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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 05:31 AM

    re: She has "come a long way baby" from being an outspoken woman to being the perfect image of first lady fifties-style vanilla meringue.

    I suppose Smith would prefer a firy dialog detailing how fucked up this nation can be - how blacks like her have suffered and how White America just can't wit to keep her down - and then this grownup nation of ours would have a careful and thoughtful conversation on race...

    Don't be a fool, Smith - Obama did what she had to do - and I'm surprised that Triaster missed the dig at Hillary - which I can't find in the prepared speech handout, but which I recall from the live event - she said something to the effect of women who make it not because of who their husband is, but because of who THEY are...

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