Starting the Conversation

Today I was driving home from work, and caught part of the Mitch Albom show. He was interviewing this lady, and I didn't know who it was. She talked over and over about how she was glad she ran, because she helped start the conversation, and she was glad a women or minority ran for President, because it helps start important conversations, and she was glad that a women or minority might be elected because that is the change we need.

For a while, I thought it was Granholm, the Governor of Michigan, who was talking about Hillary Clinton, who she strongly supported, and who was a women and who said "change we need" and who talked about starting the conversation. But it was not Granholm talking about Clinton. It was Michelle Obama.

Michelle Obama was talking about "change we need," about "starting the conversation," and about the importance of a women or minority in office. I was struck by how scripted her conversation and responses sounded, and also how smooth and nice she sounded as she talked about blah and blah. If I was an idiot and only heard pretty sounds, she might have convinced me to vote for her (or her husband). But I'm not, and all I heard was someone thieving from someone else because they know their own ideas are not acceptable to the voting public.