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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 05:23 AM

    Erin Kaplan's : 'Nappy Headed Ho moment at the expense of Michelle is sad...

    I woke up this morning with the audacity of hope and Joan and Salon would either remove this cheap pulp fiction sleaze about Michelle Obama but I forgot my history Joan and Salon were never in favor of Obama or a Black man actually ending the color line in the white house...Even salon's sports writer found reason to attack the woman's coach of the basketball team after the Imus hate speech attack on the woman b-ballers..

    No once I got the sleep out of my eyes I was right back on man street America where even so-called progressives and liberals still have deep contempt for Black folks yet I did feel encouraged by a number of posts written by both white men and woman on the site which fond Erin's effort worthless and destructive....

    I still see a new day and I will keep hope alive....

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