Michelle Obama calls herself 'forever first lady' in speech to students
Michelle Obama told thousands of high school students Wednesday that, as the "forever first lady," she and the country are counting on them to be successful.
"We need you all to be successful," Obama said during her keynote address at a College Signing Day event at Temple University, according to Philly Voice .
"We have such high hopes for you. See, I am not one of those doubters. I know that you have everything it takes to succeed," Obama reportedly said. "I know you are me, and if I can be standing here as your forever first lady, then you can do anything you put your mind to."
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I think it is a lovely message. Don't you agree?
Yes, I do.
We already have one of those. She's the pretty red-head that runs the joint. I wouldn't be adverse to the title of First Princess, though.
It is, and I do. I don't understand why some people have been so vehemently offended by my MSN-sourced seed and attacked other NewsTalkers members (including me). As one NT member quoted from another link the former first lady was met with "rapturous" applause.
I'm having a problem discerning what could possibly be wrong with what Mrs Obama said...
Apparently she's black, so.......
I'm not sure anyone is saying it was wrong. The Hill doesn't appear to be judging it, just reporting it.
"We have such high hopes for you. See, I am not one of those doubters."
What Doubter ?
I don't know anyone that wants "Graduates" to fail.
Only "Graduates" can fail themselves.
News Flash - those who own that title are forever "first lady" .
If Rosalyn Carter or Laura Bush are introduced at a function today they are introduced as "former First Lady" and that title is never dropped from references to them.
This seed is one of the lamest attempts to diminish Michelle Obama that I have seen.
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She's done that all on her own. Is she still "Finally" proud of America ?
There are many times in US history that good Patriotic Americans would not be proud of America, like when half of her States tried to secede and write their own constitution that was founded on the inequality of the races and the enslavement of humans, Jim Crow laws and segregation, the refusal to allow women and blacks a voice and a vote, the bans on interracial marriage, the bans on gay marriage, the unnecessary wars and violence from Mai Lei to Iraq, the trading of weapons to the Iranians for hostages and taking 240 years to elect a black President. Overcoming those times of ignorance and bad decisions has allowed Americans to find real pride in our nation, not just the stupid concept of "my country right or wrong". Michelle expressed how proud she was that we had come such a long way from even when she was a child watching the blatant discrimination and prejudice against her and her family merely because of her skin color. I doubt she had any idea those disgusting bigots would come crawling out of the woodwork during her husbands time in office and attacking her with vile caricatures, racist memes and sexist tirades.
Sadly, with the election of a narcissistic incompetent orange clown, real patriots find themselves faced with more shame and embarrassment as we recognize that about a third of our nation are xenophobes, homophobes, Islamaphobes and sexist bigots who feel more comfortable siding with a foreign enemy like Russia than to accept their fellow law abiding, tax paying American citizens just because they happen to be gay, liberal, of a different religion or a minority.
Seems half those people thought they were proud Americans. Go figure.
Yes there where times in our history not to be proud of, but there are many times to be proud of. Wouldn't you agree?
Michelle said it was her "first time" though. I find that statement coming from someone who became the First Lady of the United State of America very disturbing and telling of her hatred for her country.
How exactly does not being proud equate to hate? You're pushing a false narrative with invented rhetoric that simply wasn't there.
Proud: adjective - feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated.
I find it sad that people can only ever see her race
The half that tried to secede thought of themselves as proud confederates who supported what the Vice President of the Confederacy said of their new government:
"Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition." - Alexander Stephens
So they were worthless racist traitors who never lived up to what it took to be a Patriotic American. Confederates attacked our Nation and killed hundreds of thousands of real Patriotic Americans all to protect their imagined right to own and treat other humans worse than cattle. That, by my definition, makes confederates the ones who were less than human and totally unworthy of any empathy or compassion. They represented the exact opposite of what it meant to be a Patriotic American.
Me too Sunshine, me too.
I agree, but that's what many conservatives wanted to focus on throughout her husbands two terms. Racist cartoons, memes, jokes, from picturing her as a black panther militia member or a gorilla and calling her a "man" to calling her "an ape in heels", some conservatives just couldn't get past their deep seated racism and hate of Michelle simply because she was a strong black woman. And yes, that was a very sad part of American history and nothing to be proud of.
Speaking of which, it truly exposes conservatives hypocrisy when they vilify Michelle Wolf with faux indignation for saying Sarah Huckabee Sanders has "perfect smoky eyes" claiming that was a derogatory comment about Sarah's looks, but they had no problem laughing and guffawing at the racist cartoons and gross images and jokes about Michelle Obamas looks.
I also find it sad that many times any critiques/criticism (political or non) of her or Obama reverts to accusations of racism.
Perhaps someday it will all change.
You don't even realize you are talking about yourself and others who seem to dislike everything about her.
So true!
The article is not about me.
I have read this thread over and over and I think that there is some sort of confusion going on. For that reason I am not going to issue a violation, but I will remind everyone, to discuss the topic and not each other.
It is acceptable calling someone a racist. It is noted.
So, if you don't like her, your racist? That's a pretty narrow and simple minded approach.
I have a hard time understanding why anyone would dislike Mrs Obama. She served with honor and dignity.
Like everyone else I witnessed a lot of visceral hatred for Michelle that is hard to attribute to anything else...
Footnote - Obama's was the cleanest administration in history with NO officials ever indicted for malfeasance.
It's very simple really:
1. She is a Democrat
2. She is Black
They don't need any other reasons than one or both of those. Bigotry is what the haters cultivate best.
And then those very same racists voted for the King of the Birthers, a guy who has a history of refusing to rent to black folks. Somehow I doubt the Obamas were surprised.....just a bit disappointed that America really hasn't evolved much from the Jim Crow era when white folks needed special rights to get by in life.
Of course not, but if you insult the way she looks, laugh at cartoons of her drawn as a gorilla, call her an "ape in heels" or complain about her biceps claiming she's too "manly", then yeah, you're likely a huge racist. If you merely attack her policy positions, well then you're just uninformed or bitter about her attempts to get kids to eat healthier. Michelle Obama has more class in her pinkie finger than Trump and his third trophy wife have in their entire bodies.
Can you imagine what the Republicans here would do if someone was to say such extremely hateful and racist things about Melania?
She is Democrat
She is black
She THINKS she is all that and more
She is
You know what she thinks? Really? LOL
You're special mags!
thanks
Because she planted a vegetable garden? She should have practiced her good food diet on herself.
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US political cartoons and caricatures, which have been drawn by people of all races about all races, date back to Ben Franklin, so don't even try to pull the race card just because you might be offended about those that were drawn about Michelle Obama. There have been many unflattering cartoons which have featured Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush - and that's only the 20th century.
Step outside of your echo chamber and look at the reality of it. That administration was far from clean.
Name an Obama campaign or administration official ever indicted for malfeasance...
You cannot because none were. Not a one. Never. Ever. Trump surely can't say that.
Obama's was the cleanest administration in history. It is a historic fact. Deal with it...
In light of those facts perhaps it is you who should come outside of YOUR BUBBLE.
Then I guess I'm racists. Michelle Obama having more class than Melania Trump? That's hysterical.
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So, you have got nothing...
As usual, you're wrong again.
How many of them were caricatured as apes? Hmmm? Please do share if you found some. I've seen the cartoonish heads and the unflattering faces done by some opponent cartoonists, some with long Pinocchio noses or other oversized features to denote some supposed character flaw. But I've never before seen the kind of blatant racism I saw coming from the right during the Obama years.
Where do you get the idea she didn't? She was and still is a very strong, healthy fit black woman who I'd wager could wipe the floor with most of the worthless bigots who ridicule her.
It's refreshing to see at least a little honesty I suppose. Realizing you have a problem is the first step to getting help, changing and becoming a useful member of society. And yes, Michelle has FAR more class than the third trophy wife Trump cheated on while she was at home with his four month old child. Any woman who would sell herself to a serial adulterer just for the gaudy trappings of a faux billionaire has zero class. But that's the type of women Trump is attracted to, porn stars, playmates and "models" who take all their clothes off for money are the women he knows he's got a chance with, all the other nearly two dozen women he sexually assaulted rejected his gross short fingered groping.
Michelle's very muscular, undoubtedly an extremely strong woman. Her 'big ass' the righties like so much to disgustingly deride, is pure muscle.
She does have a Williams sisters backside without an ounce of fat on it which helps propel her to dominate all her sniveling opponents. I think the real problem is all these whiny haters who love to make fun of her are just so intimidated by her they have to find anything to try to tear her down so they can feel good about their fat lazy diabetic asses.
I don't see anyone denigrating anyone here in the comments (well, with the exception of tessy). She does get to keep the title, though past presidents wives are generally referred to as the 'Former First Lady' but she can call herself anything she likes.
John, you might want to wait until the first anti salvo is fired before hiking that posterior up onto the shoulders, though as a retired military guy, I do see the logic in a 'first strike' in the appropriate situation. BTW, this ain't it.
Well what's the point of the seed then? If not to denigrate Mrs. Obama for any fucking reason you can dig up? Wasn't this from last year as well?
Spike, as Tessylo says, if the point of the seed is not to try and make fun of Michelle Obama for calling herself "forever First Lady", what is the point of the seed?
Some things are just obvious in spite of your desire to give him the benefit of the doubt.
The point of the seed would need to be decided by the seeder, you and your follower can attribute anything to anyone, but that does not make you correct.
Hey John - you have a follower now! Howdy!!!!!
It's about time ! lol
I now pronounce you ........
That's funny mags, seriously
Key word is "FORMER" ... not "FOREVER".
Well what's the difference if they're Former First Lady - then they're Forever First Lady
Right?
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So she had a little fun with the semantics. Is that really where you want to plant your flag, lol?
Former first ladies will be first ladies forever. That is just the way it is.
First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail ...
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In Name only !
Is she sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom ?
They are forever "former first ladies".
Indeed she did.
I seeded an article from a left-wing source about a former first lady's enthusiastic speech to prospective college students and have never said anything bad about her, but you accuse ME of wrongdoing? LOL!
'They are forever "former first ladies".'
So then Michelle is indeed a 'Forever First Lady'
No one has ever stated differently, Tessy.
'No one has ever stated differently, Tessy.'
Mags just did.
'That would be the proper way to label it.'
Well that's settled!
Its pretty funny when the people most annoyed about Michelle's choice of words don't see a problem with, well, just about every wrong word choice by Trump. Covfefe that. (That would be the least offensive turn of his words).
' Is she sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom ?"
No, and neither is the current 1st lady. They sleep in the President's quarters, and the Lincoln Bedroom is not part of the President's quarter.
Try to educate yourself a bit.
Lincoln Bedroom - Wikipedia
Trump is not the topic of this seed. STOP it.
From a similar article:
Current occupants of the White House may not appreciate the moniker that Obama used for herself ― which folks online and the event’s host Nick Cannon have previously called her ― but the students greeted her quip with rapturous applause.
My bolding. Your article's title is a tempest in a teabag.
The current first lady might take exception to her referring to herself as "forever first lady". She is not!
Just a figure of speech, but you knew that.
Well we musn't ruffle Melania's feathers now! Heavens!
'Mrs. Michelle Obama - Forever First Lady'
Yes she is!
Look again. In 3.4.6, Mags said ...
She did not say, 'Forever First Lady' as you did in comment 3.4.8. Notice the word differences within each set of quotation marks that you posted in your own comment:
Whatever Jasper. You can let it go now. It will be okay!
I don't need your permission for anything. It's time for you to let it go, because a moderator has already called you out several times on this seed.
It'll be okay!!!
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Oh.
"Just a figure of speech, but you knew that."
Obviously, It Is ME didn't, or he would not have made such an erroneous comment.
But then, you knew that. Right?
Not so. Michelle Obama used that term in order to affirm that in her heart she will always be dedicated to her former position as the First Lady of the US, and to the people of this country. To demean, denigrate and malign her for continuing to follow through with her devotion to her county and its people as she did as the First Lady of the US, it truly very small indeed.
Also, I think that the current First Lady if very much aware of Michelle's meaning and does not take it as an insult, or trying to out shine her. You and others, really should give Melania more credit for being able to understand where Michelle is coming from, which obviously, many here aren't willing to do.
Nah, they fly the Dixie Swastika from the bed of their pickup trucks.
The Guest that would never leave. Get it ?
No you don't get it! Is Mrs. Obama still residing in the White House?
Nooooooo. Forever Former First Lady
Mags, I agreed with your wording from the beginning and pointed that out to Tessy yesterday. If Tessy or others are still calling Michelle Obama "Forever First Lady" as Michelle called herself, that rests on them, not you and me.
The USA isn't a monarchy or dictatorship with one person in power for decades, so on the day Obama's presidency ended, both his and her titles became "former ______" just like all other presidents and first ladies. If Michelle wants to call herself "Forever Former First Lady", she can have at it. Everyone throughout the world knows that she's now a "Former First Lady".
It is her underhanded attempt to convey "don't listen to them, listen to me and Barack".
Same as when she said don't listen to your husband.
Ain't she a hoot.
Correction ...
I guess I missed that. How does it diminish her?
What does that even mean "forever first lady"? Does she not know that the title stays with her?
So you ask a question then answer it in the next sentence? Of course she knows it's a title that stays with her, that's exactly what she meant. This really is one of the most sad attempts to ridicule Michelle for no reason.
Agreed. The haters gotta hate, and the Obama's are their most primary targets. Anything they say or do is fodder for hateful bias and ridicule. So childish and moronic. But, the right wing haters are too air-headed to realize just how low and biased they are making themselves look, while trying so hard to look intelligent.
Is or is she not a former first lady?
Michelle Obama is a Forever First Lady
Where?
I think that's been explained?
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I've never heard of it before, but it sure bothered some of her supporters on this seed, because for an unknown reason they've been meowing and whining.
Conservatives really do like to run scared and whine about everything EXCEPT what Trump does and says.
Doesn't bother me at all. I see exactly why you seeded this.
Please specify where Conservatives have run scared and whined about everything on this seed. I'll wait.
Figure out what this seed's topic is. I'll give you a hint ... it is not Trump. Thank you in advance.
Then, you should be happy that I did. Mrs. Obama gave an enthusiastic speech to prospective college students, and everyone should be proud of them.
Please specify where liberals have run scared and whined about everything on this seed. Confronting bs isn't whining and certainly isn't running scared. Again, take a good look at your own before you cast those stones.
Please stop with the sweeping generalizations. It does not help to forward the conversation.
Thank you, Perrie.
They have?
Seems like Michelle, the self-professed "forever first lady", still needs to be in the limelight. She's not alone. Over the past 75 years, Eleanor and Hillary did the same.
How is it a need to still be in the limelight? Wasn't she invited to speak? No Value SP
'Self-professed forever first lady' Aren't they always First Lady?
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What in the world is the big deal about forever first lady and former first lady when we have a resident of the WH that thinks covfefe is a real word.
Get a life people
Isn't she actually a dude?
No more than you are a women. You aren't.... are you?
Michelle Obama is an average looking woman. There are photos of her where she looks very pretty, imo. Because she 5'11", she sometimes looks a little gangly, as tall women can do. Big deal. As for her "big butt", they are a dime a dozen.
I don't know, let me check....
A written report will do just fine.
Yeah, I think I have most of the required equipment.
So not all the naughty bits were shot off in the war?
Good. And I think that Michelle does too for a female.
Wouldn't you like to be sure?
Would you change you mind if you found out she had the wrong tackle?
Someones feeling emasculated by a strong woman who looks like she could kick most whiny little sexists asses.
To answer your question, no, I wouldn't care, transgender Americans have as much right to first ladies as anyone else. But you already know that's not the case. Some people feel the need to lash out with ridiculous insults when they are frightened by strong women that make their nether's shrink faster than swimming nude in the arctic.
"Would you change you mind if you found out she had the wrong tackle?"
Not at all. Would you ??
When I was young, I was the only girl in our neighborhood. I was basically and only child, as my Brother lived most of the time with my Maternal Grandparents. Thus, in order for me to have playmates I had to learn to defend myself with the boys I played with. I had to be able to give back as good a I got, and then some. Some of them I sent home in tears, but, not intentionally.
As I grew older I found that working and doing business in a man's world was not an easy thing to do, as a large part o the men thought that a woman should not be dealing in their industry. However, I never backed down I gave a firm handshake to let them know I was no delicate flower, and did not intimidate easily. I proved that I kept my word and came through as I promised. I made no excuses for myself and accepted none. In the process, I earned a lot of respect from those who had once looked down on me. I worked hard to earn it, and gave it where it was deserved.
So it is not surprising that women like Michelle and the other First Lady's have earned the respect of the people, not only here in the US, but, around the world. No one has the right to look down on them, other than just to hate for the sake of hate.
And if that is all people like that give, then that is all that they will get back ten fold.
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Well she looks average to you. To each their own I guess.
I think she is beautiful.
Are you actually a dude?
"Once a Marine, always a Marine."
"Once a First Lady, always a First Lady."
Same thing.
Barbara Bush was always considered a First Lady until the day she died, (may she RIP). Same with Nancy Reagan, Laura Bush...etc. etc. etc...
I think that's what Michelle Obama was saying. IMO.
Exactly. However, there are those here who simply have to find something to b*tch about and find fault with since it is Michelle Obama. She is no different than any other First Lady's who left the WH when their husband's time in office was done. And her reference to forever a First Lady is no different than any of the other First Lady's who carried on with their programs they started while in the WH, however, many here just HAVE to find fault with Michelle for the obvious reasons. Which are totally unfair and totally bigoted.
True. For 8 years we heard the right wing attack her looks, her gender, her kids, her skin color, her husband....anything and everything she did. Her platform...her cause, if you will? Getting kids to eat healthy and exercise and the right wing came unhinged about it. I can understand not caring much for a first lady but the vituperative language coming from the right wing was frankly embarrassing and appalling.
Small people with hate in their hearts can never think larger than their bigotry and hate. And the really sad part is, they cling to it and continue to foster it throughout their entire lives.
And they defend their hate and bigotry in the name of their God and Christianity.
I really wonder how Jesus would feel about that.
I don't think you really are.
I think Jasper might have created the most successful "prove a point" article yet.
I see a whole lotta jump to conclusion responses in this thread.
The current supposed First Lady has shown herself to be nothing more then a Plastic Barbie Doll standing next to Trump. A Pink Swiss Plastic Swatch. Granted she refuses to hold his hand most of the time, but she has no spine or VOICE of her own. Even if with a phony smile! With what Donald is going through if it were Barack you can be damned sure if it were Michelle we'd be hearing about it. Instead we wonder, if she is even a human being...or just an accessory Donald wears?
Yes, Bill and Hillary went through it (though not with paid off porn stars and playboy bunny's and ...well...ask Cohen...) and ultimately they found a way to repair their marriage and I respect that, but Hillary was not just a Plastic Doll standing beside him!
Michelle Obama is the last First Lady. Right now the job is still waiting to be filled.
No sir. Melania is the first lady. Even Mrs. Bush was called former first lady.
Michelle Obama is Forever First Lady
Michelle Obama is an average looking woman. There are photos of her where she looks very pretty, imo. Because she 5'11", she sometimes looks a little gangly, as tall women can do. Big deal. As for her "big butt", they are a dime a dozen.
AVERAGE! I am 61 years old and have been so lucky to have lived through to the terms of two of the of the classiest, most dignified and most beautiful First Ladies in American History, the incomparable Jackie Kennedy and the no one even come close second Michelle Obama!
The person who is married to Donald Trump has a chance to come close to joining those two if she would actually become a First Lady, but sadly she is showing no signs of doing so. She is nothing more then a paper doll. If she became a human being then she could become a First Lady. A First Lady has to be a real person and she is not. Donald Trump puts her on and off like he selects a particular watch or pair of shoes to wear and she puts up with it and the same applies to their son. Look at his face. His face is blank and his eyes are hollow. He is a pair of cuff links to his father.
No.
The correct term is former First Lady, not Forever First Lady.
Can you show one example of any other First Lady in history referring to themselves as Forever First Lady, or anyone else referring to them in that way?
Jackie Kennedy was too aloft. You know, she didn't smile much and she was only first lady for about two years.
no
She will always be a Forever First Lady
You don't like it - you can lump it.
'Can you show one example of any other First Lady in history referring to themselves as Forever First Lady, or anyone else referring to them in that way?'
Why the fuck should I pardner? Now git along little doggie.
'no'
YES
YES
So she is a FORMER First Lady--just like Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton.
The phrase appears to have been coined by the entertainer Nick Cannon in May of 2017 at a similar event and has spread on social media.
look, I don't give a shit what others call her--I will call her by what she IS--a former First Lady.
no
You asked, I answered.
If you don't give a shit, why did you ask?
YES
'So she is a FORMER First Lady--just like Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton.'
It doesn't matter what a 37-year-old rapper/entertainer wants to call Michelle Obama, because he doesn't create protocol. Michelle Obama and all of her predecessors are referred to as a former first lady, not forever first lady.
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Don't derail my seed with that crap.
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Do you realize how incredibly freaking stupid that is? That anyone who would believe such garbage is
We understand how some folks are 'ascairt and intimated by intelligent, beautiful, strong WOMEN.
Yes I do. But its funny.
Do you realize how incredibly freaking stupid that ungrateful POS Obama calling herself the "forever first Lady" is?
Excuse me. I guess I should have been more specific. A rapper or whatever he is doesn't really count to me. No journalists, newscasters, politicians, or former First Ladies have said anything similar. Probably because the rest of the world is too smart for that.
Asked and answered.
Now your'e qualifying a multimillionaire's comments and moving the goal posts? That's the best you can do?
SMH
Asked and answered?
And I acknowledged your answer.
Just because you don't like my answer doesn't mean anything.
A First Lady is referred to as a former First lady when her husband is no longer the acting President.
And that ain't going to change just because some yahoo is in love with Michelle Obama.
Nick Cannon certainly qualifies as "anyone else", does he not?
Yes or No?
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I think any First Lady is forever after treated with the same respect and acknowledged as being a First Lady. Here, I assume she is saying that she stood for certain issues when she and her husband were in the White House, and they still do. If it means something else, I missed it. Not sure why it would be newsworthy.
Meh, she will always have the title, like all the other first ladies.
As soon as Trump either resigns, is impeached or shockingly finishes his first term Melania will forever be the first former nude model and former first lady. So I guess the Republicans win with another "first" they can add to their legacy. They now already own the First reality TV show host President which must make them just so proud...
Melaria will forever be the first lady of the evening.
Melania
And, Michelle, will be known to have the biggest ass!
Without an ounce of fat on it. With that gluteus maximus she could crack walnuts, or wingnuts if they keep trying to disparage her gorgeous physique from their trailer park lawn couches.
Jealousy will get you nowhere Mango!
lol
No fat? What was it made of?
Gorgeous physique? You are kidding, right?
It's called muscle, or do people not have any where you live? Ever seen Venus or Serena Williams, that isn't junk in the trunk, it's all power. Michelle's a runner and lifts weights. It's sad that some can't see the beauty in strength or other body types, but obviously you're blinded by something. You told me in another thread "don't let anyone every convince you that minorities are peachy clean. They have their ways." so it's obvious you hold some deep seated prejudices and you really don't care. That's fine, that's your prerogative, but don't expect anyone with more than half a brain to agree with such filthy hate just because you "Faced personal racism four times" in your life. Removed for skirting the CoC "BF"
No one, not even you nor I, knows why Michelle Obama's rear end is the way it is. Although your comment indicates that you adore Michelle Obama's body, you're getting very off topic by demeaning people you disagree with. Stop it.
Removed for context {SP} and you aren't going to do anything?
Actually, I think it is hilariously funny. He told me about the Williams' sisters whose success is In their asses! Well, in their case, thank God for well structured asses.
Michelle's official clothing always tried to cover her "well sculptured ass". Oh, but I am such a racist! Even her paid for dressers tried to hide it.
Still on the asses thing? You have to control your jealousy of Michelle Obama's ass, Mango, it isn't healthy!
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That was definitely going too far. I think it will be removed for skirting at the very least.
What do you suggest I should have done about Dismayed Patriot's opinions of people? I am not a NT moderator. In comment 15.2.6 , I told him to stop, and as a seeder, that's the best moderation I can do. If you don't like what he said, report him.
I did.
It seemed that was the exact direction the Michelle Obama haters had taken, demeaning her and her body because they hate her and her husband. I apologize if I got too personal. I am a passionate defender of our former President and his wife because they deserve a level of respect that those on the right have never shown them and the only reason I can see for such vitriol is the most obvious one of which Mag was essentially admitting too. I often see righteous indignation from the right when Donald or Melania are attacked even though they have earned no reason for respect and are nothing but a slimy reality TV show host past his prime and an ex-nude model trophy wife. Barack and Michelle are a model American family, Michelle being a graduate of Princeton and Harvard law school and an associate Dean of student services at the University of Chicago and the Vice President for Community and External Affairs at the University of Chicago Medical Center and can trace her family back to her great great grandfather who was a slave on a pre-civil war South Carolina plantation. She has became a role model for women, an advocate for poverty awareness, education, nutrition, physical activity and healthy eating and has been married to her first and only husband Barack for nearly 30 years. I find her detractors are nothing but petty jealous bigots who attempt to caricature her as a militant black panther or an uneducated ape because they themselves feel threatened by her class, education and sophistication that they could never match, and nothing pisses off bigots like what they see as an "uppity" minority. This entire seed was started as an obvious attempt to demean and vilify her as somehow unworthy or less than other first ladies, which I admit, rubbed my rhubarb the wrong way.
I understand why you feel that way, because Trump haters do the same thing to him and his family. Neither "side" is right. Perhaps you should mull on that.
We've digressed from the point of my seed's article:
Bye!