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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 10:44 AM

    *Sight* I know it's just politics, but still...

    I didn't realize how much I hated the speech until I read this article. When I watched it, I thought, "good, not great...does what it's supposed to do." I'm for Obama, so if it helps get him elected, it worked. Or that's the theory.

    But when I read this evaluation, and look at the plain-old hypocrisy of the whole thing. That it's a an image concocted to create a false impression, it just boils my blood.

    Would I rather politicians, and their wives, be honest and thus risk not getting elected? I guess I do.

    —Christopher1988 Read Christopher1988's other letters

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