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Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:00 AM

Isn't she lovely?

In her prime-time speech Monday, Michelle Obama foiled her harshest detractors and perhaps even won over Middle America.

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  • Tuesday, August 26, 2008 04:59 AM

    @maureenodonnell

    Maureen: "The grave-robbing continues....... MLK, JFK and now Jacqueline Bouvier-Knnedy who aren't being allowed to rest in peace."

    Your premise here is that nobody should make reference to historical figures while making speeches. Your premise is false, and the falseness is futher compounded by the fact that this is, in fact, an event with the potential to make further history.

    maureenodonnell: "Edward Kennedy has certainly got plenty of mileage out of the careers of his two more talented brothers."

    So you find it sporting to unleash the usual anti-Kennedy smears, do you? It's not as though we haven't all heard them before. I'll bet you fancy yourself "shocking." But you're just another predictable tosser.

    maureen: "Michelle Obama's "peacock green" dress was lovely and the colour was totally appropriate, she oozed charm from every pore and her wig was top-quality."

    You've got a wig made out of big strands of Ugly.

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