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BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)

31. Speechless...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2015, 03:42 AM

May 2015

She is so amazing and that speech is worthy of being studied.

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Heartbreaking our first black First Lady encountered such hostility - uplifting how she overcame it [View all] bigtree May 2015 OP

What Michelle and the President have had to put up with only demonstrates that still_one May 2015 #1

+1 nt riderinthestorm May 2015 #4

Exactly, and right on madokie May 2015 #6

A lot of Christians claim Obama is not a citizen And not a Christian too! Person 2713 May 2015 #7

5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 JustAnotherGen May 2015 #2

I don't think I've ever seen anyone on the left go after Mrs. Obama. dawg May 2015 #3

Hmm JustAnotherGen May 2015 #8

Girl, you know that the African American group here is "unhealthy" remember? Number23 May 2015 #24

Yeah - I noticed! JustAnotherGen May 2015 #33

No, but don't interrupt the hippy-punching at DU Doctor_J May 2015 #14

Really? RichVRichV May 2015 #28

You have been here since 2012 JustAnotherGen May 2015 #32

+1000 heaven05 May 2015 #41

Oh girl, you just won DU with this post. Number23 May 2015 #42

yeah, yeah, yeah heaven05 May 2015 #40

+1000 heaven05 May 2015 #39

Great speech from a very gracious lady. cali May 2015 #5

wonderful speech from a great First Lady mountain grammy May 2015 #9

K & R Iliyah May 2015 #10

This FLOTUS is one of a kind... we may not see another like her.. so much CLASS! secondwind May 2015 #11

The entire First Family..... llmart May 2015 #12

» bigtree May 2015 #13

Big K & R nt okaawhatever May 2015 #15

For the longest time a few guys at my work would call her Chewbacca imnew May 2015 #16

I love her. ismnotwasm May 2015 #17

she is glorious roguevalley May 2015 #18

That was an extraordinary speech PatSeg May 2015 #19

Thank you for posting BumRushDaShow May 2015 #20

she has a strength and a way of inspiring hopemountain May 2015 #21

You know...if she ran for POTUS, I would vote for her in a heartbeat. Rex May 2015 #22

Thanks very much bigtree. lovemydog May 2015 #23

Beautiful, inspiring speech. Thank you for posting. yardwork May 2015 #25

I doubt if this country... Jack-o-Lantern May 2015 #26

Effing fantastic! flying rabbit May 2015 #27

I cannot begin to understand how she puts up with the whole thing. But one thing I have often jwirr May 2015 #29

Michelle! McCamy Taylor May 2015 #30

Speechless... BrotherIvan May 2015 #31

Post removed Post removed May 2015 #34

no, we're talking about very real and ingrained notions about worth and value of blacks in America bigtree May 2015 #35

Nice stale rightwing, racist & sexist talking points geek tragedy May 2015 #36

and..... heaven05 May 2015 #38

THIS is a GREAT WOMAN and LEADER heaven05 May 2015 #37

What if Laura Bush were treated the same as Hillary or Michelle? Midnight Writer May 2015 #43

women who slay their boyfriends don't get manslaughter redruddyred May 2015 #45

both michelle and barack have not been treated well by certain cohorts of our populace redruddyred May 2015 #44

Frankly, I would have loved to see BlueMTexpat May 2015 #46