The mis-education of Michelle Obama

[Tellurian]

Run time: 02:23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuPN8e2Ii0w   Posted on YouTube: March 15, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 05, 2008 By DU Member: Tellurian Views on DU: 1156

 
Did she miss all this?

[AX10]

1. She has done well for herself.

She's an Ivy League graduate.
She's middle class, her children have a secure future, and she may become the first AA first lady.

Also, all the things in the video.

[The Wielding Truth]

19. I see what you think is an America to be proud of , but it is

a shallow hole without the liberty and freedom that is not seen in the flags and the wars ships, and Condi's words, or Powell's lack of truthful words.You have missed the real pride of America. It is equality and respect for the struggle of those who are not beautiful kodak moments. Why are there no pictures of the face of America that you refuse to see.

The underclass that has become irrelevant in the RW world of puppies and perfect consumer desires.

This BTW has nothing to do with the feeling that was expressed by Michelle Obama. She was overwhelmed at the love and admiration that she was experiencing while campaigning for her husband. She had no idea that there was so much spirit for change out there and she was proud of America in a way in which she had never felt before.

You have a problem with that? Of course, this is her home, and she is as proud of it as you are.

Watch her and give her a chance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqsDydV-I6E&feature=related

[unknownone]

2. Michelle Obama

I am very worried about her... people have attacked Hillary over the years a lot but none would argue she hates our country... Michelle though says as much outright about herself

yes Michelle has had to deal with racial issues Hillary never has had to but I am sorry, if you went to Ivy League schools and am a professional and yet am not proud of the country where such goals are obtainable by a black women whereas some countries instead physically torture all women, especially minorities (particularly in the middle east) just shows how out of it Ms. Obama is

[jefferson_dem]

9. Check out the context and let us know if you are still "outraged."

----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG5-05PpvLI&eurl

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[unknownone]

10. you are right

In context it is nowhere near as outrageous as it is out of context... I guess the news takes it out of context far too much... it was a really bad choice of words at least though

[jefferson_dem]

13. I agree, unknownone.

Definitely, a poor choice of words and words i'm sure she regrets.

Thanks for your honesty.

[psychmommy]

12. she is a powerful speaker

very professional and i just love her. what an awesome 1st lady she is going to be. my daughter will have her as a role model. i am so excited and she said something i so agree with-we were never asked to sacrifice anything for this war-just the soldiers and their families. we should go shop. i have not always been proud of america-like when they committed genocide on my native american ancestors. when they raped and continue to rape and pillage africa. when my ancestors were forced into the middle passage. when i see the numbers of dead iraqis and americans over an unfounded and poorly managed war. when the prison industrial complex-fed by the mandatory maximum sentences flourish all over this country. i am not proud of america-for the deaths of good leaders like mlk, jfk and jr, robert kennedy, malcolm-i will stop here. but going to the moon or mars doesn't impress me when we have so many starving and homeless in the usa-on earth.

[Jack Rabbit]

23. Thanks for posting that

The OP is out of the right wing play book: take a remark out of context and pollute the air with it.

The best way to fight back is to put the truth out for all to see and allow each to make his own judgment.

[iamjoy]

15. I Never Thought Of It That Way

Even hearing Michelle Obama's quote out of context, I never questioned her patriotism. I thought that maybe for her, pride had to be personal - something she experienced and was a part of - for her to feel it. It occurred to me she may not have meant it literally - I mean, it wasn't that she never felt pride before, just that this surpassed anything she'd previously felt. I also figured she might be a negative person - always seeing the bad in things and not the good. I figured Barack must be a pretty good match for her, because he's so positive and full of hope and optimism.

But questioning some one's patriotism because they don't blindly love America and cry at Lee Greenwood - that's such a Republican attitude.

[bellasgrams]

16. I agree, I saw her make the remark and was appalled that she

would say that in public. She has much to be proud of. Where else could she have gotten such a fine education at a prestigious school and get up the ladder in her field as fast as she did. She not only made the remark about not being proud she also wrote
a thesis about how she felt about the school and how she was treated. I think she must have some kind of complex.

[lumpy]

24. So the only reason Mrs. Obama has to be proud of The US is

because people are listening to her hubby? Disappointing; I don't think I would find it easy to be proud of her as a first lady. I don't think she was just 'misspeaking' or that it was a poor choice of words, after all she is well known for speaking her mind.

[jefferson_dem]

3. Nice slideshow.

Shame it is premised on the despicable swift-boating of a good woman.

...one of "ours".

[AX10]

5. The only swiftboating that occured..

was when Michelle Obama took Bill Clinton's "fairytale" comment out of context in order to play the race card against the Clintons.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200803040001


http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1131516320080111
"Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen," Clinton had said in accusing Obama of distorting his stance on the war."

[jefferson_dem]

8. Please. The Clinton's racially divisive slash and burn gameplan was exposed...

and you are still whining about the fact that it didn't work.

Shuck and jivin' fairy tale being can't win cocaine dealin' maybe not a muslim as far as she knows but email forwardin' cool black friend to havin' Obama beat "your girl."

So hop on board the Obama-Train! Time to kick some Repuke ass!

[AX10]

11. The contents of my post show the TRUTH!

There is not a chance in HELL I would jump on the Obama-Train. :puke:

[liberal1973]

26. If Barack becomes the Democratic nominee,

and you don't support him then you should get the heck out. Not to long ago I donated to Barack Obama ,but if Hillary becomes our nominee then of course I will vote for her.

[liberal1973]

27. If Barack becomes the Democratic nominee,

and you don't support him then you should get the heck out. Not to long ago I donated to Barack Obama ,but if Hillary becomes our nominee then of course I will vote for her.

[Tellurian]

6. JD.. the overuse of a word.."swiftboating"

for every little perceived infringement on your sensibilities eventually will render it meaningless!

I think you have achieved that threshold!

[pocoloco]

4. Short answer...

no

[Olney Blue]

7. Michelle could be our next first lady. We don't need this stuff here.

But that's just my opinion.

[iamjoy]

14. Oh, I'm So Proud...

Yes, I'm so proud of Cabbage Patch dolls, My Little Pony and Transformers. How many of these toys which so define America are made here vs. by "slave" labor overseas?

I'm so proud of Family Ties, Golden Girls and The A Team - how these television shows have enriched our culture!

One could make a video showing a lot of bad stuff about America - including statistics on people without health insurance and Katrina survivors waiting for help. It could include the ruins of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995 and the kids leaving Columbine High School 4 years and one day later. It could remind us of the Valdez oil spill. Then we could ask, "Why are you proud to be an American?"

[Buck Power]

17. Right wing

garbage.

[Mrhyde719]

20. Exactly! NT

:toast:

[Iris]

25. you and me, both. For a moment I thought I had strayed over to another board

that will not be mentioned here.

[usregimechange]

18. Did Rove produce this?

[progressoid]

21. Nope, it's too saccharine for Karl. I'd go with Glen Beck.

[Krashkopf]

22. No. She didn't miss all of that. Your problem . . .

and the problem of the right-wingers who produced this "feel good" piece of crap, is that you see ONLY that.

Yes, we Americans have a lot to be proud of. The ideals that America was founded on were truly ENLIGHTENED and REVOLUTIONARY. They changed to world. Its too bad we stopped living by them. And, yes, we have done a lot of good in the world (although it was usually when that "good" coincided with "American interests.").

Now, let me ask you some questions:

Are you, and Hillary, proud of America's original sin, slavery, a national birth defect written right into the Constitution?

Are you, and Hillary, proud of slavery's Jim Crow legacy, or present day racism?

Are you, and Hillary, proud of America's genocide against native Americans?

Are you, and Hillary, proud of the Alien and Sedition Acts; or the Palmer Raids; or the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII; or COINTELLPRO; or the so-called "U.S.A. Patriot Act"?

Are you, and Hillary, proud of the fact that our Government lied us into a long, bloody war in VietNam; or a long, bloody war in Iraq?

Are you, and Hillary, proud of the fascist dictators that we supported in Chile; or the fascist dictators that we have supported in Iran; or the fascist dictators that we supported in Iraq; or the fascist dictators that we support in Saudi Arabia; or the fascist dictator that we support in Pakistan; or the fascist dictator that we support in Uzbekistan . . .

Are you, and Hillary, proud of abu Ghraib; and of Guantanamo Bay; and black site prisons; and extraordinary rendition.

The list goes on, and on, and on . . .

It sounds like YOU are the one who has been "mis-educated."

Remember,it was Thomas Jefferson who said: "I tremble for my Country when I recall that GOD is just."

Truer words were never spoken.