The title at Drudge Report reads MICHELLE TELLS BLACKS TO ‘INCREASE’ INTENSITY. This link to an ABC News report titled Michelle Obama Rouses NAACP Before Vote Condemning ‘Racist’ Elements of Tea Party. In it we find no reference to “increase intensity” in both page of the ABC News report.

Her speech however is available at the White House website: Remarks by the First Lady to the NAACP National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. There I was able to find a reference to “increase intensity”:

When African American communities are still hit harder than just about anywhere by this economic downturn, and so many families are just barely scraping by, I think the founders would tell us that now is not the time to rest on our laurels.

When stubborn inequalities still persist — in education and health, in income and wealth — I think those founders would urge us to increase our intensity, and to increase our discipline and our focus and keep fighting for a better future for our children and our grandchildren. (Applause.)

And that’s why I really wanted to come here today — because I wanted to talk with you about an issue that I believe cries out for our attention — one that is of particular concern to me, not just as First Lady, but as a mother who believes that we owe it to our kids to prepare them for the challenges that we know lie ahead. And that issue is the epidemic of childhood obesity in America today.

Upon reading her speech you will find that the bulk of the speech is regarding childhood obesity and healthy eating. It is only towards the end that she touches upon the important issue of racial equality that is in much need of mending today in light of the recent revanchist movements:

These are just a couple of the thousands of programs and projects that are making a difference in communities across the country already.

So if there’s anybody here, after all this talking I’ve done, who feels a little overwhelmed by this challenge — because it can be overwhelming — if there is anyone here who might even already be losing hope thinking about how hard it will be to get going, or giving up, I just want you to take a look around at all the things that are already being accomplished, because I want folks to learn from each other and to be inspired by each other, because that’s what we’ve always done.

That is exactly what happened here in this city half a century ago. See, because back in 1958, folks right here in Kansas City saw what folks down in Montgomery had achieved with their bus boycott. So they were inspired by all those men and women who walked miles — walked miles home each day on aching feet because they knew there was a principle at stake.

So folks here organized their own boycott of department stores that refused to serve African Americans. (Applause.) Handbills publicizing their meetings stated, and this is a quote: “They stopped riding in Montgomery, so let’s stop buying in Kansas City.” (Applause.)

A local music teacher even composed a song that became the anthem for their efforts. It was entitled “Let’s take the walk that counts.”

And then, as you know, a few years later, in April of 1964, folks turned out in droves to pass a public accommodations law mandating that all residents, regardless of their skin color, be served in restaurants, hotels and other public places. Even folks who were too sick to walk showed up to vote. (Applause.)

One organizer recalled that they used wheelchairs to get people to the polls and even brought one man in on a stretcher. So think about that — being carried to the ballot box on a stretcher. (Applause.) Those folks didn’t do all that just for themselves. They did it because they wanted something better for their children and for their grandchildren. That’s why they did it.

And in the end, that’s what has driven this organization since its founding.

It is why Daisy Bates endured hate mail and death threats to guide those nine young men and women who would walk through those schoolhouse doors in Little Rock.

It is why Thurgood Marshall fought so hard to ensure that children like Linda Brown, and children like my daughters and your sons and daughters, would never again know the cruel inequality of separate but equal.

It is why so many men and women — legends and icons and ordinary folks — have faced down their doubts, their cynicism and their fears, and they’ve taken that walk that counts.

So we owe it to all those who’ve come before us to ensure that all those who come after us — our children and our grandchildren — that they have the strength and the energy and the enduring good health that they need to continue and complete that journey. (Applause.)

So I’m asking you, NAACP, will you move with me? (Applause.) Let’s move! I’m going to need you, NAACP. (Applause.) This is not an endeavor that I can do by myself. We cannot change the health of our community alone. I’m going to need each and every single one of you to work together for this campaign for our children’s future. If we do this together, we can change the way our children think about their health forever.

So I want to thank you all in advance, again, for your prayers and your thoughts and your support. The struggle continues.

One thing is guaranteed. The atavistic pitch forked masses will surely take everything out of context including misleading, fabricated, and cherry picked quotes and the hysteria we have become accustomed to seeing today. From where I’m sitting, Drudge is clearly attempting to fan the flames.