Seems like we never quite get away from the background noise. Can you hear it? Strong women are dangerous, strong women should be silenced, strong women threaten to topple all our dearly-held notions about ourselves as a culture. And, look, here it is again, in 2008: Michelle Obama is a militant, angry black woman. Geez. There's nothing like a confident, accomplished woman as a spouse on the campaign trail. She's a lightning rod. You wouldn't recognize this successful attorney, wife and mother from the stuff you see posted by the breathless bloviators in the blogosphere, not to mention the mainstream media. At least Michelle has close company. They went after Hillary Clinton even before she made her "Guess I could've stayed home and made cookies" remark, but Clinton endured relentless attacks throughout her husband's...
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