Michelle Obama Goes After the Hillary Vote, Reaching out to Women

Michelle Obama spoke out Thursday on women's rights in a live webcast speech featured on the homepage of the Kansas City Star newspaper. The wife of Democratic candidate Barack Obama could prove to be an asset in her husband's effort to capture supporters of former competitor Hillary Clinton, many of them women inspired by Clinton's achievements.

Mrs. Obama acknowledged challenges to women's empowerment -- that 22 million working women don't have a single paid sick day, though most are primary breadwinners.

She then promised that Barack Obama would fight for seven paid sick days per year for all employees, and make sure that in Washington "we don't just talk a good game about family values but we actually develop policies."

Mrs. Obama's humor came through as she acknowledged her "famous Michelle Obama honesty" that "gets her in trouble from time to time."

She also quipped that she initially urged Barack Obama not to run for president, saying, "I thought politics was mean, rough business...not sure I feel any differently today."

Appealing to the many women in the crowd, Michelle Obama said that her resistance was due to concern for her daughters, saying "the last thing I wanted for my girls was to have their lives turned upside down."

Adding that "it broke my heart just to think about it," Michelle said she changed her mind when she decided "to take off my "ME" hat and put on my "CITIZEN" hat" and "started thinking more broadly about the world" she wanted to raise her daughters in."

Michelle Obama shows rare talent for public speaking, appearing at ease, confident and genuine in public.

She ended by asserting that she realized that "if that's the kind of word that I wanted for my girls, i had no choice but to work hard to make sure that a man like Barack Obama would be the next president of the United States."

This story was originally published on citizen journalism outlet GroundReport.com.

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Comments

[Demogrunt]

Yeah, she's a noble American who's making that extreme sacrifice for our country. I always knew this election wasn't about the Obama's, but about us, and our need to have a leader that can explain to us this thing called life, and why we all are so cynical and bitter. The Obama's know that we can't help it because it's the system's fault, but they will make us want to better ourselves. They will NEVER let us go back to being ourselves because they will mold us into what they want us to be. I feel absolutely terrible that I am so uninformed, and uninvolved.

I can't wait until the Obama's begin to tell everyone how they should live their lives. Barack will require everyone to work, and he will DEMAND that we shed our cynicism. All righty then. I guess Obama will have a new cabinet position in his administration in control of the thought police. This should be so much fun. Actually, no need to worry. He is going to lose the general election anyway. Better luck next time.

[seanosul]

A great First Lady to be.