One of the best, most moving, intimate, rousing, humble, and beautiful speeches I’ve heard from a convention platform. Maybe she should be running for president. — Andrew Sulllivan, Atlantic Monthly
Michelle’s historic speech tonight was the first step in an end-around against the Republican attack machine. Her words and manner made it so those who might seek to politically debase her, her children or her husband, will be instantly and ironically exposing themselves and their crippled ethics. At tonight’s convention, this election became more clearly defined as a battle between hope and despair. I’m just inspired and ready to fight back fear, embrace goodness, stand up to the dark side, and reclaim some terrain for civilization. Obama’s the real deal, comes by once a generation, maybe. We’ll see if there’s enough smart people left in America to elect him. — UsofA comments on The Huffington Post
Here’s the obligatory Oscar relevance, and view the opposing point of view from Fox News after the cut.
“I stand here today at the crosscurrents of that history,” said Obama, in what may have been the best part of her speech, because of all it didn’t say, but hinted at, about exactly how caught she is in the midst of charged conversations about race and gender, “knowing that my piece of the American dream is a blessing hard won by those who came before me.” — Rebecca Traister, Salon.com
You won’t see me posting many video clips from Fox News, but when they’re right, they’re right:
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And a final movie-related note:
Miranda Priestly: But what you don’t know is that that sweater is not just blue, it’s not turquoise, it’s not lapis, it’s actually cerulean. You’re also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar De La Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves St Laurent, wasn’t it, who showed cerulean military jackets? I think we need a jacket here. And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of 8 different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it’s sort of comical how you think that you’ve made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you’re wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room.
