Flotus Speech

[sr71plt]

Okay. I wasn't aware of that. If I really wanted to, which I don't, I could probably trace my ancestry back and find ancestors who were slaves, although of a different kind than chattel slaves. Probably most people could.

Yes, I quite agree with that. I'm pretty sure my paternal branch got here on the back of an indentured servant, which at the time, wasn't much of a step up from slavery. And even beyond that, I often counter complaining about the plight of blacks in the United States (especially in view of the plight that a lot of those of other races are hit with in the United States--whites in the hollow of Appalachia, for instance) with the question of whether they aren't glad they somehow got here and aren't living in the parts of Africa now where most of their ancestors came from? I mean I've been to Nigeria and Sierra Leone and seen the conditions there. Have any of them who are complaining about living in the United States?

That said, I don't see the relevance to Michelle Obama's speech. She was exhibiting a hopeful "we've come a long way, baby" note--where once her family could have been doing manual labor without pay to build a mansion, they now live in the mansion as the occupants. All because of how America has progressed. If you don't get that, I think you came to the speech without an open mind--certainly without an open heart.

 

[Sam37]

Actually, if the FLOTUS would bother to study the history of the WH she might discover how misleading her statement is. Here's a hint: the entire building was gutted in 1949 and rebuilt. The exterior walls remained, and if you'd study a bit more you'd know who built it.

Michelle can't remember what she has said, apparently. She claims that the country has always been great, but 8 years ago she was proud of her country for the first time in her adult life.

Also, she plagiarized Saul Alinsky in the same speech that Melania allegedly copied with her generic family values speech.

 

[sr71plt]

Actually, if the FLOTUS would bother to study the history of the WH she might discover how misleading her statement is. Here's a hint: the entire building was gutted in 1949 and rebuilt. The exterior walls remained, and if you'd study a bit more you'd know who built it.

Michelle can't remember what she has said, apparently. She claims that the country has always been great, but 8 years ago she was proud of her country for the first time in her adult life.

Also, she plagiarized Saul Alinsky in the same speech that Melania allegedly copied with her generic family values speech.

There was a White House that was built before 1949 (it's white because of what happened to it in the War of 1812). Why do you have to hate so much that you go to the ridiculous for arguments? Doesn't it ever hurt to be that polarized, angry, and hateful?

 

[Boxlicker101]

If you ar going to use the abbreviation "FLOTUS" you better be careful to avoid a typo that replaces the O with an A.

 

[sr71plt]

Thanks, but I wasn't planning on using the term.