I believe her candor is more important and a clear demonstration of her honesty and honor.
There is silly discussion about whether or not ABC was seeking to hide their reasons to edit the First Lady's words about 'automatic' weapons. I find it refreshing the First Lady is not parsing her words and seeking to be politically correct. She is Mom. She wants the violence to stop and I applaud her for being as public as she is about the issue.
I and I believer many in the country are tired of the idea that every word spoken has a deep dark meaning of some kind of political INTENT. That is nonsense. She is about the sweetest lady we could hope for with young children. The girls are wonderful. If the First Lady states the weapons were automatic I am quite certain she is about as innocent of any political agenda as any other parent in the country.
I don't know about the First Lady's thoughts about all this, but, when children are dead it sure as heck feels as though it is automatic weapons. The First Lady is innocent of being political and is as dedicated as any of us seeking to end this madness. I congratulate her and am grateful for her to speak so easily and willingly about the issue of securing our children from harm. I don't care if ABC believes they have to modify her words to protect her from those desiring to harm her politically. It was somewhat kind of them to do so, but, in all honesty, it isn't worth the wrath from other media sources to conduct any editing that would be propagandized as political to taint the message of the NRA or others.
It is fine for the First Family to be human. It makes it real and palpable and I find that refreshing.
There is silly discussion about whether or not ABC was seeking to hide their reasons to edit the First Lady's words about 'automatic' weapons. I find it refreshing the First Lady is not parsing her words and seeking to be politically correct. She is Mom. She wants the violence to stop and I applaud her for being as public as she is about the issue.
I and I believer many in the country are tired of the idea that every word spoken has a deep dark meaning of some kind of political INTENT. That is nonsense. She is about the sweetest lady we could hope for with young children. The girls are wonderful. If the First Lady states the weapons were automatic I am quite certain she is about as innocent of any political agenda as any other parent in the country.
I don't know about the First Lady's thoughts about all this, but, when children are dead it sure as heck feels as though it is automatic weapons. The First Lady is innocent of being political and is as dedicated as any of us seeking to end this madness. I congratulate her and am grateful for her to speak so easily and willingly about the issue of securing our children from harm. I don't care if ABC believes they have to modify her words to protect her from those desiring to harm her politically. It was somewhat kind of them to do so, but, in all honesty, it isn't worth the wrath from other media sources to conduct any editing that would be propagandized as political to taint the message of the NRA or others.
It is fine for the First Family to be human. It makes it real and palpable and I find that refreshing.
Tuesday ABC's "Good Morning America" (click here) edited out an inaccurate assertion by First Lady Michelle Obama that the gunman in a Chicago killing used an "automatic weapon."
Regarding the death of teenager Hadiya Pendelton, Mrs. Obama asserted, "And she was caught in the line of fire because some kids had some automatic weapons they didn't need." This quote appeared online, but not in the February 26 interview with Robin Roberts that aired on the network.
The Chicago Tribune explained "...a day after her homicide on Jan. 29, Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said the gunman possibly used a revolver because no bullet casings were found at the shooting scene — as there would be if a semi-automatic or automatic weapon had been used."
