Michelle Obama: ’Back when our great-grandparents were riding that Underground Railroad’

Front Porch Politics ^ | 9/24/12 | FPP

[Libloather]

Michelle Obama:’Back when our great-grandparents were riding that Underground Railroad’
Written on September 24, 2012 at 9:12 am by FPP

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Now, back when our great-grandparents were riding that Underground Railroad, back when John Lewis was marching across that bridge in Selma, and Jim Clyburn was sitting in an Orangeburg jail, the injustices we faced were written in big, bold letters on the face of our laws. And while we may have had our differences over strategy, the battles we needed to fight were very clear.

[Libloather]

It went through all 57 states. She can probably still take it on her next vacation

[lacrew]

‘Riding’ the underground railroad...really?

I shur wish I wuz as smart as the edumacated elites.

[cripplecreek]

High speed rail?

[molson209]

so is she saying they were the good old days and she wants them back ?

[throwback]

Sounds like a campaign leaving the rails. Must be getting material from the V.P.

[MrB]

She must think the “underground railroad” was some sort of subway or something.

[TurboZamboni]

[massmike]

[PittsburghAfterDark]

Would this be a high speed, zero emissions, green job producing underground railroad?

[Sarah Barracuda]

If Obama had the election won he wouldn’t be resorting to this, this tells me they are scared to death that they are going to lose. They must have those internal polls which show many blacks will stay home

[running_dog_lackey]

’Back when our great-grandparents were riding that Underground Railroad’

Obama’s great-grandparents were the slave owners chasing Michele’s great-grandparents.

[Dogbert41]

Funny, underground railroad taking slaves to freedom, while Obama’s great gran pappy was selling slaves!

[Boogieman]

Well, that’s what I thought. When I was about six years old, that is.

[proudpapa]

FORWARD!?!????

[Terry Mross]

obama’s great grandparents weren’t “riding” an under ground railroad. There wasn’t one in Kenya.

And neither were most of the people she’s talking to. At 25 years per generation their great-great-great grandparents may have been riding it. Her great grandparents were probably born in the early 1900s.

[dblshot]

Guess her Grandparents were from NY and rode the subway.

[basil]

Hey, Mochelle—get over it! Time to move on. You are now the wife of the president of the US of A. Ain’t that enough for you?

[Paperdoll]

And mine were provby iding shelter, and food for those travelling the Undereground Railroad.

[bgill]

Stanley Ann and Senior rode the Underground Railroad from Hawaii, Asia to some march in Selma, Alabama (one of the 57 states in the USA) where little Barry was conceived.

[pburgh01]

She is the dumbest box of rocks, they must have made jokes about her back in the early 2000’s when she showed up for meetings at her hospital admin patronage gig. She is “Chicken of the Sea” Jessica Simpson stupid.