Kos diary: Michelle, seated in front row, was moved to tears

[BeyondGeography]

Best friend Marty Nesbitt as well:





http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/18/211856/118/461/479581

[keep_it_real]

1. I was also

[Blue_Roses]

2. this picture says it all...

the time is NOW. Wow. Simply wow.

[Cha]

3. She's trying hard to

keep it together..Obama is just too much. :)

[journalist3072]

4. Who the hell cares? She's as much a phony as her husband. What's more, she needs to address the

Racial comment she made about "Black America will wake up and get it."

And I want her to look me in the face and tell me what she meant. Was she saying that any Black person not supporting her husband, doesn't "get it."

I'm an African-American woman who supports Sen. Clinton. So does Michelle think I don't "get it?"

[loveangelc]

5. you are vile.

[journalist3072]

12. Thank you for not addressing the issue at hand

Which is whether Michelle Obama thinks anyone in Black America who doesn't support her husband, doesnt' "get it."

She is the one who said "Black America will wake up and get it"

[meow mix]

30. you are though, vile. just so your clear on that..

its true

[anamandujano]

32. You're out of ideas again. Shocking!

[Forkboy]

37. I got one for you but if I share it'll just get deleted.

[krkaufman]

43. Exactly how is someone not Michelle Obama supposed to address your question.

The "vile" comment is more likely owing to your opting to your choice of where to ask it, and rudeness is calling the candidate and his spouse "phonies."

[indimuse]

47. Ah...How is she VILE?

You are wrong. Your attitude has changed much from last Fri...
Obama has huge problems...still!

[Blue_Roses]

7. I think you are an African-American woman who supports Hillary

and that's enough to prove you really don't give a rats ass to understand what she really said.

[ecstatic]

8. is this guy your pastor?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khuu-RhOBDU

[roguevalley]

60. no. what does yours say?

[Tatiana]

9. I hope you find peace. Stay classy. n/t

[tammywammy]

11. Stay classy

[HCE SuiGeneris]

13. You get a big fat zero for an impersonation of a human.

Hate, hate and more hate. What a shitty life you must lead.

[apocalypsehow]

14. An absolutely disgusting post.

:thumbsdown:

[K Gardner]

51. Why is everyone arguing with IGNORED?

[burythehatchet]

57. It's funny when Ignored posts something particularly vile

that's when I want to know which cretin it is.

[burythehatchet]

58. Got it. See post 46

That idiot was shitcanned looong ago.

[goclark]

17. I'm an African American woman who gets it

I've had the joy of listening to her speak at UCLA.

From the standing ovation that she received at the packed event that day it was evident that I am not alone in understanding her gifts.

Loved her ~

Thank you for inspiring me to donate an additional $50 to Sen. Obama this evening.

[ampad]

24. I'm also and African American woman

Who gets it. I will donate another $20 to Obama's campaign.

[goclark]

49. Great idea and welcome to DU

I was so happy yesterday.

I got a call from the Obama campaign. The caller was a young Sister and she was so polite and sweet.

She was calling to see if I had made my pledge and I told her that I was donating through the internet and she was thrilled.

[democrattotheend]

18. She has kind of a big mouth

And I think she comes from a very different place and perspective than Barack on race relations. She grew up in inner-city Chicago in a more racially homogenous environment than he did, so I think she has more of a clan-type mentality (i.e. supporting "one of their own") than he does. He was asked a similar question back in November and he responded very differently, saying that he had to earn the black vote just like he had to earn the votes of every other group.

A few of the things she has said concerned me, but at the end of the day, she's not the one running for president.

[Forkboy]

19. ....

[ampad]

27. LOL

I can always count on your crazy comebacks to some of these Hillary supporters. It cracks me up to see you go at most of them because I have most of them on ignore. Just wanted to say you make me laugh. :rofl:

[Forkboy]

36. I make a lot of people laugh...

but enough about my looks. :)

Thanks for the kind words. :toast:

[better tomorrow]

34. do not.....

there are plenty of them in this thread

[Window]

48. Ah. I have them ALL on ignore, and I have to tell you, this is really a pleasant

place to be these days.




Peace:thumbsup:

[Bake]

52. Wouldn't want you to hear any differing opinions, of course!

Just keep getting that positive reinforcement.

Bake

[Window]

61. Differing opinions are fine. Ignorant, biased, unfounded statements

and no political discourse is a waste of time. When people want to discuss the issues and where the candidates stand on same, then fine. Otherwise they will stay on ignore.

Goodbye.

[EFerrari]

35. I think you don't get it, too.

lol

[dkf]

40. You have no heart.

[sniffa]

46. Yeah, and you're also a "journalist"

Fucking foul. :puke:

[roguevalley]

59. take your crap somewhere else.

[jlake]

6. ....

[Forkboy]

20. Your best post yet!

:applause:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

42. Recommended!

[Guava Jelly]

44. Truer words have never been spoken

Keep not writing.
You do it so well :yourock:

[jackson_dem]

10. I was too. It was so moving to see a politician say racism is bad

This is the first time I have heard a major politician say that.

[democrattotheend]

21. Be honest

Have you ever heard a politican address racism this way before? With this much balance, addressing the racial tensions and anger among blacks and whites alike? I thought it was a pretty remarkable speech, regardless of candidate preference. Even some of your fellow Clinton supporters here have said that.

[jackson_dem]

25. Yes. Bill Clinton and he did it when he didn't have to. Obama did it while under the political gun

[anamandujano]

31. Can you imagine 8 months more of being lectured like this and the

mortifying possibility of 4 years of it.

[EFerrari]

33. Speaking of lectures, Obama put me in mind to day of some

of the brilliant teachers I had in grad school. The ones whose lectures you wouldn't even think of skipping.

Yes, I can imagine it. I can imagine a lot.

[Forkboy]

38. Bet you love the simplistic Bush speeches then. There's no big words.

[DrFunkenstein]

39. I Don't Think The Sista Souljah Speech Counts

Maybe you were thinking of the speech he gave before he executed a mentally retarded black man as an aside from the 1992 campaign trail.

[cali]

45. Bill's speech doesn't compare to this one of Obama's and Dean

actually gave a better speech on race than bill in 2003.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

55. exactly and they smear him as a "racist"...it's disgusting and

is the only thing that makes me not want to vote for Obama

[apocalypsehow]

15. K & R.

:thumbsup:

[ClayZ]

16. So were we! K and R

[Stephanie]

22. proud to get K&R #5

They're both awesome. GObamas!

[Rick Myers]

23. God I love this place!!!

If it weren't for the internet tubes, we'd be talking to ourselves!!!

Love y'all!!!

[JI7]

26. watching it online, so was I

[Swamp Rat]

28. So was I

:)

[meow mix]

29. k&r

[dkf]

41. I can so easily see what he sees because I'm neither white nor black

But he is and feels for both sides because both sides are a part of him.

I've never been more proud to support a candidate in my life...

Go Obama!!!

[wrando]

50. still crying

I'm still crying, how do you stop?

politics good grief

Bill from ct

[Coexist]

53. those phots made me cry

dammit.

[Bake]

54. So I guess she's proud of her country now for the SECOND time ...

Or maybe just proud of her hubby. Wouldn't want to put her on patriotic overload.

Bake

[redqueen]

56. So was I.

:hi: