Posted on 09/30/2009 3:11:57 PM PDT by smoothsailing
In her speech in Copenhagen today, First Lady Michelle Obama said her trip to Denmark, along with the travel of her "dear friend" and "chit-chat buddy" Oprah Winfrey, as well as tomorrow's visit by President Obama, is a "sacrifice" on behalf of the children of Chicago and the United States. "As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me or Oprah or the president to come for these few days," the first lady told a crowd of people involved in the Chicago project, "so many of you in this room have been working for years to bring this bid home."
"As first lady, as many of you know, I’ve made it a priority to bridge the gap between the White House and communities across D.C. and across the country," Mrs. Obama continued. "I’ve spent much of my first nine months trying to open the doors to the White House to kids who might not otherwise see themselves having access to these institutions, because that’s where I came from – communities like that where kids never dreamed that they could set foot in the White House, let alone live there&hellipAnd Barack and I made a point of doing the same thing when we lived in Chicago – making the concerns of kids in all sorts of communities our own."
Mrs. Obama said bringing the Olympics to Chicago is especially important right now because "athletics is becoming more of a fleeting opportunity." "Funds dry up so it becomes harder for kids to engage in sports, to learn how to swim, to even ride a bike," she said. In addition, with childhood obesity on the rise, "it is so important for us to raise up the platform of fitness and competition and fair play," the first lady said.
Finally, having the Olympics in Chicago would be important to "let people know that we understand that sports saves lives, that it makes dreams come true, that it creates visions in kids’ heads to make them think they can be the next David Robinson, the next Barack Obama, the next Nadia Comaneci, the next Oprah Winfrey," Mrs. Obama said.
That's how I felt during the Carter malaise, but what we have now is far worse. For someone who has never needed a work office before, I wonder what Obama actually does when he sits in the Oval Office?
The only white person she comes come up with was a communist foreigner. Nothing against Comaneci, who got out and lives here now. Just saying.
Clips his toe nails, plays with his Blackberry, jives to his i-Pod........
What would a community organizer do without an inner city community to organize?
Maybe he has a comic book collection?
I heard she concluded her speech by addressing the poverty of the Chicago project residents.
She said “Let them eat cake.”
First Lady Michelle Obama ended her speech by asking local reporters where she and her husband could find one of the tea shops that sold weed. “It’s been a while since I’ve had a good buzz,” she concluded.
“Michelle O:It’s a sacrifice to travel to Europe to pitch the Olympics-we’re doing it for the kids.”
BS MAnchelle.
I wonder what the size of the combined carbon butt print for Michelli and Oprah was on this trip?
Our elite left wing black facists are enjoying the arrogance of power and the life style of previous Facists heads of state.
“Sacrifice”? Oh pleeeeeze. What an idiotic thing to say, even behind closed doors, much less on the world stage.
When will everyone realize that the Obama’s daily manifest the arrogance Bush was libeled to have?
This administration is going from a national disgrace to an international joke.
“THAT” was the moving appeal?
What ever.
Besides, Rio will be MUCH safer to go to!
Said with a straight face???!!! I need to see the video.
Did I read this right? How will the Olympics inspire kids to be the next Oprah? Is there a pie eating event that I don't know about?
Of course, Laura has more class in her little pinky than the whole Obama family combined.
This makes me feel so much better. I and everyone I know is at work from 6 AM until 8 PM just trying to keep the doors open and pay all the #$%^* business taxes. I’m so glad First Frump is sacrificing too by flying herself and her entourage all over the globe on such important business. Warms my heart to know how my taxes are being spent.
“Rumor is out there that he will show up in Afghanistan.”
“Photo op, you know, to show how much he really really cares.”
If he does, please, please let someone put a military helmet on this POS; with all those pearly whites of his in that phony grin, he’ll look like the idiot that he is.
Shouldn’t the El Presidente of the world give equal support to all the international cities vying for the Olympics?
I bet if it was Houston or San Diego the One wouldn’t be so gung ho for the Olympics since he couldn’t benefit nor grease the palms of lackeyes like his Chi-town thugs.
This nonsense is trashing the Office of The President.
I believe he has more important things to do.
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