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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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Please tell me she's running.
1 posted on 10/04/2017 8:22:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Has she changed gender or not. And cab]n a wookie even change gender?


2 posted on 10/04/2017 8:25:11 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Blues and greens?

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

I really don’t care. Actually, I’m starting to think it’s better a bit colorless.


3 posted on 10/04/2017 8:26:14 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Michelle Obama/Oprah: MOO 2020.


4 posted on 10/04/2017 8:26:22 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("Silence is violence.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She is an incredibly stupid, vapid person.


5 posted on 10/04/2017 8:27:01 PM PDT by GRRRRR (Make America Greater Than Ever Before!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I care even less about what the Mooch says than what Laura Bush, Rosalyn Carter, or Nancy Reagan had to say. Sycophantic MSM is desperate for the old days.


6 posted on 10/04/2017 8:28:40 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 would have to forget the youth vote. They’ll never forget those horrible school lunches she foisted on them.


7 posted on 10/04/2017 8:28:45 PM PDT by txrefugee
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“...No wonder people don’t trust politics...”

Perhaps eight years of her Mulatto husband’s unending lies and arrogance soured us a bit.


8 posted on 10/04/2017 8:32:12 PM PDT by budj (Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Short list of non-white non-male GOP candidates that the pinkos in media smeared out of contention:

Sarah Palin
Alan Keyes
Condeleza Rice
Ben Carson


9 posted on 10/04/2017 8:32:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Tell it to Clarence Thomas.

Bitch.


10 posted on 10/04/2017 8:32:42 PM PDT by IncPen (Put the 'climate researchers' under oath and have them explain their findings. Then we'll talk.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
As if she is still relevant:


11 posted on 10/04/2017 8:33:00 PM PDT by Slyfox (Are you tired of winning yet?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Generalize much?


12 posted on 10/04/2017 8:33:56 PM PDT by McGruff (Lock Her Up! In a Padded Cell!)
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To: GRRRRR

Mooch Obammy is a virulent America hating racist.


13 posted on 10/04/2017 8:33:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And the left has said that straight black men are the whites of the blacks.

Seems they are narrowing their devisiveness even more.


14 posted on 10/04/2017 8:34:06 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Sadly, this idiot is finishing the work her husband started of dividing America into racial camps.


15 posted on 10/04/2017 8:34:19 PM PDT by PGR88
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Not guilty!


16 posted on 10/04/2017 8:34:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mia Love will be surprised......


17 posted on 10/04/2017 8:35:07 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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What did they call blacks responsible for keeping other blacks on the plantation?


18 posted on 10/04/2017 8:35:11 PM PDT by Eddie01
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Does she hate the white part of her “husband”?


19 posted on 10/04/2017 8:35:16 PM PDT by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey, Mooch Cow, stop calling me a guy.

Maddie10


20 posted on 10/04/2017 8:37:22 PM PDT by madison10 (Praying for President Trump and more wisdom for him)
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