Michelle O:It's a sacrifice to travel to Europe to pitch the Olympics-we're doing it for the kids.

Washington Examiner ^ | 9-30-09 | Byron York

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Michelle Obama: It's a 'sacrifice' to travel to Europe to pitch for the Olympics. For Oprah and the president, too. But we're doing it for the kids.

By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
09/30/09 5:12 PM EDT

In her speech in Copenhagen today, First Lady Michelle Obama said her trip to Denmark, along with the travel of her "dear friend" and "chit-chat buddy" Oprah Winfrey, as well as tomorrow's visit by President Obama, is a "sacrifice" on behalf of the children of Chicago and the United States. "As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me or Oprah or the president to come for these few days," the first lady told a crowd of people involved in the Chicago project, "so many of you in this room have been working for years to bring this bid home."

"As first lady, as many of you know, I’ve made it a priority to bridge the gap between the White House and communities across D.C. and across the country," Mrs. Obama continued. "I’ve spent much of my first nine months trying to open the doors to the White House to kids who might not otherwise see themselves having access to these institutions, because that’s where I came from – communities like that where kids never dreamed that they could set foot in the White House, let alone live there&hellipAnd Barack and I made a point of doing the same thing when we lived in Chicago – making the concerns of kids in all sorts of communities our own."

Mrs. Obama said bringing the Olympics to Chicago is especially important right now because "athletics is becoming more of a fleeting opportunity." "Funds dry up so it becomes harder for kids to engage in sports, to learn how to swim, to even ride a bike," she said. In addition, with childhood obesity on the rise, "it is so important for us to raise up the platform of fitness and competition and fair play," the first lady said.

Finally, having the Olympics in Chicago would be important to "let people know that we understand that sports saves lives, that it makes dreams come true, that it creates visions in kids’ heads to make them think they can be the next David Robinson, the next Barack Obama, the next Nadia Comaneci, the next Oprah Winfrey," Mrs. Obama said.
 

[eyedigress]

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[Bender2]

Re: "As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me or Oprah or the president to come for these few days," the first lady told a crowd of people involved in the Chicago project--

Gadzooks! You cannot make this stuff up, yet the Libs and their press buddies eat it up! It is... enough to make you drink to forget.

[Bender2]

Yes, it is all... about the kids--

Like all those future 13 year old Chicago hookers... who will need the economic boost from men coming to the 2016 Olympics. BTW their 13 year old mothers are marching in the streets, all supporting Roman Polanski as he has suffered enough already!

Yep, all about the kids! Like this young lady... I'll have to tell Roman about her.

[shalom aleichem]

Bowling?

[Berosus]

I suppose traveling to Europe IS a hardship, if you’re a liberal and Copenhagen’s your destination. Unlike some Europeans we know, the Danes still love Americans, and they get it, where the War on Terror is concerned.

Michelle ought to look on the bright side. What if the meeting had been held in Albania?

[fivecatsandadog]

Is VJ with the traveling troubadours, or did she stay behind to stir up more !@#!%?

[historyrepeatz]

Can you say Chicagobamalympics? I bet the slumlord (I mean, Presidential Advisor) Valerie Jarrett is getting excited. This whole thing makes me sick. Obama running to Copenhagen to fatten up his social justice mob’s wallets while our soldiers in Afghanistan are forced to wait and see if they’re going to receive some additional assistance in the war. 43 U.S. soldiers have died since the Generals first requested additional support. Sleep on THAT, Zero, you useless piece-a-#$@&%$!!!!!!

[sodpoodle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8n8I5UFits

Elton John must be a psychic!!!!!

[OCCASparky]

Hmmmm...the only “sacrifice” I made every time I went to Europe was financial for the plane tickets, hotel, etc. And since ‘Shelle gets those paid for, what exactly is she sacrificing?

[savedbygrace]

I’m sure the citizens and residents of Denmark really appreciate hearing that visiting their country is a sacrifice.

What an idiot statement. And it’s truth free!

[TaxRelief]

And what about all the children in South America? Geeee... Can this woman ever carry a thought out to it’s natural conclusion?

[TaxRelief]

Just argue the merits or detriments and refrain from the catty attacks. This is not Daily Kos.

[TaxRelief]

Is it necessary to get catty?

[wolfcreek]

Chicago is a giant wart on the in the middle of the country.

(sorry Illinois FReepers)

I ain't worthy.

[cake_crumb]

Some “sacrifice”, like the other two dozen or so joy rides the Obamas have taken in the past nine months...enough compost already!! OHGAG! GAG! GAG! ARGH!...

[defconw]

No barf alert? :)

[samsmom]

Heard the planes cost over a million each to fly over—not to mention the carbon load on the environment. Then there’s Valerie Jarett’s ties to the real estate developers that stand to make a huge fortune—after they tear down the slums they’ve let stand uninhabitable. Oh, and I got that on Glenn Beck.

[cake_crumb]

"I’m not going to tie myself up in a knot over the friggin Chicago Olympics when Iran is working on nukes. But that’s the point: Obama cares more about the Olympics than nuclear annihilation."

Of course. Why else would he suck up to the country selling the nuke technology to Iran in the first place, while yanking the missile defense system that could protect our allies from aforesaid nukes?

[dforest]

Rumor is out there that he will show up in Afghanistan.

Photo op, you know, to show how much he really really cares.

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