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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 01:18 PM

    @trudyb

    sorry, there's been so much crap lodged my way that i can't possibly respond to all of it.

    it makes no sense to ask me who i think is a "worthy" "beneficiary" of a program that i have said is unjust, unfair and shouldn't be in place. it's as if i said: i think the death penalty is wrong, unfair and unjust, and you ask: but who do you think is a worthy beneficiary of the death penalty? and i say: oh excuse me, the man who ate too much pudding and then killed his parents.

    i think only merit and aptitude should be considered in filling slots in school, business and government.

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