Michelle Obama showed her softer side Monday night at the Democratic National Convention, declaring “I love this country” and presenting a picture-perfect image of her family on the stage in Denver.
She praised her husband as a uniter who can lead the country in a new direction, but she also used her headlining address to refine her public persona and to quiet charges from Republicans that she is somehow unpatriotic.
Barack Obama even made a surprise appearance via video feed from Kansas City, Mo., at the end of the speech, ending the first day of the convention on a light-hearted note.
“How about Michelle Obama?” he said, as their daughters tried to talk to him on screen. “Now you know why I asked her out so many times, even though she said, ‘No.’ You want a persistent president.”
Earlier, Michelle Obama explained her love of America by saying, “I tried to give back to this country that has given me so much.”
