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CurtCole
10/22/09

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I'm officially Team Xitsonga(Grannies)! #southafrica
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Ailatan
10/22/09

@CurtCole: Don't break my heart! See below. #southafrica
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CurtCole
10/22/09

@Ailatan: I can't be team old ladies playing football? #southafrica
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Ailatan
10/22/09

@CurtCole: Yes, well actually as Argentina has been playing we could say that they are also old ladies playing football ;) #southafrica
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Ailatan
10/22/09

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Yay for the World Cup! We live for this stuff here, and we're also poor.

Remember swing by: #argentinacampeon2010 #southafrica
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DexterHaven
10/22/09

@Ailatan: I am enraged by FIFA's seeding policy for the play-offs, which has ensured that Ireland have to pay France. WTF? Am delighted for El Diego though. #southafrica
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Ailatan
10/22/09

@DexterHaven: I'm not delighted with Diego, mind you, we are through by the skin of our teeth.
I come to believe that FIFA is a big mafia operation, like AFA (Argie Association) #southafrica
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DexterHaven
10/22/09

@Ailatan: Yes, I felt he was a bit disingenous when he claimed that he had proved his critics wrong. Thank goodness they qualified though. Do you think he will last till the WC? #southafrica
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Ailatan
10/22/09

@DexterHaven: I hope not, he's unpopular as a coach amongst the people and the journalists, I think we have to find someone to take over, sadly all the good coaches don't want to be involved with AFA #southafrica
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lilbobbytables
10/22/09

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I may be watching it on the tv (or internets) but I am Stoaked for the World Cup. Woot, x 20. #southafrica
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ceejeemcbeegee is not here
11/03/08

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What Educated Professional Black Woman doesn't have to "soften" her image so she's not confused with Uppity Angry Black Woman?
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broad
11/03/08

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What I don't get is why Michelle is said to be "struggling" to fit the position. It doesn't seem to me that she's struggling at all. She knows how she wants to be viewed, and she's acting accordingly. No struggle to me.
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sweetbeans
11/03/08

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Give me a Michelle Obama/Eleanor Roosevelt/Hilary Clinton over a Cindy McCain/Nancy Reagan/Jacqueline Kennedy first lady any day.

God, did I just lump Jackie O in with Cindy McCain?!
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Princess Leela
11/03/08

@sweetbeans: See, I don't think the point here should be to compare and contrast Michelle and Cindy. That's just girl-on-girl crime and what the mythical, ephemeral "they" WANT us to do: tear each other down.

The point here should be to call out Reuters for its insultingly narrow definitions of what any first lady ought to look/act/be like. She should look/act/be like HERSELF. All six ladies you list here had/have their merits. So does Laura Bush, in my opinion. I'd certainly rather hang out with her than with her fool of a husband.
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Jack_Burton
11/03/08

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But we already have a Betty Ford clinic...
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dirtybee
11/03/08

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Even the perfect First Lady (Jackie O) had a taste for amphetamines - that being said, Cindy has the job cut out for her!
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scullymurphy
11/03/08

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Don't you change a GODDAMN THING, Michelle!!! The most awesome and effective first ladies have revised the role to fit THEIR personalities and abililties. See; Roosevelt, Eleanor and Rodham-Clinton, Hillary.
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sybann
11/03/08

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Cindy's perfect because she already knows how to use drugs to make the pain go away.
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Crabby Cakes
11/03/08

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I like how they point out that Barack will be the first black president and Michelle will be the first black first lady. Thanks, Reuters! I didn't realize it was State the Obvious Monday!
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million.dollar.mouth.
11/03/08

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By the headline, how does Michelle need to "soften" herself? I don't understand.
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MizJenkins
11/03/08

@sammyboombaladdy: I recommend cocoa butter.
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million.dollar.mouth.
11/03/08

@MizJenkins: YES! that works every time. IMHO, it is Cindy that needs the cocoa butter, not Michelle. I am just confused, as not to diss Cindy at all, but she has always seemed cold and distant, where Michelle seems warm and inviting.
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andheartss haz it
11/03/08

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So, being smart is still a bad thing?
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JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
11/03/08

@andheartss: Don't ask me, I'm just a girl!
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Crabby Cakes
11/03/08

@andheartss: Being smart is elitist. And Real Americans(TM) do not need an elitist in the White House, doncha know.
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DoNotStalk loves Jason Bateman
11/03/08

@JessicaLovejoy wants a Deldeaux in Butts!: Let's make some cookies for the boys!
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andheartss haz it
11/03/08

@DoNotStalk: I suppose I should've paid more attention in Home Ec and not waste time with book learnin'.
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badmutha
11/03/08

@andheartss: Man, I am always doin' the wrong thing and being upity. Got to change my ways!
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Crabby Cakes
11/03/08

@andheartss: Now get in the kitchen and make me some pie!
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
11/03/08

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Maybe the role needs to change to fit Michelle. She is perfection as is.
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badmutha
11/03/08

@BrutallyHonestBabes: I second that emotion. Maybe we need to have a First Lady for the 21st Century.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
11/03/08

@badmutha: Yes - all the stereotypes are going down the proverbial tubes in 2... 1...
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Crabby Cakes
11/03/08

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With her elegant coiffed blond hair, Cindy McCain looks the part... There is so much wrong with this statement my mind went blank trying to figure out where to start
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CrankyOldBroad
11/03/08

@Crabby Cakes: She is also well prepared for the role. Heiress to a fortune estimated at more than $100 million...

She gotz da lookz and da cash...cuz, like, that's what a real first lady is all about. God help her if she has *substance*.
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MizJenkins
11/03/08

@CrankyOldBroad: ...and by "First Lady" you mean "Ultimate Trophy Wife" right? Got it.
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scullymurphy
11/03/08

@CrankyOldBroad: Yeah, actually is this a joke like the Hasselback/Palin talk show?
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Crabby Cakes
11/03/08

@CrankyOldBroad: So it's not just being blond, it's being a blond heiress that fits the "part" of first lady. That's much better.
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