Michelle's speech - think about it for a sec

[NashvilleLefty]

It was an entire night of excellent speeches. If you missed them, just look back at the responses here. People were fired up!

So, as the last speaker, Michelle had an extremely high bar to clear. People were expecting an awful lot out of her.

And what happened?

SHE KILLED!

During the quiet parts, you could have heard a pin drop. During the High Points - the crowd ROARED!

Plus, the speech was substantial. It was not just fluff, it was not a "puff piece" full of "red meat" - it was sincere and substantive.And if you noticed, towards the end when she was talking about her children and their future, her voice almost broke and her eyes were moist as she held back the tears. The number one word I would use to describe her speech was SINCERE.

Let's not forget her Call to Arms. We have some work to do, as she said. Let's GOTV!

[jillan]

1. She spoke to us. Ann YELLED at us.

Ann - "Wooooommmmmeeeeennnnnn!!! I love woooomen!!"

Michelle - I love my husband even more today because...... and pointed out all of the things she loves about him, and in doing so, endeared us even more to the President.

Michelle warmed my heart.

[B Calm]

2. I loved her speech. She spoke with

love for her man and family. Her admiration of veterans and active military was all sincere.

[Moonwalk]

3. It was brilliant--and the end where she spoke of her children was the cream...

...Republicans have been all "Ann's job was being a mom," blah, blah, blah. As if Ann is the epitome of what a woman should be because she was a wife and mother.

Well, Michelle built her speech up step by step and when she came to the end she got 'em where it hurts: paraphrasing, she said her number one job was being a mom. Meaning she took the wind right out of the Ann Romney sails republicans have been using to keep the ship going. If Ann is being glorified for being a mother first, well, that's what Michelle has been, too. A mother first. So either Ann ain't so special or Michelle has to be put on the same pedestal.

And Michelle didn't stop there! She went on to say that any woman who is a good mother wants certain things for her kids and fights for them (like education, health care, opportunities). She implied that any mother who doesn't fight for such things for her kids is failing at her job.

Never a mention of Ann, never a hint of a put down or anything impolite--I can't even say for sure the subtext was deliberately there...but it was there. Michelle saved the best for last--the part that made it harder for republicans to use Ann, the stay-at-home mother, as a symbol of what they value, and made it even harder for them to pretend that theirs is the party that supports mothers and families.

[Cha]

4. That's our First Lady..She's been brilliant

ever since I've been watching her via online clips and reading about her accomplishments. I'm so happy she's hit it outta the park tonight with the bases loaded!

[tomm2thumbs]

5. CBS and FoxNews seems to have the most praise for her - startling

I thought NBC's broadcast video coverage was abhorent - I watched all of the broadcast(s) of her speech from all the networks & ABC and NBC's production value was the worst... luckily I went back and enjoyed the roaring CBS footage which captured the event's magic.

While FoxNews threw their slings and arrows in where they could, Karl Rove, etc... you could tell they were grasping at straws to pick on ANYthing and it sounded desperate. Rove looked like an idiot trying to pull criticism out of his hat... would be the equivalent of saying the soup doesn't take 'soupy' enough for him. I laughed at his sad little a**wipe reviews.

They are a bunch of clowns at Fox -- but NBC needs to step up on their production/live-feed efforts - clearly a bad producer at the helm of that one hour on broadcast TV.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

6. Recommend watching the rest on C-Span

No spin, no baloney - just one fantastic speaker after another. The convention is very organized...no down time, cutaways or commercials.

It was truly a glorious night for Democrats, highlighted by the First Lady.

[Raine]

7. Michelle is a great speaker, a real natural. nt