Michelle Obama speech better inside than out?

I watched online. As the 'rudepundit' said this morning,

Everything Obama said was calculated to announce, "No, no, really, we're just like you." Which is, of course, true, and it's a pathetic statement on just how driven into racial backwardness we've been that it needed to be said at all. From her brother's mention of little sister Michelle memorizing episodes of that whitest of white shows, The Brady Bunch, to Obama's shout-outs to the working class, "People who work the day shift, kiss their kids goodnight, and head out for the night shift," the speech was a big, open-armed gesture to the stupid, telling them, "C'mere, you dumb mother@!$%#ers, it's okay. Barack Obama won't boil you in a pot or give your devalued houses to black people. And, by the way, I don't hate America."

Good speech geared toward the "common folk" and it may sway a few voters for Obama/Biden.

Carville : Bite me.

It is the bigest dog and pony show I have ever seen!

I'm not sure that I am in the right place here on Newsvine as I still believe in things and am not totally cynical.
I found Michelle Obama to be refreshing, smart and honest. I thought it was a great speech. Somehow, the women who are connected to the men who run for office are so easily raked over the coals - they cannot dress just right,they cannot wear their hair correctly, they are too smart or not smart enough....the list goes on.

Get over it, Michelle was brilliant and a huge presence in a huge format.
I watched it at home.

I feel that her unwritten speech, "I have never been proud of America until now" was showing her true colors. This time she prepared a speech and read it off the teleprompter. Of course she was trying to be one of the common folk.
They talk about her blue color working dad. He made fifty thousand a year, back then, cripes that is more than most are making now. Give it up. She had college loans to pay off, had to fight her way into those University's, still hating the "Whitey's" Hey Affirmative action got her there. Along with Grants that don't have to be paid back.
She was stumping for her Husband and seems to have snowed a lot of people, or did she?
Go McCain

I watched the MIchelle Obama speech at home alone on my television and I loved it.
I hope it reached the audience she was targeting. I think her husband will make an excellent President and she will make an excellent first lady. I believe that she and her family reflect the core values of most Americans. If they can see this and get beyond the preconceived notions of what a president of the United States should "look like" we will elect Barack Obama on the merits.

Is James Carville the actor who play Lord Voldemort in the last Harry Potter movie? A troll.....

Is James Carville actually Lord Valdemort? ;)

Mrs. Obama did well. However, I will still be voting for my 2nd Republican for President ever. (And I am 72.)

I watched the MIchelle Obama speech at home alone on my television and I loved it. I hope it reached the audience she was targeting. I think her husband will make an excellent President and she will make an excellent first lady. I believe that she and her family reflect the core values of most Americans. If they can see this and get beyond the preconceived notions of what a president of the United States should "look like" we will elect Barack Obama on the merits.

I think (hope) that Obama is saving the more pertinent information for the actual debates. It's not as if McCain has given us anything to work with either other than his lack of personal opinion and intelligence.

I was pretty disappointed with Clinton's speech today but I could never stand listening to her squawk before either. She had never convinced me that she would have made one single change in Washington or could have ever held her ground long enough on an international platform to make a difference. Her voice, although loud and boisterous, isn't resonant enough to fill the District of Columbia.

What Michelle did was speak to the voters that Clinton had won over in hopes to win the middle working class. There was nothing said in her eloquent speech that spoke to the plans that Obama has on the table. I'm in waiting to see what Barack has to say before I make judgement to this though... Teddy didn't have much to say either but he was cute I guess.

What Michelle and Barack have expressed to me, a thirty something middle class white male, is that "heart", a word not really thrown around in political circles, is something they may have more of than anyone we have ever seen (in the white house). Heart, Courage, Esteem, Provocation, Mindfulness, and Leadership. This is what I have taken from speeches by both Mr. and Mrs. Obama.

It's saddening to me, that anyone living in this country for the last eight years would ever contemplate voting for this particular republican candidate. I have seen enough to convince me, without question, that McCain isn't just a four year Bush extension but a far worse candidate to handle this quagmire than even Bush would be if given another four years. Indeed, I would rather Bush remain in office than allow McCain to step foot in the oval office.

Has the wool been pulled over my eyes? I had the opinion back in 1999 that George W. Bush was a man of meager intelligence and called him a puppet whom would rely upon his cabinet to get him anywhere. It would seem 52% of this country had the wool pulled over their eyes within the next four years and Mr. Bush was reliant upon his flock to keep him sitting on his throne in the oval office.

We all know no president actually gets everything done they expect to in office. Truthfully, we all know health care will not change in the next four years. All I ask for is someone who can make repairs to our economy, someone who is open to, and willing to invest in, new technologies to advance science programs and energy resources and most importantly, a person who can stand on an international stage and bring pride back to The United States. This is what I want, so my choice is clear. Can McCain provide any of this?

Although the past eight years of a drunken idiot didn't quiet kill us, shouldn't we try four years of something a bit different?

Both I and my wife were blown away, watching via computer from our office in Yokohama, Japan. If you're like us, U.S. citizens living abroad, don't forget to register and vote: Go to www.VotefromAbroad.org to simplify the paperwork.

I think (hope) that Obama is saving the more pertinent information for the actual debates. It's not as if McCain has given us anything to work with either other than his lack of personal opinion and intelligence.

I was pretty disappointed with Clinton's speech today but I could never stand listening to her squawk before either. She had never convinced me that she would have made one single change in Washington or could have ever held her ground long enough on an international platform to make a difference. Her voice, although loud and boisterous, isn't resonant enough to fill the District of Columbia.

What Michelle did was speak to the voters that Clinton had won over in hopes to win the middle working class. There was nothing said in her eloquent speech that spoke to the plans that Obama has on the table. I'm in waiting to see what Barack has to say before I make judgement to this though... Teddy didn't have much to say either but he was cute I guess.

What Michelle and Barack have expressed to me, a thirty something middle class white male, is that "heart", a word not really thrown around in political circles, is something they may have more of than anyone we have ever seen (in the white house). Heart, Courage, Esteem, Provocation, Mindfulness, and Leadership. This is what I have taken from speeches by both Mr. and Mrs. Obama.

It's saddening to me, that anyone living in this country for the last eight years would ever contemplate voting for this particular republican candidate. I have seen enough to convince me, without question, that McCain isn't just a four year Bush extension but a far worse candidate to handle this quagmire than even Bush would be if given another four years. Indeed, I would rather Bush remain in office than allow McCain to step foot in the oval office.

Has the wool been pulled over my eyes? I had the opinion back in 1999 that George W. Bush was a man of meager intelligence and called him a puppet whom would rely upon his cabinet to get him anywhere. It would seem 52% of this country had the wool pulled over their eyes within the next four years and Mr. Bush was reliant upon his flock to keep him sitting on his throne in the oval office.

We all know no president actually gets everything done they expect to in office. Truthfully, we all know health care will not change in the next four years. All I ask for is someone who can make repairs to our economy, someone who is open to, and willing to invest in, new technologies to advance science programs and energy resources and most importantly, a person who can stand on an international stage and bring pride back to The United States. This is what I want, so my choice is clear. Can McCain provide any of this?

Although the past eight years of a drunken idiot didn't quiet kill us, shouldn't we try four years of something a bit different?

I sure wish everyone would quit trying to super analyze everything that is said by everyone who is not the ones running for president. I was a 100% Republican who switched parties to vote for Hillary. I am not against Obama by any stretch. I just want to get to the basics and listen to him and McCain discuss issues not BS about everyone else (and by the way Hillary is now one of the "everyone else crowd who is not running). I give all the credit to Obama's wife, she has to deal with allot of petty nuts that's trying to dissect her. Give it up guys she is not the one running. There is alt of money spent trying to convince everyone that race isn't an issue, for some it is and I don't think all the talking in the world will ever change there small minds. But for the rest of us working middle class folks we want to get down to brass tacks and hear about the issues that matter.

Maybe some of these people need to read her college thesis. She wasn't proud to be an American until her husband ran for President? Its time to read between the lines on her. I have always been proud to be an American even in the bad times. I do not dislike her, I just do not believe her.

Maybe people need to read her collage thesis to really understand what she is like. So she is just now proud to be an American? Well, send her away to some poor country and let her change her mind. I am sure there are plenty of others who would take her place. She will never unite this country with her I hate whites attitude. I am a democrat but I sure won't be voting that way this election.

to sasee1,
walk in a black woman's shoes before you speak.

As an American, I will be voting Libertarian and getting every last one of these a&*holes, both democratic and republican, out of power.

Notice I didn't say "office".

I loved the report on myspace about Hillary's speech. Go Matt!!
DebbieO

While many commentators are chiding the DNC for holding a convention that isn't lambasting the Republicans, I believe after we witness the hate fest that the GOP will hold next week, we will laud the Dems for offering a world view that is bold and hopeful and excited about engaging the nation and the world in this new century.

The one caution I have for the Dems is to constantly stress the need for citizen involvement going forward. Obama will fail if we all rush out, give him a feel good vote but don't follow through by paying attention to what happens in the House and the Senate. Americans get the government they deserve. Voting is just the first step. We must stay focused and involved with the political process.

That said, I am optimistic about what will happen between now and November. Obama will win and our nation will benefit from his presidency in the following eight years.