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Michelle Obama at SXSW: ‘I Will Not Run for President’
Variety ^
| MARCH 16, 2016 | 10:33AM PT
| Ramin Setoodeh
Posted on 03/16/2016 3:47:53 PM PDT by drewh
But the most dramatic moment of a conversation moderated by Queen Latifah was when the first lady was asked if shed ever run for president. The crowd erupted in applause at the suggestion.
I will not run for president, Obama said, using her daughters Sasha and Malia as a reason. I have these two young people at home. Being the daughters of a president, just think about it. Not so easy. They handled it with grace and poise.
When asked about the end of her eight years at the White House, Obama said, Time is almost up, before singing a line from the Boyz II Men song: Its so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.
She talked about what shed miss the most from her role as first lady. The young people that I interact with every day, Obama said. Young people keep me inspired. She added: You cant be in public life and not love people. Its a hard thing to do.
Obama was joined onstage as part of SXSWs music programming with a panel that included singer Missy Elliott, actress Sophia Bush and songwriter Diane Warren.
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:47:53 PM PDT
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drewh
To: drewh
WELL THANK $%&# FOR THAT!
To: drewh
For 2016, I kinda want to see her run ....
To: drewh
Did she say it in tongue?
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:49:09 PM PDT
by
albie
To: drewh
All of my hopes and dreams have been crushed!(/s)
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:49:53 PM PDT
by
Mark
(Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
BOOJIT, wookie ..... the 22 servants at your beck and call .... THAT'S what you'll miss
You might even have to wash your own clothes ! !
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:50:04 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: drewh
WOW! I can’t begin to tell everyone how much better I feel, I’ve stayed awake nights worried that she might run.
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:51:00 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
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To: drewh
Yaaaaaaaaa, let’s hear it for the wookie!!!
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:51:44 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: drewh
To: drewh
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:53:30 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
To: drewh
But her answer doesn’t make sense. By the time she would run in some future year, her daughters will be grown and out of the house anyway.
To: drewh
She talked about what shed miss the most from her role as first lady. The young people that I interact with every day, Obama said. Young people keep me inspired. She added: You cant be in public life and not love people. Its a hard thing to do. Gee Michelle, I thought it would be the MULTIPLE TEN MILLION DOLLAR VACATIONS you got to take while screaming "suckers!" as you flew over taxpayers while chewing on wagyu beef.
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:55:15 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: tet68
She's gonna be in Star Wars Episode 8 instead!
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:55:55 PM PDT
by
drewh
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:57:14 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
But her answer doesnt make sense. By the time she would run in some future year, her daughters will be grown and out of the house anyway. Hillary wants to clarify something: You trying to cause trouble?
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posted on
03/16/2016 3:57:47 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: drewh
Dang, and they went thru all that work to widen the door on Air Force One.
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posted on
03/16/2016 4:01:05 PM PDT
by
Zathras
To: drewh
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posted on
03/16/2016 4:03:27 PM PDT
by
bigbob
("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
To: Talisker
That look is beyond `hairy eyeball’ and well into `stink-eye.’
Evil woman.
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posted on
03/16/2016 4:09:01 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: drewh
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posted on
03/16/2016 4:10:54 PM PDT
by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: drewh
LOL! How many future voters did she piss off with her school lunch program?
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