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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 01:45 PM

    Oh Buck!

    You "could" make a guess, but I notice you don't.

    So you DO assume every time you meet a successful black person that they are there via AA. I mean, hey, its just easier to pre-judge an individual. It's not your fault if the system is gamed.

    Do you assume all successful white people at your vaunted institutions are there via legacy? Or wealth? A good number of them are you know. It's not your fault if the system is gamed. You'd better start expending a lot of energy pre-judging them as thoroughly because you really really seem like a bigot right now.

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