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1、MichelleObamaattheDemocraticconventionIfyoubuiltthat,stillsaythankyouSep5th2012,5:00byD.R.
2、CHARLOTTEAMERICANfirstladiesoccupyanoddposition,somewhereontheregalextremitiesofapresidentialsystemthatgivesthecountryacrossbetweenachiefexecutiveintheOvalOffice,andanelectedmonarch.Apolitician’swifewh
3、oisnotapolitician,expectedtousetheprivilegeofherpositiontoadvanceonlythemostwholesome,patrioticcauses(reading,childhoodobesity,thewelfareofmilitaryfamilies),afirstladymaystill—withskillandguile—beusedasaneffectivepartisanweapon.Atlastweek’sRepublicanconventioninTampa,AnnRomneyperformeduseful
4、serviceinvouchingforthehumanity,decency,trustworthinessandhardworkofherhusbandMitt.Itwasnotground-breakingoratory,butbecausethehumanityofMrRomneyhadbeenunderattackfromhisopponents,theevidentsincerityofherlovefortheRepublicanpresidentialcandidatehadsomepower.OnTuesdaynightinCharlotte,astheDem
5、ocratsopenedtheirconvention,MichelleObamadeliveredamuchmoreobviouslypoliticalspeechthatdidseveraldifferentthings.Firstly,itsoughttoharnesstheadvantageofincumbencytodefendMrObama’spatriotism,thatofhisadministrationand(morequietly)thatofhisalliesinthebroaderDemocraticmovement.Inhermostqueenlym
6、anner,thefirstladytalkedoftheprivilegeandhonourofmeetingmilitaryfamilies,braveciviliansand“woundedwarriors”asapresidentialconsort—playingupMrObama’srecordasawarpresidentwhobroughttroopshomefromIraqandwhokilledOsamabinLaden.Matchingpraisefor“teachersinanear-bankruptschooldistrictwhovowedtokee
7、pteachingwithoutpay”wasmoreofapresentfortheDemocraticbase,inwhichteachersandmembersofpublic-sectorunionsangryatspendingcutsloomlarge.Thesesectionswerefine,butnothingspecial.Secondly,shedeliveredaseriesofnakedlypartisanswipesattheprivilegedbackgroundandcompetenceofMrRomney,herhusband’schallen
8、ger,andthesebitswerenotverygood.Thusshestressed,clunkingly,howsheandherhusbandwere“bothraisedbyfamilieswhodidn’thavemuchinthewayofmoneyormaterialpossessions”,butmadeupforitwithlove,self-sacrificeandambitionfortheirchildren—unlike(weweresupposedtoco
