Barack and Michelle Obama electrify Democrats but warn of tight race

[libertybele]

The words I bolded stuck out at me -- definitely IMHO a distinct selection of words.

Barack and Michelle Obama electrify Democrats but warn of tight race

Michelle and Barack Obama gave resounding endorsements of Kamala Harris on Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, exhorting party supporters across the US to turn out and vote to defeat Donald Trump in November.

"Hope is making a comeback," Mrs Obama told the crowd at the DNC in Chicago, echoing her husband's campaign promise of "hope and change".

In their back-to-back speeches, the Democratic Party's most popular figures praised Ms Harris, while excoriating Trump - whose presidency was characterised by "bluster and chaos", in the words of Mr Obama.

But the couple also warned their party not to lose sight of what remains an extremely tight race amid the enthusiasm for Ms Harris's campaign. They stressed the election would be decided in a handful of key swing states.

"Make no mistake, it will be a fight,” said the 63-year-old former president Mr Obama.

Michelle Obama, 60, stressed the point further. "We need to vote in numbers that erase any doubt," she said. "We need to overwhelm any effort to suppress us."

Mr Obama emphasised America's preparedness for a "new chapter", adding: "We are ready for a President Kamala Harris. And Kamala Harris is ready for the job."

The Obamas' appeal to Democrats to turn out in November exposed a deeper party anxiety about the narrow race between Ms Harris and Trump, who retains a tight hold on his loyal base of supporters across the country.

Ms Harris has a narrow lead in national polling averages but pollsters caution that the race remains a virtual tie in the handful of battleground states that will ultimately decide who wins under America's electoral college system..................

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2n1v4k4rzo

[catfish1957]

Last night was like a bad reoccuring dream, watching the most despicable POS punk POTUS spout his bulls shit, and veiled  decisiveness.

F him and Big Mike.

[mountaineer]

"We will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth.”  - Michelle Obama at DNC

https://twitter.com/akafacehots/status/1826357490755535275

[rangerrebew]

Michele Obama 'Suspicious of Those Who Take More Than They Need'
David Strom 10:00 AM | August 21, 2024
   

AP Photo/Erin Hooley
I can't even...

Yesterday I wrote about how shamelessness is a superpower, and I have to say that it is a wonder to behold.

As the Democrats gather in Chicago to experience the religious ecstasy of being surrounded by each other and sniffing their own farts, they are treated to speeches from elite hypocrites who pretend to be perfectly normal people.
 
Last night was the ol' HOPENCHANGE shtick, with Michele and Barack Obama babbling on about things they don't believe while Obama sycophants babble on about how their "spiritual voids" were filled by the Lightbringer.

An emotional high point was, apparently, Michelle's speech in which she blathered on about how very normal her family was and how they were egalitarians who were suspicious of rich people.

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/08/21/michele-obama-suspicious-of-those-who-take-more-than-they-need-n3793448#google_vignette

[catfish1957]

"We will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth.”  - Michelle Obama at DNC

https://twitter.com/akafacehots/status/1826357490755535275

Inherit?????

inherit /ĭn-hĕr′ĭt/
intransitive verb

1. To take (property) by law of descent from an intestate owner.
2. To receive (property) by will; receive by bequest or devise.
So who in the Obama family had $8.5M when they died?  (Since the legal term infers familal descent)

If this was a gifted trust, I hope the IRS made sure Obama/Big Mike made those >$18K payments (that's a bunch of them, to make it to $8.5M) with  proper  tax treatment.