MICHELLE: Barack 'Has Dragged Me Kicking and Screaming Into Things that I Wanted No Parts Of'

weeklystandard.com ^ | 3/23/14

[Liz]

In a question and answer session at Stanford Center at Peking University in Beijing, China, First Lady Michelle Obama said that sometimes one needs to do things she's uncomfortable with. She made the comments in response to a question about studying abroad.

"For me, I prefer to -- the relationship -- the commerce relationship between -- and the future. So in this program, I think I cannot only learn about the language, the American cultures, but also I can take some courses on this field. So in this way, I cannot promote myself on this field, but also, what is most important I think is to learn -- to understand -- to make a better understanding on the United States cultureand people.

And I think it’s really important for people, especially young generation, to have some time to go abroad, to live and study there so in this way they can build a deeper understanding with each other," said a graduate student at Peking University.

The first lady responded, "Excellent. And one thing that you pointed out that I think it’s important to consider is not letting fear be your guide. Andthat’s oftentimes what holds many young people back from doing fabulous things.

Let’s take my husband, for example. He has dragged me kicking and screaming into things that I wanted no parts of. (Laughter.) And a lot of it was because of fear -- the fear of making mistakes, the fear of not knowing, the fear of uncertainty, the fear of leaving your comfort zone.

And we’re living in a world where we can no longer afford to let fear keep us apart, because the truth -- what I have learned, coming from the background I come from -- I grew up in a little apartment on the South Side of Chicago. My parents didn’t get a chance to go to college, but they poured everything they had into me. And no one could have envisioned that a kid like me would be sitting here, having given a speech at Peking University as the First Lady of the United States.

But easily, fear could have blocked me at every turn. So I want all of the young people around the world to operate with the freedom that we have all fought for -- the freedom to explore the world, to learn about new cultures, to try hard things, to make mistakes. And I know parents want you to be perfect because we want you to be safe -- (laughter) -- but life is about making mistakes,and maybe saying the wrong thing at the wrong time,and learning that you recover from even some of your worst mistakes, so that that fear doesn’t keep you from being as excellent as you can be.

And that’s what I think study abroad -- it’s that first step of leaving your country, speaking another language, having it come out of your voice, your lips, and having someone here actually understand you. And you think, well, that wasn’t that bad.

So I want you -- first of all, I just want to applaud you all for being that brave, and for being a role model to other young people of what the world needs in you as leaders. So don’t be afraid. Start with your parents.

Michelle Obama is in China with her mother and daughters to talk about education.

[Liz]

OMG---she's illiterate.

A Princeton and Harvard Law graduate? Looking at her dismal posture, I guess the schools had an admittance category for "Stoop Labor Types."

Oh, well the WH will say it's jet lag (snicker).

[Tax-chick]

"For me, I prefer to -- the relationship -- the commerce relationship between -- and the future. ..."

What?

[Gaffer]

And no one could have envisioned that a kid like me would be sitting here, having given a speech at Peking University as the First Lady of the United States.

Actually, I could have. Who paid all your college bills? Who got you that $300K do-nothing job at the University Hospital shuffling indigents off to other public hospital? Who pays for your $500 sneakers, your $12,000 dresses? Who pays for your Spain vacations, your India, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Hawaii, Martha's Vineyard, and China vacations?

Affirmative action - that's who. You grifter.

[FAA]

“Barack ‘Has Dragged Me Kicking and Screaming Into Things that I Wanted No Parts Of”

The Presidency, metrosexuality......

[ronnie raygun]

“the fear of leaving your comfort zone”. definition: Lazy a##
What we see here is a product of affirmative action just like her husband. Hilda beast is and was a bad lawyer said by one of her mentors back in the day she marries bill and now she’s a contender for the presidency because “it is time for a woman president” The liberal progressive socialist marxist commies have found a way thru thier own bastardized legislation (affirmative action) and politcal business oriented marriage agreement and criminal entertprises to fast track thier aspirations to the top.

[DainBramage]

Just like she has to drag him kicking and screaming to hop in the sack.

[JudyinCanada]

It really is amazing how someone, who until very recently has been ashamed of her country, can now waste millions of dollars globe-trotting the world to represent that same nation.

These people are a blight.

[equaviator]

“we’re living in a world where we can no longer afford to let fear keep us apart,”

Where’s your “abundance of caution” when talking about potential danger in the streets of almost any modern city in the world?

[Liz]

Nice rant---deserves a repeat.

"And no one could have envisioned that a kid like me would be sitting here, having given a speech at Peking University as the First Lady of the United States."

Actually, I could have. Who paid all your college bills? Who got you that $300K do-nothing job at the University Hospital shuffling indigents off to other public hospital? Who pays for your $500 sneakers, your $12,000 dresses? Who pays for your Spain vacations, your India, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Hawaii, Martha's Vineyard, and China vacations?

Affirmative action - that's who. You grifter.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

The woman is a complete moron who gives these nonsensical speeches as a way to justify blowing through tons of taxpayer cash. She just came back from vacation now she’s on another vacation in China, and after that she’ll be back in Washington for a few seconds and then it’s time for another vacation,

[Liz]

These people are a blight. It really is amazing how someone, who until very recently has been ashamed of her country, can now waste millions of dollars globe-trotting the world to represent that same nation.

She's clearly setting herself up to do a Hillary---from the WH to the Congress----greasing the skids on our dime---like the parasitic Clintons.

[NoKoolAidforMe]

Years ago, I downloaded her senior thesis that she wrote while at Princeton. My college professor would have failed me and publicly shamed me if I submitted such garbage. Princeton apparently gave her a degree.

What a classless, uneducated, unrefined, angry, useless moocher.

[Oliviaforever]

“For me, I prefer to — the relationship — the commerce relationship between — and the future. ...”

It seems very odd that a graduate student at a Stanford center in China would be asking questions and be so unfamiliar with the English language.

How did that person even gain admittance to that school and why are they asking questions?

[driftdiver]

She’s not a moron. Poorly educated maybe but not a moron.

These people know fully well what they do. They are part of a movement to fundamentally change the United States. The fear she is referring to is the fear of communism. A worldwide movement to eliminate democracy and replace it with a totalitarian communist government.

[Rummyfan]

"For me, I prefer to -- the relationship -- the commerce relationship between -- and the future. So in this program, I think I cannot only learn about the language, the American cultures, but also I can take some courses on this field. So in this way, I cannot promote myself on this field, but also, what is most important I think is to learn -- to understand -- to make a better understanding on the United States cultureand people.

WTF?

[Liz]

What a classless, uneducated, unrefined, angry, useless moocher...

Not only was she illiterate way back then---she was also a lawbreaker, doing sit-ins to get more privileges, painting herself as a perpetual victim of racism and joining separatist groups like the Black Princeton Alumni.

[Tax-chick]

There have been occasions when my posts on FR achieved Michelle’s level of meaningless garble. I was drunk. Is it possible Michelle is drunk, or is she genuinely unable - even when sober - to assemble thoughts into sentences?

I once attended a speech by Alan Keyes. He borrowed a Bible from the Bishop of Tulsa to read a passage from Isaiah, and then he spoke for most of an hour, without notes, in sentences that would diagram perfectly AND had meaningful content.

[Liz]

$8350 per night Beijing Presidential Suite.

///Clearly, she's setting herself up to do a Hillary---to move from the WH to elected office....using our dime to grease her putrid ambitions.

The Obamas are itinerant luxury-loving parasites, living high, greedily sucking at the public teat......(wire-transferring a bundle offshore for a cushy retirement and to finance Mrs O's political ambitions?).

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This'll make you even sicker.

NRO tallied what taxpayers are paying for M/M O to live large on the taxpayers' dime: a grand total of $1.4 billion per year: Air Force One ($181,757 per hour), executive chef ($100,000 per year), three full-time White House calligraphers ($277,050 per year for the trio), chief of staff to the president’s dog ($102,000 per year), Ohaha's royal motorcade ($2.2 million).

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$1.4 BILLION is the current annual cost of the White House — just in household expenses, not including US policy operations for which the WH exists--administered by some 900 parasites---policy staff recruited by Ohaha. There's the $100 million trip to Africa not including the foreign aid billions O handed out to these oil-rich satraps. There's serial Ohaha vacations costing taxpayers millions---- (the low estimate Hawaii vacays is $4 million each, but is probably five times that); the pricey Martha's Vineyard stays; Mrs O's costly trip to elite Marbella w/ an entourage of 30. Mrs O's $3900 PER NIGHT in a posh Ireland hotel with 30 more rooms for her entourage. $100 million alone was spent for the African apology tour.

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TAXPAYERS SUFFERED RUINOUS HEALTHCARE CANCELLATIONS--BUT THEY PAY $7 MILLION FOR THE OBAMAS HEALTHCARE---NRO found the first family’s yearly health-care costs Americans $7 million; the reason why only Boobamba himself was "enrolled" --and not his family---in a faked-up PR ploy.

Mrs O wore her pricey diamond bangles (bought on a govt salary?) at a DNC fund-raiser, attended by "tolerant and compassionate" Dems....raised big bucks to keep Mr O in office so he could work for "the poor." Her diamond Gothic cuff priced at $15,350 set with 2.17 carats in diamonds and the Quatrefoil bracelet at $11,800 set with 1.73 carats in diamonds. (Excerpt) Read more at houston.culturemap.com. Mrs O wowed all the "tolerant and compassionate" Dems who hate the rich and support endless tax-paid programs "for the poor."

Not to forget a succession of designer dresses and gowns----like the $12,000 Caroline Hereara creation worn for the Frenchy state dinner (a bribe from Obama for his blonde indiscretion at the Mandela memorial?).

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Mrs O has 24 assistants (at last count) at her beck and call. Her
wardrobe, nails and hair pieces subsidized w/ tax dollars
of struggling Americans.

[Oliviaforever]

“But easily, fear could have blocked me at every turn. So I want all of the young people around the world to operate with the freedom that we have all fought for — the freedom to explore the world, to learn about new cultures, to try hard things, to make mistakes. And I know parents want you to be perfect because we want you to be safe — (laughter) — but life is about making mistakes,and maybe saying the wrong thing at the wrong time,and learning that you recover from even some of your worst mistakes, so that that fear doesn’t keep you from being as excellent as you can be.”

What kind of person would give such advice to college students?

She rambles on about new cultures and encourages young people to make mistakes. What parent in their right mind would tell their kids to go make mistakes and to not let fear impact their decisions?