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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.
By Rebecca Traister

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  • Tuesday, August 26, 2008 05:43 AM

    @Ravanne

    Ravanne: "This speech was as fluffy as you can get and really won't mean much in the grand scheme of things. It's hardly going to change minds."

    I don't find any fault with your reaction, except for your last sentence: "It's hardly going to change minds." That's a factual judgment that you can't claim to know, unless you have the special power of knowing well in advance what's going on in other people's minds.

    —Xrandadu Hutman Read Xrandadu Hutman's other letters

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