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Michelle Obama shines new light on gun debate (treading outside her 'comfort zone')
SFGate.com ^
| 7/22/13
| Darlene Superville - ap
Posted on 07/22/2013 12:18:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama is speaking out about the toll that gun violence is taking on young people, in a shift that shows the first lady's willingness to tackle new and polarizing issues as she shapes her second term.
A meeting with high school students from a poor, gang-infested neighborhood in Chicago, her hometown, led Mrs. Obama to put a new spin on the stalled legislative debate over whether to ban firearms or impose new background checks on people who want to buy guns.
A mother to a teen and a tween, Mrs. Obama argues that the debate also is about the country's obligation to help kids like these grow up and become adults. Several of the school's current and former students were killed by gunfire within the past year.
The first lady faces the issue of immigration Tuesday when she gives the keynote speech at the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza, a Latino advocacy group. Immigration is one of President Barack Obama's top second-term priorities.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; blackcrime; blackonblackshooting; chicago; debate; guncontrol; michelleobama; obama; secondamendment; shines
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To: NormsRevenge
Start by teaching cursive.
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:19:07 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: NormsRevenge
She sure has been busy lately. I saw her the other day
at Comic-Con.
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:20:14 PM PDT
by
South40
To: NormsRevenge
How about taking on the glorification of the thug culture, Mrs. O? Oh, no, you’d never be that brave.
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:20:55 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: NormsRevenge
led Mrs. Obama to put a new spin on the stalled legislative debate over whether to ban firearms or impose new background checks on people who want to buy guns. How about putting thugs in prison, Mizz Bam-Bam? What's your problem with that? Are you afraid citizens will kill your "sons" in self defense? Yes? Maybe your time would be better spent telling your "sons" to clean up their act.
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:20:59 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:21:27 PM PDT
by
Tucker39
To: South40
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:22:17 PM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: NormsRevenge
“...the first lady’s willingness to tackle new and polarizing issues as she shapes her second term.”
Her Racist Ignorant LardAss was elected to a term? News to me.
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:22:48 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk & spoons make you fat.)
To: NormsRevenge
Just another gun grabbing post-St. Skittles ramble....
To: NormsRevenge
“stalled legislative debate” (gun control)
“McCain broke ranks with conservatives today” (any given issue)
Fat, stupid journalists.
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:25:13 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: NormsRevenge
" as she shapes her second term."
I guess Sasquatch did get re-elected...
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:25:20 PM PDT
by
snuffy smiff
(Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.)
To: Tucker39
LOL.. dang, it would fit too.. lol
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:25:59 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi --)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:26:50 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
To: NormsRevenge
” National Council of La Raza, a Latino advocacy group.”
The Race. Sounds like a supremacist group.
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:27:46 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(If global warming exists I hope it is strong enough to reverse the Big Government snowball)
To: NormsRevenge
Oh, my gosh. She doesn’t HAVE a “second term”!!
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:27:57 PM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(Liberalism. Ideas so great they have to be mandatory.-FReeper Osage Orange)
To: NormsRevenge
Her second term?
It would be nice to get her husband, the POS POTUS to do HIS job (first and second term ).
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:29:09 PM PDT
by
ThomasMore
(Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:29:14 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Looking for my generations Lexington and Concord.)
To: NormsRevenge
How many guys with guns did it take to protect her fat ass during this speech?
To: NormsRevenge
“Her second term”? Heh. The first lady is not an office. There is no term.
SnakeDoc
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:29:36 PM PDT
by
SnakeDoctor
("I've shot people I like more for less." -- Raylan Givens)
To: NormsRevenge
Mooch may not be proud to be an American,
but as an American I'm really proud that FLOTUS is an expert on everything in the whole wide world. / s
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posted on
07/22/2013 12:30:04 PM PDT
by
Amagi
(Buying "Green" means purchasing inferior quality at increased cost.)
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