Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Michelle Obama in Colorado Springs

Even if I missed Barack Obama among 150,000 people in Denver on Oct. 26, I got to see Michelle Obama among 3,000 people in Colorado Springs Oct. 28. The beginning of her speech is below, with Part 2 here and Part 3 here (ran out of memory before the end of the speech). You can also see an antiwar protest outside the auditorium here, and Catholic anti-abortion protesters facing off with Obama supporters here. Sen. Ken Salazar spoke prior to Michelle Obama's speech.

3 comments:

Ruth said...

I like her. Rhetoric from the mouths of Michelle and Barack may be rhetoric, but I believe that they want to help people. How far will that go? We'll see, I hope we'll get to see. But it's sad to think how the job will hollow him out.

Sharon said...

You know, this is one of those times when I don't care if it ends up just being political rhetoric or myth; we NEED this. We need to believe in something collectively, we need hope and change. We need to be inspired to be our better selves and to sit up and pay attention. So I'm holding my breath.

How incredibly cool to have been there. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Loring Wirbel said...

Not that I want to seem like an ingrate or anything, but Barack in Pueblo on Saturday, Sarah coming back to the Springs with Hank Williams Jr on Monday, Michelle comes to Littleton on Monday - ATTENTION! CANDIDATES! One-third of Colorado citizens have already voted! This wooing to the nth level is getting seriously old, y'all....