Michelle Obama is a very accomplished speaker. She achieves unusual power in her words because she has the ability to be completely herself as she speaks.
The Los Angeles Times said that her speech in New Hampshire yesterday may have been “a defining moment” of the campaign. Whether that is so, time will tell. But having stayed up very late last night to watch it, I can attest that it is worth your time.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
I can’t believe that Trump can survive this tsunami of negative press but I have been wrong before about Trump and is survivability. This is an election season like no other, in my memory.
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Michelle Obama has grown tremendously during her husband’s two terms. She has become a most effective, relatable, passionate speaker. Hillary should take lessons from her as relating to people is Hillary’s foible.
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Yes. I watched the whole presentation twice. I also saw her project to enhance education for young women on CNN. I think that whole experience was part of the drive to say, no more, enough is enough.
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Reblogged this on Ms. Tanner@wildsproutsblog and commented:
to my daughter, and my granddaughters, and all the women of the world…
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First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech is very powerful and moving in her conclusion.
[start conclusion]
We will always be stronger together. Here, in America, we reject hatred and fear.
In a difficult time, we do not discard our high ideal, but
1) we rise up to meet it
2) we rise up to protect Union
3) we rise up to defend our blessing liberty
4) we rise up to embody the value, the equality, the opportunity and the sacrifice.
That has always made America the greatest nation on Earth. That is who we are.
Hope is very important to young people.
We deserve a President who can bring us together and who can bring out the very best in us.
[end conclusion]
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I heard Michele Obama speaking on NPR as I was driving home. It was stunning. She reminded me of Joseph Welch when he replied to Joe McCarthy during the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954: “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”
I know other people have written about this idea in recent months….comparing Trump to McCarthy. Maybe this will be the moment that sticks? I only wish Trump was there to face Michele Obama face to face.
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Unlike the McCarthy era, the answer is “no”. I watched religious leaders interviewed the past week who try to twist Jesus’ words in defense and support of Trump. No sense of decency, indeed.
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Yes, that is very odd, Vale Math. Things really seem out of wack in our country.
Just a stray thought here at 5 in the morning: Many computers have this feature “system restore”. To quote from Wikipedia: “System Restore is a feature in Microsoft Windows that allows the user to revert their computer’s state (including system files, installed applications, Windows Registry, and system settings) to that of a previous point in time, which can be used to recover from system malfunctions or other problems.” It’s a useful feature, a digital do over. I’ve had to try to use it a couple times.
What if the universe had some sort of giant, “system restore” switch. And, we could revert the United States back to some previous point in time -to try to recover from the major “malfunction” we find ourselves in now?
Should we go back? And, if “yes” to what point in time? Or, is all this craziness we’re seeing right now in 2016 something we just have to endure in order to eventually get to a better place? (Like, it’s about time we finally have a woman who is president.)
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Interesting idea, kind of like a “do over” in childhood games. Something is wrong. Nobody is quite sure what, so let’s reset. As to where we should reset to, the kids also had it right. We didn’t wait until we had a mountain of grievances. We dealt with them one at a time. The fights usually came if grudges were allowed to ferment. I don’t think anyone can point to a time that was golden for everyone, so perhaps we just settle for learning from our mistakes going forward, knowing that not everyone is going to agree on what were mistakes.
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