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Michelle Obama

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The lady wore luxury brand Monse. It was a navy blue belted number with a sleeveless jacket that had a crisscross silhouette and matching slacks. Her hair was pulled back into a long braided ponytail. The look was “futuristic” but simple at the same time. The color was subdued and did not detract from her speech which fired up and wowed the crowd at the 2024 Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night.

She knew exactly why she was there and what she had to do. The message was hope. She began by saying, “Something wonderfully magical is in the air, isn’t it? A familiar feeling that’s been buried too deep for too long. You know what I’m talking about? It’s the contagious power of hope! America, hope is making a comeback.”

The applause was raucous but there was something else in the air. It was clear that Michelle Obama was a power to contend with. She kept us mesmerized as she took us through one of the best convention speeches of all time. The former First Lady not only gave a powerful and inspiring speech, she was ready to slay the dragon or rather the “Orange Julius Caesar.” She trained her eyes on the crowd and said in her no nonsense manner, “It’s time to do something,” and that became the rallying cry that rang through the crowd that night.

She wasn’t done yet. She continued, “Our fate is in our hands. In 77 days, we have the power to turn our country away from the fear, division, and smallness of the past. We have the power to marry our hope with our action.”

Then she singed it! What followed was her full support for Kamala Harris. “My girl, Kamala Harris is more than ready for this moment. She is one of the most qualified people ever to seek the office of the presidency.” And then she went after Trump and how! “Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us. See, his limited narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hardworking, highly educated successful people who happen to be Black. Wait, I want to know: Who’s going to tell him that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those “Black jobs?”

That was a slam dunk if you ask me and a powerful one at that. I went to bed dreaming of sugar plums and all things nice. Wait, what about Barack Obama you ask? Who needs him when Michelle Obama single-handedly slayed the dragon. Enough said.

The Trojan Horse

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“In Greek mythology, the Trojan Horse was a wooden horse said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy and win the war.”

In today’s symbolism, it could also mean, “an innocuous appearing container for hiding something within to get past defenses or some other obstacle. Trojan horses can be used for both good and evil.”

That said, the news media is ripe with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads. Can it be, would she do it? Would she be willing to give up her more than cushy life of “just being” and take up the reins as the first female African-American president of the USA? Would she even want to try let alone put up with all that her husband, the 44th President of the United States put up with to let his light shine through the hazy, blurred and cruel world of politics where racism played a bigger than life part in his presidency.

Your mission should you choose to accept it is to knock the orange Cheshire cat off his throne of “I’ve got it in the pocket grin,” and do the world a HUGE and GREAT favor! Four more years of “all about me” politics is not my cup of tea and neither is it for all of us with half a brain I might add!

Trump’s problem might just turn out to be the no immunity ruling that Washington DC handed out not too recently. It was a major setback for “orange Jesus.” It reads like this:

“We cannot accept former President Trump’s claim that a president has unbounded authority to commit crimes that would neutralize the most fundamental check on executive power – the recognition and implementation of election results.” Furthermore, it added, “For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defences of any other criminal defendant.” That aside, Trump is still waiting on the Supreme Court ruling as to whether he violated an article of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution and that violation could mean him being barred from running for office. Add to that the four criminal indictments and there is HOPE!

If Biden is lacking in cognitive skills, than Trump is lacking in morality, cognitive skills and has a severe lack of knowing what holding the highest office in the nation means. It is NOT all about him. Furthermore, we do not need a “dumpster fire” in the White House! Coming back to Michelle Obama. The lady has proved herself to be a worthy opponent. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, she has more smarts in one little finger compared to Trump who can’t even keep a conversation going without resorting to monosyllabic words and even than just a few words that espouse him in a favorable light or so he thinks! At 60, she is much younger than “Orange Jesus” and could run circles around him in the Presidential debate. Her cognitive skills are in top form and she has her faculties well-placed around her. If all that is not enough, the lady has hutzpah, has a commanding presence about her, oozes class and dignity and last but not least, she has an ace in the hole. It will be the man standing in the shadows pushing her on to victory and that folks is a major plus.

Of course, the Trojan Horse symbolism doesn’t quite fit here because the cat has been let out of the bag or rather it is in the works. Who cares? My money is on her!