tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8835858327914970384..comments2024-03-18T21:42:21.849-05:00Comments on Althouse: Michelle Obama's DNC speech made us think about her speech pleading for the 2016 Olympics in Chicago.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59086843895801486592012-09-07T09:02:03.059-05:002012-09-07T09:02:03.059-05:00Barack should sing that song again. How does it g...Barack should sing that song again. How does it go? <br /><br /><i> I<br />I'm so-o in debt with you...</i><br /><br />Dreamy!<br />Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75764420291275442252012-09-05T21:47:13.077-05:002012-09-05T21:47:13.077-05:00A two toned push up Popsicle with a Mary Tyler Moo...A two toned push up Popsicle with a Mary Tyler Moore wig on.<br /><br /><br />Rouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459659398010937497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15329133255427486762012-09-05T17:06:36.518-05:002012-09-05T17:06:36.518-05:00We were so young, so in love, and so in debt.
Hey...<i>We were so young, so in love, and so in debt.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://themachoresponse.blogspot.com/2012/09/hey-dummy-somebody-cue-sanford-son-theme.html" rel="nofollow">Hey, Dummy: Somebody Cue The Sanford & Son Theme</a>The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65207716586469431242012-09-05T16:51:05.317-05:002012-09-05T16:51:05.317-05:00@RonF
Bump!@RonF<br /><br />Bump!CWJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598487232861475833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-625622922922086652012-09-05T16:21:28.101-05:002012-09-05T16:21:28.101-05:00From Michelle Obama's speech:
When it comes t...From Michelle Obama's speech:<br /><br /><i>When it comes to giving our kids the education they deserve, Barack knows that like me and like so many of you, he never could’ve attended college without financial aid.</i><br /><br />O.K., me neither. Your point?<br /><br /><i>And believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage.</i><br /><br />OMG. She was a lot better off than I was. When my wife and I got married I was still IN school. We couldn't afford to get a mortgage until 13 years after we graduated. Long after, BTW, we paid off our loans completely. If you made enough money to pay a mortgage and school loans you were rich compared to me.<br /><br /><i>We were so young, so in love, and so in debt.</i><br /><br />My wife and I were young and in love too - but we managed to minimize our debt without being a burden on others.<br /><br /><i>That’s why Barack has fought so hard to increase student aid and keep interest rates down, because he wants every young person to fulfill their promise and be able to attend college without a mountain of debt.</i><br /><br />Kids aren't in a mountain of debt because the interest rate on that debt is 3% instead of 6%. They are in a mountain of debt because the PRINCIPAL is so high because the tuition charges and book fees are <b>completely out of control</b>, rising at twice the rate of inflation.<br /><br />But attacking the actual <i>cause</i> of the problem would strike at one of their major bases of support, so that will never happen.RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71108984962556273982012-09-05T15:55:18.281-05:002012-09-05T15:55:18.281-05:00With the Obama's it's all about MEEEEEEEEE...With the Obama's it's all about <b>MEEEEEEEEEE!! IT'S ABOUT MEEEEEEEE!</b><br /><br />No lady. It's about America. paul a'bargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854004347728185047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30434218751325598702012-09-05T15:03:04.772-05:002012-09-05T15:03:04.772-05:00I had read about the story of the 20 year old Mich...I had read about the story of the 20 year old Michelle sitting in her fathers lap before.....but that was at literotica.com.<br />Baron Zemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301531733692419610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59227823936124658092012-09-05T13:53:02.046-05:002012-09-05T13:53:02.046-05:00BTW when did spouses start making speeches?
I don...BTW when did spouses start making speeches?<br /><br />I don't particularly like it.PatCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02827568087023000839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46838371357225326122012-09-05T13:34:43.645-05:002012-09-05T13:34:43.645-05:00DADvocate,
Funny, my son was blaming Michelle for...DADvocate,<br /><br />Funny, my son was blaming Michelle for the fact that he had to pay extra for bottled water in the lunch platter. He wouldn't have had to pay extra if he chosen the milk (white, chocolate or strawberry). When he asked why, the cashier told him, "The government wants you to drink more milk."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71358309387439910172012-09-05T13:02:03.260-05:002012-09-05T13:02:03.260-05:00My 16 year old daughter blames Michelle Obama for ...My 16 year old daughter blames Michelle Obama for the lunches at her school sucking. Smaller portions, worse taste, same price. She's pissed. (Seriously. Obama would lose an election at my daughter's high school.)DADvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24886665071616931882012-09-05T13:01:58.994-05:002012-09-05T13:01:58.994-05:00ST,
"A hilariously poorly chosen phrase. &qu...ST,<br /><br />"<i>A hilariously poorly chosen phrase. </i>"<br /><br />Not at all--moby is as moby does.Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32459369553098514932012-09-05T12:56:22.484-05:002012-09-05T12:56:22.484-05:00First Lady's speech at 12th grade level articl...First Lady's speech at 12th grade level article courtesy of ... Politico, of course. Reporting on the important things.<br /><br />Meanwhile, further down in the article: "President Obama, on the other hand, has delivered some of the lowest grade level State of the Unions — preferring shorter, simpler sentences in his addresses."<br /><br />But what grade level is that, Politico? <br /><br />(Incomplete.)Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62622012807992175992012-09-05T12:54:14.268-05:002012-09-05T12:54:14.268-05:00Brennan,
I just thought, "So *that's* ho...Brennan,<br /><br />I just thought, "So *that's* how it is in their family!" (Yes, my kids taught me that all of life can be explained via movie quotes.)<br />Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88688581108667505562012-09-05T12:52:19.429-05:002012-09-05T12:52:19.429-05:00From what I remember reading at the time, Rio was ...From what I remember reading at the time, Rio was awarded the 2016 summer games partly because President Lula da Silva wrote gracious personal letters to every member of the commission; he didn't swagger into Copenhagen expecting them to wilt under his 'personal narrative', as the Obamas did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58952468257076619302012-09-05T12:41:09.934-05:002012-09-05T12:41:09.934-05:00I didn't get to see Michelle Obama's speec...<i>I didn't get to see Michelle Obama's speech because the storm knocked out our power, so I went to watch it on-line and after reading this blog I think, perhaps because of her color, she serves as a rorschach test for folks to project into ; we have everything from questioning her law practice, to the crack in her voice.I guess this speech, even admired by Rove, set folks back and caused a bit of jealousy?</i><br /><br />The soft bigotry of low expectations, eh, R/V? You sound just like Alec Baldwin, who whines that if the Crackhead in Chief was white, he'd be 17 points ahead of Romney by now.<br /><br /><i>Republicans are talking to people like they are in 5th grade!</i><br /><br />Considering who so many of them voted for in 2008. . .<br />Christopher in MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833020990663388610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55585277781717937232012-09-05T12:40:37.873-05:002012-09-05T12:40:37.873-05:00roesch/voltaire said...
we have everything from q...<i>roesch/voltaire said... <br />we have everything from questioning her law practice, to the crack in her voice.</i><br /><br />Don't forget us questioning her 275k / year job as a community outreach coordinator which was so critical the position wasn't replaced when she left. testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478829894294731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74563356803116989562012-09-05T12:37:12.699-05:002012-09-05T12:37:12.699-05:00I think that "doing me" might mean "...I think that "doing me" might mean "being myself" tonight.<br /><br />Ahem... anyhow.<br /><br />The professional woman reduced to a support role really seems to bother you. I'll see what others have to say, but I sort of agree. Not that spouses shouldn't support each other and not that I liked the notion of Hillary being co-president, but dang the "charities and causes" thing is HARD and awful and horrible.<br /><br />I joined the military while stationed at Clark as a dependent because rules prevented employment (like the First Lady) but you could still keep your little self busy with *causes*.<br /><br />Ugh! Just let me die now.<br /><br />I chose to stay home with kids because I wanted to do that, but the upper-class busy work for Ladies is soul destroying.<br /><br />So I have some sympathy for Michelle that way. And Lady Diana. I'm not sure wealth is worth it.<br /><br />But you know, more pastor's wives are rejecting that unpaid, subordinate, co-pastorship and refusing to automatically end up in charge of the Ladies Auxiliary and Sunday School just because of their husband's calling. Certainly the President's wife could do it, too.<br /><br />Could she really not *be* a lawyer?<br /><br />Why not?Synovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311191981918160095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79203796349045284462012-09-05T12:35:18.403-05:002012-09-05T12:35:18.403-05:00Right is right!, moby (ing) away. Right is right!, moby (ing) away. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01202953544017839728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22708071530489242802012-09-05T12:33:24.907-05:002012-09-05T12:33:24.907-05:00Just read this:
"The First Lady's speech ...Just read this:<br />"The First Lady's speech Tuesday was written at a 12th grade level - the highest in history among the wives of presidential nominees and far above Ann Romney's lowest mark of a 5th grade level."<br /><br />Republicans are talking to people like they are in 5th grade!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977662030208589392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24039320715081487912012-09-05T12:19:51.072-05:002012-09-05T12:19:51.072-05:00mariner said...
But we already knew that. They ele...mariner said...<br />But we already knew that. They elected Obama in the first place, didn't they?<br /><br />I wonder how many people who died at Pearl Harbor voted for Obama.<br /><br />9/5/12 9:30 AM<br /><br />And how many would not have died but for FDR's incompetence. Busting the Japanese code and not properly warning the commanders in Hawaii and elsewhere? Not preparing for a possible strike against Pearl even though the very same attack had been war-gamed in the 30's? Or not noticing the British did the exact same thing to the Italian navy a year earlier? Not having a radar air defense system in place when the equipment was available and the Brits use of it a year earlier was instrumental to their survival? Indeed what was the thinking of moving the fleet to Pearl to begin with and exposing it to risk without the proper defense preparations? Just sheer incompetence. Just like LBJ ignoring all of the warning signs before Tet. cubanbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746305669005611456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17293631755811080642012-09-05T12:18:41.895-05:002012-09-05T12:18:41.895-05:00Ugh, I just can't stand that perpetually sneer...Ugh, I just can't stand that perpetually sneering bitch face of hers. It's like a wolf bare it's teeth at you.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18156201211036425202012-09-05T12:17:05.180-05:002012-09-05T12:17:05.180-05:00It was an okay speech, well delivered. (Dammit! ...It was an okay speech, well delivered. (Dammit! Seduced by the vocal fry again.) No, really. It was not supposed to be a substance speech, it was supposed to bring back that lovin' feeling. Can that be done with anyone other than the party faithful? I think not.<br /><br />It was certainly not for conservatives who automatically at this point question everything this couple and their minders/agents say. With good reason. <br /><br />I don't think it's going to affect the independent/undecided voter.<br />Trying to think (feel) from the perspective of an "undecided" or "independent" voter, she looked too good, too well dressed, too toned, too perfect, to be crying like that. That kind of drama is no longer sympathetic to people who actually have very good real world reasons to cry. Also, I have never liked her tendency to wag that finger. Her husband does the same thing. Very very off putting.<br /><br />Obviously, Mrs. O's speech was a big hit with the party faithful, the worshippers, the people who love them, er, passionately on a, ahem, personal level.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34901556659560320522012-09-05T12:03:49.858-05:002012-09-05T12:03:49.858-05:00EMD wrote:
Technically, it's half-black and wh...EMD wrote:<br />Technically, it's half-black and white. <br /><br> If we are going to use terminology the media used to describe George Zimmerman the correct terminology would be White African American or African american White. jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/06250384040393259866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49306092412842537572012-09-05T12:03:14.316-05:002012-09-05T12:03:14.316-05:00RV, if you hear the whistle, you're the dog.RV, if you hear the whistle, you're the dog.CWJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598487232861475833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30166750354438335392012-09-05T11:54:47.945-05:002012-09-05T11:54:47.945-05:00My question about her speech is: why is it so admi...My question about her speech is: why is it so admirable that her dad with MS made it to work, but Ann Romney with MS is just some lazy rich woman. I don't get it. Why are we supposed to empathize with Michelle's struggle to raise two kids, but are supposed to sneer at Ann raising five? And I heard Michelle say something about that people who work hard deserve success. Why doesn't that also apply to Mitt Romney? Does it only apply to people in government jobs? I really wasn't impressed with her speech, but then she wasn't really talking to me.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382050215676302342noreply@blogger.com