Full disclosure: I pride myself on the fact that I didn’t watch the Oscars last night. In general, I feel no need to watch celebrities in Hollywood get all dressed up to celebrate and honor… themselves.  What a cause.

That said, I’ve seen the news clips of first lady Michelle Obama’s cameo and commentary about her wardrobe, so I feel like I’m all up-to-speed.  I tend to agree with WaPo’s Jennifer Rubin who doesn’t complain that Obama “hijacked” or “crashed” the show, but rather points out how weird and unnecessary it was:

It is not enough that President Obama pops up at every sporting event in the nation. Now the first lady feels entitled, with military personnel as props, to intrude on other forms of entertaining (this time for the benefit of the Hollywood glitterati who so lavishly paid for her husband’s election). I’m sure the left will holler that once again conservatives are being grouchy and have it in for the Obamas. Seriously, if they really had their president’s interests at heart, they’d steer away from encouraging these celebrity appearances. It makes both the president and the first lady seem small and grasping. In this case, it was just downright weird.

No one, it seems, gets within a mile of the White House with any sense of restraint. No one there would dare suggest nearly half the country didn’t vote for him and doesn’t much like him and might want to be left to their small daily pleasures. (Greta Garbo said it best.) And no one there is apt to explain that the White House, the military and the first lady (not this one in particular) are institutions bigger than the Obamas and their e-mail list.

Still, it would have been grand if the lefty-maligned “Zero Dark Thirty” (which showed the nasty interrogation techniques her husband deplored) had won Best Picture. Unfortunately, that sort of perfect karma happens only in the movies.