What Michelle Means to Us

Floridadave, Try using that, "if you're against the iraq War, you're against the tropps" line with the imbeciles that you pal around with. Won't work here. Bush and Bush alone deployed our troops in Iraq and did so knowing that the reason for the invasion was phony and not warranted. He, Cheney, Rice and Rumsfeld faked the evidence and they and they alone bear the responsibility for the 4000 plus deaths. More over they continue to lie about it while more are dying. The truth be known, the GOP is actually in favor of the withdrawal. this will provide them the opportunity to try and shift the blame to the Dems. The civil war which rages there is labeled an insurgency. After the withdrawal, the GOP will be only too glad to label it as a civil way that was aided and abetted by the Democrats. You are an enabler yourself and should admit to some ogf the responsibility.

Floridadave, Try using that, "if you're against the iraq War, you're against the tropps" line with the imbeciles that you pal around with. Won't work here. Bush and Bush alone deployed our troops in Iraq and did so knowing that the reason for the invasion was phony and not warranted. He, Cheney, Rice and Rumsfeld faked the evidence and they and they alone bear the responsibility for the 4000 plus deaths. More over they continue to lie about it while more are dying. The truth be known, the GOP is actually in favor of the withdrawal. this will provide them the opportunity to try and shift the blame to the Dems. The civil war which rages there is labeled an insurgency. After the withdrawal, the GOP will be only too glad to label it as a civil way that was aided and abetted by the Democrats. You are an enabler yourself and should admit to some ogf the responsibility.

Floridadave, Try using that, "if you're against the iraq War, you're against the tropps" line with the imbeciles that you pal around with. Won't work here. Bush and Bush alone deployed our troops in Iraq and did so knowing that the reason for the invasion was phony and not warranted. He, Cheney, Rice and Rumsfeld faked the evidence and they and they alone bear the responsibility for the 4000 plus deaths. More over they continue to lie about it while more are dying. The truth be known, the GOP is actually in favor of the withdrawal. this will provide them the opportunity to try and shift the blame to the Dems. The civil war which rages there is labeled an insurgency. After the withdrawal, the GOP will be only too glad to label it as a civil way that was aided and abetted by the Democrats. You are an enabler yourself and should admit to some ogf the responsibility.

P.S. I also wonder--where were all these articles when Condolezza Rice became secretary of state? the black community insults white people by wondering out loud how they're going to handle a black female first lady or how its going to change perceptions of black women when there's been a powerful black female secretary of defense and state for 8 years. what keeps black women down is black men and no one else. the author somewhat addresses that here, which is good to see, but i want to see more articles be clear on who really needs to pay attention, and no, it's not white folks.

FloridaDave

No I have a problem with the ineptness and irresponsibility of acting as if we needed to figth overseas in this instance. That was a joke that was peddled on the public, and you fell for it. You actually fell for the anaology of confronting Hitler overseas. What a complete an utter moron who fell for that snake oil.

There was absolutly no reason to go into Iraq, it was a foolish and costly historic blunder.

You feel safer, that is good, becuase you are a fearful person, and I am glad that you feel safe. I hope the people that fuked this whole thing up feee safe, so they don't try and do us any more favors in protecting us.

As far as gas prices, that is a joke. Who is ignorant enough to swallow what you are prescribing. Not me, I am a little more in touch with reality than that.

Bush will be remembered for his ignorarance, hs pre-emptive doctrine, and how out of touch he was with reality in this century.

The Clintons are already regarded as competent and are very popular, so history will not be unkind to them. I have a problem with Hillary voting for Iraq, but that is a huge problem I have with the Dems in general.

The Obama story is going to be written, he is not president yet, and the same people that are talking crp about him are the same that didn't give him a chance to beat the GOP. So they are not very credible and many are out right lost in some other place, somewhere, some other time.

FloridaDave

No I have a problem with the ineptness and irresponsibility of acting as if we needed to figth overseas in this instance. That was a joke that was peddled on the public, and you fell for it. You actually fell for the anaology of confronting Hitler overseas. What a complete an utter moron who fell for that snake oil.

There was absolutly no reason to go into Iraq, it was a foolish and costly historic blunder.

You feel safer, that is good, becuase you are a fearful person, and I am glad that you feel safe. I hope the people that fuked this whole thing up feee safe, so they don't try and do us any more favors in protecting us.

As far as gas prices, that is a joke. Who is ignorant enough to swallow what you are prescribing. Not me, I am a little more in touch with reality than that.

Bush will be remembered for his ignorarance, hs pre-emptive doctrine, and how out of touch he was with reality in this century.

The Clintons are already regarded as competent and are very popular, so history will not be unkind to them. I have a problem with Hillary voting for Iraq, but that is a huge problem I have with the Dems in general.

The Obama story is going to be written, he is not president yet, and the same people that are talking crp about him are the same that didn't give him a chance to beat the GOP. So they are not very credible and many are out right lost in some other place, somewhere, some other time.

Unfortunately if one looks at some of the TV shows and judge shows as well as go through African American neighborhoods one gets an impression of African American women that is quite different from what one sees in Michelle Obama and other African American women I have met. The stereotype is that of two women yelling at each other neither listening to the other. Each saying what she is going to say. Later they trot off to church as if all were goodness and light in their lives. They suffer the fate of their men on drugs, gang banging or in meaningless jobs if they have jobs. While this description is surely true of some Ms. Obama shows it is not the case with all nor does it really need to be with any of them.

First lady is not just a term meaning housewife. Even in the earliest days she was the nation's hostess. She often was an advisor to her husband and in more recent times the First Lady takes on projects and champions causes that would ordinarilly not have a champion of importance nor would a project get the publicity it needs to succeed without such a public figure supporting it.

Sarah Palin may not have understood the role of the Vice President but Michelle Obama knows the job of First Lady and will perform it with grace. Not since Jackie Kennedy has this nation seen a First Lady this young. She is educated, elegant, and yet down to earth.

Dr. Rice is a formidable woman. She has chosen her career over marriage. There is nothing wrong with that. Imagine African American women, two very successful ones, setting the example for others although their paths and career choices may have been a bit different. I doubt Obama has had nor will have trouble getting the female vote. Now that her time in public service has ended. Dr. Rice can resume her stellar career teaching at Stanford University, one of the world's premiere universities. Her experience as Secretary of State will serve her well as a teacher. Experience as compared with books is much better.

Michelle Obama 2016 + 2020. Chelsea Clinton 2024 + 2028!

Obama claimed in one of his endless eloquent speeches something to the effect of 'There is no white America...there is no black America..only a United States of America'...by reading this mush, you sure could have fooled me. The author and her "sistas" seem to be only concerned with how our new first lady will change the image of a black mother. I love the dig against Laura Bush and taking on something so inconsequential as literacy....Hello??? Literacy...being able to read.....I find that skill somewhat useful in life. We are at war in 2 countries, our economy is in the tank, terrorists still, yes, still, want nothing more than to see all Americans dead and this goofball author is enamored with the fact that Michelle Obama's skin color is brown???? God help us all.

What a great and sensitive artical. Thank you for your candor about the issues that we as Black women still grapple with around color. I too believe that Mrs. Obama's presence on the national and international stage will open the door for our stories--dark brown to high brown--to emerge. Also, thank you for your boldness in opening the door to 'Sista talk.'