Arena, and with chants of “Four more years.”
Underlying her words was the message that Barack Obama – and the first lady herself – had endured the same kinds of struggles that ordinary Americans continue to face today: crippling student loans, a daunting mortgage, the anxiety of making a better life for their children.
Most important, she said, Obama had not lost the idealism or respect for hard work that was drilled into him by his mother and grandparents.
Hat Tip to: Gordon Stewart, CNN
2012-09-05 21:36:42
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