Michell Obama: I am sick and tired of living in a country of FEAR!!

[bigdarryl]

WOW !!!I don't have a link to her speech but the little that i saw was powerful. On Tweety's show

[Colobo]

1. First Lady Obama is someone I'm really looking forward to.

She has the energy, intelligence and drive to use her position in a very positive way.

[sandnsea]

2. That was awesome!!

I hope they turn her loose some more, she's going to get people to sit up and pay attention!

[DURHAM D]

3. I can't wait to see the bus leave the building

after the DNC convention with Clinton/Obama on the side and followed by the C-Span truck.

At the first stop when Hillary and Barak get out followed by Bill and Michell and The Span broadcasts it to the entire world it will be a wonderful and historical moment. Imagine.

[Ethelk2044]

5. Obama should not ever be on a ticket with her.

[ariesgem]

4. Here's a quick summary..

From NBC’s Carrie Dann
And you thought Elizabeth Edwards was all fired up.

At a rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Michelle Obama showed just how fiery we can expect her to be as her husband's battle for the Democratic nomination heats up.

"Think! Listen!" she implored during an impassioned introduction of her husband today, "The game of politics is to make you afraid, so that you don't think!"

Her introduction was a super-charged version of Barack Obama’s stump speech, which has increasingly vilified the bleak status quo of a rigid Washington establishment. But where he, highlights hope, his wife warned today of the consequences of fear. Jabbing a pointed finger in the air, she derided a political system in which "every decision that we've made over the past 10 years wasn't FOR something, but was because people told us we had to fear something."

She put a hard edge on her husband’s "war that never should have been waged" applause line, too, exclaiming, "We are in this war because for eight years; we were told to be afraid!"

In recent weeks, Elizabeth Edwards -- who's taken potshots at both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama -- has been the political spouse perceived as the one doing the dirty work for her candidate. But today, there was no mistaking Michelle Obama's subtle jabs at her husband's opponents, as she compared his U.S. Senate run to the current race for the White House. At the beginning of his Illinois run, she said, he ran against a "billionaire" and a "strong political family" believed to be unbeatable. She was referring to businessman Blair Hull and pedigreed Illinois politician Daniel Hynes, whom Obama defeated in the Democratic primary, but the parallels to the Clintons are clear.

As she completed her introduction of Barack Obama, she called him "the man I love, who I would rather have home with me ... but who I am willing to sacrifice, because we have this window of opportunity, a chance to make something real happen."

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/16/320324.aspx

[maximusveritas]

12. Interesting take on it

They try to compare her speech to that of Elizabeth Edwards, but I don't see any comparison. Elizabeth directly attacked Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, mostly with inaccurate spin. Michelle made no such attacks. The only example MSNBC gives is that she made a reference to the Clintons as a "strong political family". Hardly "dirty work" material.

[ripple]

15. K & R for Michelle

I would love to see the Obama's in the White House.

[ronnykmarshall]

6. Right ON, Michell!

:loveya:

[Colobo]

8. She should be our next First Lady.

[calimary]

10. Really can't argue with ANY of that. It's about time we started calling

it what it is. Out front, out loud, and WAY loud - like air raid sirens and sonic booms. So loud we deafen almost everyone in the enemy camp. THEY'RE the ones who need to be afraid.

Man, it is SO good to see at least a few of ours coming out swinging like this. What the HELL is wrong with Nancy and Harry? In my mind, Nancy (Madam IMPEACHMENT'S-OFF-THE-TABLE) Pelosi is about to lose her Capital Letters.

[Grandrose]

7. Tell it...

What a amazing pair, Michelle is one incredible woman!:D

[polichick]

9. She really was great...

A natural!

[illinoisprogressive]

11. michelle is strong, classy and down to earth. She is so cool.

[TwilightGardener]

13. Saw that on Tweety tonight--she was wonderful. My husband was very impressed with her--

that was the first time he'd seen her in a speech.

[killbotfactory]

14. She's great

I was quite impressed after their 60 minutes interview.

[AtomicKitten]

16. really wonderful introduction

Her spiel on fear was spot-on.

[ariesgem]

17. The video is up here....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x47842


WOW!