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Roberts wrote: "If one wants the youth of America and the world
sashaying around in garish sequined costumes, hair dripping with pomade, body
shot full of female hormones to prevent voice change, mono-gloved, well, then, I
suppose 'Michael,' as he is affectionately known in the trade, is in fact a good
example. Quite apart from the problem of appearing to endorse Jackson's
androgynous life style, a Presidential award would be perceived as a shallow
effort by the President to share in the constant publicity surrounding Jackson.
. . . The whole episode would, in my view, be demeaning to the
President."