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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 12:07 PM

    @Squash

    I enjoyed her speech but what I found really interesting was the scroll at the bottom of the page. "Senator McCain is sending his wife Cindy McCain to Georgia to assess the human damage." Or something like that. What a hoot.

    Totally! I got a good hearty laugh out of that too! Yep, Cindy McCain is one global humanitarian expert, there's no doubt! She's going to tour ravaged Georgian villages in a shiny, too-snug, pink leather jacket and matching slacks with four-inch heels, her hair pulled into a tight up do to help minimize her wrinkles, her severe, Bride of Frankenstein make-up cracking and almost sloughing off her face from the strain of her exaggerated, frozen rictus smile--the Ice Queen of Narnia herself, touring her dominions to dispense humanitarian aid packages consisting of six packs of beer (Anheuser-Busch products only, of course), Bibles, copies of The Purpose-Driven Life, bottles of Percoset, and L'Oreal color wheels.

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