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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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  • Monday, November 17, 2008 07:28 PM

    -- lagata

    Well, I dunno. When I'M elected LOTFW, I expect a lot of commentary on my ass!

    Maybe what's being missed here...is that we are really celebrating the passage of a stereotype (uberprogressively) past a type to just...'that'.

    (I have to confess, I was at a massive [late] Guy Fawkes celebration Saturday night, and we talked about Michelle's ass -- and there were black women present -- and they were saying exactly the same thing; along with some great political insight into the roles of black women in American politics and culture. And yeah, it included a lot of great Oregon Pinot Noir).

    And we burned skinny-assed palin effigies..

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