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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 02:14 AM

    I used to go to church.

    I was flipping the channels and saw her preaching and it sounded just like she was introducing Jesus Christ. Lifting text from sermons is highly effective but it turns me off. The rerun of Prison

    Break was far less offensive.

    The Panamanian prison scenes did make me think of Congress, albeit populated by a far more wholesome looking crowd.

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