How did Michelle Obama get on Maureen Dowd's good side?

Read Dowd's column, "Should Michelle Cover Up?" here. Yes, we're talking about covering up her biceps, among a wide range of weightier topics that Dowd hits on in the column.

Here's an excerpt:

I love the designer-to-J. Crew glamour. Combined with her workaday visits to soup kitchens, inner-city schools and meetings with military families, Michelle’s flair is our depression’s answer to Ginger Rogers gliding around in feathers and lamé.

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Her arms, and her complete confidence in her skin, are a reminder that Americans can do anything if they put their minds to it.

I'm purposefully omitting the next sentence, in which Dowd (of course) slams HRC.