Food Hypocrisy? Michelle Obama Caught Ordering Cheeseburger and Fries
- Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:24am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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First Lady Michelle Obama is supposed to be the figurehead for healthy eating. She has recently lead the White House’s charge to get kids to make better food choices, encouraging them to trade in fried foods for fresh ones. But in Milwaukee, WI yesterday campaigning for Democratic Senator Russ Feingold*, Mrs. Obama took part in some “eat as I say, not as I do.”
From the local NBC affiliate, WTMJ:
First lady Michelle Obama thrilled staff and customers when she made a surprise visit to Miss Katie‘s Diner on the city’s near west side.
Mrs. Obama met her cousin and her cousin’s daughter for lunch at the restaurant.
Jennifer Laschen waited on their table. “I’ve been doing this for 25, 30 years and I’ve never had such a thrill, such an honor to wait on a first lady in my life,” she said.
Laschen said the first lady ordered a cheeseburger and fries. Mrs. Obama took pictures and signed autographs for the staff at the diner and their customers. [Emphasis added.]
*The story has been updated to reflect that Mrs. Obama was campaigning for Russ Feingold, not Tom Barrett.
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Comments (377)
Felix_the_Infidel
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:59amI think the Bard said it best, “Physician, heal thyself!”
Report Post »newzjunkie
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:23amVery nice.
Report Post »Better yet, now it’s, “Politician, govern thyself!”…which, as we can see in nearly all politicians these days, isn’t going over too well. Those who cannot govern themselves should not be charged to govern others.
AUTHOR22
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:57amAnd from the rear — it shows!!!
Report Post »Sledgehammer
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:52amI love bacon cheese burgers! But I think that if the first lady violated election laws (see other story) her punishment should be 2 packs of oreo cookies (her choice of original or double stuff) and a gallon of whole milk!
Report Post »LibertysSon
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:52amCome on people!… rules don’t apply to radicals… We need to learn to except a hypocrite at face value… or is that faces?
Report Post »MistaB
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:51am“You don‘t know what’s good for you, I KNOW WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU!!
Report Post »MistaB
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:50amDo as I say, Not as I do!!!
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:49amI hope she doesn’t get Mad Cow disease………. oh wait, she already has it.
Report Post »Joseph_Plumb_Martin
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:20pmThanks be to the Great Red Sox Fan in the Sky that most of us on the right shun the Oathkeepers.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 4:39pmBut I think we can both agree that the great Red Sox Fan in the sky giveth, and he taketh away.
Report Post »RIP 2010 Season….
SND97
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:46amNO!!!!!!!!!!! What Will PETA Say?????????
P E T A
(Pretty Edible Tasty Animals)
Tonights menu in Honor of PETA
Report Post »Rib Eye Steak with Bacon around the edge
Sat KFC Baby
akamaikamaaina
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:44amthe foibles of the first lady are both manifest and legion. enough.
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:30amfoibles…foibles…? Really!
Report Post »noblevegas
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:43amHang on, guys – Now, I’m not one to support this movement of super-cleansing your plate and eating only leafy greens and raw fruits all day, but she orders one cheeseburger and you are labeling her a hypocrite?
Hasn’t the talk about healthy eating been enjoying the bad things in moderation? I was always under the impression (and even Beck says this) it’s not about what you eat but how often you eat it. Someone who eats at fast food everyday is going to be unhealthy, but someone who cooks the right foods, enjoys a balanced diet and occasionally grabs a burger at the local mom-and-pop isn’t going down the same hole. Any doctor will tell you it’s okay to enjoy a bit of fried foods as long as your normal lifestyle still sits with fresh foods and healthy diets.
It is one burger – I think even MO deserves to treat herself to some good eats every once in awhile.
After all, Tofurkey and soy snaps can only taste good for so long…
Report Post »AUTHOR22
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:01amnoblevegas –crawl back under your rock and let the adults have this conversation.
Report Post »mutt
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:27amHey Prince Harry, you miss the point, its all about optics. She could eat 10 double beef whoppers with cheese every day inside the WH ( look at the size of her ass me thinks she has been)and go out in public and eat like a friggin rabbit but Nooooo they could care less what the little people think. Can you imagine what would happen if “W” got caught having a beer out on the campaign trail after advocating against drunk driving. You clowns on the left are suffering from major brain damage due to kool aid overdose. The left is digging their own grave ( the only real Shovel ready project)
Report Post »standswithafist
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:29amwell lets see she seems to treat herself fairly often. ice cream pics in spain, ice cream here on every vacation, she likes lattes.as a former overweight female, you don’t get a rear end like hers “occasionally cheating”.her rear has expanded since she entered the WH.encouraging children to eat fruits and veggies while eating things like the burger and fries and ice cream is hypocritical. my 8 year old granddaughter even has figured out buffalo butt mooshelle is telling “fibs”.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:34amNoble… she wanted to set a standard for everyone else to live by, then she should be setting the example too!
Report Post »How many times have we seen the first family eating a cheeseburger or eating ice cream? This isn’t the first time. Which tells me that if it‘s not the first time we’ve seen it, how many times have we NOT seen it that it happens. Point is—-walk the walk if you’re gonna talk the talk, Michelle.
Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:12amYou need to start paying attention sonny boy, this isn‘t the first time she’s been caught stuffing her face with junk.
Report Post »noblevegas
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:59amAuthor22, The adults are having the conversation. All I was trying to do was initiate conversation – apparently you missed that boat.
Mutt, I love the name calling – really lends credence to your argument. First, I’m not a leftist – very far from it. One post doesn’t decide who I am – know the person not the post. Second, the idea of W going out for a beer after advocating against drunk driving depends on how he gets home. Having a beer doesn’t automatically qualify you for Drunk Driving – you have to get behind the wheel first, so if he has a designated driver take him home, there’s no harm in having a few.
Stands, you can still have ice creams and coffees and still be a fit person. Again, it’s all about the attitude and the approach. Myself, I eat a meat-heavy diet, but I offset it with grains, vegetables, fruits etc. I still enjoy my ice creams and my sodas, too (some even on a daily basis), but I exercise and keep watch over my health as well. There is still no harm in enjoying the good stuff in life as long as you don’t over-consume. Oh, and the “bubble-butt” is commonly a carb-heavy issue. She needs to cut back on the pastas, not the ice creams.
JJ and Bob, refer to upper posts for details – it’s all about moderation – you can enjoy it just not every meal.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:20pmMutt,
Report Post »Do you even understand how stupid your comparison with W drinking a beer really is? Did you stop to think for even a second? “W” is an admitted alcoholic, who gave up drinking at 40 as a part of his religious conversion experience. He was also the candidate for President, no the First Lady. So maybe if he was caught drinking that would be a little bit of an issue. How in the world would that be in any substantive way comparable with the First Lady eating a burger?
phlogiston
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 6:00pmHere, here. Well said!
Report Post »dazyann010501
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 4:16pm@ noblevegas,
Report Post »Your missing the point of the whole thing…which is the government needs to stop telling us what we can and cannot do with our lives. And so yes we do see it as hypocritical.
RickWS
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:43amThat’s the problem, speaking in absolutes. Of course we should eat right, but having crap every now and then is an okay break in a good diet. It’s to NEVER eat bad, it’s MODERATION. Unfortunately Michelle speaks in absolutes and control.
Report Post »grandmommie
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:03amControl is the key word here…..If they can control what our children eat, wear, say and what they hear in schools then they control the next generation. So sad, let’s all pray that God delivers us from the evil that now inhabits the white house.
Report Post »Huskavarana
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:43amVote these idiots out of there. I have had it up to here with all of this BS and PC. I have just had it.
Report Post »rick
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:33amI think maybe the most reasonable post thus far.
Report Post »dfestoon
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:47amYou………and a whole bunch of other voters~
Report Post »Highland
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:42amHey, a person works up a big appetite violating elections laws by electioneering in a polling place!
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:24amREMINDER… the DOJ does not persue any laws violated at Polling places commited by the of the African-American heritage group. Only white people are subject to those laws.
So sayith the news and the hearings weeks back. Only Holder knows.
Wolverine
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:42amHow do you know that she hasn’t eaten well all week or that she only ate half of her burger – she is promoting good eating habits for our kids but that does not mean our kids can not have a burger occasionally. Also, the First Lady works out every morning for over an hour – which is certainly more than I do – how about you? http://wp.me/pYLB7-eD
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:53amHow do you know that’s not her 6th cheeseburger today? By the size of her trunk, she should stay off the junk.
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:01amI work a job and run a business also. I do this som I can have the things I want in life. I did not say need. I said want. These are the folks that are trying to penalize me for what I want and should only have what I need. If she is going to tell people about consumption of fat and salt she should not at any time take these horrible substances into her piehole. If this is what she does in the public eye do you believe that she does differently behind closed doors? Being that WE paid for the trip,the security and probably the meal I don’t think WE should be played as such fools.
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:20amWalk
Why wasn’t PETA demonstrating outside this joint?
People for the Eating of Tasty Animals
Report Post »peter469
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:21amIt doesn’t matter what she ate all week or how much she exercises. It IS important that she does not SEEM to follow her own advice. We have seen her on numerous occassions chowing down on foods like this. Again, this is the Liberal Elites telling us they know what is good for us and telling us THEY should make the choices for us as far as what we eat, what we read, hear, believe. I will make my own choices in my life. If it is not healthy…it’s my health. I don’t need another Mommy and Daddy in the form of the Federal Government. Get out of my life, my wallet, my church, my school, and my dining room!
Report Post »thebear
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:27amI have no problem with anyone eating or drinking what they want, its thier choice, thats the beauty of living in America. But when you go out there using your influence and position to promote, as she does, “healthy” eating and such and is pushing it to the point of shoving it down our throats, which is causing schools, resturants, and even cities/towns to take away these choices because we individuals, and especially parents, arent “smart” enough or “responsible” enough to make these choices for ourselves and our children, then that makes you a big time hypocrit!!! Liberals like that seem to forget they live in a glass house when they shove thier elitist, “they know better than us because us regular folks just aint smart or responsible enough (Homer Simpson)” crap down our throats and use it to further legislate and regulate our freedoms under the guise of safety or well-being. That why liberals have no character or class. Just like Bill Clinton – “I didnt have sex with that woman.” And the list could go on and on.
Report Post »Wake up america and take these elitists out of power before they begin to tell us when to wake up!!!
H2OBoardem
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:35amWorks out for an hour every morning, but only her arms are toned. I’d bet that her “workout” consists of Quarter Pounder Diminishing Curls. The weight decreases with each bite taken. Personally, I like the 12 ounce diminishing curl with my beer glass as my barbell.
Report Post »Mirac777
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:54amHer working out every day was proven to be as big a lie as her ass! Nothing but Elitest self-promotion from these two disgusting Anti-Americans and their sheep like this one here. Thats like letting the Marlboro man tell your kids not to smoke! Moochelle and Hussein can both KMA. They have no business telling parents what their kids can and cant do! This isnt Kenya and you are not the dictator in chief! Cant wait till this pair is impeached and thrown into prison for treason. Its coming.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:42amThe “Wannabe Tyrant” will publicize the irrelevant using their “preponderance of the propaganda” to avoid a discussion of the issues. Pay no attention to the smokescreen.
The only relevant issue is freedom or tyranny!!!!
http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »JamesR
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:41amDidn’t any of you people hear “Don’t do as I do,do as I tell you” I wonder if her kids ever hear something on this order. The Obama’s are all about “front” and nothing else. Wake up America.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:41amLOL! Only a matter of time… Hypocrisy at it’s finest!
Report Post »jasontetzlaff
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:40amFigures our wonderful local NBC affiliate would fail to point out the double standard here.
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:18amSpeaking of strange hypocrisy… anyone notice MSNBC advertising of FOX last night???
Considering there are some 327 plus or minus advertisers who have asked NOT to be advertised on Glenn’s show I think this is a wonderful sign of submission. Like Behar and Goldberg being told to go back out on stage with Bill.
PUBLICperson… I thought 13thgenerationamerican was a whitehouse staffer writing the teleprompter
rethoric… now I wonder if you may not work in the cubicle across the hallway.
Just curious.
PS It’s not nice to make fun of FLOTUS no matter how long her arms are or how bodasious her
afterglow. For same.
Wolverine
Report Post »UprootedYankee
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:38amSocialism is for the people, not the socialist. The “Elite” will not participate.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:50amAnd…. where does socialism fit into this? You know, you really sound like a broken record.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:09amPubliusPencilman – You’re a prime example of a broken record, if you don’t like it here, leave.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:16amAh… the classic “I know you are but what am I” defence. Touche my friend.
Report Post »H2OBoardem
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:49am@ Pencil … Blah blah blah. Oh, I’m sorry, did I misquote you there?
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:21pmH2O, please go sit at the kid’s table. The adults are talking.
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:35amThe leftists are all hypocrites! It is what defines them!
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:52amYou mean like when Newt Gingrich was attacking Clinton for the Lewinsky scandal while at the same time having an affair with one of his staffers?
Report Post »H2OBoardem
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:20am@ Pencil – I guess this really pushed you buttons. How many irrational posts does this make for you on this issue? You’ve reacted like Behar and Goldberg with the use of “Muslim” and 9/11. Relax and get the knots out of your nickers – that’s gotta be very uncomforatble to have them so tightly wadded.
Report Post »*************************
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 3:20pm@PubliusPencilman – “You mean like when Newt Gingrich was attacking Clinton for the Lewinsky scandal while at the same time having an affair with one of his staffers?”
Okay, looks like you got us! WE’LL agree that Gingrich should be stoned to death for adultery if YOU agree Clinton should be stoned to death for adultery. Oh, and don’t forget Obama for treason (or “enemy combatant” as illegal alien), Biden, Pelosi, Reid, … hell, just nuke the whole damn place, to be sure!
boss TAGGART: “Now if that don’t beat all. Here we take the good time and trouble to slaughter every last Indian in the West, and for what? So we can appoint a sheriff that’s blacker than any Indian. I am depressed.”
Report Post »cowboy LYLE: “Excuse me, Mr. Taggart, sir, but I sure do hate to see you like this. What if me and the boys was to shoot that ****** dead? Would that pep you up some?”
-Blazing Saddles
MichiganPatriot
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:34amOh thats ok ….she can eat what she wants she is the“1st Lady” Only us little people are supposed to eat healthy. She is not any different than any other politician…Hypocrit to the bone.
Report Post »mutt
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:07amRules and laws are just for the little people, not the elite class. I cant wait for her to get caught saying “let them eat cake”, as they try to pry her fat ingers from the door jamb when her and that socialist pig she’s married to are evicted from the Peoples House in 2012
Report Post »H2OBoardem
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:14am@Pencil – Wow, pull the Lewinsky cigar on us? So now, in your world, only conservatives can be hypocrits and libs can’t be called on the carpet? What she does in her own home is her business. When her public message is one thing and her public actions are just the opposite, that is hypocracy – or maybe just poor life choices and handling by her people. Not a Limbaugh moment bozo, remember the liberal mantra – Addictions are diseases overwhich the addicted have no control … unless it’s a conservative – then it’s hypocracy. Get a life and get off the talking points.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:25amSo explain to me how Gingrich was not guilty of hypocrisy? Please, I’d love to know.
Report Post »And while you are at it: please explain how her public face means that she can never eat a cheeseburger. As I understand it (and you can feel free to refute this with evidence), much of her public work has been about child nutrition. I don’t recall her ever saying that an otherwise healthy adult can never eat a cheeseburger (again, feel free to quote evidence to the contrary). This would run contrary to what many nutritionists say about moderation, so if you feel she is off the rails with this one, please… prove it or shut up.
H2OBoardem
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:39am@ Pencil … Blah blah blah. I was unaware that Newt had been convicted and found “guilty” of being a hypocrit. So the whole eat healthy thingy she’s pushing is only for kids? I’ll accept that. Now if only the other liberal healthy eating would get off my back. Ooops, such crap is built into Obamacare, so much for the kids only logic. Blah blah blah …
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:20am“I was unaware that Newt had been convicted and found “guilty” of being a hypocrit.”
I don’t think you could have found a more transparent way to dodge the issue! Great work!
Of course nutrition is not JUST for kids, I never said that. I just wanted to see you point out a public statement where Michelle Obama said healthy adults can never eat cheeseburgers and fries. Feel free to point out the part of Obamacare that says this as well. I thought I was quite clear on this, but apparently it got past you. But please, do continue to act childish.
Report Post »H2OBoardem
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:41pm@ Pencil … I’m sorry, I thought you said – in plain English – that Newt was “guilty” of being a hypocrit. Being guilty implies a finding of such – not an opinion of such. Blah Blah Blah.
Report Post »formersocialistwhiner
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:58pm@ pencil. I think the point here has been SO WELL made (by you) -We are free to make our OWN choices, as she is, to eat as we want and to NOT have anyone dictate to us how to eat
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:13pmWow Publius, typical liberal move; Can’t argue on the subject matter at hand, so changes the subject. Points out how the right has their hypocrits. Yes, we get hypocrits are on both sides and when they are found out, we should call them out at the time it happens, not years later when it does not matter.
That is what we are doing here. The subject at hand is Michelles double standard. She is advocating healthy foods in schools, of which I am not against, but she is advocating taking away the choice from parents and kids, based on “she knows better”. Some school principals are now taking away packed lunches from kids because they don’t meet “the approved foods”. I have no problem in Michelle eating a burger and fries, but don‘t turn around and advocate to us we can’t or we can’t allow our kids to eat a burger and fries because it is not healthy. She needs to be the role model for which she advocates, or shut the heck up.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 5:50pmCofemale,
If you had looked at my other posts on this board, you would know that I have absolutely no problem talking about the issue at hand: Michelle Obama’s alleged hypocrisy. However, I would ask that you at least make some kind of effort to know what you are talking about–otherwise this whole thing gets a bit tedious. How exactly is the First Lady taking choices away from parents? Is there anything behind this claim, or are you just spouting the same old talking points again and again? Since when does Michelle Obama control the activities of individual school principles?
I would be happy to talk about the issues, but let’s stick to the facts and put the slogans away for a little while.
Report Post »Highland
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:34amAnd ice cream for dessert? I’ve never seen anyone as addicted to ice cream as Mooshelle and Barry O.
Report Post »WishWeWereFree
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:31amDid we expect anything else? These people are always the “do as I say,not, do as I do” types.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:36pmMan, this is making me hungry, time for an ultimate cheeseburger.I think I’ll take my big fat kid too (5′7″ about a buck twenty, not really fat).
Report Post »ElishaShemuel
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:18pmDidnt’ Gerbils propaganda machine come up with “WORK MAKES YOU FREE” a big fat lie that led the way of lies that helped calm the sheep before the slaughter, that lie and others did kill over 9 MILLION IN THE DEATH CAMPS, did so while campaigning for Hitler’s party? Christ Jesus my king, never says one thing, and does something else…
Report Post »Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
(Isaiah 28:15)
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
(Proverbs 26:28)
justsayin
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:29amMichelle, your double standard is showing.
Report Post »WishWeWereFree
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:38amSoon it will be her double chin showing!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:43amWishwewerefree, just think, she has great arms!
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:47amMore like her double-ass.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:00amHere is the an example of typical ELITEST mantra:” Don’t do as I do, do as I say do!”
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:51amI really hope that you folks showed this same level of outrage when it turned out Rush Limbaugh was an oxycodone addict.
Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:06amPubliusPencilman – “Was” is the key word, grow up or get lost.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:07amLOL – Good one justsayin!
Report Post »Thomas Payne
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:08amIs that an attempt at some sort of argument Pubic?
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:18amSure he “was” Bob. But he also “was” an addict at the same time that he would repeatedly attack drug addicts on his radio show. After that kind of hypocrisy (which seems to me far far far more serious than the issue of the hamburger), how can you trust what he says now?
Payne, hopefully this follow up post clears things up for you, but if you don’t get it by now, I’m afraid it woukld be pointless for me to try to explain.
Report Post »pattyto
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:23amDouble standards yes, show of stupidity more. This has been the whole of this whitehouse ever since it came into being. I hope we can all celebrate with burgers and fries come november when there is REAL hope for change.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:40amSounds like the liberals like to dish it out, but not man enough to take it. People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones and not expect a few to come back.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:08amLet me get this straight, Publiuspencilman, you are equating a problem Rush had some years ago, but no longer has, with the fact that Michelle wants to take MY cheeseburger and fries away from me but is okay eating them herself…..I think that was a s-t-r-e-t-c-h of an example, but it speaks to the desperation the left has defending itself.
Report Post »Bullcop34
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:11am@pubicpencil….support your statement about Rush and give a concrete example that he attacked addicts? Seems to me that he admiited to himself and others that he had a problem and fixed it. It’s called sefl awareness. He got a hand up not a hand out and never blamed anyone else for his problem nor asked anyone else to pay for it. It’s takes an individual with humility and courage to admit when they are wrong and no matter where you stand, that commands respect.
Report Post »COMMONCENTS
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:22am@pencil, It‘s obvious you don’t listen to Rush – “repeatedly attack drug addicts” – didn’t happen. Tell us what really motivates you. I’ll tell you what motivates me; LIBERTY! I used to think yearning for freedom burned in every living soul but you are proof that I was wrong on that point.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:29amI will admit one inaccuracy: this quote comes from Limbaugh’s television show, not from his radio show:
“Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. … And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.”
Yes, he admitted to being addicted… after he was caught by a number of news organizations, who reported that he was under investigation after being outed by a former housekeeper.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/News/10/03/rush.drugs/
Is this enough for you? Exactly how does the “hand up not a hand out” formula fit with this Blaze article’s attack on Michelle Obama? You know, sometimes the stock talking points do not actually fit with the conversation, so you might want to adjust your programming.
Report Post »October 5th, 1995.
caitlynsdad
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:58pmNotice how PubliusP successfully got you all to stop talking about the real subject by bringing up Rush Limbaugh. Since this story has nothing to do with Rush Limbaugh (or drugs), and Publius was the only one to bring him up, much better to just say “red herring” and move on.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:13pmHaving had a son use drugs in high school I can say with conviction, you won’t find many addicted people admitting there is a problem unless they die (too late), hit bottom or get caught. There was a serious problem, it was handled and all is good. The fact still remains if cheeseburgers and fries are bad choices you should hold yourself to a higher standard and set the example instead of preaching to me that I need to do it. Butter, sugar – none of her business just like her eating a cheeseburger and fries is none of my business. I want a big a _ _, my business – she wants a big a _ _, her business. The end (ha-ha)
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:13pmI’m all for that CaitlynsDad, and for the record I only mentioned Rush and others ran with it.
Let’s get back to the main point, which is that a lot of people here are manufacturing phony outrage because they erroneously think that Michelle Obama wants to take away everyone’s hamburgers but her own. Of course, no one has actually offered any evidence that the First Lady has ever said that no responsible adult is allowed to eat a hamburger–that’s purely a fabrication of the bloodthirsty minds here that want something to attack, even if it‘s just someone’s lunch order.
By the way, for all you out there who like to call yourselves real “conservatives”–it’s a pretty low (and petty) blow to attack the First Lady of the United States for what she had for lunch. What ever happened to chivalry? Perhaps some of you should go back and read your Edmund Burke again.
And lastly, those of you who call yourself Christians should ask yourself whether you are entirely without sin–whether you have always lived up to your own high standards. Of course, we all backlide occasionally (including Rush Limbaugh, which was my point with that example), but I think breaking your diet to eat a hamburger is not quite an issue of national importance.
Report Post »caitlynsdad
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:24pmGood way to clarify your point, Publius, and for the record (you may not have seen it) but a little bit further up I made it clear that, in my view, it’s none of my business, or anyone else’s, what MO has for lunch. And for that same reason, I won‘t detail what’s on my dinner menu for tonight, except to point out that the New York – Texas game is on.
Report Post »RKade
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:27pmShe is Queen of the USA, we must do as she says AND not as she does!
The lie exposed once again!
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:24pmLook out PENCIL. Don’t think Michelle will be content at taking OUR cheeseburgers away. She will be coming after YOUR sugary koolaid next. She doesn’t care if you are progressive or conservative, as long as the rules don’t apply to HER.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 3:55pmLet‘s excuse bad behavior by pointing at someone else’s bad behavior! If someone I like did something wrong, then someone you like can do whatever they like.
Man, your logic is infallible.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 4:32pmJaycen,
Report Post »My point was never to excuse anyone’s behavior, so please try to keep up. The point is that Michelle Obama’s lunch does not need to be excused–she commited no crime, and furthermore no hypocrisy, despite what I, again, call the phony outrage that this board is lousy with.
PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 4:37pmPeachyInga,
I quoted from an article about the First Lady’s food advocacy above, but ill repeat it just because I think you might benefit.
According to the New York Times article:
“In fact, Mrs. Obama cheerfully admits to an occasional hankering for fast food. It’s all about eating in moderation, she said, emphasizing the kind of flexibility that might make it easier for people to relate to her message.”
You see! She’s trying to make it easier for people like yourself, who seem to think that by speaking out about the very real child obesity problem in the US, she is really saying that she’s trying to take your hamburgers away.
Report Post »H2OBoardem
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:46pmPencilPubis, what normal person has quotes from and links to obscure articles at their fingertips when making inane replys to a Blog site? Someday you’ll figure out that we are having fun with you at your expense, rather like the mouse just before the cat gnaws its head off. We hear you, we understand what you say, but it’s still just as intelligent as Blah, blah, blah. When you pull your head out of your anal orafice maybe someone will care what you have to say. In the meantime, enjoy your stimulus job trying to sound intelligence on The Blaze.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:32pmShe will claim she ordered a Tofu Burger and the Fries were actually made of Yogurt. YUK!!!
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 8:58amMaybe some people are having fun at my expense, H2O, but I’m surely also having fun at your expense. It’s fun for me to win arguments.
Report Post »Midwest Belle
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:29amThat figures. She tells us all to “eat right” then does this? No wonder Michelle’s butt is so big! I’m wondering how often she eats wrong when she things no one is looking?
Report Post »Barb1954
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:38amWell isn’t that the point? We should ALL be the same whether in public OR private! She is just another HYPOCRIT at a time when our Govt is FULL of them!
I am NOT surprised!
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:41amHypocrisy in its purest form – blatant, openly showing and on the order of “Do as I say, not as I do.”
She critizises us americans for the abuse of fast foods, high fat foods, and such and then we get to see her doing the exact opposite. I may normally give people a limited benefit of a doubt; in this case the picture speaks for itself. As do a restraunt full of witnesses.
Do you think this may have been a stunt she pulled off?
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mixed art)
MAULEMALL
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:48amYou think she got that figure being a Vegan???
Shes Effin huge…. When she backs up you here a constant BEEP>>>BEEP>>>BEEP
Alive_In_NH
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:07amIf they are really focused on health… doesn’t the president smoke? That would be a good place to start.
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:12amSoon she will be applying to be a bus driver in Britian Then just like the noshow job she had in Chitown, they will send her home , to lose the wt. , at full pay , of course. Then Gloria Alred can sue the bus co. for descrimination.
Report Post »H2OBoardem
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:24amIsn’t this a case of canibalism more than hypocracy?
PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:41amIs there no end to the phony outrage that some of you folks can’t resist spewing at the drop of a hat? So? She ordered a burger and fries. Most nutritionists in the world will tell you that such meals, when eaten infrequently, will not harm you as long as you normally eat a balanced diet and you exercise.
You folks are really so bloodthirsty? You call ordering a burger “Hypocrisy in its purest form”? How incredibly stupid do you have to be? I mean really!
ishka4me
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:49amspecial healthy diets are just for the little people. let them eat cake.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:51amWhat a hypocrit! She tries to micro manage our kids(socialist control) while she eats what she pleases. I forgot royalty does not have to live by the same rules as us peons(serfs) who are here to serve them. I only hope she keeps campaining for Dems. Every one she has helped has dropped in the polls. Now that is success.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:06amOops she be outed. A closet junk food junkie. Typical libertard, telling everyone what to do, and then they do the opposite. Why is it that Dems have to lie so often?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ3OxZhXKQ0
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jzs
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:13amI am glad that we aren’t full off irrational hatred like the libs! But she deserved every ounce of scorn we can heap on her after all the terrible things the dems said about Laura Bush.
Report Post »H2OBoardem
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:34am@ Pencil – You so remind me of the words of the greatest progressive sage I ever heard. The quote follows: “Blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah. … Blah blah!” They ae word I’ve tried to reconcile my life with, but I just can’t turn my conscience off like that.
Report Post »TheEighteen
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:42amSocialism is for the people, not the socialist. -Andrew Wilkow
Case in point: the Senate was sure to write themselves OUT of the new health care law but tell everyone else how great it’d be for them.
Now: Michele Obama wants YOU to eat healthy but SHE can do what she pleases.
Socialism is for the people, not the Socialist.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:11amH2O,
Report Post »If you can’t or refuse to understand English, then I don’t feel that this is the fault of the speaker.
poverty.sucks
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:35amThere’s no BUTTER on it.
Report Post »dirtytricksjusttowin
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:35amOf course she can do this. The lame stream media will not ever report about this.
Report Post »angrymob
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:01pmMrs. Obama took part in some “eat as I say, not as I do.”
Typical Liberal philosophy. :(
I bet it’s would be this way with Cap & Trade too…we all get to suffer why people like Al Gore have commercial air conditioners in their Mansions…BOGUS!
Report Post »George Washington
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:02pmI am not a fan of Mr. or Mrs. Obama. However, If Michelle ate everything on the plate and, the hamburger bun was made from whole grain flour while the fries were cooked in vegetable oil without any transfats, then, it was a balanced and healthful meal. I almost forgot. Was the cheese cheddar or american? If it was american cheese, then it was not a healthful meal. Now let’s look at where the meal was prepared. A diner. What are the chances that that diner prepared the meal in a healthful fashion, I.E.: The points I made, earlier? And, what are the chances that Mrs. Obama ate evrything on the plate? I would venture to say, slim to none. So, Midwest Belle, You get a gold star for an astute observation. By the way. A while back, the Whitehouse chef was on television, cooking a meal made up of vegetables which supposedly came from Mrs. Obama’s garden at The Whitehouse. Later it was disclosed that the vegetables did not come from that garden. So what else is new about today’s topic? OH. WHAT A SURPRIZE!!!!!! And another thing. Did you notice that there were two burgers on the bun? Also a surprize. I guess that I should follow her example. What shall I have for lunch? Let’s see. Two tripple bacon cheeseburgers, a pastrami on rye, fries, onion rings, potato salad, two hotdogs and, of course, pie; Shepherd’s Pie. Since Mrs. Obama did not have dessert or a beverage, I will forego those. Now, Midwest Belle. In honor of our First Lady, I ask you to have a lunch which is similar to mine.
Report Post »nc freedom
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:06pmGo figure. Where’s Cass Sustein to limit her choices. “You will have to pry my cold dead fingers off my burger Mr Sustein”! No one, I repeat no one will tell me what to eat or not to eat. I can think for myself Heir Sustein!
Report Post »caitlynsdad
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:47pmLet me be the first to say, lest anyone accuse me of hypocrisy and phony outrage, that it’s none of my business what Michelle Obama has for lunch. It’s none of her business what I have for lunch; it’s none of my business what she has. So. No hypocrisy here.
Report Post »cjhdd
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:58pmguess she figures she is above the rules she sets for the peasants and can do whatever she wants… ‘cauze she is Mrs. President.
Report Post »The Spark
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:02pm@ Publiuspencilman
Ok, first of all, she is complaining about kids being obese. Two, she believes that kids are obese because they want to eat hamburgers and fries and other stuff. Three, she want to take these things away from them and force them, basically, to be fit. Then, she chooses to eat something that she doesn’t want others to choose. How is that not Hypocrisy?
Report Post »RestoreCapitalism
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:20pmNow Belle, you must admit that with that big butt, she has certainly earned the title of FLATUS in the white house.
Report Post »Common Sense Sally
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:35pmNo, see, it’s OK for her to eat the cheeseburger and fries b/c it‘s not from McD’s or any other fast food joint. What she’s doing here is patronizing a small business to show that the Obama Administration is FOR small business instead of trying to obliterate it.
So, see? It’s all still good.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:39pmLet me guess…she joked with them saying, “Don’t tell Barack!”.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 4:30pmThe Spark,
“Three, she want to take these things away from them and force them, basically, to be fit.” This is just plain wrong. While there have been a number of local initiative to ban certain foods, or trans-fats, or whatever, I have not heard any of that coming from the First Lady. She advocates good parenting as the solution–do you object? Here, maybe you should read this article if you actually care about knowing what you are talking about:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/dining/11lady.html
From that article: “White House officials say the focus on healthy living will be a significant item on Mrs. Obama’s agenda, which already includes supporting working families and military spouses. As the nation battles an obesity epidemic and a hard-to-break taste for oversweetened and oversalted dishes, her message is clear: Fresh, nutritious foods are not delicacies to be savored by the wealthy, but critical components of the diets of ordinary and struggling families.
Sounds pretty autocratic huh? You should be particularly angry about the sections of a article in which she talks about making decisions about feeding healthy foods to her children. How dare she be a parent!
Even better, here is how the article ends:
Report Post »“Mr. Scheib cautioned that no one should expect the Obamas to upend their lifestyle. “This is not to say they’re going to be eating rice cakes and tofu three meals a day, not at all,” he said. In fact, Mrs. Obama cheerfully admits to an occasional hankering for fast food. It’s all about eating in moderation, she said, emphasizing the kind of flexibility that might make it easier for people to relate to her message.”
oldoldtimer
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:33pmWhy does the Little Debbie truck go to the WH once a week?
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:16pmA hypocrite liberal? shocking.
Report Post »Peanut1964
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:18pmWell, gauging from the size of the aforementioned butt, I would say…. too damn much!
Report Post »neverending
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:26pmObviously many more times then we see her but we certainly see the END results.
Report Post »JackBoot101
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:42pmCome on, We all do a Berger now and then. I even eat pizza pie on occasion. I don’t agree with the President on most things but they should be able to eat their meals in peace.
Report Post »Blazergirl
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:59pmMrs.Obama has the elite attitude of “Do as I say not as I do”. She’s probably not too concerned about the unhealthy foods she consumes because…… She’s counting on Obamacare. You see, she needs to keep US healthy so that we can pay more towards an even better health care for ALL of Congress so that in turn THEY can continue to completely indulge while the rest of us will get to choose between carrots and broccoli. IF we’re lucky. I wonder if her husband has quit smoking yet :)
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:12pmSomebody call the food police, right after the election police get done with her. That’s right, the laws will only apply to US.
Report Post »AlekNovy
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:01am@
==YouSaid==
She ordered a burger and fries. Most nutritionists in the world will tell you that such meals, when eaten infrequently, will not harm you as long as you normally eat a balanced diet and you exercise.
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But that’s the whole point! She wants the goverment to STOP people from making that choice themselves. Anyone except a food nut, knows that its not the food itself that’s bad, its gorging yourself on it.
She however is on ANTI-fast-food campaign. Note, she’s not on a “don’t binge on fast food” campaign. She’s on a fast-food demonization campaign and actually BANNING it from certain locations and circumstances.
That’s why its hypocritical.
Report Post »catllers
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:59amsome ppl like big butts, think there is a song about big butts.
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 4:26amShe was eating RIGHT!! Nothing wrong with a hamburger and fries!!!!! Lets see I do think the average life span of man has been rising. Humans must be doing something right!! Could be cleaner air,cleaner water,better sanitation and plentifull FOOD!!!
Report Post »pmacres
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 9:55amHey Obama smokes!!!!
Report Post »thay know what is best for us!!
Major Infidel
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 10:10amHush Pencil, we can hate if we want too. Go back over to rainbow and puppy land and smoke your dope.
On topic: I bet her fat ass takes drags off of Barrys Newports once in awhile too. How can these people not disgust you?
Report Post »dazyann010501
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 3:27pm@ppman,
Report Post »http://factreal.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/michelle-obama-obesity-order-cut-butter-cream-french-fries-video-transcript/
Put this one in your pipe and smoke it!!! ;) Have you ever heard about the Overton Window and not just the book that Glenn Beck has written? Try looking it up it might do you some good…
White Devil
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:50pmNot the first time this has happened, LOOK AT HER HIPS!
Report Post »genmam
Posted on February 21, 2011 at 1:35pmI’m sorry, I’ve innocently entered into enemy territory, and I’ll not bother you again, but I’d rather have “:a big butt” than be cursed with a mean spirit.
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