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Obama, Michelle Criticize Media and Popular Culture in Graduation Speeches
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyPresident Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama zinged the media and popular culture in separate graduation speeches delivered over the weekend at historically black universities, where both paid tribute to U.S. civil rights icon Dorothy Height, who died April 20 at the age of 98. Obama told students at Hampton University in Virginia that not everything "on blogs, and on cable, on talk radio" would pass a truth meter and Mrs. Obama urged graduates to not be seduced by a culture that celebrates "fleeting reality show fame rather than the hard labors of lasting success." (Read the transcript of ...
President Obama's Remarks at Hampton University Commencent Ceremony
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Hampton. Thank you, Class of 2010. (Applause.) Please, everybody, please have a seat. AUDIENCE MEMBER: I love you! THE PRESIDENT: I love you back. (Applause.) That's why I'm here. I love you guys. Good morning, everybody. AUDIENCE: Good morning. THE PRESIDENT: To all the mothers in the house: As somebody who is surrounded by women in the White House -- (laughter) -- grew up surrounded by women, let me take a moment just to say thank you for all that you put up with each and ...
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