Michelle Obama gave one of the most powerful speeches I’ve ever heard and by the end of it, I was openly sobbing.
All that we have been missing for the past four years: empathy, loving concern, a fierce advocate for the nation's children, a mom-in-chief, Mrs. Obama was all that and so much more. I don’t how the cretin-in-chief will ever show his face in public again. But not only did she argue against “The Damn Fool,” but she also gave powerful reasons as to why Joe Biden is ready for the highest office.
A superb job, superbly done by a phenomenal woman.
For those of us who missed it, see for yourself:
People have taken issue with Mrs. Obama's advice of going high when others go low; tonight she not only explained how that mantra works, but she also demonstrated it.
So what do we do now? What’s our strategy? Over the past four years, a lot of people have asked me, “When others are going so low, does going high still really work?” My answer: going high is the only thing that works, because when we go low, when we use those same tactics of degrading and dehumanizing others, we just become part of the ugly noise that’s drowning out everything else. We degrade ourselves. We degrade the very causes for which we fight.
But let’s be clear: going high does not mean putting on a smile and saying nice things when confronted by viciousness and cruelty. Going high means taking the harder path. It means scraping and clawing our way to that mountain top. Going high means standing fierce against hatred while remembering that we are one nation under God, and if we want to survive, we’ve got to find a way to live together and work together across our differences.
And going high means unlocking the shackles of lies and mistrust with the only thing that can truly set us free: the cold, hard truth.
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