“How can this be the same person who voluntarily sat nodding affirmatively through the Rev. Wright’s rants for more than a decade, along with her children?”

It’s not the same person any more than Hillary was prepared to go into the kitchen and bake cookies when Bill was running. The game, both with Michelle and with Hillary, is to see if onlookers (including the media) can push enough buttons to cause a reaction that will enable the viewer to tell where the real Michelle starts and the blow-up doll they’ve assembled to help her husband get elected ends. Like, what would happen if a white person ostentatiously scrubbed their hand with a handi-wipe after shaking hands with her.