Michelle Obama responds to Clintons' jabs

[ellisonz]

Michelle Obama responds to Clintons' jabs

Published: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 8:29 am
Updated: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 6:48 pm
By Ben Szobody

Michelle Obama countered increasingly fierce criticism from Hillary Clinton’s campaign today in an impassioned speech at a Greenville restaurant, defending Barack Obama’s votes in the Illinois Senate, his experience and his ability to stand tough to Republicans.

"The one thing that is clear is that when power is confronted with real change, they will say anything," she said.

She also told nearly 100 local women at The Lazy Goat that when it comes to the difficulties they face balancing work and family, her husband is "one of the few people who gets it," in part because of her own dilemmas as a "regular person."

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"So let me tell you, when people talk about Barack’s voting record in the state Senate, they will not talk to you about that because that would be too much information for you, wouldn’t it?" she said. "It’s much easier to focus on a few ‘present’ votes," instead of his work for "regular people" that "no other front-runner in this race can claim at all."

http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080123/NEWS01/80123012

She's got talent.

[Blarch]

1. Nice quote...

""The one thing that is clear is that when power is confronted with real change, they will say anything,"

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Not that saying anything has ever been a problem for Bill.

[sandnsea]

3. He has a terrific record for the people

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sponsor/OBAMA.html

[hedgehog]

4. The definition of courage - grace under pressure.

[ellisonz]

5. I thought this quote was particularly courageous.

"People always want to know the intricacies of candidates’ policies," she said, "but the truth is a lot of this stuff isn’t rocket science. We know what we need to do with public education because there are thousands of excellent public schools all over this country. We know what they look like, we know what they cost. Our problem is that they only exist for the fortunate few."

[Cha]

12. Courageous and accurate! I know they're

going to be a big change for our Education..not the silly every child gets a dime.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

6. WAAAHH TWO AGAINST ONE WAAAH WAAAH WAAAHHHHH

how'd I do?

[rodeodance]

9. you whine real well.

[Tellurian]

35. Hey, Michelle..How is Barack's "Ethics Commision" doing..

The one and "only" piece of (carelessly written) Legislation he's gotten passed since he's been in the Senate.. and Barack forgot to "give it teeth"!

:rofl:

[Blue_Roses]

48. get a grip...

:eyes:

[Barack_America]

7. Kick! n/t

[rodeodance]

8. a high paying sitting on a board for coporation is not " a "regular person."

Just my opine.

[ellisonz]

16. She's a very intelligent, capable woman.

She comes from humble roots and the Obama's are worth 1/50th of what the Clinton's or the Edwards's are worth.

[rodeodance]

17. I agree. she is intelligent..ect. That was not my point.

[ellisonz]

20. Let's just settle at this:

for a Senator's wife she is more like you or me than most.

[hedgehog]

32. I suspect a pickle packer can't afford to have any dead weight on its board.

Pickles are not a notably high profit item! If she was there, she was working and earning her keep.

As someone who just paid off her school loans (with the help of the sales from Barack's books) and is looking ahead to paying for college for two daughters, I suspect Michelle is very much a "regular person".

[hedgehog]

33. I suspect a pickle packer can't afford to have any dead weight on its board.

Pickles are not a notably high profit item! If she was there, she was working and earning her keep.

As someone who just paid off her school loans (with the help of the sales from Barack's books) and is looking ahead to paying for college for two daughters, I suspect Michelle is very much a "regular person".

[Whisp]

10. the Obama's have class.

what I have seen and heard of them, they conduct themselves like mature adults - not jabby little pointy fingers and red frustrated noses like the Clintons.

would be great to have some class back in the WH, instead of handing it over to people that profit from class warfare.

[Cha]

11. Michelle is brilliant and she doesn't feel she has to lie..

"Michelle Obama never mentioned the Clintons by name, and she told The Greenville News afterward that despite the involvement of former president Bill Clinton in his wife's campaign, her role will remain "that of spouse," and that she's "not a politician."

[jasmine621]

13. Except it wasn't just a "few" "present" votes...

She can distort as well as anyone. As far as Michelle just remaining "spouse" I give her that. But Bill is a former President, and he is a master politician. You have to be who you are, Michelle.

[Cha]

22. hilary should have voted present on the IWR

vote instead of sending our Soldiers to die and be maimed for the bushits..and she's still sabre rattling with her yea vote on the vile kyl-lieman vote.

[Iceburg]

27. She's an asset to Obama's team, just as Bill is to Hillary's. /eom

[AtomicKitten]

14. Michelle is right-on: "... they will say anything"

"The one thing that is clear is that when power is confronted with real change, they will say anything," she said.

[rodeodance]

18. I think--her comment of 'they will say anything" is not wise.

[AtomicKitten]

23. To be precise, John Edwards pioneered that phrase two debates ago.

[Tellurian]

38. To be precise Obama plagerizes from everyone..

not the first time he's taken material from Edwards and won't be the last...or will it?

[rodeodance]

47. He is a great TRIANGULATOR

[cali]

50. I think bill's ludicrous charge that Obama has done a "hit job"

on him is far, far more unwise. I think that's gonna get a lot of play- and I'll help in any way I can.

[juajen]

19. Excuse me, would someone stop evading my question,

and tell me exactly what change Bam-Bam believes he can make?

[jenmito]

26. Maybe when you're respectful enough to use the candidate's name, you'll get an answer.

[hedgehog]

34. Agreed

[Rageneau]

29. Power? What power?

Michelle is making a bugaboo of those in "power," but can she possibly be talking about the Clintons?

BO is a Senator just like HRC is. She has no more power than he. And WJC has influence, yes, but only because he has earned it through years of wonksmanship, hard work and solid decision-making. But he hasn't any real power, If he had, he could never have been made to testify about his sex life in a grand jury proceeding that -- against all precedent and common decency -- was broadcast on TV within an hour of its completion.

The Clintons do not have power these days. And when they DID have it they used it well, not for private profit, but for the greater good.

[hedgehog]

36. Bill Clinton has no power or influence, huh?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120097424021905843.html?mod=googlenews_wsj


They probably hired him for his pretty face.

[joeybee12]

15. How dare she campaign for her spouse!

That's not allowed!

Oh wait, the Obama double-standard...anything he does is great, just effing great.

Anything Hilary does is just effing awful and out of bounds.

As for a "few" present votes, 150 is not a few. And if she thinks they should talk about his record, then she SHOULD mention specifics. She and BO are just parsers of words and spillers of platitudes.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

21. She said "we're not doing this again" if they lose. Obnoxious if you ask me.

[DallasCowboy]

24. The fact that Bill is getting more press than Hillary...

Shows her inherent weakness to stand on her own two feet. You call that a leader? I call that a Stepford puppet.

[DemCam]

49. And whose decision is that, pray? guarandangtee ya, it ain't your Stepford Sistah.

One guess...who decides what goes on the air?

[jackson_dem]

25. Nice hypocrisy. The Obamas don't like their game being played against them

[robbedvoter]

28. "a few present votes?" Is 130 "a few"?

[Adelante]

42. Out of 4000? Yes nt

[Skip Intro]

30. Wow, they are twisted up in their own words.

Obama has been hitting Hillary for months over a select vote here and there, rather than looking at her record as a whole, but he and his camp are just outraged when they get a taste of their own medicine.

[jackson_dem]

37. And Obama's camp did the same with Edwards too from the beginning

What a bunch of whining hypocrites. They are obviously not ready for the big leagues.

[hedgehog]

39. Somehow, I don't think voting in the affirmative for the IWR is a

select vote, especially when her opponent in the NYS Democratic primary for the Senate nomination in 2006 was the Peace candidate.

[KennedyGuy]

31. Michelle who? Is she the woman with the talk show?

[Tellurian]

40. Michelle, Mrs Rezko's classmate.. that Michelle

[KennedyGuy]

41. Ah..Many thanks...

[hedgehog]

43. Once again, thank you for your input in discussing the issues.

[peoli]

44. 10 times the man you are. And shes a woman.

[GoldieAZ49]

45. Variety of reasons to vote Present

Not that Clinton or their supporters have any interest in facts, just their agenda featuring Sound bite political mudslinging...what goes around comes around!


Sometimes the “present’ votes were in line with instructions from Democratic leaders or because he objected to provisions in bills that he might otherwise support. At other times, Mr. Obama voted present on questions that had overwhelming bipartisan support. In at least a few cases, the issue was politically sensitive.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/us/politics/20obama.html

[GoldieAZ49]

46. Michelle has forgotten more about CLASS than Hillary will ever have

Hillary has some nerve bringing up Obama voting on a Bill he sponsored

TO SEAL SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM'S RECORDS


Maybe Hillary and her supporters can do something to help the victims of Bill Clintons sexual assaults on women.

Something more than intimidating his victims, which Hillary already has done, or like Arkansas did just posting a sexual predator sign.

I guess living with a sexual predator (or idolizing one as Clinton supporters do) for so long must be desensitizing.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n7_v14/ai_20301298

http://www.apfn.org/apfn/Juanita.htm

[BenDavid]

51. damn, there she goes again..giving obama messianic attributes

She also told nearly 100 local women at The Lazy Goat that when it comes to the difficulties they face balancing work and family, her husband is "one of the few people who gets it," in part because of her own dilemmas as a "regular person."

Excuse me there one moment there miss obama.....i think the clintons have done exactly what you say obama has done, does michelle obama ever consider how Chelsea has grown before our eyes as the 13 year old in the white house to a beautiful confident young woman.....

Obama is "one of the few people that gets it"....Oh help me L-rd! what the hell is a few with a nation of almost 300 million that work and have families. Is obama got some magic he uses to balance work and family......You see her fault there...I see it and so should you....she used work first then family.....I would think family would come first, but then again obama has that special potion he uses....

what the hell is regular people? People that eat enough ruffage and fiber in their diets are the ones I call regular people. I myself am one of those regular people....uh huh have to be having about 30 grams of fiber each day.....