Posted on 11/28/2007 7:04:14 AM PST by jdm
A brainy black man named Barack Obama: 44th president of the United States?
Michelle Obama signals to an Iowa audience that a certain initial skepticism is natural, recalling her first thoughts when her future husband arrived at her Chicago law firm as a summer associate: "I've got nothing in common with this guy. He grew up in Hawaii! Who grows up in Hawaii? He was biracial. I was like, okay, what's that about? And then it's a funny name, Barack Obama. Who names their child Barack Obama?"
Hers is a lively riff, delivered with flair, and it draws smiles. Turning earnest, she explains how she learned that they had very different upbringings and very similar values, a discovery confirmed one summer afternoon in a sweltering church basement in one of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods. There in Altgeld Gardens, where he had worked before law school with people who felt the world was failing them, she heard him say how individuals have an obligation to make a difference in a society that is too often mean-spirited and unfair.
"What I saw in him on that day was authenticity and truth and principle," Michelle Obama tells her rapt listeners. "That's who I fell in love with, that man."
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Imagine if the wife of a Republican candidate made a similar comment.
Seems odd that would be a new concept to her. I mean, it isn’t uncommon.
I would rather see Michelle Obama as First Lady than Bubba as First Laddy...............
She's from The North. There are more bi-racial couples here in The South than anywhere else...............
As long as the White House decor remains culterally homogenous.
heh..wait till he becomes POTUS and you'll find out exactly what that's about.
And then it's a funny name, Barack Obama. Who names their child Barack Obama?"
Uhhh...it's Barack Hussein Obama. That should help you Michelle with your first question.
Something tells me that Michelle’s law degree is more valid than Hillary Clintons. Michelle Obama did not have her husband giving her clients like Bubba was doing as Governor of Arkansas as a kickback.
What a bizarre statement. She makes it sound like it was a choice he made that she didn't approve of.
I’m from the North. There are a lot of mixed race couples and children here. It certainly isn’t something that would cause anyone to ask WHAT’S THAT ABOUT?
This statement is a dead give-away that she is pandering to the white crowd. Since when does a black woman suggest that another black person has a funny name? I mean is that not a black cultural thing to give children an unusual name? I mean, who ever heard of the name "Beyonce"?
A Muslim.
A guy who answered “The European Union” to the question “What countries are our allies?” is brainy?
Whole lot of Bi’s going on................
Hussian Obama: Biracial
Hitlery: Bisexual
Algore: Biglobal
Edwards: Bi-America’s (2-Americas)
Naw, she was just incredulous he'd never heard of the 'one drop standard' of racial identity in the South....
Bingo!
Note that she did not say:
“He is in favor of post birth abortion of living children. I was like, okay, what’s that about?”
Kucinich, Paul... Bipolar
wow, that is NOT a racist comment is it?
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