Michelle Obama sets the record straight

The Republicans like to call Barack Obama "elite" and out of touch with regular Americans. How a biracial man raised by a white single mother and working class grandparents, and who bypassed high-paying Wall Street jobs to work for peanuts as a community organizer in Chicago's South Side can be called "elite" is beyond me. But the Republicans seem to work from their own lexicon.

But last evening at the Democratic National Convention, Michelle Obama set the record straight. Introduced to the crowd by her brother, she gave a stirring 20 minute speech in which she talked from the heart about her ordinary roots and how she and Barack were both were raised to believe in the value of hard work and family.

It was a refreshing change of pace from the Republican idea of "values", like John McCain, who can't remember how many houses he owns.

All Americans should hear Michelle's speech before heading to the polls this November. It's the perfect antidote to the Republican smear machine.