Blog Buzz: Michelle Obama's Speech A "Home Run" and Other Convention Buzz; Barack Obama Fights Back Against Bill Ayers Connection
Michelle Obama was a hit the first night of the DNC, and Barack Obama releases an ill-timed ad
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Michelle Obama Lights Up the Pepsi Center
Michelle Obama's speech last night made a big splash, and the consensus among bloggers is that she was a hit. Arianna Huffington and former Hillary Clinton spokesperson Howard Wolfson call it a "home run," and Fox News's Juan Williams teared up talking about it. Other bloggers say it was "fearless" and that Michelle Obama "flourished". She successfully delivered an authentic, passionate speech that emphasized her love for her country and her family, inspired viewers, and helped counter Republican attacks that the Obamas are out-of-touch elitists. At The National Review, bloggers analyze the keys to the speech's success and some wonder where her new patriotic rhetoric came from; they weren't big fans of the post-speech music selection, either. Karl Rove wasn't a fan in general.
Tell us what you thought of the speech.
The Obama-Ayers Connection: Does It Exist?
Barack Obama has released an ad responding to a third-party ad that links Obama with radical antiwar activist Bill Ayers. While Obama maintains that he has no real relationship with Ayers, conservative bloggers say that he does and he is in a "full-blown panic." Obama has issued a petition to the Department of Justice requesting a criminal investigation of the "American Issues Project," the organization through which the ads are financed. Conservative bloggers say the petition is a "foolish attempt to stop the criticism" and that soon everyone will know the true nature of his relationship with an "unrepentant former terrorist bomber." One blogger wonders about the strange timing of the ad.
Last Night's Speeches: Too Much Fluff, Too Little Punch?
After the speeches on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, some bloggers wonder why there were few attacks on President Bush or John McCain. Many liberal bloggers agree that it wasn't the night for "attack, attack, attack," but some think it's time for Obama to "tear down" McCain's image. Both liberal and conservative bloggers expect more aggressive attacks the next three nights.
—Gretchen Hannes
Reader Comments
The Real Michelle Obama
Mrs. Michelle Obama is a woman who represents all of us in america of today. She to me is what the late Mrs. Jackie Kennedy was in her day, time and era for our country. A woman with grace, character, lover of good and sound family values.
She is one who seeks not to compete with her husband but is willing to stand with and by her husband's side and this is what america needs and has been needing for a very long time....A breath of fresh air.
From a first lady to a first lady,,,,stand by your man because I'm standing and supporting mine.
So, YOU GO GIRL!
Where are the feminists in the Democratic party
I am shocked to see this bitterness and constant news bashing of John Mccains VP pick. I thoght we were a party who wanted women to be escalated to the highest office. Now we are standing back and watching this women be drug through the mud by the media. I feel more and more the democratic party is leaving the heart of America. I for one would rather focus on what this obviously intelligent woman can do for our Country than hear all day long that her husband was cited with a DUI in his youth. Remember our Presidential Candidate tampered in his youth with Cocaine, which I would think would be more worrisome than the VP nominees husband DUI in 1986!!! I know Katie Couric and Brian Williams have to be sooo exhausted from campaigning for Barak and they may not be thinking straight, but they are turning alot of us off with their retoric, not to mention the Newspapers. I guess our party is just not ready for any woman to lead. What a pity!!!
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