I want people when they look at me not to see the next first lady of the United States. I want people to see what an investment in public education can do. —Michelle Obama speaking in De Pere, Wisconsin

Well said.

And the Purple Prose award goes to her husband—

We are dealing with a basic hole in our soul of the nation – we are lost.

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