米歇尔.奥巴马在美国民主党代表大会的演讲.docVIP

米歇尔.奥巴马在美国民主党代表大会的演讲 Thank you so much, Elaine...we are so grateful for your familys service and sacrifice...and we will always have your back. Over the past few years as First Lady, I have had the extraordinary privilege of traveling all across this country. And everywhere Ive gone, in the people Ive met, and the stories Ive heard, I have seen the very best of the American spirit. I have seen it in the incredible kindness and warmth that people have shown me and my family, especially our girls. Ive seen it in teachers in a near-bankrupt school district who vowed to keep teaching without pay. Ive seen it in people who become heroes at a moments notice, diving into harms way to save others...flying across the country to put out a fire...driving for hours to bail out a flooded town. And Ive seen it in our men and women in uniform and our proud military families...in wounded warriors who tell me theyre not just going to walk again, theyre going to run, and theyre going to run marathons...in the young man blinded by a bomb in Afghanistan who said, simply, ...Id give my eyes 100 times again to have the chance to do what I have done and what I can still do. Every day, the people I meet inspire me...every day, they make me proud...every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth. Serving as your First Lady is an honor and a privilege...but back when we first came together four years ago, I still had some concerns about this journey wed begun. While I believed deeply in my husbands vision for this country.and I was certain he would make an extraordinary President, like any mother, I was worried about what it would mean for our girls if he got that chance. How would we keep them grounded under the glare of the national spotlight? How would they feel being uprooted from their school, their friends, and the only home theyd ever known? Our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys...Saturdays at soccer games, Sundays at gran