Laura Doing Reality Show With Victims

The photo, typical of the best-matched lightweight First Lady in history, shows the First Lady's diamond-encrusted hand gripping a box of clothing. As she points to the contents, an evacuee child looks on. She is flanked by Preston Sharp, host of the ABC program, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."

And, of course, she's wearing an entirely inappropriate Stepford smile.

The program will air in November (when, the First Lady says, may be diminished). Of course, no one can see through the thin veneer of mock compassion and novel interest in the least of our society, who have lost everything in Katrina.

The greatest challenge for Laura, she says, was in selecting just one home to "remake." Here's a makeover tip: Get ready to move back to Texas a year early.