Posted by
Black Knight on Sunday, January 13, 2008 11:40:41 PM
CHEER!!!
CHEER!!!
CHEER!!!
GO GET THEM MICHELLE!!!
GOOD FOR YOU!!!
"I know about the sense of doubt and fear about what the future holds, that keeps us hoping and waiting for a turn that will never come," she said. "There are a lot of doubters and naysayers out there talking about, 'I'm not sure America is ready for a black president.'"
But she declared that "we are more ready and prepared than we can ever know."
Greeted by a standing ovation when she took the stage at the opening of the Trumpet Awards - an event celebrating black achievement - she went on to criticize anyone who would "dismiss this moment as an illusion, a fairy tale" in an obvious reference to comments made by Bill Clinton, the spouse of her husband's main rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, who used the term "fairy tale" to refer to Obama's characterization of his position on the Iraq war.
Among that group, she included blacks who might be skeptical about whether Obama is electable. She pointed to his showing in Iowa and New Hampshire and said she is optimistic about his chances in the upcoming South Carolina Democratic primary - when the black vote will first factor into the election.
"We had a miraculous victory in Iowa," Michelle Obama said. "Ain't no black people in Iowa! Something big, something new is happening. Let's build the future we all know is possible. Let's show our kids that America is ready for Barack Obama right now."
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080114/D8U5B0EG0.html