I call BS!
Melanea made a cookie cutter First Lady speech. I haven’t done this but I’m willing to bet that if you compare Moochelle’s speech to Laura Bush or Barbara Bush or Nancy Reagan you’ll hear similar themes similarly uttered.
Any takers?
Check out Elizabeth Dole’s speech, she also referenced “Our word is our bond” geez EVERYONE uses it
Just like Melanea’s parents, my parents actually did tell me the way to get ahead was to work hard, be dependable and keep my word. Unlike Mooches parents who told her to take whatever she could from the government and white people and most likely to just let a white guy write her first lady speech. She probably came up with the one statement that seemed genuine in her speech. She said it was the first time she had ever felt proud to be an American. I think that was hers. This is one of the most ridiculous kerfuffles I have ever heard. These idiots think you need a never-Trumper to write something like that? These people are a full of themselves. As you say this is just common American wisdom.
I remember hearing the same cliches in every commencement speech I have ever heard. Every one of them.
There is a reason they are called cliches. And platitudes.