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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:00 AM

First lady got back

I'm a black woman who never thought I'd see a powerful, beautiful female with a body like mine in the White House. Then I saw Michelle Obama -- and her booty!
By Erin Aubry Kaplan

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  • Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:39 PM

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    "Is that all your Black womanhood is to you? Is your entire body image wrapped up in your caboose? Are you still waiting for ratification of your beauty from the general populace? Has watching all those hours of Bob Beelzebub Johnson’s Black Exploitation Television fried each and every one of your brain cells?"

    http://michelleobamawatch.com/foolishness-and-chicanery-alert-saloncom-first-lady-got-back

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