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On Air Force One, No Lightening Up on Burgers and Cake
The New York Times ^
| June 27, 2014
| Emmarie Huetteman
Posted on 06/28/2014 1:25:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A blue-cheese burger with lettuce, tomato and garlic aioli, accompanied by Parmesan-sprinkled fries. Chocolate fudge cake. Pasta shells stuffed with four cheeses, topped with meat sauce and shredded mozzarella, and served with a garlic breadstick. Cake infused with limoncello. Buffalo wings with celery, carrots and homemade ranch dip.
Such was the fare served to passengers aboard Air Force One during a particularly grueling three-state day on the campaign trail just before the 2012 election. Not much has changed since.
Its American fare, in that its not going all arugula on people, said Arun Chaudhary, who was President Obamas videographer from 2009 to 2011. Its not aggressively nutritious.
To say the least. The food on Air Force One is well known among White House staff members and reporters for being plentiful in quantity and broad in appeal, but not always the perfect mirror of the nutritional recommendations coming out of the office of the first lady, Michelle Obama, who has made healthy eating and living her mission.
According to the Agriculture Departments MyPlate guide, unveiled by Mrs. Obama in 2011, fruits and vegetables should make up half of a meal. (White potatoes alone will not do the trick, as the first lady wrote in a recent editorial.) Mrs. Obama has also emphasized the need to reduce the consumption of sugar, salt and fat in her fight to improve school lunches as part of her Lets Move initiative against childhood obesity...
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: hypocrisy; letsmove; letsstarve; michelleobama; nannystate; obama
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Do as I say, not as I do.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I don’t eat anything on airplanes. Just Dramamine and Diet Coke.
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:27:12 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
Comment #3 Removed by Moderator
To: 2ndDivisionVet
We need a photoshop of Ø’s mug on King Julian from the animated Madagascar series.
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:32:08 PM PDT
by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
So let them eat eggplant, Queen Michelle.
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:32:23 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Another Freeper posted the following a long time ago, I’m just quoting that individual.
“Let them eat kale.”
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:33:44 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Tax-chick
My sympathies in your mal de l’air.
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:33:50 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
You can just tell Obama is the kind of person that could stuff his face from dawn to dusk and never gain an ounce. I bet that drives Michele NUTS.
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:34:42 PM PDT
by
jocon307
(These people are (some Polish word) crazy)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I bet she stuffs her face with as much as possible while she’s on AF1 because then no one has to know that she does not eat as she expects others to.
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:35:24 PM PDT
by
leapfrog0202
("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Thank you. Also sea and car.
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:36:12 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A blue-cheese burger with lettuce, tomato and garlic aioli, accompanied by Parmesan-sprinkled fries. Chocolate fudge cake. Pasta shells stuffed with four cheeses, topped with meat sauce and shredded mozzarella, and served with a garlic breadstick. Cake infused with limoncello. Buffalo wings with celery, carrots and homemade ranch dip. Now there's drool all over my keyboard.
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:36:58 PM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Air Force One doesn’t seem to be in compliance with the Lunch Lady Program
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:37:24 PM PDT
by
blueplum
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Before she started her “Lets Move initiative against childhood obesity” it might have been a good idea to start her “Let’s move initiative against Moochelle obesity”.
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:38:18 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wait a minute...why is our airplane being used for his reelection campaign?
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:39:24 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
That opening sentence gave me gout.
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:39:35 PM PDT
by
pallis
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The food on Air Force One is well known among White House staff members and reporters for being plentiful in quantity and broad in appeal... Broad, that's for sure...
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:40:31 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Oh man ... that first paragraph has some really good-sounding food!
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:41:58 PM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: BenLurkin
Yeah, that is bad enough, but Hillary used our airplane when she spent 2000 traveling to New York to run for senator. But, hey, let's go after Scott Walker for, for, whatever....
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posted on
06/28/2014 1:42:08 PM PDT
by
fhayek
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