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herding cats

(20,056 posts) Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:06 PM Aug 2020

Michelle Obama!

Amazing, beautiful, brilliant, and empathetic!

Decency personified!

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Michelle Obama! (Original Post) herding cats Aug 2020 OP

"When they go low, we go high." raging moderate Aug 2020 #1

Oh, most definitely. herding cats Aug 2020 #4

an amazingly powerful speech LymphocyteLover Aug 2020 #2

I adore her! herding cats Aug 2020 #5

Mic Drop.. Cha Aug 2020 #3

Yes! herding cats Aug 2020 #6

I was surprised to find myself crying so much! Sogo Aug 2020 #12

Know, you're not alone. herding cats Aug 2020 #14

And we will win in November. Because IT IS WHAT IT IS. MFGsunny Aug 2020 #7

I desperately hope so!! herding cats Aug 2020 #8

Fiercely eloquent! Sogo Aug 2020 #9

Oh! I told my husband she's the matriarch of the Democratic Party. herding cats Aug 2020 #10

That was a fantastic speech peggysue2 Aug 2020 #11

She was, and I do feel it. herding cats Aug 2020 #13

That was powerful fuel for all of us peggysue2 Aug 2020 #15

raging moderate

(4,633 posts)

1. "When they go low, we go high."

Reply to herding cats (Original post)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:17 PM

Aug 2020

Yes, she is right. I think this is what Nietsche meant. "When you fight monsters, you must make sure you do not become a monster." I think it is like what John Lewis said. We have to look for a way to make good trouble.

herding cats

(20,056 posts)

4. Oh, most definitely.

Reply to raging moderate (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:22 PM

Aug 2020

Never take on the persona of the vileness of who you dislike. If you do, you lose.

She's an amazing role model for all of us.

LymphocyteLover

(10,151 posts)

2. an amazingly powerful speech

Reply to herding cats (Original post)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:19 PM

Aug 2020

wow-- it was gripping

herding cats

(20,056 posts)

5. I adore her!

Reply to LymphocyteLover (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:24 PM

Aug 2020

She kept me riveted to her every word. I wasn't at one moment disappointed. She laid Trump bare with a grace I'll never master.

Cha

(320,585 posts)

3. Mic Drop..

Reply to herding cats (Original post)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:20 PM

Aug 2020

Link to tweet

herding cats

(20,056 posts)

6. Yes!

Reply to Cha (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:25 PM

Aug 2020

Cha, did you enjoy tonight? I felt we did such an amazing job getting our message out in a moving way. Seriously, I cried several times!

Sogo

(7,303 posts)

12. I was surprised to find myself crying so much!

Reply to herding cats (Reply #6)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:38 PM

Aug 2020

I think the whole evening was so moving and such a return to decency and real normalcy that it was like a damn bursting for me. I couldn't hold it back!

herding cats

(20,056 posts)

14. Know, you're not alone.

Reply to Sogo (Reply #12)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:48 PM

Aug 2020

Many, many of us sprung leaks tonight. It was the kindness, empathy and general decency being shown. You're fine, you're actually just a decent person.

I didn't know how much I missed it until it was offered to me like that again. It brought me to my knees.

MFGsunny

(2,356 posts)

7. And we will win in November. Because IT IS WHAT IT IS.

Reply to herding cats (Original post)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:27 PM

Aug 2020

herding cats

(20,056 posts)

8. I desperately hope so!!

Reply to MFGsunny (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:30 PM

Aug 2020

Just imagine, this is night one, not even our biggest power hitters yet!

Sogo

(7,303 posts)

9. Fiercely eloquent!

Reply to herding cats (Original post)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:30 PM

Aug 2020

She exudes motherhood and makes you want to obey!!

Wow, wow, wow!!

herding cats

(20,056 posts)

10. Oh! I told my husband she's the matriarch of the Democratic Party.

Reply to Sogo (Reply #9)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:32 PM

Aug 2020

We were on the same page.

peggysue2

(12,597 posts)

11. That was a fantastic speech

Reply to herding cats (Original post)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:33 PM

Aug 2020

Think it's the best of the best. What a note to end the evening on.

Hope is soaring. Can you feel it??

herding cats

(20,056 posts)

13. She was, and I do feel it.

Reply to peggysue2 (Reply #11)

Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:41 PM

Aug 2020

I'm energized, and impassioned!

I'm already active in Joe's re-election campaign, but now I wish I could forgo sleep and do more!

peggysue2

(12,597 posts)

15. That was powerful fuel for all of us

Reply to herding cats (Reply #13)

Tue Aug 18, 2020, 12:08 AM

Aug 2020

The whole evening was remarkably strong. The Dems took a brand new format and made it work beautifully.

But Michelle? She rocked it out of the house!

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