Sunday, October 27, 2024

Michelle Obama Pleads in MI: 'Take Our Lives Seriously'

Michelle Obama challenged men to support Kamala Harris bid to be America's first female president, warning at a rally in Michigan on Saturday that women's lives would be at risk if Donald Trump returned to the White House. The former first lady described the assault on abortion rights as the harbinger of dangerous limitations on healthcare for women.

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Some men may be tempted to vote for Trump because of their anger at the slow pace of progress, Obama said, but "your rage does not exist in a vacuum."

"If we don't get this election right, your wife, your daughter, your mother, we as women will become collateral damage to your rage," Obama said. "So are you as men prepared to look into the eyes of the women and children you love and tell them you supported this assault on our safety?"

"I lay awake at night wondering, What in the world is going on?'" she said.

Her voice vibrating with emotion, Obama talked about the struggle for women to understand and care for their own bodies, whether it's their menstrual cycles or menopause. And she spoke about the dangers of childbirth, when a split-second decision can mean the difference between life and death for a mother and her baby.

"I am asking y'all from the core of my being to take our lives seriously," Obama pleaded.

[Obama's] remarks were searing and passionate in their support of Harris.

"By every measure, she has demonstrated that she's ready," the former first lady said. "The real question is, as a country, are we ready for this moment?"

Obama added, "Do not buy into the lies that we do not know who Kamala is or what she stands for. This is somebody who understands you, all of you."

It's going to be glorious if indeed women lead this nation away from the vileness of Trump, one of the most unrepentant, misogynistic, sexually assaulting reprobate to ever win a major party nomination.

Regardless of what the men do, this election will be decided by women, the class who has the most to lose should Trump win the presidency again. And Trump is running the most anti-woman campaign perhaps in American history, but certainly since women have had the right to vote. And more women vote than do men so which demographic is most important?

Yeah, he's quite the stable genius after all.

#1 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-27 09:00 AM

I wonder if/when the Retort's woman hater will weigh in on this?

#2 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-27 09:24 AM

Related:

Liz Cheney Is Certain That Kamala Harris Will Win

"Kamala Harris is going to be the next president of the United States."

I wasn't surprised by the prediction - Cheney is campaigning energetically for Harris to defeat Trump - but I was struck that the former vice chair of the Jan. 6 House select committee did not primarily argue that threats to democracy would lift Harris to victory.

Rather, she said that in her conversations with independent and undecided voters, what is really moving them into Harris's corner was "what a second Trump term would mean for the women of this country." She specifically cited the draconian Republican bans and limits on reproductive health care and other medical needs that have led to traumatic and disabling injuries for pregnant women in Texas and other states with bans in place.

She said she thought women would rally against Trump in enormous numbers, seeing him as a fundamentally cruel and depraved person who did not care about their health, rights or well-being.

#3 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-27 09:33 AM

This reeks of desperation.

Hey, Michelle.

Your hubby tried the guilt ga,e and it fell flat. You're no5 going to fare any better.

#4 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-10-27 06:00 PM

Kate Sullivan
@KateSullivanDC
Speakers at Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden have so far called Harris "the antichrist" and "the devil," called Hillary Clinton "a sick son of a bitch," railed against "------- illegals," and referred to Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage."

x.com

#5 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-10-27 06:02 PM

'Take Our Lives Seriously'

I had to read this article twice after initially thinking she was referring to black people. But, this could not be the case as black people are the ones typically being aborted. But women? Big Mike?

#6 | Posted by deadman at 2024-10-27 10:42 PM

deadhead we get it you like to think Michelle is a man.

Thing is that makes you gay.

#7 | Posted by Tor at 2024-10-27 11:07 PM

"Thing is that makes you gay.
#7 | Posted by Tor"

How so? I look at a linebacker build on a 'woman' and think, gee, she looks like a man to me. Meanwhile, you look at the same woman and pop a tent. Seems you don't understand the definition of gay or something.

#8 | Posted by deadman at 2024-10-27 11:15 PM

@#7 ... you like to think Michelle is a man ...

Huh?

WTF are you talking about?

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-27 11:22 PM

OK, an oldie...

Alvin's Harmonica - Alvin & The Chipmunk (1959)
www.youtube.com

Yeah, the Chipmunks were a thing back then.

Fortunately pop music has moved forward since then.

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-27 11:25 PM

dead*man is in the closet.

*setonhavingsexwitha

#11 | Posted by Tor at 2024-10-29 09:22 AM

#8 | Posted by: deadman (new) | Serious level

#12 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-29 09:37 AM

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