Lovely costume....
Posted on 02/05/2010 1:42:06 PM PST by traumer
Michelle Obama has earned accolades for making healthy living and eliminating childhood obesity a priority as first lady. But when it came down to personalizing the issue in relation to her daughters, the remarks touched a nerve with some, and praise from others.
The first lady made the issue of healthy eating personal last week at an event in Alexandria, Va., where she kicked off a campaign addressing the issue of childhood obesity.
"We went to our pediatrician all the time," Obama said. "I thought my kids were perfect -- they are and always will be -- but he [the doctor] warned that he was concerned that something was getting off balance."
"I didn't see the changes. And that's also part of the problem, or part of the challenge. It's often hard to see changes in your own kids when you're living with them day in and day out," she added. "But we often simply don't realize that those kids are our kids, and our kids could be in danger of becoming obese. We always think that only happens to someone else's kid -- and I was in that position."
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Lovely costume....
She exploited her children.
Typical of the first family. Nothing is sacrosanct.
She should have been talking about herself!!
What a buffoon. And yet another example of the inmates running the asylum.
Lay off the Kobe Beef and Lobster, SUCKA!!
When other First Ladies took up their obliged “cause” they never singled out their own children, this is horrid. Those poor girls.
I think before she tells everyone else how to live and take care of their children, she should set an example and try to lose weight.
Nobody with an ass that big should be the face of an anti-obesity campaign.
First, shrink your own ass, then talk to us about ours.
Sebelius: “I bet those sleeves reached her wrists 30 pounds ago...”
Does she eat according to the government food pyramid? Generous amounts of starches, spread across the bottom...
Hmmm, I perceive a trend.
I agree. Malia is getting to an age where comments like that can have a negative impact. (And personally, I think both girls look fine.)
It appears that those girls are more props for the Obamas than anything else.
Sebelius gives here the LOOK..... :o)
Pity "Providing Boob Belts To The 3rd World" wasn't on the list.
Ya know, that outfit doesn’t work at all without the bracelets.
Michelle isn’t exactly slender.
I watch a lot of samurai movies. She should try a kimono and the sash thingy that goes with it. Then she might almost be attractive, after half a bottle of Patron Anejo.
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