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Michelle Obama's DNC Speech: Hit or Miss?

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By most accounts, Michelle Obama's Democratic National Convention Speech Tuesday night was a big hit. The first lady spoke admiringly of her husband's middle-class roots (recalling how when they first got together, Barack's car had a hole in it through which she could see the pavement), character and accomplishments. Here are some key sound bites from the speech...

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"Well today, after so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways I never could have imagined, and I have seen firsthand that being president does not change who you are. No, it reveals who you are."

"So when it comes to rebuilding our economy, Barack is thinking about folks like my dad and like his grandmother. He's thinking about the pride that comes from a hard day's work. That is why he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal work."

"That is why he cut taxes for working families at small businesses."

"That's how he brought our economy [from the] brink of collapse to creating jobs again. Jobs you can raise a family on, good jobs. Right here in the United States of America."

"When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day. Another president. He didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically. That is not how he was raised. He cared that it was the right thing to do."

"He -- he did it because he believed that here in America, our grandparents should be able to afford their medicine. Our kids should be able to see a doctor when they're sick. And no one in this country should ever go broke because of an accident or an illness."

"And he believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care."

"Barack knows the American dream because he's lived it. And he wants everyone in this country, everyone to have the same opportunity no matter who we are or where we are from or what we look like or who we love."

What did you think of Mrs. O's speech?

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  • Apache 2012/09/05 14:18:37 (edited)
    Miss
    Apache
    +61
    Mooschelle's speech was at best, a vain attempt to keep up with Ann Romney's truthful story of when Mitt and her first got married. Here's some similarities......

    1. Ann's ironing board for a kitchen table./ Barry's dumpster diving coffee table.
    2. Mitts old jalopy on first date./ Barry's rusted out, see through door on his car (Sorry. That wouldn't pass safety inspection even in Chicago) Another lie.
    3. Ann's personal struggle with MS and Breast Cancer. / Mooschelle's father's MS that she hasn't ever talked about until now.
    4. Mooschelle and Barry's student loans? Mooschelle recieved minority scholarships and Barry was listed as a foreign student from Indonesia and Bill Ayers parents paid Barry's balance through Harvard. The fact is neither of them had loans to pay off!

    Every time she opened her mouth another lie came out, and did anyone notice the phony acting she tried in vain to accomplish? (Do I smell George Clooney?)

    Both of these people are Pathological Liars!

    notice phony acting vain accomplish smell george clooney people pathetic

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  • ed Apache 2012/09/05 14:59:13
    ed
    +4
    yep...georgy looney clooney is in there somewhere!
  • Embalmer ed 2012/09/05 20:17:15
    Embalmer
    +2
    George Clooney doesn't talk to empty chairs.
  • The Pat... Apache 2012/09/05 14:59:43
  • Eli Ramos The Pat... 2012/09/05 15:05:04
    Eli  Ramos
    +2
    Reagan was a great actor and Romney and Ryan are the same
  • PM The Pat... 2012/09/05 16:05:38
    PM
    +4
    Now is Reagan giving the thumbs up to the lies Apache told? I quickly verified that Ayers didn't meet Obama until 1995, but Obama graduated from Harvard in 1991, well before he even knew Ayers, so how could Ayer's parent's have paid Obama's balance through Harvard if they weren't to meet for another 4 years? Seems kind of odd to me, but I'm sure Ronny is giving a thumbs up for the old Neo-Con try.
  • lima Apache 2012/09/05 15:09:58
    lima
    +4
    Dear Mr. Apache,
    Like I have always said, we can agree to disagree without being so negative and untruthful. Posting a college student ID that reads "foreign student " is not only untruth but most of all it will not help the image of Romney that you are in favor of. There are so much out there to make a good case for Romney not the above. Just remember, always check your postings to make sure that they are helping Romney to get more votes rather than take away from his votes.
  • Major K Apache 2012/09/05 15:14:22 (edited)
    Major K
    +4
    1. Seriously.....you really think Mitt had a 'jalopy' and Obama didn't? You talk about passing safety inspections in Illinois/Chicago? As a resident of Illinois (and a Chicago Cop) during that time, I can tell you in no uncertain terms that Illinois had no 'safety inspections' that would 'park' that car back in the time frame just prior to the Obamas getting married. Don't believe me? Get yourself a copy of the Illinois Vehicle Code from 1991. So you lose on that point.


    2. Michelle had miniority scholarships to pay for all her Ivy League tuitions? Really? How much did those scholarships amount to.....and can you list the scholarships and the amounts of each one? How much was her Princeton undergrad and Harvard law school tuitions? See.....to state that she had zero student loans you have to PROVE YOUR POINT by providing this information; you can't just point fingers and make accusations. Without providing her scholarship and tuition information, you lack credibility. And again......you lose


    3. Obama had no student loans because you post a fake ID card? Really? OK.....I'll humor you.....let's say he was a FES. How much of a tuition break did FES receive from Columbia and Harvard back in the 70's and 80's. I can answer that for you genious.......none! They had to pay full ...

    1. Seriously.....you really think Mitt had a 'jalopy' and Obama didn't? You talk about passing safety inspections in Illinois/Chicago? As a resident of Illinois (and a Chicago Cop) during that time, I can tell you in no uncertain terms that Illinois had no 'safety inspections' that would 'park' that car back in the time frame just prior to the Obamas getting married. Don't believe me? Get yourself a copy of the Illinois Vehicle Code from 1991. So you lose on that point.


    2. Michelle had miniority scholarships to pay for all her Ivy League tuitions? Really? How much did those scholarships amount to.....and can you list the scholarships and the amounts of each one? How much was her Princeton undergrad and Harvard law school tuitions? See.....to state that she had zero student loans you have to PROVE YOUR POINT by providing this information; you can't just point fingers and make accusations. Without providing her scholarship and tuition information, you lack credibility. And again......you lose


    3. Obama had no student loans because you post a fake ID card? Really? OK.....I'll humor you.....let's say he was a FES. How much of a tuition break did FES receive from Columbia and Harvard back in the 70's and 80's. I can answer that for you genious.......none! They had to pay full tuition. And if Obama didn't have cash on hand, then student loans is the obvious avenue by which he paid off his tuition. YOU EVEN STATED that the Ayers family paid off "balance through Harvard". But......where is your proof that this occurred? And if it did.....can you tell us how much the Ayers (suppossedly) paid and when? Without providing this information, you lack credibility. And once again......you lose

    Gee......seems like you're a real loser today, every which way you cut it......genious.
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  • Apache Major K 2012/09/05 16:06:46
    Apache
    +3
    A Fool's voice is made known by it's many words.
  • kudabux Apache 2012/09/05 20:04:03
    kudabux
    +3
    An adequate description of you with your pathetic lies.
  • Embalmer Apache 2012/09/05 20:18:28
    Embalmer
    +3
    Then quit talking to yourself.
  • Major K Apache 2012/09/05 20:26:43
    Major K
    +3
    A weak, sad and pathetic response.

    I'd feel sorry for you if you weren't such a miserable idiot.......
  • PM Major K 2012/09/05 16:11:31
    PM
    +3
    Furthermore Apache didn't even check to see when Obama met Ayers (1995) and when he graduated Harvard (1991). So, I guess we are to believe that Ayer's parents entered a time warp and paid Obama's balance through Harvard (his own words) 4 years prior to even meeting the man? Doesn't make much sense huh. I'll tell you what happened, Apache went to one of those Right Wing Nut Job Web sites that spew lies or received a viral email with this crap in it, and just copied and pasted it into his post. Its called "Repeat the Lie".
  • Major K PM 2012/09/05 20:29:09
    Major K
    +2
    No doubt he frequents the right wing rags. He's a low information consumer of 'news' who only puts stock in the information that supports his warped ideologies.

    Pretty darn sad.......
  • Scott Apache 2012/09/05 15:20:26
    Scott
    +1
    Ooooh, good stuff Apache! I really love the guys on our side. Like you Apache, this really is a good appraisal of michelles speech. Lot's of good insight and detail I might have missed otherwise. Thanks!
  • PM Scott 2012/09/05 16:16:56
    PM
    +4
    Ummm, except its full of lies like Ayer's parents paid the balance on Obama's Harvard Education. If you do a search, you'll see that Obama didn't even meet Ayers until after serving on two boards with him and being invited to a gathering at his home in 1995. Obama graduated in 1991. Well, when you do the math, Obama finished school first (1991) then served on the board (1995), that's a full 4 years prior to meeting Ayers. So, we are forced to conclude that Obama didn't even know Ayers while at Harvard, so, how could Ayer's parents have paid the balance through Harvard for Obama? Not making much sense there. But, if you call outright lies good information, then you need your head checked.
  • Scott PM 2012/09/05 18:06:12
    Scott
    Bill Ayers? You mean the terrorist Bill Ayers?

    Actually I DID do some research and found that you may be right! And Obama';s education was actually funded by Percy Sutton, a former lawyer for Malcolm X and a former business partner of al-Mansour, says he (al-Mansour) was raising money for Obama’s graduate school education (and) al-Mansour was representing top members of the Saudi Royal family seeking to do business and exert influence in the United States.”

    One of those Saudi royals was Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of Saudi King Abdullah. He was the Saudi prince who offered to donate $10 million to help New York rebuild after the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

    Boy, that wacky Obama! He is one mysterious guy ain't he? He seems to have connections to every unsavory character in the world!

    But hey, thanks for suggesting that I investigate further!
  • PM Scott 2012/09/05 19:02:59 (edited)
    PM
    +5
    FACE PALM!!!!!! Ummm yeah, I mean the Terrorist Bill Ayers who was committing his crimes in 1969 in Chicago when Obama was an 8 year old kid living in Hawaii. YES That Bill Ayers. In case you didn't know, 8 year olds from Hawaii don't hang out with 25 year olds from Chicago.

    Good Lord where do they get you people from???? You did some digging and found that Obama's education was funded by Percy Sutton a lawyer of Malcom X and some Saudi's??? LOL!!!! This is too funny to even try to refute!!!
    So, now we've gone from Bill Ayers funding his education to a lawyer of Malcom X and some freaking Saudi seeking to exert influence in the US. LOL!!! Hell, I actually funded his education!!! Me and you and Rosie ODonnell and Donald Trump. That's how Rosie and The Donald started beefing. My, what other conspiracy theory will the Republicans throw out there!!!

    WOW!!! And, you just dug that up and believed it, just like you believed Apache, before I showed you his pack of LIES were lies! Here's one for you, the Earth is actually square and Obama plotted to have the round edges cut off and sell them to Neptunians. This happened while he was living in Saudi Arabia, and moved to Kenya, just after he returned from China between leaving Columbia University and enrolling in Harvard. It was a s...
    FACE PALM!!!!!! Ummm yeah, I mean the Terrorist Bill Ayers who was committing his crimes in 1969 in Chicago when Obama was an 8 year old kid living in Hawaii. YES That Bill Ayers. In case you didn't know, 8 year olds from Hawaii don't hang out with 25 year olds from Chicago.

    Good Lord where do they get you people from???? You did some digging and found that Obama's education was funded by Percy Sutton a lawyer of Malcom X and some Saudi's??? LOL!!!! This is too funny to even try to refute!!!
    So, now we've gone from Bill Ayers funding his education to a lawyer of Malcom X and some freaking Saudi seeking to exert influence in the US. LOL!!! Hell, I actually funded his education!!! Me and you and Rosie ODonnell and Donald Trump. That's how Rosie and The Donald started beefing. My, what other conspiracy theory will the Republicans throw out there!!!

    WOW!!! And, you just dug that up and believed it, just like you believed Apache, before I showed you his pack of LIES were lies! Here's one for you, the Earth is actually square and Obama plotted to have the round edges cut off and sell them to Neptunians. This happened while he was living in Saudi Arabia, and moved to Kenya, just after he returned from China between leaving Columbia University and enrolling in Harvard. It was a secret plot that he would use to influence people to build his mind control ray which would get him elected to the White House in order to sell America to the Indians, Chinese, and Russians. There now you have it, go tell it on the Mountains.
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  • Scott PM 2012/09/06 13:37:40
    Scott
    My point PM is that no one KNOWS anything about your boy Obama. I don't know who paid for Obama's student loans. I'm not convinced he was a student! His school records are still under wraps.

    And, I'm sorry they got you with the mind control ray gun, I mean it's the only logical explanation as to why anyone would admit to supporting Barack Hussein Obama.
  • PM Scott 2012/09/06 15:05:36
    PM
    Ha, ha, ha... I have to love your spirit. Good use of humor.

    Hmmm... I went to school. I paid for my own school (with the help of available monies). Barack went to school... Hey!!! Maybe he paid for his too??! Ya think? Why do you all keep looking for something that most likely didn't happen. There's a saying in the medical field, when you hear a person cough, treat them for a cold first. Don't go looking for some new disease, because more than likely, its the common cold. Why are you insisting that Barack Obama's only option was to have some strange relationship with someone who agreed to pay for his college education??? What would they get out of it? There's probably a 99.9% chance (think common cold here) that he paid for it himself like most of us do.

    I'm better off today than I was 4 years ago and so is the country, so if this is mind control, please aim the Ray Gun directly at my temple.

    Its been good talking with you Scott, at least you don't get on here and hurl insults. You seem friendly enough. The only thing you got going against you is that you're a Republican, LOL... Just joking.
  • Embalmer Scott 2012/09/05 20:23:54
  • Scott Embalmer 2012/09/06 13:43:03
    Scott
    It doesn't matter where I found it Embalmer. What matters more to me is that nobody really knows too much at all about your boy Obama. I mean after a couple years of campaigning and nearly four years of being president, and there's STILL controversy over who paid his student loans? Hell, there's controversy over whether or not he actually went to school!

    Our president is shrouded in mystery and intrigue. That's terrific for a mystery novel, but not for a president.
  • Embalmer Scott 2012/09/06 16:35:45
    Embalmer
    Yes, it does matter. Rightists take the personal liberty of saying anything in the hope it will stick to the wall without going in the facts surrounding such idiotic statements. You're all like FOX, you watch that red emergency light flashing on the screen with the word ALERT and you kids swallow everything, hook, line and sinker.

    FOX news and the right wing are taking advantage of their right to freedom of speech and they don't care what it does to the country, all they care about is keeping the wealthy happy and keeping their supporters scared and misinformed in order to please the rich.

    You're a lapdog.
  • Scott Embalmer 2012/09/06 17:31:52
    Scott
    woof

    Typical lib tactic - derail the debate on a meaningless detail to avoid facing facts.

    For the record, I am not claiming that the Saudi prince funding Obama's student loan is a fact. I don't know how Obama paid his student loan. I don't CARE how he paid his student loan. I'm not at all certain he actually was a student.

    And that mystery, that untold story, that incomplete and conflicting history of the president is troubling to me.

    And his supporters, yourself included seem to have trouble discussing the things we DO know about him.
  • Embalmer Scott 2012/09/06 17:47:52
  • Scott Embalmer 2012/09/06 17:54:38
    Scott
    Skitter away into the dark corners Embalmer. Some place where you think the light of truth can't find you.
  • Tennyso... Scott 2012/09/05 17:40:55
    Tennyson James
    +2
    Sometimes it's better to miss stuff - especially if it is lies and propaganda.
  • Scott Tennyso... 2012/09/05 18:07:22
    Scott
    That's why I try to miss your stuff Tenny.
  • Tennyso... Scott 2012/09/05 20:56:28
    Tennyson James
    +1
    You might not be so misinformed if you checked out the source links I usually provide.
  • Scott Tennyso... 2012/09/06 13:43:46
    Scott
    I'll keep that in mind Tenny.
  • PM Apache 2012/09/05 15:30:53
    PM
    +5
    And just how the heck did you verify that they've never received any student loans? I went to college on a variety of funding sources, including partial scholarships, work-study program, science programs, Pell Grants, BEOG, SEOG, OIG, Stafford Loans, and Perkins Loans. If you get one, it doesn't particularly exclude all others.

    I'd really like to know how you verified their (both of them) whole college (including grad school) financial status. Seems like the only one lying is you!
  • deBrice Apache 2012/09/05 16:10:29
    deBrice
    +2
    Hater's gonna hate

    haters gonna hate
  • AnneFS Apache 2012/09/05 16:51:26
    AnneFS
    +3
    "Mooschelle"? Really?
  • Depsycho AnneFS 2012/09/06 07:10:30
    Depsycho
    It's typical right-wingers lack-witted retort just because they don't like anyone that has anything to do with Obama.

    I know, the stupidity is almost overwhelming and the immaturity levels are off the charts, but it's best to ignore them and their worthless word vomit.
  • Nameless Apache 2012/09/05 17:21:28
    Nameless
    +2
    My husband and I had a Ford Pinto that, in 1981-82, was very similar to what Michelle (seems you are unable to spell her name to take notice) described - except that the hole was, actually, in the floorboard in the front passenger side. I had a "nice" approx. 3" square view of the road as we drove. My now ex finally decided to fix it after he drove home from work one morning and he hit a large puddle. It looked like a flood had happened inside our car. The hole was not there when it was inspected - and was repaired before the next inspection. So, Michelle's recollection is probably spot on.

    Michelle has spoken about her father's illness in the past if you had paid attention at all. In fact, it was discussed during the last general election.

    You have no idea if either of the Obamas had student loans which they had to pay.

    The one misstatement that I did notice was when Gov. Patrick said something about the unemployment rate when Gov. Romney left office in MA. I believe that the unemployment rate in MA was, actually, lower when Gov. Romney left office and the impression give was that it was not. That is, indeed, false.
  • Melody Apache 2012/09/05 17:29:11
    Melody
    +3
    Hahaha, oh dear you have some serious issues to work out.
    Heavens, both parties are going to stretch the truth a little, that's politics. However, LYING is something the Repubs do, and do on a regular basis. Heck, that's all Ryan ever does when he gives a speech. Lies. Nothing about what good they'll do for the country. Just keeping the rich off of their feet and hypocritically empowering big government to rule over women's rights. Again, issues.
  • janice Apache 2012/09/05 17:42:53
    janice
    +3
    tea tard much?
  • Lanikai Apache 2012/09/05 20:08:23
    Lanikai
    Bravo, Apache, bravo.
  • Oregonian Apache 2012/09/05 21:31:15
    Oregonian
    +2
    That student I.D. has been proven to be photoshopped. Plus anyone whose party nominates and supports a liar (and a bad one) like Paul Ryan is hardly in a superior moral position. So maybe back off on the “lies” comments, eh? Glass houses, etc.
  • ProVega Apache 2012/09/05 22:36:07
    ProVega
    +1
    Sorry I clicked thumbs up by mistake. You must have watched and listened these speeches through some kind of backwards filter.
  • RG Apache 2012/09/05 23:02:02
    RG
    +1
    Wow, Apache, Thank you, thank you for setting the record straight. These two residents in our White House seem to be unable to tell the truth.

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