Michelle Obama--What a Woman!

I've just finished watching Mrs. Michelle Obama, wife of Senator-Presidential Candidate Barack Obama deliver the greatest presentation of her life to the Democratic National Convention. The lecture, filled with passion and love of her family and nation detailed her early background as a child living on the south side of Chicago. She shared with the thousands in attendance and the millions watching worldwide the struggles and hard work of a two parent working class family who held a commitment to God and a devotion to their nation that they will prepare their children to have faith and believe that all things are possible.

Holding these virtues Mrs. Obama reminded the audience that her family, like Barack's family in Hawaii and Kansas, and millions of families that dot the American landscape are true patriots who labor everyday to achieve the dreams and promises of Americana. Thus, like President Kennedy's remark over forty years ago, she is answering the question, "What can you do for America?" That is, we--Americans--will continue to hold the torch that in the United States a poor south side Chicago girl can go to college and one day address a national audience to support her husband, who was raised by a single mother, quest to become the first African-American president in the United States.

In this light Michelle also stated that we must look pass race as her husband does. He sees people and issues. He understands the feelings and struggles of the common man. He realizes that while the nation is the most diverse country in the world--it's people is connected to the same thread--Americanism. That red, white and blue line represents a people who long to be free, a people who are the vanguards of the oppressed, and a people who are not afraid to challenge the unknown. We, Americans, are family people who love our nation, God, and traditions. Regardless if you're a Democrat or Republican, Michelle laid it out tonight. What a woman!