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Michelle Obama laments lack of diversity in ‘all men, all white’ GOP
The Washington Times ^ | October 4, 2017 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 10/04/2017 8:22:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Former first lady Michelle Obama lamented Tuesday that the lack of diversity in the Republican Party and Congress as a whole is part of the reason why the American people don’t trust politics.

Speaking with television producer Shonda Rhimes at the Pennsylvania Conference for Women in Philadelphia, Mrs. Obama said she noticed the stark contrast in diversity and “color” between the two parties every time she attended the State of the Union address while her husband was office.

“Usually at the State of the Union address … when you’re in the room, what you can see is this real dichotomy,” Mrs. Obama said, according to videos of the event. “On one side of the room, it’s a feeling of color almost. On one side of the room, it’s literally gray and white. Literally, that’s the color palette on one side of the room. On the other side of the room, there’s yellows and blues and whites and greens. Physically, there’s a difference in color, in the tone.

“Because on one side, all men, all white,” she scoffed. “On the other side, some women and some people of color. … I looked at that and thought, ‘No wonder we struggle. No wonder people don’t trust politics. We’re not even noticing what these rooms look like.’”

Mrs. Obama said women and minorities will probably “continue to struggle” unless there’s a major shakeup in Congress and more white men become willing to give up their seats.....

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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Politics
KEYWORDS: michelle; obama; race; racism; racist; republicans; white; whites
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Blacks will vote for her in droves, she is running you can take it to the bank.


21 posted on 10/04/2017 8:37:24 PM PDT by stockpirate (SETH RICH gave the emails to wikikileaks via murdered ex-UK Amb, murdered he was, cover up it is)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
On the other side of the room, there’s yellows and blues and whites and greens

I want to meet some of those green and blue people on her side of the room.

22 posted on 10/04/2017 8:38:41 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: BenLurkin

Mia Love
Herman Cain


23 posted on 10/04/2017 8:40:02 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Freakin’ Mooch. Hey Moochy, spend more time making sure your swingin’ junk is tied back and less time on your ‘diversity’ crap.


24 posted on 10/04/2017 8:41:17 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
LOL! Michelle is the best the Democrats have.

Who will dare to oppose her for the nomination in 2020?

25 posted on 10/04/2017 8:42:53 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

FOAD, witch!! Democrats are the party of pandering, lying, and socialist diversity-pimping to the max. Of course socialism “looks” diverse as it soaks the white male productive citizens to “re-distribute” wealth to other people.


26 posted on 10/04/2017 8:43:21 PM PDT by Enchante ( I lost my tagline, has anyone found it???)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Michelle - then you might want to ask yourself .....What is it about Freedom, self efficacy, and self reliance that turns others away?


27 posted on 10/04/2017 8:49:27 PM PDT by inchworm
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Last time I checked, radical Stalinist race pimps like Moochelle have been telling Black folks for 50 years that if they voted Republican, they’re race traitors. This, despite the fact that the Democrat party is the party of slavery, Jim Crow, the destruction of the Black family and infanticide of the Black unborn.


28 posted on 10/04/2017 8:49:46 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I, too, lament the "lack of diversity" of the GOP, which is directly attributable to the unwillingness of Blacks to become members of it.

If only more Blacks would "do their part" and join the GOP.

Regards,

29 posted on 10/04/2017 8:51:53 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: sparklite2

“Laura Bush, Rosalyn Carter, or Nancy Reagan”

Actually didn’t mind any of those First Ladies, though I disagreed with them on this and that. Liked Pat Nixon, too. Even Ladybird. They all pretty much acted like ladies when their Misters were in Office. But after Babs Bush, things went downhill fast.


30 posted on 10/04/2017 9:03:47 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Then come on over to the dark side, Mooch. You’d take John McCain’s place just fine.


31 posted on 10/04/2017 9:05:29 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk
She'd probably accidentally vote more conservatively than him due to her illiteracy.
32 posted on 10/04/2017 9:11:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Gee, wasn’t it her party who trashed Clarence Thomas?


33 posted on 10/04/2017 9:12:07 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: LouieFisk

Babs earned my respect when she held up in the early days being identified as Bush’s mom.


34 posted on 10/04/2017 9:12:07 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“She’d probably accidentally vote more conservatively than him due to her illiteracy.”

Side benefit!


35 posted on 10/04/2017 9:12:32 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Blacks need to understand that voting is acting white.


36 posted on 10/04/2017 9:13:21 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: Slyfox

Whoa!


37 posted on 10/04/2017 9:14:00 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
"Blues and greens?

So, they have depressed people and sickly people, or wait - definitely envious people."

Some have the IQ of a strangled dead person. Other, smarter ones, have the IQ of a recently dead plant.

38 posted on 10/04/2017 9:15:21 PM PDT by tinyowl (A is A)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I hate to disagree with her eloquent and well-reasoned argument, but it has been my observation that of the rather pathetic Congress we have, some of the more pathetic members are colored and/or female. Of course, I am a white man and am racist by default, and that has probably “colored” my opinion.


39 posted on 10/04/2017 9:16:46 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder Mooch, how much diversity is in the Congressional Black Caucus?


40 posted on 10/04/2017 9:17:09 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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