news.bostonherald.com - 8/25/2008
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ichelle Obama proclaimed yesterday that for the first time in her adult life, she was proud of America, as she spoke during a rally to support her husband s presidential bid. While Barack Obama spent yesterday deflecting accusations from Hillary Clinton s campaign of plagiarizing part of a speech delivered in 2006 by Bay State Gov. Deval Patrick , Mrs. Obama made her own headlines.
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BEST AD MCCAIN CAN RUN: JUST SHOW THE DEM CONVENTION SPEAKERS!
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
This is truly Obama's convention - just look at tonight's featured speakers: Michelle "I was never proud of America before" Obama Jimmy "Israel is an apartheid nation" Carter Nancy "'Let them eat cake' (as in 'let America do without domestic oil')" Pelosi and a tribute to drunk murderer Teddy Jo "Chappaquiddick" Kennedy - (yes: the dems idolize a drunk murderer) THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN THIS FOR MCCAIN WOULD BE IF WRIGHT, AYERS, PFLEGER ...
Carol Platt Liebau: It's Not Who They Are, It's What They Said
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... On Monday, Michelle Obama didn't come out all in soft colors and dulcet tones to talk about her family and the American experience because Americans can't handle the prospect of a well-educated African American Ivy League professional in The White House. She needed portray herself as a non-threatening, typical American mom because her remarks have been anything but. I doubt many of us have ever stood next to a typical mom at a soccer or softball game who would declare that she's proud of her country for the first time in her adult life simply because her husband's superiority ...
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news.yahoo.com 8/25/2008 — AP - The Democratic National Convention opens Monday, a choreographed show of unity more important this year after the rough-and-tumble primary contest that put Barack Obama days away from making history as the first black presidential nominee of ...
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newsbusters.org 8/25/2008 — As NewsBusters previously reported , the wife of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama isn't very proud of her country. Two weeks after making her disdain for the nation clear during a campaign speech for her husband in Wisconsin, Michelle ...
Excerpts of Michelle's speech —
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From NBC's Mark MurrayThe Obama campaign has released the excerpts of Michelle Obama's speech tonight.
"But each of us also comes here tonight by way of our own improbable journey. I come here tonight as a sister, blessed with a brother who is my ...
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Michelle Obama has a tough task ahead of her.
Michelle Obama is going to attempt to give us a more intimate view of her husband when she addresses the Democratic National Convention tonight.
That's sometimes difficult with political leaders like ...
Michelle Obama Stresses Her Roots in Convention Speech —
FOXNews.com 8/26/2008
Michelle Obama re-introduced herself to voters Monday as a caring mother from a working-class background who values family above all else, as she delivered a much-anticipated headline address on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
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