Well, I would have married her, too.

[DCJenn]

OK- I have a girl-crush on Michelle Obama. She rocked her speech, don't you think? My mom and I propped a roll of paper towels between us we were bawling so much. (and damn- Teddy was ON- power to the people, Sen. Kennedy.)

I go to bed drained but enthused.

Jenn

[Momo]

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I am going to stay up to see it on C-span...I was getting the little people down for the night!!

[rainbabies]

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i didn't watch. in fact, i was annoyed that all the stupid chanels were covering the convention, and i couldnt even get 'regular' news.

but, i will say..she seems like a strong woman with a 'big' presence. that's the vibe i get from the very little watching of politics i do get in.

[Flynn]

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She DID rock her speech Jenn. WOWZER.

She dawoMAN!

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I agree, that video feed with the whole family at the end was really awkward. Otherwise, great speech. I loved her brother's basketball test of Obama.

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I didn't see it, but I read it just now. I still haven't decided how to vote... but dang - put her on the platform!

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OK- I have a girl-crush on Michelle Obama. She rocked her speech, don't you think? My mom and I propped a roll of paper towels between us we were bawling so much. (and damn- Teddy was ON- power to the people, Sen. Kennedy.)
Jenn

Agreed. I would have loved to have been there w/you and your mom. Every time they panned to her mom, I got choked up. Imagine how proud that woman must be!!!!!!!!!!

As for Teddy - I BAWLED. Call it hormones. I detest the mideeds of his youth - he made some really awful choices, but .... he's also carried the mantle for all of his nieces and nephews who lost their dads too early, and he's accomplished some AMAZING things for this country. Every time they panned to Maria Shriver and Caroline Kennedy I'd just LOSE it (and Maria still has her dad - but she was still crying!)

[SuzySunshine]

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I do think she did a great job, I agree that that Barak satellite part was weird. Now we'll see how Barak does on Thursday...

[GrayMatterWife]

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I thought her delivery was flawless and refined. She seems like a very intelligent, poised and well-spoken woman. I can easily see why Obama fell in love. Given their shared values, background, goals and ambition, she would surely have been a natural fit and complement. Plus, she looked fabulous and (after the first 30 seconds or so) relaxed and self-possessed.

I thought the content of the speech was sappy and sentimental with little substance, but filled with all the right vague, feel-good phrases and images--excellent material for preaching to the choir and getting big applause. Honestly, I thought--based on previous speeches I've seen her make--that it was intellectually less than her potential. But it served its purpose: making her look softer and her family approachable. I thought her main point--essentially that she and her husband have overcome certain life challenges and can relate to the issues and struggles of "average" person, and therefore Obama would make an excellent commander in chief and decision-maker--might work a little better if Obama wasn't being compared to McCain. It would have worked great if he's been compared to GWB. However, when compared to McCain in terms of life challenges, I just think: yeah, maybe you grew up working class on the Southside of Chicago, but seriously--McCain was tortured for years in a POW camp. You gave up a big salary at a private law firm to do community activist work; he gave up the opportunity to go home and escape torture because he did not want to get special treatment over other POWs due to his father's position. Not sure that Michelle's and Obama's having the "everyman" lower-middle class experience under their belts (which MANY of us have, BTW) really compares, in terms of being able to face down obstacles. I mean, come 'on, Michelle: you concede that you got into Princeton on affirmative action (due to your race). You got an advantage due to one of your purported challenges. McCain got physically, permanently tortured because of his nationality. Don't get me wrong--I get Michelle's point; I am just not sure how comparative persuasive it is. If I were them, I would stick to the CHANGE message. Even if it is intellectually disingenous and factually incorrect, I would try to make McCain look like he's too much like Bush. That will sell and no amount of POW film footage will get McCain over that label.

On all the People Magazine style personal profiling: personally, I am not interested in knowing that her husband is a sweet, sensitive man who took her on ice cream dates--I want to know that her husband is the kind of man that our enemies will fear and our friends will respect, even if we have differences. I want to see strength. But, that's just me. I thought the stuff with his kids was stupid. They kept interrupting him. But then, I thought the introduction that the Bush twins made of their father at the 2004 RNC was absolutely unforgivable: their incessant giggling, lack of decorum, and the twittiness of Jenna made me want to die of embarrassment for them both. Very unprofessional. Thankfully, it appears they have since grown up. And I am not suggesting that the Obama youngsters should be held to that standard. Frankly, they behaved in a more seemly way that the Bush girls did.

On the Kennedy stuff: I had the exact opposite reaction than almost everyone else. I thought it was exploitative and self-serving of the DNC. Granted, he has a GBM and is on borrowed time, but he's not dead yet. They are just trying to pass off the baton and remind everyone that they need a Kennedy successor. I didn't cry. I did, however, wonder how many people cried for Mary Jo. I asked my sister that (she's visiting and a big Dem supporter). Her response was, "Who's Mary Jo?" Geez--uh, the girl he abandoned to die in the river before he failed to report the accident and hid at his mom's?

[DCJenn]

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Oh, I don't think anyone familiar with politics has in anyway forgotten poor Mary Jo. It was horrific. However, I do think that he has done fantastic things as the elder statesman for the people of Massachusetts and the country as a whole.

As for Michelle Obama's speech- it's not the place for her to talk about policy. She's not an elected official and she's not running for office. Her job was to introduce herself and try to dispell the BS rumors that have been flying around the internet. I thought she did a fantastic job.

Jenn

[GrayMatterWife]

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As for Michelle Obama's speech- it's not the place for her to talk about policy. She's not an elected official and she's not running for office.

Not the position that HRC took when she was part of the two-for-one ticket with her hubbie--and, if I remember correctly, her style was championed by Dems (and some Reps) for being a non-traditional, more modern potential First Lady. She was all policy even though she was not elected. But, to her credit, that was the most genuine way she could have played it--she could not have pulled off the type of speech Michelle gave last night. No one would have bought her as a cheerleading, sentimental wife. I did not like her policies so I definitely preferred her not talking to her talking, but I can't fault her for being anything less than true to who she is and what she believes. She's a policy wonk with a lot of ideas.

I would like to thank her for not giving us the details of her romance with Bill.

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On the Kennedy stuff: I had the exact opposite reaction than almost everyone else. I thought it was exploitative and self-serving of the DNC. Granted, he has a GBM and is on borrowed time, but he's not dead yet. They are just trying to pass off the baton and remind everyone that they need a Kennedy successor. I didn't cry. I did, however, wonder how many people cried for Mary Jo. I asked my sister that (she's visiting and a big Dem supporter). Her response was, "Who's Mary Jo?" Geez--uh, the girl he abandoned to die in the river before he failed to report the accident and hid at his mom's?

FWIW, I was one of the criers, and I certianly haven't forgotten about Chappaquidick, or about the other stupid moves of his youth. There are some who make grave mistakes in their youth and never move on to do anything worthwhile. IMO, Ted Kennedy is not one of those people.

[Meenah]

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FWIW, I was one of the criers, and I certianly haven't forgotten about Chappaquidick, or about the other stupid moves of his youth. There are some who make grave mistakes in their youth and never move on to do anything worthwhile. IMO, Ted Kennedy is not one of those people

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Me too, I'm too tired to type my own thought, but this about sums it up. I was up really late last night watching CNN replay everything over and over and over agian. That was after Jory and I watched it live in our office.

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I just want to add that I'm sure there are plenty of young republicans who don't know who Mary Jo Kopechne was either. That doesn't make it right - she shouldn't be forgotten. Nor should Teddy's horrific actions (or inaction) of that night. But his life didn't end that night, and he didn't end up in jail (as he should have). I still give him credit for working (no Kennedy needs to work), and working to help others.

[mommax3]

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I would like to thank her for not giving us the details of her romance with Bill.

That made me laugh! I would like to thank her, too!

I felt bad for the Kennedys and for Ted in particular. The father of a close friend of ours died of the same kind of brain cancer.....so sad. It was brave of him to speak.

I like what I have seen from Michelle Obama. Just not her husband's political leanings. I still remember the feeling I had the first time I saw HRC. The instant dislike I felt was almost a physical sensation.....I have never experienced anything like it before or since. :huh:

Sally