Fur-Free, Fabulous And Fuming: White House Objects To PETA's Image of Michelle Obama...

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[Steelfish]

Fur-Free, Fabulous And Fuming: White House Objects To PETA's Image of Michelle Obama In New Anti-Fur Ad

January 5, 2010 [Pic in URL]

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals certainly meant it as a compliment when the group called First Lady Michelle Obama "Fur-Free and Fabulous" in its latest ad campaign. But the group's intentions apparently don't matter much to the White House, which says Mrs. Obama's image was used by PETA without her permission.

The ad, which features the first lady alongside Oprah Winfrey, Tyra Banks and Carrie Underwood -- all famous women who have refused to wear real fur -- was rolled out by PETA last week and can be seen, so far, at Washington, D.C.-area Metro stations and on the group's website.

"By rejecting fur, these style icons demonstrate to the world that fur is old-fashioned and cruel," PETA senior vice president Dan Mathews said by way of an introduction for the new ad campaign. PETA co-founder and president Ingrid Newkirk told the Associated Press that the group wouldn't have attempted to get Mrs. Obama's consent to use her image because it knows she would be unable to make such an endorsement.

[Steelfish]

"these style icons" Michelle? Oprah? Defining style down.

[freedumb2003]

Yeah, she walks in beauty...

[Hegemony Cricket]

Positively scandalous to characterize MO as fabulous...

[cripplecreek]

She's a classic beauty.

[TheConservativeParty]

IBFWI
(in before furry Wookie images)

[freekitty]

Good one.

[Joe 6-pack]

Fur free?!?!?!

[freedumb2003]

Moan-a Lisa

[paulycy]

She's only fur-free some of the time.

[bigheadfred]

She’s pissed cause these idiots don’t realize HER fur IS real.

[Cobra64]

"the group called First Lady Michelle Obama "Fur-Free and Fabulous"

Before:

After:

[ansel12]

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals certainly meant it as a compliment when the group called First Lady Michelle Obama "Fur-Free and Fabulous" in its latest ad campaign. But the group's intentions apparently don't matter much to the White House, which says Mrs. Obama's image was used by PETA without her permission.

I wonder if that would be the same wording, if a conservative group had done something like this, maybe a prolife group or the NRA, or an Arugula preservation group, or an anti-porn, or anti gay marriage group.

[RingerSIX]

Something tells me that the First Wookie is a fur-bearin’ critter!

[fanfan]

Interesting.

Mona Lisa’s face is bigger on her right, stressing the feminine.

[SkyDancer]

[WesternPacific]

..these style icons demonstrate..

Every time I read the MSM insisting MO is some kind of Fashion/Style icon I get these images for a Pig Party and a group of Washington DC blue blood elites sitting together laughing.

[peeps36]

We all know who wears the pants in the Obama household. She looks and acts much more masculine then he does. There probably is a reason for that.

[GinaLolaB]

Black widow spiders DO have fur.

[blueplum]

well, suck it up, Michelle honey - as First Wife your image is public property (I’d have said ‘lady’ but we know you’re not)