Monday night I kept my daughter up past her bed time so that she could watch Michelle Obama's spech at the Democratic National Convention. I am so glad that I did. Michelle Obama is an amazing woman that is the walking personification of grace, integrity, and dignity. She is a great role model for my daughter and many other young black girls. Hell she is great role model for all women.

It saddens me that she had to prove that she is not an angry black woman so that some in the United States would not be afraid of her. How come Hillary Clinton can be as demanding and aggressive as she wants and it makes her vice presidential material?

She has had to be judged by people who know nothing at all about her and view her through their very limited knowledge of African Americans. It saddens me that one talking head on a cable news network referred to her as Angela Davis in Armani. I wont give the networks name but it rhymes with Fox News.

She has had to listen to people falsely accuse her of being militant. She has had to hear of the existence of a tape of her attacking whites that does not exist. She has had to listen to people attack her as being unpatriotic because of a sound bite played over and over again often out of context.

Through it all Michelle Obama has carried herself with a dignity and grace that I think few could have. I am so proud to see this strong black woman and the example she sets not only for my daughter but for my wife and yes even for me.

She has shattered the myth that a woman can't have it all. She has succeeded in the business world and at the same time built a wonderful home for her husband and two daughters.

Michelle Obama will be a great First Lady and one that will make all Americans proud.

So in January when Barack Obama is sworn in as President of the United States we will not only have elected a great president but will have gained a great role model for ALL women.

George Cook www.letstalkhonestly.com