{"id":5378,"date":"2012-09-05T11:28:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T03:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=5378"},"modified":"2012-09-05T11:28:47","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T03:28:47","slug":"daily-kos-transcript-of-michelle-obamas-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-democratic-national-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/05\/daily-kos-transcript-of-michelle-obamas-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-democratic-national-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Kos: Transcript of Michelle Obama&#039;s remarks as prepared for delivery, Democratic National Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like so many American families, our families weren\u2019t asking for much.<br \/>\nThey didn\u2019t begrudge anyone else\u2019s success or care that others had much more than they did&#8230;in fact, they admired it.<br \/>\nThey simply believed in that fundamental American promise that, even if you don\u2019t start out with much, if you work hard and do what you\u2019re supposed to do, then you should be able to build a decent life for yourself and an even better life for your kids and grandkids.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s how they raised us\u2026that\u2019s what we learned from their example.<br \/>\nWe learned about dignity and decency \u2013 that how hard you work matters more than how much you make\u2026that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.<br \/>\nWe learned about honesty and integrity \u2013 that the truth matters\u2026that you don\u2019t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules\u2026and success doesn\u2019t count unless you earn it fair and square.<br \/>\nWe learned about gratitude and humility \u2013 that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean\u2026and we were taught to value everyone\u2019s contribution and treat everyone with respect.<br \/>\nThose are the values Barack and I \u2013 and so many of you \u2013 are trying to pass on to our own children.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s who we are.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2012\/09\/04\/1127781\/-Transcript-of-Michelle-Obama-s-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-Democratic-National-Convention\">Daily Kos: Transcript of Michelle Obama&#8217;s remarks as prepared for delivery, Democratic National Convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like so many American families, our families weren\u2019t asking for much. They didn\u2019t begrudge anyone else\u2019s success or care that others had much more than they did&#8230;in fact, they admired it. They simply believed in that fundamental American promise that, even if you don\u2019t start out with much, if you work hard and do what &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/05\/daily-kos-transcript-of-michelle-obamas-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-democratic-national-convention\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Daily Kos: Transcript of Michelle Obama&#039;s remarks as prepared for delivery, Democratic National Convention&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reposts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}