Dawn. Com, Washington :Underlining the historic nature of her husband’s presidency, US First Lady Michelle Obama reminded Americans on Monday night how a black couple and their children lived for eight years in a house built by black slaves for their White masters, thanks to their votes.”The story of generations of people who have felt the lash of bondage, the shame of servitude, the sting of segregation but who kept on striving and doing what needed to be done so that today I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves and I watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent black young women, playing with their dogs on the White House lawn,” she said.Addressing the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday, Mrs Obama told American voters now that her husband’s final term was ending, it’s the time for them elect the nation’s first woman president.Her voice cracking with emotion, she declared: “And because of Hillary Clinton, my daughters, and all our sons and daughters, now take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States.”Immediately after her address, the US media and political pundits predicted that her speech may enter textbooks for the message of hope it conveyed and for the poise and grace of her delivery.The speech will be “replayed, quoted, and anthologised for years,” wrote a prestigious US magazine The Atlantic.By Tuesday afternoon, the speech’s video had already been watched millions of times across the globe, persuading The Atlantic to declare: “It was as pure a piece of political oratory as this campaign has offered, and instantly entered the pantheon of great convention speeches.”The Los Angeles Times called the speech “stunning,” noting that it brought many to tears and highlighted “the historic nature” of her husband’s presidency.
