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Michelle Obama Gives First Post-White House Speech: 'I’m Back! This Is What Back Looks Like'
Glamour ^ | 2/3/2018 | Molly Horan

Posted on 02/06/2018 5:51:37 AM PST by simpson96

Michelle Obama is back doing one of the things she does best—giving compelling speeches. (Or, as she puts it, "I’m back! This is what back looks like.") On Friday, the former first lady gave her first big speech since she and her husband left the White House behind, and it had all the hallmarks of a classic Mobama address. There was empathy. There was hopefulness. And there was also, seemingly, at least a little shade thrown at the man who took over for her husband.

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"Trust me, I know this work isn’t easy, especially right now,” Obama said, according to People. “I know there’s a lot of anxiety out there. And there’s no denying our kids, what they see on TV, the kind of behavior being modeled in public life, that, yes impacts their behavior and their character.” She also brought in one her most iconic quotes from the 2016 election season, telling the assembled crowd, "You all have the power to teach kids what it means to go high when others go low."

Obama added, according to CNN, "Folks like these up here, you all, you don't get dragged down by the headlines, by the false claims about our children and our neighborhoods, you don't have time for that nonsense because you're out there doing the work. No matter what's going on right now, out there, all that noise, you know that our young people are the future, and the most important thing we can do as individuals and as a nation is to believe in all of them, to invest in all of them and to build schools and communities worthy of their boundless promise."

(Excerpt) Read more at glamour.com ...


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I guess she didn't bother getting dressed. Just rolled out of bed in her PJ's, grabbed some hair extensions, and went to the event.

1 posted on 02/06/2018 5:51:37 AM PST by simpson96
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I’m black, this is what black looks like...


2 posted on 02/06/2018 5:52:53 AM PST by VastRWCon (LARGE PRINT GIVE IT, small print take it away.)
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To: simpson96

Don’t worry, she’ll still be lionized in the sycophant media for her “informal style” and “vibrant, casual but stylish” look.


3 posted on 02/06/2018 5:52:58 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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WATCH OUT FOLKS!!!!!!! This woman WILL be POTUS one day so be prepared.


4 posted on 02/06/2018 5:54:01 AM PST by WeWaWes (When I look in the mirror I see an elephant--a bad ass elephant)
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To: simpson96

This is what a man trying to be a woman looks like.


5 posted on 02/06/2018 5:54:02 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: simpson96

6 posted on 02/06/2018 5:54:20 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Me me me

All about ME


7 posted on 02/06/2018 5:54:24 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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Me, ME, MMMEEE...

Maybe that’s why Barack and Michelle are a match.


8 posted on 02/06/2018 5:55:42 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: simpson96
This is what "back" looks like:

For Real.

9 posted on 02/06/2018 5:56:28 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: simpson96

Really?


10 posted on 02/06/2018 5:56:58 AM PST by Professional
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Michelle Obama looks like a hooker back from rehab wearing a shirt that she stole from a john.


11 posted on 02/06/2018 5:57:27 AM PST by WMarshal ("IN AMERICA WE DON’T WORSHIP GOVERNMENT — WE WORSHIP GOD." POTUS tweet 2017)
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“false claims about our children and our neighborhoods”

Like South Chicago Wookie?


12 posted on 02/06/2018 6:00:58 AM PST by wardamneagle
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To: VastRWCon
Michelle's "back".


13 posted on 02/06/2018 6:01:13 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: WMarshal

We seriously need a “Leave Office, Go Home, and Shut Up” law.

The eternal presidencies of Clinton and Obama are nauseating.....a scam to exploit the presidency to get-rich-quick.


14 posted on 02/06/2018 6:02:29 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: WeWaWes

Not a chance.


15 posted on 02/06/2018 6:02:45 AM PST by shelterguy
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THAT is hhhhuuuuugggggee!!!!!
16 posted on 02/06/2018 6:03:16 AM PST by Ken522
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Uh oh, WHERE ARE MICHAEL’S FAMOUS ARMS?
Not enough gym time?


17 posted on 02/06/2018 6:04:44 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: Bonemaker


18 posted on 02/06/2018 6:05:55 AM PST by freedumb2003 (obozo took 8 years to try to destroy us. Trump took 1 to rebuild us. MAGA!!)
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Will this Nightmare ever end?

The two most hateful women who receive slobbering coverage from the MSM - M. Obama and H. Clinton. Hanging onto their ‘husband’s’ tainted terms.

What a legacy for our future generations. Pray they don’t make the same mistakes - and vote for honor, integrity and love for America over the manipulation from the DeMSM.


19 posted on 02/06/2018 6:05:58 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: WMarshal

Best line of the day. She looks like she could be talking to Dr. Phil.


20 posted on 02/06/2018 6:06:11 AM PST by GnuThere
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