Posted on 05/10/2015 4:47:34 AM PDT by Zakeet
Michelle Obama gave an impassioned and personal commencement speech Saturday on the trials she's faced as the first African-American first lady of the United States, saying she was held to a different standard than other candidates' wives during the 2008 campaign because of her race.
Speaking at Tuskegee University in Alabama, Obama told the audience that when her husband was running for office in 2008, she faced questions which she said were not typical for other candidates' wives.
"As potentially the first African-American first lady, I was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations, conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others," she told the class of 2015. "Was I too loud or too emasculating? Or was I too soft? Too much of a mom and not enough of a career woman?"
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"Back in those days, I had a lot of sleepless nights worrying what people thought of me," she recalled. Obama added that she let the criticism get to the point where she would wonder if she was hurting her husband's chances of becoming President, while also fearing what her daughters would think.
The first lady said eventually the only thing she could do to prevent others from defining her was to "ignore all of the noise."
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Lady... that’s BS!!! Didn’t you say ‘For the first time, I’m happy with America’ in 08?
“Back in those days, I had a lot of sleepless nights worrying what people thought of me,” she recalled.
There’s the key statement, it was all self-induced. She comes from a paranoid culture.
Will she ever get over herself?
She is a racist. Worst First couple in the history of our nation. The dividers just keep on gifting us with hatred.
She and her husband are the antithesis of what Martin Luther King dreamed of.
Back to the barn Mooooooooooooochelle. We don’t want to hear any more from you other than “good bye” as you walk out of the WH for good.
The self-loathing by this woman is off the charts.
Maybe she seething because whites don’t find her very classy, or gracious, or even attractive...except for the media, of course.
Then, maybe it is for the unabashed racieism that routinely dribbles from her pie hold. She is perpetually angry and pouting, and even though she enjoys privileges and luxuries experienced by few - black or white - her deep-seated resentment against white, and America, is her stereotype.
Her “woe is me” act gets tiresome and reflects her upbringing. No one wants to listen to her constant, and hate filled diatribe about her being black. It’s an obsession.
She’s “not proud” to be an American, and is obviously not too damn proud to be “First Lady”. Obviously “entitled” to all the plush and luxury, she resents being revered because of her position when she seems to thing she deserves it for just being black.
I think her and her husband will never go away and become rebel rousers when they resume their heretofore interrupted careers as “community organizers” when (and “if”) they leave office. They’ll make $harpton and Jack$on look like pikers as agitators. They’ll be on the TV more than they are now.
To be fair, if she was a white FLOTUS constantly whining about white people, her popularity would hit the ditch immediately. People don’t want to hear a never-ending pity party from the people who are supposed to be the presiden and First Lady of ALL the people.
But, it’s been my experience that whenever a black person gets elected to any office-local, state, or national- their total tenure is devoted to blacks only...they become “elected” community organizers.
One of the many problems with racists is, they generally have nothing to talk about but race.
Always the victim, it really is getting old.
Yes she was - ask Sara Palin, her husband, and her kids what standard they was held to!!
In March of 2017, she will begin hiring out to speak for $300 k per speech
Even Hillary Rodham was scrutinized much more closely; with the Obamas we got: He is clean with no negro accent, so they’re both OK...AND DON’T QUESTION THAT!!!
Yes, more’s the pity, indeed, Erik.
Someday, those not of the leftist persuasion will realize that we are NOT responsible for others’ perceptions of their surroundings, experiences, excuses, or actions.
As long as we let the libtards dictate the terms of the debate, we will lose.
The only proper response to this kind of crap is, “yep, right, uh-huh.” And, walk away...
How did Michelle get into Harvard Law School? She was only “cum laude” at Princeton, rather than summa or magna. I bet only a tiny handful of cum laudes got into the Harvard law school, and probably all were unqualified minorities like Michelle. She was no more qualified for Harvard Law School than was her husband was to be president of the United States.
That’s why she feels different. She feels entitled.
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