The First Lady's speech at the Democratic National Convention was the much anticipated speech of opening night. All weekend I watched the news as political pundits talked about what we could anticipate from the speakers. Although much of the talk centered around the rising Democratic star Julian Castro, one thing was for sure, America could not wait to hear Mrs. Obama's speech (or see what she would wear).
At almost 10:40 p.m., Mrs. Obama took the stage and then literally took over the night. Mrs. Obama spoke from the heart as she shared her personal life story, President Obama's story, and how they grew up with challenges and without much, just like many other American families. We heard Mrs. Obama speak of hardships and challenges faced by their own families, and that of many Americans.
One thing was clear from Mrs. Obama's speech. The personal experiences that Mrs. Obama and President Obama experienced in their own lives and within their own families have been the bedrock for the issues and platforms that President Obama has rallied for these last four years. As Mrs. Obama said, "[T]he issues are not political, they are personal, because President Obama lived it."
We did not hear Mrs. Obama mention Mitt Romney by name. Instead, Mrs. Obama spoke about integrity, the truth, and avoiding shortcuts or playing by your own set of rules.
Mrs. Obama also reflected on the last four years and the issues that President Obama has stood for since he took office. Health care, giving women equal pay for equal work, reducing student loan debt, creating more jobs for America, and protecting America's hopes and dreams. And despite the many challenges that the President has faced, Mrs. Obama reminded us that he has not changed. "Being President doesn't change who you are ... it reveals who you are."
As we heard the story and struggles of many Americans, we heard one clear message, President Obama is still the man for the job to help keep moving our country forward.
As First Lady, wife, and Chief Mom in Charge, Mrs. Obama's convention speech was just what the Democratic party needed to kick off opening night. It was authentic, honest, and effective.
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I guess putting "recovery" in quotes, followed by "(aka "barely treading water") was too subtle. We are in what economists call a "dead cat bounce", in other words, we DID "crash and burn" we did hit bottom, and stayed there. There is no "recovery", we are flat lined. Try reading the rest of the post again.
"which is what we were about to do in '09."
BTW, do you recall any notable events in '06? An election perhaps? Any idea who took control of congress then?
Though that does bring up an important point. We tend to measure political time by presidential terms. And OWEbama does get blamed for a lot of things that are in reality the fault of congressional democrats. (To be fair, he was one when they democrats tanked the economy)
Did Obama step into office and magically make everything perfect? No. Did he make mistakes? Yes.
Now THAT is an understatement!
Are we as a country on a better path than we were four years ago? Yes.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!! Once again, try re-reading my previous post again.
Is Obama a better choice than Romney? HELL YEAH!
Really? Why do you think that? (or why do you think you were told you should think that?) I backed up my point with NUMBERS. Can you back up your assertion with anything beyond "Hope!", "Change!", "Forward!" and, if we just give OWEbama one more term, perhaps he will get around to "focusing like a laser on jobs"?
I'd like to share this great truthful article from the Washington Post with all of you. It confronts pesky facts that both Obama and Romney have ignored. It's really great. Please take the time to read it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/analysis-both-obama-romney-unready-to-confront-voters-with-harsh-truths-about-debt-taxes/2012/09/05/7405340e-f796-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_story.html
How is it there was a recovery again? We still have over 8 percent that doesn't even count the amount of people that have quit looking for jobs, we have more people on welfare than ever in history, and we just crossed the 16 trillion dollar mark on our deficit? Things are worse people, you just don't know it if your receiving a hand out which most Americans are. The saddest part about it is most Republicans know there is no candidate to full represent ever person, the democrats are so busy worshiping at the altar of Obama they don't even know they are being treated like useful idiots.