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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

Posted on 09/30/2009 3:11:57 PM PDT by smoothsailing


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.
 


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To: smoothsailing

It’s harder for kids to learn to ride a bike because funds are drying up? WTH?

You mean I could have gotten a government grant to run behind a Schwinn with my hand on the bumper yelling, “Steady now...You can do it. You can do it!” ?


21 posted on 09/30/2009 3:25:25 PM PDT by Eroteme
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To: IbJensen

Now THAT was funny! I can’t stop laughing


22 posted on 09/30/2009 3:25:28 PM PDT by right
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To: smoothsailing
Her arrogance is ASTOUNDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a SPOILED little girl she is.

Somebody missed out on a few well timed spankings when the same might have saved her from this egotistical, ridiculous commentary. I am SO EMBARRASSED that our first lady is speaking and whining like this.

For the FIRST time in MY ADULT LIFE I am ASHAMED of my country....ashamed that it elected two spoiled, silly, arrogant, absolutely stupid (you have to be to make the commentary she made above) people to govern from our highest office. They are users and manipulators and there is nothing dignified or classy about them. Period.

23 posted on 09/30/2009 3:25:31 PM PDT by Republic
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To: smoothsailing

That’s mighty white of her......


24 posted on 09/30/2009 3:25:55 PM PDT by Mac from Cleveland (How to make a small fortune in the Obama era--first, start off with a big fortune....)
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To: colorado tanker

Can you believe they are taking two large aircraft over there, because it was too much to ask Obama and Michelle to coordinate their trip so they could go together.

She probably has the bigger support group going along though...


25 posted on 09/30/2009 3:26:53 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Ded Kennedy, Stealing from the middle class for nearly 40 years to end poverty.)
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To: smoothsailing

26 posted on 09/30/2009 3:27:51 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: smoothsailing
Caption: "Come to Chicago--you'll be a hit!"
27 posted on 09/30/2009 3:28:14 PM PDT by Mac from Cleveland (How to make a small fortune in the Obama era--first, start off with a big fortune....)
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To: smoothsailing

OMG!!! I thought this one of the satires posted by a freeper from AZ.


28 posted on 09/30/2009 3:30:17 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: DoughtyOne; buccaneer81
Two airplanes??? Can these peoples ego and sense of entitlement get any bigger??
29 posted on 09/30/2009 3:30:30 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Barack Obama is an old Kenyan word for Jimmy Carter)
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To: DoughtyOne
Can you believe they are taking two large aircraft over there, because it was too much to ask Obama and Michelle to coordinate their trip so they could go together.

I think it's because he's going somewhere else after Copenhagen.

30 posted on 09/30/2009 3:30:49 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: colorado tanker
Two airplanes??? Can these peoples ego and sense of entitlement get any bigger??

My guess is he's going someplace after Copenhagen, and she's not.

31 posted on 09/30/2009 3:32:02 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: smoothsailing
"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 think she should start by bridging the gap between her knees.

32 posted on 09/30/2009 3:32:58 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: smoothsailing

Hey send me I’ll sacrifice my time for a ritzy trip over seas on the taxpayer dime!


33 posted on 09/30/2009 3:33:10 PM PDT by linn37 ( "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: smoothsailing
As she sat in AF1 sipping Krystaal and cavorting with Oprah whilst snorking down Iranian caviar, Russian Lobster (from their side of the straights near Alaska). This is just such a stuggle to be down for the count (for Chicago).
34 posted on 09/30/2009 3:35:07 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: smoothsailing

http://www.chicagoansforrio.com/


35 posted on 09/30/2009 3:35:40 PM PDT by bushpilot1
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To: smoothsailing
“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK”....but that is not to say that we can't have the Olympics in Chicago in 2016 because the world likes American venues.
36 posted on 09/30/2009 3:38:58 PM PDT by TBall
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To: smoothsailing

Mmmm mmmm mmmm


37 posted on 09/30/2009 3:39:10 PM PDT by lone star annie
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39 posted on 09/30/2009 3:47:32 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: smoothsailing
residence Her guest house. "Rydhave", the residence of the United States' Ambassador to Denmark, stands out among the grand villas in the neighborhood of Skovshoved, a few miles north of Copenhagen along the scenic coastal road, Strandvejen. Perched on a high hill, overlooking the narrow strait Øresund, separating Denmark from Sweden, its stately white walls and steep slate roofs create a striking ensemble, further enhanced by the extensive grounds that frame the mansion. Inside the house guests are greeted by a series of large, elegant reception rooms, comfortably furnished and adorned with numerous examples of American artwork -- creating the perfect environment in which to consider the New World point of view. Over the years, each Ambassador has brought his or her own life style, notions of comfort and privacy to the residence. In this they have reflected the tastes and appearances of the last five decades of Danish-American friendship" http://denmark.usembassy.gov/ambassador/residence.html
40 posted on 09/30/2009 3:47:56 PM PDT by bushpilot1
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