Donald Trump has sunk US politics in a grotesque mire of populism. But the first lady’s speech on respect for women captured the best of her countryMichelle Obama may have done the seemingly impossible. She may just have rescued the US elections from the grotesque and demeaning mire into which they have descended. She did something even more remarkable,and just as badly needed. With the touch of a poet, her speech final night shamed the tat and the tawdry of populism and held out the opportunity of something better. She lent her extraordinary ability to say what people are feeling to every English-speaking woman in the world.
Nominally, and she spoke for Hillary Clinton at a dash-of-the-mill political rally. In fact she made a passionate and clear-eyed appeal for decency and respect in public life. Clinton’s Republican rival Donald Trump did not get a single mention,but he was in every word of every sentence. It was one of the most sustained put-downs in contemporary democratic politics. Related: Michelle Obama denounces Donald Trump's rhetoric: 'It has shaken me to my core' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com