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MA Gov Deval Patrick, Romney's cleanup man,

Posted: Sep 4, 2012

and fired the crowd up BIGTIME, with standing ovations, one after the other, and nonstop applause. Would love to see him back in DC again.

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And then came Michelle. OMG! sm - JTBB

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She was awesome!

She just floated out on stage and connected every one - first to her, then to each other and

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finally to the President, at times bringing both men and women to the verge of tears, all of them nodding in agreement, smiling, cheering, applauding, yet pensive and resolute, all at once...and all she had to do is be herself, gracious, eloquent and down to earth. Brilliant.

And the worship of the Obamas continues... - sm

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Perhaps Michelle can continue to attack obesity and American's health issues while Barack smokes and drinks his special beer.

You have no power to get a rise out of any of us - from now until November.

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There's too much work to be done, making sure the vote gets out and that our First Family gets their second term, four more years they have earned and more than deserve. The time has come to climb out of the mud pit and into the light.

What she said!!!!! nm - JTBB

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I like her so much, I stayed up just to see her. My other - favorite was heroine Lilly Ledbetter.

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Those 10 years of her life defined by her fight all the up through the courts cannot have been pleasant. Tough lady. Powerful speech.

Not in me to worship anyone, but I do like them. BTW, - also liked how she looked in that pretty dress.NM

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as well it should - sm

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Not a thing wrong with combating obesity. Not a thing wrong with all things in moderation. I eat organic, and I smoke. Drives you crazy, doesn't it?

Not really. We have freedom - sm

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to do those things. Just like I have freedom to do my daily exercise and then go to Taco Bell and get a grilled stuff burrito. LOL

My only thought about your comment would be...how in the world do you afford that? I've looked at organic food and the price is outrageous. Let alone the price of a pack of cigarettes. So thankful I don't smoke. I'd go broke.

freedom - sm

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There is a Whole Foods nearby. The food there does not cost more than in a standard market. That's all I care to share about the way I spend my money, your disingenuous commentary notwithstanding.

A fairly nice exchange, then it crashed. Keep trying. - I just WISH I had a Whole Foods. NM

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Why is it - that

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you refer support for Obama as worship? I don't know people who worship Obama, just support him.

And while she spoke, - B.O. was at home getting

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"all misty-eyed."

Yep, that's exactly what he said - he would be doing.

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Can't imagine him doing that, but he claimed he would.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/09/obama-i-start-getting-all-misty-watching-michelle-134321.html

perhaps you'd prefer the Governor of California - banging the help?

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I would certainly be tearing up if I were to see my spouse speaking before the nation on my behalf (howsoever unlikely that may be).

or Pres. Clinton doing you-know-what - with the interns?

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Then Hillary would be tearing up.

I can see him getting misty eyed. He and Michelle - are good people with a good marriage, and

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we've known him to start to cry in public twice that I remember. Once was at a small gathering when he was talking about running for president; Michelle knew he was thinking of what it would mean to his family and went over and hugged him, and they both ended up having to pull themselves back together. The other was the day he was elected president and spoke briefly about his grandmother, who had died just the day before.

Missed it by design. Did she perchance tell us (sm) - Texan

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that we are all "connected" through ownership by government? Glad I missed it.

still beating that drum? - sm

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Not even the video you reference says we are owned by the government. Does honesty mean nothing to you?

Absolutely! Michelle's speech was... - Cassie

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....an absolute barnburner!! I thought she would be good.....I didn't realize HOW good.

The Dems did a fabulous job on this first night.

Diverse audience head gear spotting: Bandanas, caps, hijabs, - kippahs, turbans,

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Loved, loved, loved it.

I know. My husband commented that... - (Cassie)

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...he didn't remember seeing any turbans at the convention last week.

The diversity at the DNC is beautiful to see....looks like "America," to me. :-)

Exactly! Looks like America to me too. Well, most of it. - We are in rural North Georgia now, and the most

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diverse place around is probably the nearest regional Walmart, a meeting place of peoples. :)

Tomorrow -- - Fact Check!

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Knock yourself out. Get back to us after you come up - with a big fat goose egg. nm

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They don't fact check their own. - sm

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They merely fact check and spin for the other party while praising their own. Gee...doesn't everyone just LOVE Michelle. She so gets it. That is why she has no problem spending our money on luxury vacations. She totally gets the heartache of those who can't afford a meal while she serves up food for the homeless wearing shoes that cost over $500. She totally gets those people who cannot afford a good education for their kids while her kids enjoy an excellent education at private school.

I get so tired of how the Obama's get it and the Romney's don't. If the Obama's really got it, they would show more respect for our taxpayer dollars and try and spend as little as they can until they fix our economy. If I were in the WH, I would feel absolutely guilty spending taxpayer dollars to go to a broadway show in NY while I knew my country was suffering economically.

They may have come from a poorer background than the Romney's...but their success in life has blinded them to what their lives used to be and how people are suffering now. So..take another vacation, have another beer summit, go for another round of golf, etc. As Pres Obama said...we must all make sacrifices. So...when do the Obama's make theirs?

The Obamas.... - Cassie

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...DID pay their dues. They've made sacrifices. You must've missed the part of Michelle's speech where she talked about their backgrounds.

As a Democrat, I don't begrudge ANYONE making money and spending lots of it. There's not a thing wrong with earning money. There's not a thing wrong with wearing expensive clothes that you've earned the money to buy.

There's also not a thing wrong with having the opinion that someone who has never known want and has never known financial struggle or sacrifice might not have the kind of empathy for the struggling middle class that we want making decisions for us. Don't you think we have the right to make that call and decide which candidate we want to vote for, as do you?

I don't have a problem with the Obama's - sm

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spending their own money. It is the amount of taxpayer dollars they have spent with their vacations, outings, etc. If you have the money, by all means...spend all you want...but don't spend mine as well.

How many times has Ann Romney been criticized for not getting it because she wore a blouse that cost a lot of money? I hear people on here dog her all the time because she has spent HER money on things.

Just because someone came from a poorer background and has lived the American Dream...doesn't mean they have the formula to make the rest of country prosper. For 1, you cannot spent your way out of debt. For 2, you cannot afford to provide everything for everyone no matter how much you tax the rich.

This whole campaign based on hope is false hope. As the old saying goes, you can hope in way hand and crap in the other and see which one fills up faster.

Hmmm, I haven't done the full.... - Cassie

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...research, but I was under the impression that personal, family vacations were paid for by the First Families themselves....in this case, the Obamas. I think I've heard that specifically about their trips to Hawaii when they go strictly for family occasions and personal vacations--that the Obamas pay for their own costs. Again, though--I haven't done any "investigation" about that.

If the Romneys happen to become the First Family, do you suppose they're going to pay out of their own pockets for every function the White House puts on, every event they host in a presidential capacity, things like the White House Easter Egg Roll, Christmas tree lighting, etc? Granted, some of these events are festive and "fun"; but unless they want to shut them down completely, these are things that have traditionally been done by both Dem and Repub administrations.

Are there specific "vacations, outings, etc.," that you have in mind that the Obamas have been on which you and I have paid for as taxpayers? Yes, taxes pay for Secret Service protection and Air Force One wherever the president goes, but it has been thus for a long, long time....not just under the Obamas. "We" paid for a lot of Sec Serv and AF1 flights for every brush-clearing trip to the Crawford ranch for the Bushes. Did you object to those, too?

BTW, I, for one, have NEVER criticized Ann Romney's expensive clothes or other things. If I had her money, I'd wear beautiful clothes and have other niceties of life, too. I don't begrudge the Romneys the money they've earned, whether it be by laboring for it or earning it on honest investments. That doesn't change my mind, though, about feeling that they don't have a clue about what it means to worry about having enough money to buy groceries 'til the end of the month.

Maybe you - should

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also check to see that the other presidents, both parties, have all spent our tax dollars on vacations. Actually, I believe GW spent more than any of them.

Blah, blah, blah...... - Fizzzzzzz.

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FLOTUS is loved and respected here and abroad. Approval rating of 66% puts you in the minority. Sounds like sour grapes to me.

"Sour grapes" are the exact words that - came to my mind, too. (n/m)

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nm

"""Liars, actors, Communists, Marxists, Fascists, - scam artists come to mine.

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Buy why on earth? Awful as reality is, it's paradise in - comparison with your hopeless notions. SM

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Even a little widening of your reading to include some of the mainstream sources you can find fairly acceptable will make you much happier. Maybe volunteer with a group working to make things better in your community? Fun, and you'll be working with good people who know they can make a difference.

FactCheck is nonpartisan, as is Politifact - nm

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Aww...she wore pink - is that code for something?

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Ask Chris Matthews - he knows code.

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It think it stands for pretty in this case. Admit it, she - looked very nice. :)

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gorgeous dress! - (sometimes a color is just a color)

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is this the degree to which your partisans have declined? You think there is subterfuge in a color?

Code Pink! - SM

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Wow...what a speech! - sm

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I'd feel much better about it if each American didn't have a $51,000,000 debt cloud over their head! No mention of jobs, deficit, responsibility or this tiny thing called A $16,000,000,000 DEFICIT!!

Weren't touched at all by her admiration for their dad - with MS, struggling to go to work

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and come home each day? His pride in being able provide for his family? I read that their family of 4, including that very large older brother, lived in a 1-bedroom apartment, a very close family in all ways. :)

That story would mean much more to me - sm

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if they were encouraging people to do the same. Work any job you can to pay the bills and care for your kids. Don't stay home because a job is beneath you while you collect a check for government cheese. If the Obama's are so proud of the hard work that their parents did, why do they punish the successful...telling us we didn't built that. If more people didn't expect entitlements, perhaps they would have the pride her father did and get off of their butts and be self reliant. I cannot imagine a hard working man person would endorse those who want a nanny state and that is what we are becoming.

All I heard was how - Trigger Happy

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Obama is going to help Big Government and Government Jobs. How are you going to help normal every day people like myself, Michelle? Her speech may have been likable and inspiring but what value does it have since we heard this stuff 4 years ago. Time for real change, not empty promises.

Sorry, Gov. Patrick - you've been upstated on this thread by M.O.

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Not quite. There's no top dog under the big tent. - Room enough for all contributions

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big or small, each appreciated for what they have to bring to the table. Patrick can write his own ticket, or not, after tonight. His choice, of course.

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