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Michelle Obama: ’Back when our great-grandparents were riding that Underground Railroad’
Front Porch Politics ^ | 9/24/12 | FPP

Posted on 09/24/2012 1:45:36 PM PDT by Libloather

Michelle Obama:’Back when our great-grandparents were riding that Underground Railroad’
Written on September 24, 2012 at 9:12 am by FPP

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Now, back when our great-grandparents were riding that Underground Railroad, back when John Lewis was marching across that bridge in Selma, and Jim Clyburn was sitting in an Orangeburg jail, the injustices we faced were written in big, bold letters on the face of our laws. And while we may have had our differences over strategy, the battles we needed to fight were very clear.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackvote; dixie; flotusmichelle; michelle; obama; obamafamily; railroad; underground
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To: Sarah Barracuda

James Byrd and “Black Churches Burn” style ads are desperation tactics. Also exceedingly cynical ones since they seek to drive up turnout by creating hate and fear.


61 posted on 09/24/2012 3:19:02 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Dutch Boy

Just like you will never hear this truth. During her speech she told the story pasted below. What she forgot to mention was that the committee chairman was a DEMOCRAT, John Stennis, chairman from 1969-1981. But I’m sure the lefty press will be reporting that fact straight away. /s

“Now, this work wasn’t always easy, especially in the early years, when many members of this caucus faced challenges they never could have anticipated. For example, back in the early ‘70s, Congressman Ron Dellums was appointed to the Armed Services Committee — (applause) — as was Congresswoman Pat Schroeder. Displeased about having both a woman and an African American assigned to his committee, the chairman at the time added just one seat to the committee room — and he forced the two of them to share it. But Congressman Dellums was unphased. He said to Congresswoman Schroeder, “Let’s not give these guys the luxury of knowing they can get under our skin. Let’s sit here and share this chair as if it’s the most normal thing in the world.” (Laughter.)


62 posted on 09/24/2012 3:27:22 PM PDT by anonsquared
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To: zencycler

“I always heard about this underground railroad”, she said “but I’ve been all over the country, and I’ve never seen one - I assume that’s because they’re still underground.” The First Lady went on to propose a special project for the location and excavation of these long lost historical sites. “Somebody must know where one is” she said. “So we just need to start funding a dig, so we can protect and preserve this important part of our history.”

Please tell me you fabricated this quote - it’s a joke, right? Nobody (even Moochie) could POSSIBLY be that stupid!


63 posted on 09/24/2012 3:37:55 PM PDT by delcopatriot
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To: delcopatriot

Given the unusual fertility rates of black females (I have met black women who were grandparents before the age of thirty-eight), perhaps Michelle Obama was referring to Chicago subway riders being transported on the Underground Railroad during the Seventies.


64 posted on 09/24/2012 3:55:12 PM PDT by PBRCat
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To: Sherman Logan

I doubt the maternal ones were RIDING the Harriet Tubman subway system


65 posted on 09/24/2012 3:59:21 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Libloather
Ironically, at the time the Underground Railroad was in operation, Obama’s African Black Muslim Great, Great Grand parents on his father's side were kidnapping Black Africans to sell them to slave traders who then put them on a hell hole of a slave ship to send them to the America where they were bought and sold by Obama’s Great, Great Grand Parents on his Mother's side.
66 posted on 09/24/2012 4:00:18 PM PDT by rdcbn
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To: Libloather

So my Great-Grandparents fighting to end slavery and save the union mean nothing to you?


67 posted on 09/24/2012 4:00:48 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Libloather

talk about your dog whistles


68 posted on 09/24/2012 4:01:57 PM PDT by Oratam
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To: Libloather

Were any of her great grandparents doing anything with the underground railroad?

It’s a sure bet Obama’s great grandparents weren’t — half of them are white, and the other half were selling their fellow blacks into slavery in Africa.


69 posted on 09/24/2012 4:19:40 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Young Werther

That’s certainly true, but I was concentrating on those items Miz Meechelle listed in her speech.


70 posted on 09/24/2012 4:57:34 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: delcopatriot

Yes, of course I made it up. But the fact that you have to act says something about her, doesn’t it?


71 posted on 09/24/2012 5:04:52 PM PDT by zencycler
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To: delcopatriot

Sorry, tired, typing too fast. I meant the fact that you “have to ask” naturally.


72 posted on 09/24/2012 5:07:00 PM PDT by zencycler
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To: Libloather
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73 posted on 09/24/2012 7:15:34 PM PDT by RetSignman
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To: lacrew

Unless they decided that using the standard road/railroad guage would be “actin’ white”, they’d use 4 ft, 8 1/2 in.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2538/was-standard-railroad-gauge-48-determined-by-roman-chariot-ruts


74 posted on 09/25/2012 5:45:49 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MrB

So, she and her ancestors have been serial lawbreakers for generations. She obeys no laws she doesn’t like.

If everyone did that, she might not be


75 posted on 09/25/2012 5:48:03 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: Delhi Rebels
Not inconceivable. Michelle Obama was born in 1964. My sister was born in 1957. Our father's paternal grandfather was born in 1840.
76 posted on 09/25/2012 5:57:47 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Wallace T.

See PBRCat’s post. Most American Blacks have their first child at a very early age, and the cycle repeats so that it is more like Michelle’s great great great great great great great great grandparents (on the white side) that were abolishionists.


77 posted on 09/25/2012 11:26:06 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Percentage of Income in CS is inversely proportionate to Mother's parenting of children)
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To: Libloather

4 years ago Barack Insaneinthemembrane Choomgang Obama lied to voters in Selma and told them his parents got together because of the marchers in Selma in the 1960s. Except the little lying bastard was already born by then and his parents’ marriage was in splitsville.


78 posted on 09/25/2012 3:02:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
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To: Libloather

I think Barry’s great grandparents were trying not to get eaten by lions. :-)


79 posted on 07/27/2013 4:40:58 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Wouldn’t it be sweet if someone traced her ancestry to a black slave owner?


80 posted on 07/27/2013 4:42:17 PM PDT by GeronL
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