We know that President Obama spent the week dismissing the Republican National Convention as a rerun, but if you thought San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro’s speech echoed Sen. Marco Rubio’s more than just a little bit, that was just a taste of things to come.
Michelle Obama trying to humanize Obama.
— ✟ Right Scoop ✟ (@trscoop) September 5, 2012
As pundits carefully judged “corporate wife” Ann Romney’s success in “humanizing” her husband Mitt at the RNC, who knew that the first lady would take a similar path, humanizing a man who’s been in office a full term. So, which candidate had worse furniture during his courtship? Does a coffee table from the dumpster trump a table made from a door propped up on sawhorses?
I knew Barack Obama didn't grow up rich, but never knew till tonight he'd gone dumpster diving for furniture and driven a rusted out car.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) September 5, 2012
First Lady says Barack Obama was a "guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he’d found in a dumpster" #DNC2012
— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) September 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/243178608351391745
"He was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he found in a dumpster" MrsO on @BarackObama. Point: Not Romney wealth.
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) September 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/FixAaron/status/243177689693954048
@MichelleObama says Barack used to pick her up in a car "that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by thru a hole"
— Norah O'Donnell ?? (@NorahODonnell) September 5, 2012
It's Ann and Mitt's tuna fish and pasta dinners versus Barack and Michelle's shitty car.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) September 5, 2012
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@daveweigel And now for another episode of "Who Did it Poorer." #DNC1012
— Nikki Schwab (@NikkiSchwab) September 5, 2012
Michelle playing the Barack-had-a-shitty-car card #DNC2012
— Dan Hirschhorn (@Inky_Dan) September 5, 2012
Rusty car and all… RT @DickMorrisTweet: #DNC2012 she loved the simple life. Lets send her back to it
— Eye on Politics (@EyeOnPolitics) September 5, 2012
Ann Romney used speech to try and convince folks Romneys can relate to mid class. Michelle Obama using time to claim Obamas dont resent rich
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) September 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/AiPolitics/status/243178877185302530
Obama's grandparents sent him to a swanky private school, don't insult me by asking me to believe they were poor. http://t.co/rvBpDMRz
— TLC (@TracyLConnors) September 5, 2012
Of course, Salon’s Joan Walsh points out that the Obamas’ humble past was authentic.
This is what it sounds like when someone who has experienced hardship talks about it — rather than someone who's only heard about it.
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) September 5, 2012
Michelle speech offers a devasting contrast of where the Obamas came from with Romney's privilege without uttering one nasty word. #DNC2012
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) September 5, 2012
Both candidates have certainly come a long way, though. You have to love success, right? As long as your success is “fair and square.”
"Success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square." – @MichelleObama
— Norah O'Donnell ?? (@NorahODonnell) September 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/m_mcaulay/status/243178905937272832
FLOTUS praises her and POTUS's families: "They didn't begrudge anyone else's success." Unlike, say, FLOTUS and POTUS. #DNC
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/TabithaHale/status/243179159164162048
"so many people had a hand in our success… and we were taught to value everyone's contribution" -Michelle Obama #DNC2012
— Dan Hirschhorn (@Inky_Dan) September 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/243179022731849728
Shorter Michelle: me & Barack were so poor…yet we managed to become multimillionaires while on the public payroll. Weird, huh? #DNC2012
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) September 5, 2012
Getting everyone to accept the Obama economy "Success isn't about how much money you make…"
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) September 5, 2012
You have to admit that, at some point, you’ve made enough money. You just didn’t think you’d reached that point yet. Now, can’t we all just get along, one nation under Barack?
“I love that for Barack, there’s no such thing as us & them—he doesn’t care whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above.”
— All On The Line (@allontheline) September 5, 2012
"For Barack there's no such thing as us or them" — OK, come on now
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) September 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/gopfirecracker/status/243181351409434624
"No such thing as us or them, Dem or Rep." PolitiFact, what say you?
— Robert Costa (@costareports) September 5, 2012
Funniest line of the night, "He doesn't care if you're a democrat or a republican." ~ Michelle Obama
— TLC (@TracyLConnors) September 5, 2012
I don't hold it against her. but I don't recognize the open-minded, bipartisan guy she's describing.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) September 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/m_mcaulay/status/243181589620723712
FLOTUS on POTUS: He moves with "patience and wisdom and courage and grace." Obamessiah is risen again! #DNC
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 5, 2012
No. RT @davidlimbaugh: Couldn't she have just stopped at the marginally good guy meme, instead of resurrecting the Messiah gig?
— Noel Sheppard (@NoelSheppard) September 5, 2012
Now, about that “incomplete” grade…
Michelle Obama: "Change is hard, and change is slow, and it never happens all at once. But eventually we get there, we always do." #DNC2012
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) September 5, 2012
"We're playing a long game, here." America: How long?
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) September 5, 2012
"we've got so much more transforming to do! America's still hobbling along on that dang capitalism despite our best efforts!" — #DNC2012
— Prudence Paine (@PruPaine) September 5, 2012
So, what were the overall impressions from the Right?
Glad Michelle had fun with Dave, Jimmy and Ellen but…glad ahe can so push-ups…but where are the jobs, Mommy???
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) September 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/243178128275542016
How is hearing about Michelle's childhood going to get 23 million people back to work?
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) September 5, 2012
BREAKING: After Michelle Obama's speech, Chris Matthews found dead of diver-tingle-itis.
— Burn, Democrat-Run Cities, Burn! (@NolteNC) September 5, 2012
So… are we supposed to ignore joblessness, high gas prices, drop in median income bc he helps his daughters w/ homework? "See?"
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) September 5, 2012
Shorter Michelle subtext: What Barack lacks in ability he makes up for by having good intentions and golfing a lot. #DNC2012 #p2
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) September 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/243181985080684544
This is one of the most insincere, patronizing things I've ever heard. Shockingly artificial.
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) September 5, 2012
FLOTUS: "Surely, we can keep on sacrificin'." We? #DNC
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 5, 2012
Michelle really hammering the support to gay marriage. Oddly she doesn't mention @BarackObama has done nothing for it except talk. #DNC2012
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) September 5, 2012
Michelle telling us how great Barack is because he supports same-sex marriage? What did she think of him last year? #evolve
— big tuna (@keder) September 5, 2012
Michelle equates winning American independence, sending man to the moon, civil rights, with voting for Barack Obama.
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) September 5, 2012
In vote-winning terms, this speech is one gigantic KER-CHING! #MichelleObama
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/TabithaHale/status/243183043035148290
https://twitter.com/STU_GBP/status/243183047787290625
Michelle gave a great 11 minute speech. Too bad it was stretched out to 45 minutes.
— Burn, Democrat-Run Cities, Burn! (@NolteNC) September 5, 2012
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