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Michelle Obama Won’t Campaign For Democrats Because She’s Mad Over Letter About Potatoes
The Daily Caller ^ | 10-6-14 | Eric Owens

Posted on 10/06/2014 10:43:12 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

First lady Michelle Obama believes that Democrats running for Congress eagerly desire her presence on the campaign trail during the run-up to the 2014 midterm elections. However, she has avoided helping some Senate Democrats because she’s mad at them for failing to show adequate support for her deeply unpopular attempt to change people’s diets.

The Daily Caller is not making this up. The New York Times has reported it.

The first lady has expressed frustration with Senate Democrats because they didn’t do enough to fight Republican attempts to weaken the “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act,” explains the Times. The 2010 law is a complex body of meal regulations implemented by the Department of Agriculture that has long been her signature issue.

Michelle Obama was also especially furious after nearly a dozen Democrats from states where potatoes are a commercial crop joined Republican lawmakers in opposing a decision by the Obama administration to ban white potatoes from the list of foods which recipients of Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program assistance can purchase with federal funds.

Obama aides and Democratic operatives downplayed the rift, saying the first lady has other reasons for laying low this election cycle. She wants to spend time with the first daughters, they say. She doesn’t like Washington politics.

An unnamed Democrat strategist also gently alluded to the possibility that Democratic candidates don’t really want the first lady around.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: campaign; michelle; michelleobama; potatoes; schoollunch
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To: afraidfortherepublic
"Po-tay-toes!" Samwise Gamgee photo: Potatoes? MoNakedHoes.gif
41 posted on 10/06/2014 11:31:38 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: skinkinthegrass
OH! WOW! ..it's about “WHITE” potatoes, ...

Can this veggie be Raaaaacist?

Sure, so can redskins.

42 posted on 10/06/2014 11:34:58 AM PDT by Know et al (Keep on Freepin'!!!)
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To: Mears

Potatoes are full of vitamins. Perhaps it’s the vitamins missy prez doesn’t want the public school children to have. Maybe vitamins are only for private school children. That’s what it looks like to me.


43 posted on 10/06/2014 11:40:44 AM PDT by abclily
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Good grief. Without white potatoes my family would be hungry. We go through a 20 lb bag each week. It is a very inexpensive way to fill up our six children with a natural and non-processed food. None of our kids are fat.


44 posted on 10/06/2014 11:41:54 AM PDT by NorthstarMom
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To: RetSignman

Never seen Al Sharpton in shorts before.


45 posted on 10/06/2014 11:49:46 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Know et al; All
"redskins" *snickering!*
I saw a parody a few weeks ago; Football helmet with...
redskin potatoes..Bring on the butter/salt/pepper.

46 posted on 10/06/2014 11:57:12 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon...Pres. E'Bola/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

White Potatoes, THAT IS RACIST!!!!


47 posted on 10/06/2014 12:08:42 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer (MY COUNTRY WAS OF THEE!!!!)
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To: leapfrog0202

I may have to conduct a Kale experiment using that method. I guess you roast at the usual 350F. I’ll try to resist throwing sesame seed oil on it right away. Maybe I won’t need to.


48 posted on 10/06/2014 12:13:52 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: twister881

The tranny got a woody.


49 posted on 10/06/2014 12:16:36 PM PDT by stbdside
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To: skinkinthegrass
I saw that one also.

Thanks for the reply.

50 posted on 10/06/2014 12:29:23 PM PDT by Know et al (Keep on Freepin'!!!)
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To: WayneS

As far as I am concerned, kale is a weed.

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Find a good cook from the south (who is not in your family). If they were made well in your household, you’d never have made the statement above.

Get their recipe for greens.

Make them at Thanksgiving.

Your tune will change.

I would have completely agreed with you 2 short years ago, but did what I have written above. They are now a staple.


51 posted on 10/06/2014 1:02:19 PM PDT by dmz
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To: dmz

Nope.

I am in the south.

I know how to cook greens.

I like collards.

I despise kale.


52 posted on 10/06/2014 1:04:29 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
My cousin teaches at a predominantly black high school and says the kids joke and complain about Michelle Obama all the time. During a walk through the teacher's lounge, the kids noticed that the teachers' lunches were much bigger than theirs. When one kid asked why, another responded "you can thank Michelle Obama for that".

One of the kids explained that he's there all day, he's about 6'2", he plays football, and doesn't get home until after 6:00pm every day. "But I need that food more than you", he said.

Could turn out that the best way to turn kids into conservatives is to mess with their food.
53 posted on 10/06/2014 1:09:44 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Mears

In my family we could easily have potatoes three meals a day. There’s something wrong with that?


54 posted on 10/06/2014 1:15:53 PM PDT by Cloverfarm
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To: afraidfortherepublic

55 posted on 10/06/2014 1:18:32 PM PDT by McBuff
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To: PATRIOT1876

That is very clever.

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56 posted on 10/06/2014 1:47:01 PM PDT by Mears
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Do you mean to tell me that the tranny ‘wife’ of the-queer-in-charge would not support other members of the party that got the-queer-in-charge elected because of a supposed refusal to support his/her/it’s plan to control the diet of every schoolkid in America??????

Dear michael/Michelle/Mooch, aw poor baby!


57 posted on 10/06/2014 2:28:01 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: lee martell

I did read somewhere that you have to make sure the kale is perfectly dry, so we washed it and cut it the night before and left the pieces to dry. Of course, you could cut it after it’s dry. The recipe we used said to just spritz it with olive oil because too much would make it wet and it wouldn’t cook right.

It was very easy and as you said, 350 degrees. You do have to watch it because it’s so thin that it could go from crispy to burned quickly. We loved it and ate it like we would chips, just kept going back for more!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/crispy-roasted-kale.html


58 posted on 10/06/2014 4:40:05 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: WayneS

That was my question...were these potatoes, Red Skins?


59 posted on 10/06/2014 4:52:43 PM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: mmichaels1970

That means that their parents are talking about it at home. I don’t think black moms care too much for the Mooch.


60 posted on 10/06/2014 5:46:32 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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