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Texpat

Yes, I agree. Sadly, I don't think the education system can be fixed with better teachers, better schools, better pay or facilities.

It's a family thing.

Boon Mee

Real First Lady material, eh?



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Jet Gorgon

^ She looks like something from Elm Street.

sabang

IN a move that could see a potential first lady outshine a former one, Barack Obama's wife has been given a prime-time speaking role at the party's national convention.
Michelle Obama has received top billing on the opening night of the convention, which begins this month in Denver, Colorado, where she will be the prime-time speaker.

The convention will officially crown Senator Obama as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee on the fourth and final night, when he accepts the nomination in front of 75,000 people.

The wives of Democratic nominees have traditionally addressed the convention but Ms Obama is the first to be given headline and prime-time status.

Her opening night address and Senator Obama's acceptance speech will bookend addresses by Senator Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton.

Senator Clinton will be the headline act on the second night of the convention, speaking on the 88th anniversary of American women winning the right to vote.

The former president will take the stage on the third night to introduce the yet-to-be-named vice-presidential nominee.

Hillary trumped by potential first lady | Herald Sun

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chinthee

I do see the similarities, but Michelle looks meaner the way she narrows her eybrows and glares and opens her mouth.

attaboy

^ She breathes through her mouth.

Boon Mee

And can probably suck-start a Harley...

Jet Gorgon

^ I can wolf whistle. Does that count for anything? Comes in handy flagging down cabs in NYC.

Boon Mee

Michelle Obama: Don't vote because 'she's cute'

Don't worry sweetie! We ain't gonna vote for you for being 'cute'.



Michelle Obama: Don't vote because 'she's cute'

Jet Gorgon

^ Dream on, Michelle.

Boon Mee

Heh...knew this tape would come out sooner or later. BO's old lady is a Whitey-hating Biatch!

Obama campaign tries to bribe African Press International

Posted on October 30, 2008
API apparently have a tape of Michelle Obama making racist comments

Six hours after the release of information by API on the planned broadcast by Fox News Network of the Michelle Obama tape, in accordance with an agreement that has been reached between API and Fox News Network, API was contacted by Obama’s Campaign Manager.


Those who are close to the democratic presidential candidate must be desperate to win the elections no matter what, otherwise they would not have taken such bold step to contact API with an offer of a bribe in order to stop the airing of the tape. Obama’s campaign manager contacted API by telephone and email offering 3 million US dollars followed with a request to API to cancel the deal with Fox News Network.


Ten days ago API received the first request to accept 2 million US dollars by Mr Ed Hale, President of Plains Radio, Texas - USA, in an effort to suppress the information from reaching the public before the coming US Presidential elections"

Read the rest here

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sabang

^ So, now you are spreading a Hoax propagated by our friends at Stormfront booner, nice. The story has already been debunked :-

Hello,

Yes, your instincts on this are 100% right.

There is no African Press International. This page is another smear made by Stormfront, a neo-Nazi group. National Review has already debunked this and Lucianne.com pulled the article posted on their site, but desperate neocons continue to post it anyway... most of them completely unaware that the source of their fictitious smear has such heinous anti-American ties.

Here's the NR link:

The Corner on National Review Online

African Press International and Michelle[at]-[at]Urban Legends

Boon Mee

I guess ribs, chitlins and watermelon ain't good enough for this biatch, eh?

ripped from here

foreigner

she came out of the chicago tenements to earn a law degree.

both Obama's have achieved personal gains that none of my personal acquaintances have even approached. I know persons who have significant wealth .. but all started with a family far above either of the Obama's.

i challenge you to cite a single person you personally know who has achieved so much when starting with so little.

McCain was last in his class at Annapolis & got in because his daddy was an admiral

& since when does getting shot down make one an achiever .. or an expert in anything!
he killed innocent peasants from 30k ' .. so f'n what! no bravery there.

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Texpat

Yeah. He's been there and understands the horror and unpleasantries.

He'd be far less likely to commit troops to fight anywhere than Obama IMO.

foreigner

that PTSed senile f' personifies the redneck kill um all philosophy.

you contention that he would exhibit restraint in the US murdering the helpless for fun has voided any credibility you previously had.

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McCain has all but pledged a war on Iran. (In contrast, Obama says he will conduct direct tough diplomacy with Tehran).

McCain is also a hawk on Georgia in the Caucasus and if he is to remain credible he'd have to increase US troop presence in the Greater Middle East.
But McCain is not about the military status quo. He is ambitious for further conflicts. The current US military is too small to handle yet another front, and to maintain, as McCain insists they must, the current ones.

My friends, there is only one way for McCain to make good on his hawkish foreign policy and his virtual pledge of more wars.

McCain will need to institute a draft for young American men (and, given the times, maybe for women as well).
Informed Comment: The Coming McCain Military Draft
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Lorenzo

She seems to be the stereotype angry black woman - not a good choice by Obama

Jet Gorgon

Michelle grew up in Chicago tenements? Wrong.
Person who has achieved so much from so little: Jim Carey grew up on the streets and he made it big on his own. He never got affirmative action-like benefits or any handouts.

McCain was not last in his class and please give proof he killed Vietnamese peasants.

sabang

No, he was 3rd last in his Annapolis class of around 650 which is less than stellar considering that both his father and grandfather were full Admirals.

Michelle grew up in south Chicago, the family occupied part of a bungalow. If not a tenement, it was certainly working class.

Much Right wing sniping is constantly made about Michelle and Obama being recipients of 'affirmative action'- although in both cases, not a single shred of evidence has ever been produced. The racist undertone does concern me, but lets for a moment assume that both were recipients of 'AA' to enable them to commence their undergraduate degrees-
1- surely then, giving the subsequent performance of them both, this would be a selling point for the effectiveness of affirmative action.
2- they both graduated summa cum laude. AA may help you get into college, it does not however help you graduate with honours.
3- They both went on to do Higher degrees at prestigious institutions. You could only do this on your own merits- AA never applied to postgraduate degrees, certainly not at prestigious colleges like Columbia or Harvard.
4- Bush attended Yale, and graduated at the lowest possible grade. The Bush family are major benefactors of Yale, their alma mater. No affirmative action here?
5- McCain attended Annapolis, and came 3rd from bottom in a class of well over 600. His dad and granddad were both full Admirals. No affirmative action there?

foreigner

Thanks for the help, Sabang. I obviously need the assistance!
black poor working class .. not welfare, I stand corrected.

anyone who says the Obamas are not an impressive couple is a partisan.
both worked their way up, through a system set up for the white & affluent.

both Obamas have achieved much

Mrs. Obama is certainly much more likable & personable than McCain's b!tch pill head thief plastic surgery worked over wife..

& Obama is classy enough to have not discussed pill head Cindy's pill theft from a charity she funded.