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that even in the toughest moments, when we39。re a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above...he knows that we all love our country...and he39。s love that for Barack, there is no such thing as “us” and “them” – he doesn39。s going to do, even when it39。t think it was possible, but today, I love my husband even more than I did four years ago...even more than I did 23 years ago, when we first love that he39。ve got so much more to do.” I see how those stories – our collection of struggles and hopes and dreams – I see how that39。s not 39。t cover her care...from the young person with so much promise but so few see the concern in his eyes...and I hear the determination in his voice as he tells me, “You won39。s the man who sits down with me and our girls for dinner nearly every night, patiently answering their questions about issues in the news, and strategizing about middle school 39。s 39。t about how much money you make, it39。ve worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity...you do not slam it shut behind you...you reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you (中英文)7 / 9So when people ask me whether being in the White House has changed my husband, I can honestly say that when it es to his character, and his convictions, and his heart, Barack Obama is still the same man I fell in love with all those years 39。s lived it...and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we39。t political – they39。ve attended college without financial believe it or not, when we were first married, our bined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our were so young, so in love, and so in 39。re sick...and no one in this country should ever go broke because of an accident or he believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care...that39。t care whether it was the easy thing to do politically – that39。s why he cut taxes for working families and small businesses and fought to get the auto industry back on its 39。s 39。s desk are always the hard ones – the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer...the judgment calls where the stakes are so high, and there is no margin for as President, you can get all kinds of advice from all kinds of at the end of the day, when it es time to make that decision, as President, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you when it es to rebuilding our economy, Barack is thinking about folks like my dad and like his 39。ve gotten to see up close and personal what being president really looks I39。t want any of that to change if Barack became (中英文)/ 9 Well, today, after so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways I never could have imagined, I have seen firsthand that being president doesn39。s contribution and treat everyone with are the values Barack and I – and so many of you – are trying to pass on to our own 39。t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules...and success doesn39。s how they raised us...that39。t start out with much, if you work hard and do what you39。t begrudge anyone else39。s all that really matters.” Like so many American families, our families weren39。s grandmother started out as a secretary at a munity bank...and she moved quickly up the ranks...but like so many women, she hit a glass for years, men no more qualified than she was – men she had actually trained – were promoted up the ladder ahead of her, earning more and more money while Barack39。d grown up all the way across the country, he39。s work, my brother and I would stand at the top of the stairs to our little apartment, patiently waiting to greet him...watching as he reached down to lift one leg, and then the other, to slowly climb his way into our (中英文)5 / 9But despite these challenges, my dad hardly ever missed a day of work...he and my mom were determined to give me and my brother the kind of education they could only dream when my brother and I finally made it to college, nearly all of our tuition came from student loans and my dad still had to pay a tiny portion of that tuition every semester, he was determined to pay that bill right on time, even taking out loans when he fell was so proud to be sending his kids to college...and he made sure we never missed a registration deadline because his check was see, for my dad, that39。s when I knew I had found a kindred spirit, someone whose values and upbringing were so much like see, Barack and I were both raised by families who didn39。d picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger side door...he was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he39。t stay awake for the truth is, I loved the life we had built for our girls...I deeply loved the man I had built that life with...and I didn39。d ever known? Our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys...Saturdays at soccer games, Sundays at grandma39。d I believed deeply in my husband39。re going to run marathons...in the young man blinded by a bomb in Afghanistan who said, simply, “...I39。re not just going to walk again, they39。s way to save others...flying across the country to put out a fire...driving for hours to bail out a flooded I39。ve seen it in people who bee heroes at a moment39。ve heard, I have seen the very best of the American have seen it in the incredible kindness and warmth that people have shown me and my family, especially our 39。ve gone, in the people I39。s Convention Speech September 4,2012Thank you so much, Elaine...we are so grateful for your family39。ve been to the mountaintop》。注1:《圣經(jīng)》以色列人出埃及的典故,摩西帶領(lǐng)以色列人擺脫埃及法老的奴役,他被上帝帶到山頂上,看到了“應(yīng)許之地”。奧巴馬總統(tǒng)。但是今天,我四年前關(guān)于我和巴拉克是否在為女兒們做最正確的事情的疑慮已經(jīng)煙消云散。最終,你們會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn),我最重要的頭銜仍然是“老媽總司令”。這也是造就了我的故事,巴拉克的故事,以及其他眾多美國(guó)人的故事的來(lái)源。如果農(nóng)民和鐵匠們能從一個(gè)帝國(guó)手中贏得獨(dú)立??如果移民能放棄他們所熟知的一切,登上我們的海岸,來(lái)尋求更好的生活??如果女性們會(huì)為爭(zhēng)取選舉