Obama’s Excellent Choice of a Would-Be First Lady
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Last night, in front of the Democratic National Convention and television audiences, Michelle Obama gave the best speech of the presidential campaign.
Along the way, Michelle did a wonderful job at eloquently telling her own great American dream story, the story of how she and Obama came to meet, and how in-touch she and Barack are with the everyday woes of Americans — all in an attempt to close the book on people saying they do not know who the Obamas really are.
I recommend you watch the speech and judge for yourself. (I went ahead and embedded the video below as well.)
But here is a series that stood out to me in her wonderful, eloquent, remarkable speech.
(I made lines I found particularly moving bold.)
I stand here today at the crosscurrents of that history - knowing that my piece of the American Dream is a blessing hard won by those who came before me. All of them driven by the same conviction that drove my dad to get up an hour early each day to painstakingly dress himself for work. The same conviction that drives the men and women I’ve met all across this country:
People who work the day shift, kiss their kids goodnight, and head out for the night shift - without disappointment, without regret - that goodnight kiss a reminder of everything they’re working for.
The military families who say grace each night with an empty seat at the table. The servicemen and women who love this country so much, they leave those they love most to defend it.The young people across America serving our communities - teaching children, cleaning up neighborhoods, caring for the least among us each and every day.
People like Hillary Clinton, who put those 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, so that our daughters - and sons - can dream a little bigger and aim a little higher.
People like Joe Biden, who’s never forgotten where he came from, and never stopped fighting for folks who work long hours and face long odds and need someone on their side again.
All of us driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won’t do - that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.
That is the thread that connects our hearts. That is the thread that runs through my journey and Barack’s journey and so many other improbable journeys that have brought us here tonight, where the current of history meets this new tide of hope.
That is why I love this country.
Enjoy. Discuss if you feel so compelled to do so.
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