Thread:GoldenDoodle/@comment-32738051-20170111011554/@comment-32738051-20170111042730

I skipped it. I'm not big on presidential speeches...or candidate speeches...or debates. They're all just rhetoric, trying to sell you that things are better than what they seem and that what they have given you is what you wanted and that what you want/need is what they will give you if you support them and that those who oppose them haven't and aren't going to give you what you want/need. I didn't vote for Obama in either election because I felt he wasn't the right person for the office. My opinion hasn't changed. I didn't vote for Trump either but he was elected and I'll just have to hope that he lives up to his promise of sweeping changes and that they are all for the better. I have serious doubts, not only because of the person he is but also because of the history of failures among those who have been president. It would have been the same with Clinton had she won, though I did vote for her and do feel she has better experience for the job.

As for Michelle, well, she seems to have been a pretty decent First Lady. Regarded by some, and probably rightly so, as a black Jackie O. But there has been no other quite like Jackie O, not in my lifetime, and to me she was the coolest First Lady ever. Perhaps if Michelle goes the route Clinton did, then in 10-20 years she might be ready for the presidency and I wouldn't mind seeing what kind of candidate she turns out to be, should I live that long. But I'm really hoping we elect a woman president before then. It's high time we had a woman in that office.

Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now. Ugh! 😝