Posts Tagged as ‘michelle obama’

October 8, 2008

Why I love Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama to Tom Brokaw on stage at the end of the second Presidential debate, after the McCains had abandoned the venue:
What are the rules?  Can I just hang around and talk to these people?
A first lady who wants to just “hang around and talk to” the audience is my kind of first lady.  And [...]

August 8, 2008

The Clintons need to go away

I’m gonna get into hot water for this post.  But it’s 5 am, CST, I’ve been up for hours, I’m living in a hotel with a four year old and a seven year old, and maybe I’ve lost enough of my mind not to care.  If you see me on the floor in Denver and [...]

July 1, 2008

I can’t resist

Ok, this is, like, three weeks old and we’ve covered this ground, but The Angry Black Woman pointed me today (no, not personally) to this fantastic post over at the blog, Whatever.  Read Fox News Would Like To Take a Moment To Remind You That the Obamas Are As Black As Satan’s Festering, Baby-Eating Soul.  [...]

July 1, 2008

It’s time for another petition

As I’ve said before, I’m not normally a, “Let’s all go sign a petition!” kind of girl, but I’m making (another) exception.  Thanks to the the folks at Michelle Obama Watch for pointing me over to ThinkGirl.net for this one.  The petition is not sponsored by ThinkGirl.net, but is described on their site this way:
We refuse a [...]

June 12, 2008

I’m dizzy ….

Just as I was reviewing some data on my last post about the US confronting it’s issues with racism, I get notice of this post from last night over at DailyKos:
Fox Smears Michelle Obama with Sexist/Racist Slur
Please go over there and read the post and look at the screen shot.  In order to respect [...]