Michelle Obama is a lawyer. She was born and raised in Chicago and then educated (graduated cum laude) at Princeton and Harvard Law School. She returned to Chicago after completing her formal education to work for the law firm Sidley Austin, on the staff of the Mayor of ChicagoRichard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago and the University of Chicago Hospital. She met Barack Obama when they were the only two African Americans at their law firm and she was assigned to mentor him while he was a summer associate. At the firm, she worked on marketing and intellectual property. Subsequently, she held public sector positions in the Chicago city government as an Assistant to the Mayor and Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development. In 1993, she became Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies. Can you honestly believe that what came out of her mouth doesn't accurately reflect what she thinks? Harvard educated lawyers who make over $200k a year and then end up on the staff of Richard Daley don't make incidental non-purposeful comments...............ever. You haven't given her anywhere near the credit she deserves.
You are highly underestimating the average American citizen. The grudge of a 12 year old applies to most ages, whether right or wrong. People that follow politics at this time of the year represent a small minority of the feelings that a lot voters have. If you had an exit poll and asked voters in November to give a very broad description of the candidates platforms, I would venture to say 5% could realistically answer more than one or two topics. The majority decides on eight second sound bites, like the one in this thread.
Yes - people "mis-speak" all the time, even lawyers. I'm no dummy (not a lawyer though), and when I've been talking for awhile, I will sometimes misspeak. She was speaking with a teleprompter, without reading from note-cards, and having been in a similar situation, I can readily believe that the sentence or two that is under discussion is not representative of precisely the thought(s) she wanted to express.
Please show me one concrete example where the current Bush acted in the interest of the nation, of ALL of its people, where it negatively impacted corporate america. Maybe it was that prescription drug coverage under Medicare that was advertised as 500 billion, then a month later they said they made a mistake, it was really 600 billion over 5 years, with NO NEW TAXES to pay for it, and not allowing the govt. to negotiate for the lowest price. Naw, that was just a bone for big pharma...
This doesnt even equal up to what Hillary Clinton said about the Civil Rights Struggle. Where is the thread for that. Saying that we only achieved victory in civil rights is when Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act is pretty disgusting in my eyes. That cheapens the blood that was spilled by all civil rights leaders and people who were in the struggle to achieve some kind of equality on an Act, thats not even permenant to this day. It expires again in 25 years. White, Blacks, Jews, everyone that was in that struggle. But lets focus on Michelle Obama comment here. No thread about Clinton. I definitely see a double standard brewing. In the meantime, he keeps winning primiaries that he isnt supposed to win according to voting bases.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-02-19-michelle-obama_N.htm So the above explanation is logical and reasonable to me. I'm sure some will continue to assume that Michelle Obama hates the country though...
It doesn't matter what she intended to say. The media will get every ounce of blood possible. FWIW - it isn't necessarily logical to assume that a Harvard educated woman on a national stage and schooled in communications would leave out a part of a statement that completely changes the meaning. I still think she was speaking to energize that portion of her party that views European sensibilities as the Gold standard and looks down it's nose at "this country". I work with folks who feel exactly the same way and they're hoping she DIDN'T misspeak.
[ agreed...esp. since she is THE one running for office...Hilliary's a putz (just my opinion)...I think what we can take away from this, though, is everyone needs to be REAL careful about what they say b/c it can come back to bite 'em in the butt...and thats everyone, everywhere, everytime! Obviously somebody, out there, likes what HE'S saying
It was a political blunder and a thoughtless remark for someone that might be first lady of the United States of America. These things happen all the time in politics and the Obama's don't get a free pass. It will gain Obama votes on the left but likely cost him more votes on the right, while the center grows more cynical.
The Hillary comment got more play in the media than Michelle's has so far and frankly I have very low expectations from Hillary so I wasn't exactly surprised by her comments. She is regularly basted in this forum, a separate thread may not be needed. I was VERY surprised at Michelle's comments BECAUSE she is so intelligent. I believe he's winning primaries because people are buying into "change" with little understanding of what those changes really are or how they will be accomplished with the current Congress. Nothing moves that fast in DC.
