http://themoderatevoice.disqus.com/enSun, 24 Feb 2008 13:15:40 -0000http://themoderatevoice.com/michelle-obamas-pride/#comment-175339<p>You're a little older than me, Paul. But one side of my family is from Oklahoma and the other is from Tennessee. Visiting family when I was younger showed me what kind of crap black people were still getting well after the civil rights movement. Conversations when no one outside of family and friends are around can be very revealing. Admittedly I just kept my mouth shut and thought "Eewww. God, I'm disappointed in this.". And a lot of it was after the "New South" meme started. You know, the people saying "Oh, we're moving past that now. The South isn't what it used to be. Things are changing a lot.". And I thought how you couldn't prove it by what I was hearing.</p>Jim_SatterfieldSun, 24 Feb 2008 13:15:40 -0000http://themoderatevoice.com/michelle-obamas-pride/#comment-175069<p>I am a 57 years old white guy and I totally appreciate what Michelle meant. Her husband's popularity reveals how much more open minded and progressive voters have become.<br></p>PaulSilverSun, 24 Feb 2008 10:50:12 -0000