A current meme on women running for President

By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.


This image has been making the rounds. . .it originated on Common Culture (or, they added their name to it).

But where's Senator Warren?? Like Hillary, she doesn't probably have a *huge* shelf life either. If anything like this scenario plays out, Hillary will be a one term President. She will go one and done. Which leaves Elizabeth Warren in 2020, possibly thwarting the interwoven double dynasties of the Houses of Clinton and Obama.

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Presidents, First Ladies and country stars

By Jack Brummet, C & W Ed.

Another Willie and Jimmy meetup

Richard Nixon sits in at the Grand Ole Opry

Kris Kristofferson and Darius Rucker meet FLOTUS

Waylon and his wife Jessi Colter meet FLOTUS Rosalynn Carter

Willie and Jimmy on the porch

Jimmy sits in with Willie

Jimmy Carter on the mouth harp

An earlier shot of Willie and Jimmy

Jimmy Carter wearing a headband on stage

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FLOTUS Michelle Obama blows off the barn doors

By Pablo Fanque, ATIT National Affairs Editor



I have lived under eleven First Ladies, from Mamie Eisenhower to Michelle Obama.  A few of them I had a good vibe from but nothing like how I've felt about Michelle Obama--from day one. And tonight?  Wow.  FLOTUS blew the doors off the barn and rocked the house. Is this great, or what? Wisdom, grace, a little bit of fire, sadness, love, warmth and devotion, with a theme of compassion and giving running through it like a river.  

At long, long last, the Democratic office holders, who have been sitting on their hands, finally came out swinging. We hear often from people like David Axelrod and James Carville and other partisan surrogates from the inner circle. Tonight, we saw people who actually face voters themselves slough away their timidity and come out swinging. Mayors Castro and Rahm Emanuel, Governors Patrick and O'Malley, Ex-Governor Ted Strickland. Finally. At last. Standing fast. Standing tall.


Ed's note 1 [editor-in-chief jack]:
OK. It just gets better after tonight. Or is this just the celebratory Bourbon talking? From Day One, I've thought the first lady is critical to BHO's success. And she has never failed to be just awesome every step of the way.
Ed's note [2] - from Rahm Emmanuel's speech tonight:

"There was no blueprint for how to manual for preventing in global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession all at the same time. Believe me, if it existed, I would have found it."

"Each crisis was so deep and so dangerous. Anyone of them would have defined another presidency. We faced a once in a generation moment in American history, and fortunately for all of us, we have a once in a generation president."

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Carla Bruni, Hillary Clinton, and Michelle Obama Measure Up

A Note From Mona Goldwater, Women's Editor

Jeff Clinton sent us this interesting image.  Exactly what are French First Lady Carla Bruni, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and US First Lady Michelle Obama measuring?

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digital art: The First Lady

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painting: First Lady

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Barack's dispatch on "The Speech" by Michelle Obama & the speech video

Barack sent an email to the faithful, or at least those of us who have signed up, about his wife's excellent speech last night. Interestingly, my wife Keelin thought Michelle's speech paled in comparison to Senator Clinton's the next night (I am just about to watch it, in case you thought this was some sort of Frenchified Real Time Blogging®). I'm not so sure...although Hillary is fully capable of hitting it out of the park for Obama. I think she probably will. Whatever you think of Hillary and The Clintons in general, I think you know in your heart of hearts she will come out slugging and she will come out hard-core and absolutely for Barack Obama. Let's face it...there are very few core values Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama do not share. Tonight's the night for her to convince that curmudgeonly, recalcitrant, and intractable 30% of her supporters that can't get behind nominee Obama that they would not only be betraying Clinton herself, but the Democratic Party, and everything they fought for as Obama supports as well. Hold tight; let's see.

Obama's email:

Jack -

I am so lucky to be married to the woman who delivered that speech last night.

Michelle was electrifying, inspiring, and absolutely magnificent. I get a lot of credit for the speech I gave at the 2004 convention -- but I think she may have me beat.

You have to see it to believe it.

And make sure to forward this email to your friends and family -- they'll want to see it too.

You really don't want to miss this.

And I'm not just saying that because she's my wife -- I truly believe it was the best speech of the campaign so far.

Barack

Here is the video of the speech, in case you missed it:


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I didn't want to talk about politics today - But Michelle Obama's speech changed that

I was thinking about folklore, aliens, or posting some poetry today. Instead, I wrote down all the childhood rhymes I could remember...and it turned out to be about 15 or so! It felt pretty good ignoring politics. I was feeling sluggish about politics in general, even though I've been a convention junkie since 1968. And then I listened to, and watched, Michelle Obama's speech tonight. Content: 100%; Tone: 100%; Inspiration: 100%. Was her speech the pivot of the entire Obama campaign? I don't know, but it felt like it was. And I wonder how he tops this magnificent oratory. Whoever wrote this speech, Barack, it's probably time to give them a serious bump. I came into this as a Michelle Obama doubter. I've watched her and read about her. Tonight she absolutely and forever convinced me she is the real deal.
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