The First Lady showed us her drive and confidence last night as she spoke at the Democratic National Convention. The “mom-in-chief” gave the type of speech that will help drive Barack back to another term in office. Michelle was able to show the human side of Barack with sayings like, “being President doesn’t change who you are, it reveals who you are.” Click below to read more.
First lady Michelle Obama lit up the Democratic National Convention tonight, telling the nation in an emotional speech that President Obama knows what it is to struggle, and for him the economic hardships facing the country “aren’t political, they’re personal.”
The self-described mom-in-chief recalled her own father who went to work almost daily despite suffering from Multiple Sclerosis, but worked through his illness in order to help pay the college tuition for Mrs. Obama and her brother.
She also spoke about President Obama’s family.
“Barack was raised by a single mother who struggled to pay the bills and by grandparents who stepped in when she needed help,” she said.
Later she recalled the early days of their marriage, when college tuition debts were larger than their mortgage.
“We were so young, so in love, and so in debt,” Mrs. Obama said.
“And I didn’t think it was possible, but today, I love my husband even more than I did four years ago,” she said, “even more than I did 23 years ago, when we first met.”
“And it’s those memories,” Mrs. Obama declared, that guide the president’s decision-making in the White House. “When it comes to rebuilding our economy, Barack is thinking about folks like my dad and his grandmother.”
“Barack knows what it means when a family struggles… Barack knows the American Dream because he’s lived it,” she said.
She also had a subtle dig at Romney and the Republicans saying her husband “believes that when you’ve worked hard and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you.”
Like Ann Romney a week ago, Michelle Obama made a play for the women’s vote, saying “[Obama] believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care — that’s what my husband stands for.”
