- Tonight, Michelle Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention to deliver an impassioned defense of her incompetent husband. It didn’t focus on his record. It focused on his feelings. - Tonight, Michelle Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention to deliver an impassioned defense of her incompetent husband. It didn’t focus on his record. It focused on his feelings. In the 1960s, NASA's in-house motto was that "Apollo will be judged on its accomplishments, not its intentions". This same standard should be brought to bear on the White House this election year.