My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my ‘blackness’ than ever before.
Millions of Americans who know that Barack understands their dreams; that Barack will fight for people like them; and that Barack will finally bring the change we need.
Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to have to move into a different place as a nation.
It’s hard to make speeches with your hair in your face!
I think that people are tired. They’re tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics.
We need to support Mary Burke for Governor!
Oh, I can’t play soccer, and I’m not a great swimmer. I won’t drown, but you won’t see me doing laps in a pool.
I hate fund-raising. Haaaaate it. Hate, hate it.
Barack didn’t pledge riches, only a life that would be interesting. On that promise he delivered.
Child hunger and child obesity are really just two sides of the same coin. Both rob our children of the energy, the strength and the stamina they need to succeed in school and in life. And that, in turn, robs our country of so much of their promise.
So we know that it’s not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it.
The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that’s what’s happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.
People want to feel hopeful.
Fashion is about so much more than just a pretty pair of pumps or the perfect hemline. For so many people across the country, it is a calling, it is a career, and it’s a way they feed their families.
Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country, because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback.
And then there’s this guy, Barack Obama, who lost – I could take up a whole afternoon talking about his failures, but – he lost his first race for Congress, and now he gets to call himself my husband.
I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.
I am desperate for change – now – not in 8 years or 12 years, but right now.
We’re going to have to change our traditions, our history.
And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago – by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.