Michele posted a real doozy today. Apparently, someone calling himself the Angry American thought he could humiliate Michele by dredging things that she had written years ago, before her move to the Right. One of the things that I've long appreciated about Michele is her complete honesty about who and what she is. She makes no attempt to hide what some might consider warts because she believes(and rightly so, I think) that you are who you are because of your past. I'm certain that Angry American thought he could score points by throwing Michele's words back in her face, probably because he can conceive of someone admitting that they were ever wrong. Who wants to bet that this person scrubs his blog archives any time his pronouncements are proven incorrect? Naah, we all know that's a sucker bet. In any event, I'll present just a small snippet of Michele's post here. You know what to do after that.

Well, hindsight is interesting. We're still very much a broken country. But I suppose it will always be that way. I was naive to think that something of that magnitude would bring us all together permanently. I really, honestly thought that I wouldn't be the only one crossing that line and embracing the other side. And no, it didn't happen overnight, it didn't even happen after those two "defining" moments. It takes time to break free from the things that hold you down. And, like my separation from my ex, it took time to work up the courage to say, I cannot live like this anymore.

So, yes. I did say those things Angry American wrote and I thank him (her?) for bringing those words out again, to remind me of how far I've come personally, from a time when I could barely look at myself in the mirror to now, being very comfortable with who I am. There was a lot more than politics mixed into the path from here to there, but the letting go of that part of me was a big part of it.

I'm sorry, Mr. Angry American, but your desired results are probably quite the opposite of what you were attempting to do.

This insane, deranged, cowering Long Island housewife kindly asks that you kiss her proud American ass.

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