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Showing posts with label Michelle Obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michelle Obama. Show all posts
Friday, October 10, 2008
McCain Campaign Attacks Michelle Obama
Well, I guess one of the last vestiges of decency left to the McCain campaign is now burning in a smoldering heap:
The McCain campaign is now broadening their attack on Obama's past association with William Ayers to include Michelle Obama -- even though McCain has repeatedly said spouses should be off limits during the campaign.
The attack? Bernardine Dohrn, Ayers' wife and fellow former Weatherman, went to work in 1984 for the major Chicago-based national law firm of Sidley & Austin, and three years later, Michelle joined the mega-firm as well.
That's the entire attack. We wish we were joking. But we aren't.
John McCain, you are a despicable man and should be ashamed of yourself.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Michelle Obama's Convention Speech
Absolutely remarkable. I just watched Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic Convention. It was a moving, sincere and touching speech. Great job!
Here are some reactions:
Ben Smith: "Michelle could hardly have done better in the biggest speech of her career. She's been on the trail for more than a year, but still gives the impression of being a little realer than the seasoned pols."
Andrew Sullivan: "One of the best, most moving, intimate, rousing, humble, and beautiful speeches I've heard from a convention platform. Maybe she should be running for president. You don't need any commentary from me. This was a home-run. And sincere. Thank God that in the end, the truth struggles out there."
Purple State: "I had thought going into tonight that Ted Kennedy's speech would be the one that could bring Democrats together across the Obama-Clinton divide. I was wrong. Michelle Obama proved herself a dynamic, captivating, and fantastic public speaker. I will post the video tomorrow. If you didn't see her speech tonight, watch it."
Click here to read the transcript of her speech.
Update: Here's the video
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Meet the Obamas on Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood sat down with the whole Obama family for some light discussion recently. I watched most of this last night and found it very heart-warming.
Tell Fox to Stop Its Racist Smears Against Michelle Obama
I'm sure many of you have seen or heard about FOX News' racist and sexist attacks against Michelle Obama.
Brave New Films has a video detailing their attacks and a petition to demand that FOX News stop attacking Michelle Obama by injecting racism, prejudice, and fear into our political dialogue. Hold FOX News, its advertisers, and its personalities accountable for FOX's attempts to smear the Obamas.
Please sign the petition and pass both it and the video around.
Sign the petition here: http://foxattacks.com/michelle
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Good Morning America on Michelle Obama
What a great First Lady Michelle Obama will make.
Here's the Obama family at a recent rally in Montana.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Obama Pledges to Close Enron Loophole; McCain Opposed
Obama pledged Sunday to close the so-called Enron Loophole. As a bit of background, the Enron Loophole is a provision that was slipped into the Commodities Futures Modernization Act that exempted energy trading on electronic platforms from regulation and oversight.
Guess who slipped the loophole into the law? That's right, McCain's chief economic advisor Phil Gramm, who was at the time a powerful Texas senator.
Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday that "as president he would strengthen government oversight of energy traders he blames in large part for the skyrocketing price of oil." Obama "singled out the so-called 'Enron loophole' for allowing speculators to run up the cost of fuel by operating outside federal regulation."
The Obama campaign "blamed the loophole on former Sen. Phil Gramm," who serves as Sen. John McCain's campaign "co-chairman and economic adviser."
The reason why the loophole got dubbed the "Enron Loophole" is because soon after its passage, the lack of regulation/oversight over Enron's electronic energy trading market led to Enron (on whose board Phil Gramm's wife sat) bilking California out of $40 billion and causing a summer full of rolling blackouts.
Guess what McCain's position on the Enron Loophole is? Yep, he's all for keeping it, on the advice of Phil Gramm.
[A McCain] aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity, acknowledged that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee also opposes the farm bill because Gramm advised McCain that he should resist its regulatory language on the energy futures market.
Someone tell me again why most of the MSM refuses to give McCain a fraction of the scrutiny devoted to Barack Obama's flag pins and Michelle Obama's patriotism?
Here we have the chief architect of a horrific loophole in a regulatory scheme specifically advising John McCain to keep it and McCain then dutifully going along with it.
Think we'll get 24x7 coverage on CNN on this?
Read More: Obama Vows To Close "Enron Loophole" For Oil Speculators; McCain Defends 'Enron Loophole'
Monday, June 9, 2008
Laura Bush Defends Michelle Obama's Patriotism
One of the sillier memes floating around out there is that Michelle Obama is somehow unpatriotic and not proud of America (due to a quote a while back that was misconstrued).
So, guess what rabid, left-wing crackpot jumped to Michelle Obama's defense today?
That's right, First Lady Laura Bush:
Michelle Obama has a new defender from those who say she isn’t patriotic enough — First Lady Laura Bush. In an interview with ABC News, Bush said that Obama’s February remark that she was proud of the United States “for the first time in my adult life” was misconstrued.Thank you, Mrs. Bush. Your sanity on this issue is greatly appreciated.
“I think she probably meant ‘I’m more proud.’ That’s what she really meant,” Bush said from Afghanistan.
“You have to be really careful in what you say because everything you say is looked at and in many cases misconstrued,” she said.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Michelle Obama on The Colbert Report
Here is video of Michelle Obama's appearance on The Colbert Report. This is one seriously classy lady. This is the kind of woman I want in the White House with a direct line to the President.
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