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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 10:43 AM

    buck says:

    "when i went to law school and found out my black peers got 20 points less than me on the entrance exam, and were also getting scholarships, i developed a bit of resentment for the policy of affirmative action."

    You did? How upset were you to find out that those same blacks would've been excluded from law school - no matter how fine their grades, based on the color of their skin? And what would YOU have done, Mr. JD, to rectify the extreme unfairness that blacks experienced throughout the bulk of this nation's history? because in a REAL fair world, your family's wealth - built on the back of that unfairness - would be stripped and we'd all start the game from square one - do you prefer THAt remedy?

    If not - shut up and go be a great lawyer...

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