Michelle and Joe Looked Grim as Hillary Endorsed Obama in a Masterfully Minimal Way

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
August 26, 2008

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/335/michelle-and-joe-looked-grim-as-hillary-endorsed

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As Hillary addressed the DNC, the unforgiving cameras kept panning back to Michelle Obama who was sitting with Joe Biden. Neither Michelle nor Joe managed to crack more than one smile apiece–well, perhaps two, even as Hillary insisted, over and over again, that the Democratic Party must unite behind Obama–not because he is an astounding leader, or The One, but simply because he is the Democratic candidate. During every ovation, both the future First Lady and her husband’s Vice-Presidential choice remained grim-lipped, expressionless, sometimes even angry-faced. (Joe Biden was caught on camera warmly embracing former President Jimmy Carter. So much for “change.”)

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