Hi-Ho, the Derry-O - Michelle's little "shopping" trip.

Here's what I don't get about this story: what's the point? The woman has a staff of dozens. Was she actually cooking for someone? Did her mom need the tuscan kale? Why did she insist upon being seen shopping at some hoi palloi green grocer?

There has to be some reason that I'm just not seeing. Some machiavellian point...

wmolaw---I guess it's much too late in the season to find kale in Michele Obama's kitchen garden.......which will be open for public tours this october:

http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/washington-whispers/2009/09/15/public-can-view-michelle-obamas-kitchen-garden-in-october.html

Yep, there goes michelle, tip-toeing throught the tulips in the land of fa la la la la.

OK, wmolaw.

You and I were haveng a respectful debate on the other channel a few moments ago so I will keep up the trend between you and I.
It is obvious you and I stand on opposite sides of the political spectrum. That's fine...lends to lively debates.

But, riddle me this... you went on about the cost of the "shopping trip" :
Are the secret service only paid when they actually get out of their "hidey spot" and guard our President and First Lady ?

Seems to me they are already paid because they are on the clock fulltime anyway.

So in the same respect one could admonish the administration for not going out and utilizing the secret service, thereby wasting our money with just having them sit there idle.

A fair and just rebuttal ya think ?

WHAT NO poke salad in the garden OR along the fences! DIDN'T PLANT any---what about the Mellons OR the Tomatoes? NONE of these HOW about Collard Greens--she could have used these!!

Whispers hears that the staff is planning a fall crop of veggies like cukes and radishes. And it most likely won't end there. Master gardeners tell us that the D.C. area is ripe for cool-weather crops like beets, turnips, lettuce, collards, and leeks.

jscusmc69 LT U.S.C.D.F

I love good collard greens! Best greens in Los Angeles are at The Soul Food Kitchen in Inglewood. Hope the next time the Obamas are out here I highly recommend them.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/soul-food-kitchen-inglewood-2

The rediculous part of this is the loss of business to the stores and markets in the area that had to be closed off because she couldn't send someone to the store to get it for her.

Ridiculous article! The author (Dana Milbank) is the same misogynist who was forced to apologize for saying Hillary Clinton drinks "Mad @!$%#" beer. He obviously has a problem with strong intelligent women and is compensating for the lack of something by attacking them every chance he gets.

Dana Milbank should be pitied and ignored.

Michelle Obama is strong, classy, smart and beautiful...he's just jealous.

I don't know, can this admin become anymore bizarre, expensive, elitist?

WTF is "bizarre" about buying food? The whole piece is stupid and juvenile. She's the First Lady, anytime she goes out Secret Service will be with her. Its their job to be as safe as possible, so they do what they deem necessary. Grow up!

The First Lady does not cook.

The First Lady does not cook.

How do you know?

I know the prices of food and a pound of pinenuts the last time was $15-$17/pound.

How many can afford Pesto in this country?

I don't know much about prices for pinenuts and pesto, but our grocery store has a sale on hamburger helper -- 88 cents a box. I went shopping today, too.

???

I don't know much about prices for pinenuts and pesto

I really don't care for either. I'm making hamburger sliders tonight.....mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

Hamburger sliders -- now that's American value! LOL

Damon1, So in the same respect one could admonish the administration for not going out and utilizing the secret service, thereby wasting our money with just having them sit there idle

The problem is, the D.C. Police are paid to patrol the streets. When michelle goes out like this, it costs the local police agencies money, which the feds/secret service do not re-imburse. It's just like all of obama's trips of late. This costs the states and local governments money they do not have right now, not to mention the waste of fuel, etc. As another poster also stated, it affects the businesses around the store she is going to, as well as people going to and from work, school etc, when streets are closed and traffic is disrupted to let the motorcade through. Bottom line, it's a waste of our money and resources for a publicity trip. Don't even want to get started on her shopping trip to England a few months ago.

And they represent the American independent spirit because I'm going to make them myself instead of going to White Castle! Besides, mine are better.

;-)

You make me proud to be American, R. Donald! Wish I was having that instead of hamburger helper, but then again, hamburger helper is better than many people in the world have tonight.

Bottom line, it's a waste of our money and resources for a publicity trip

So she should just never leave the White House. Right? And if she didn't the right wing would be whining that Michelle is too lazy to meet her obligations as First Lady. Or they'd wonder out loud what does she have to hide. Or she's refusing to be a proper First Lady. Face it, you guys would bi*tch no matter what she does or doesn't do. THAT'S the bottom line.

Wish I was having that instead of hamburger helper, but then again, hamburger helper is better than many people in the world have tonight.

RAmen, we are lucky here. AND I'm going to make FRENCH fries and tomorrow FRENCH toast!

How do you know?

Because it's obvious.

R.Donald Snyder,

what I'm saying is some of these trips are a waste of taxpayer's money. If she only needed one item to fix dinner, she could have sent someone out to get it. This would not have hurt the businesses around the place she went, as customers were unable to get to their shops with the street closed. I have no problem with some of the events she goes to, but common sense has to prevail also. Just like the Fish & Chips trip to England several months ago, this cost the taxpayers money, and in the current time, it is money the government/taxpayers do not have. If Laura Bush had done this, the liberals would have crucified her and George Bush. But the liberals do not seem to have a problem with what obama and michelle do. Just another double standard.

If she only needed one item to fix dinner, she could have sent someone out to get it.

Because that's not why she went there. She went there as a pre-planned trip to promote buying food at your local farmers market. It's no different then if Laura went to a school to promote education (and no we never crucified her for that and in fact Laura was quite popular with all Americans, left and right (though personally I always thought she was a bit daft)). This is a tempest in a teapot, but it does give the right wing a way to make up a reason to whine. This is a trumped up reason to bi*tch about Michelle and nothing more.

I couldn't get the original article to load, hughes.net sucks, and was going off the article at the top. I finally got it to load, and I still think it is a waste. The average person is not going to shop at this type of market, because it is not your typical farmers market. Our local farmers market, and the amish market get a lot of local business, and everything is reasonably priced. From what the article said, this market would be out of the price range of even the federal employees in the area. So if the purpose is to showcase farmers market, it would have made more sense to showcase one that the average person could afford and would go to, not a high priced specialty market. Either way, it is a waste of money in these economic times just to highlight a fancy market well above the average Americans pay scale.

I've got a yard full of 'organic dandelion greens', free to anyone wanting to pick them.

Good seed wmolaw.

This is not a ridiculous seed as someone mentioned. The trip to the market and all the media frenzy and needless street closings and bomb sniffing dogs and local polica and other shoppers having to wait to shop.

As a mom I can understand Mrs. Obama wanting to shop on her own, but she is the first lady and did not need to take such a silly and selfish risk.

As a mom I can understand Mrs. Obama wanting to shop on her own, but she is the first lady and did not need to take such a silly and selfish risk.

It was not a shopping trip. It was a pre-planned promotion to try to get people to eat healthier food, such as what's usually available from their local farmers market. It was a planned public appearance of the First Lady to promote healthy food. I mean it's not like she was walking through the White House kitchen and said "Oh were low on some veggies, I'll run out and get some".

This is the kind of thing ALL First Ladies do and if she decided not to do it then the right wing nuts here would be whining "Oh, so she thinks she's too good to go where regular people shop!" You guys are going to bi*tch no matter what she does.

Mr. Snyder,

What is good for our President and our gracious First Lady don't mean that's good for me.

I had a tentative cold and had 10 cups of chicken broth a day. Full of fat, with corn and egg noodles.

Do you think that aurugula and kale could do the trick?

determined0a1

What in the hell are you talking about? You know it is possible to take too much NyQuil. I'm just sayin'..............

Lmao.

Damon1

So in the same respect one could admonish the administration for not going out and utilizing the secret service, thereby wasting our money with just having them sit there idle.

No. You're taking advantge of a little chicken and eggy situation. You might as well say that as long as the Secret Service has bomb sniffing dogs, bullet proof vests, armored cars, tanks, helicopters, a destroyer, eighteen aircraft carriers, two back marine battalions as back up, eighty-seven hundred grenade launchers, and a partridge in a pear tree (along with the pear tree), then why shouldn't she go on an expedition to the top of Kilimanjaro to fetch the most natural bouqet of flowers for her Sunday table? I mean, as long as they are at her beck and call , why not use them?

That's what you said. The point is that she (or any First Lady) wouldn't need all that stuff, if she just had her must trusted of the couple of dozen assistants to bring her back a bunch of flowers, and the freshest kale she could find in the 50 United States.

But she wants to go shopping, so she needs all those aircraft carriers and the pear tree partridge.

I wonder if anyone was inconvenienced. That probably is also irrelevant to The Obamas.

That probably is also irrelevant to The Obamas.

Did you even bother to read or even attempt to understand why she went? It was not to go shopping. This was not a case of her running out to get some lettuce when a staffer could have done it. It was a public appearance by the First Lady of the United States of America to promote healthy eating. It was the same kind of event First Ladies always attend. It's no different then Laura Bush attending an event at a school to promote reading or education, which is what she did all of the time. No different then Nancy Reagan attending an event to promote the idea of not using drugs. None. No different, except that small minded people have decided they don't want this particular First Lady to do the same things as all other First Ladies simply because they do not like her or the President.

These are the kind of things any reasonable and intelligent American expects the First Lady to do. If she hadn't done it you'd bit*ch that she thinks she's too good to do the same things all other First Ladies do. If she saved a child from drowning you'd find a way to bi*tch about that too. Sad.

Are you delusional or just dreaming? She promoted healthy eating? To whom? Is there someone there who will benefit from eating locally grown organic food who will buy this stuff with food stamps? She wants everyone to eat healthy food, well, whoopdeedoo, who doesn't?

Even then, though, it's hard to imagine somebody using food stamps to buy what the market offered: $19 bison steak from Gunpowder Bison, organic dandelion greens for $12 per pound from Blueberry Hill Vegetables, the Piedmont Reserve cheese from Everson Dairy at $29 a pound. Rounding out the potential shopping cart: $4 for a piece of "walnut dacquoise" from the Praline Bakery, $9 for a jumbo crab cake at Chris's Marketplace, $8 for a loaf of cranberry-walnut bread and $32 for a bolt of yarn.

Did you actually read the article?

These are the kind of things any reasonable and intelligent American expects the First Lady to do.

Absolutely not. Growing food in her own garden at the WH is something she can do. Pushing her own causes is fine with me. But do you seriously think the poor of D.C. or Obama's former constituents from the south side of Chicago get something out of her extolling the virtues of organic carrots and crab cakes? She might as well explain the practicality of buying expensive clothing...it lasts longer.

Our gracious First Lady probably needed a break from her input in the Health Insurance change.

I am assuming that she is very much involved in the draft from the White House.

These are the kind of things any reasonable and intelligent American expects the First Lady to do.

She has no official job or powers.. so she isn't expected to technically do anything at all. The position of the First Lady is not an elected one, carries no official duties, and receives no salary. Nonetheless, first ladies have held a highly visible position in U.S. government.^[2] The role of the first lady has evolved over the centuries. She is, first and foremost, the hostess of the White House.^[2] She organizes and attends official ceremonies and functions of state either along with, or in place of, the president.

That's about it. America elected her husband... not her. And of course Obama and her where the ones who told American's "everyone needs to cut back and make sacrifices, blah blah". What cutbacks and sacrifices are they doing? I remember JFK donated his salary of POTUS to charity to do his part. Why doesn't Obama do the same? Talk the talk, how about walk the walk. Do steps to save us tax payer money for frivolous things... and be different then past Presidents. After all.. he CHOSE this job.. it wasn't forced on him.

Wow. I'm so amazed at the insantity I am reading here...I just don't even know if it is worth the effort to further explain the obvious. (Several people, including myself, have clearly explained already...but there seems to be a rubber wall of ignorance bouncing everything back with a bunch of nonsense.)

Incredulous: Obviously you did read THIS article which is a tainted and misleading report on an official event held by the First Lady. A little bit of google willl quickly direct you to the actual news which explains that 'healthy eating' IS one of the causes this particular FL is promoting. ALL Americans benefit from local fresh farmer's markets (farmers as well as consumers). And, most farmer's markets don't actually have bison steak...but this one happens to be in the heart of a big city where this kind of higher end stuff would be offered. The event was to promote eating fresh from farmer's markets...wherever you may live. Either way, your argument that people with food stamps would not benefit from eating fresh farmer's market foods is...nonsense.

Simplistic: I think you are being a little too simplistic lately. Do you really think that the FL doesn't have anything she is obligated to do? Do you...really?

You know that EVERY FL champions causes. This FL happens to be a health conscious mother who wants to improve the health of Americans and eliminate problems with obesity, etc. Do you really, honestly, have a problem with that? Do you really think that the most visible woman in our country should not spend any time or energy promoting a good cause? Did you know that the street in question is closed every Thursday for the farmer's market and streets in DC (and every city/town) get closed for events all the time? Did you actually look into the nature of this event or just read this hateful and sarcastic article for your "facts"? Have you ever been to a farmer's market? Come on. You know better. In case you don't...check out this link where you can find a summary of the various causes championed by First Ladies since Johnson. Michelle Obama is NOT out of line...the rest of you are.

http://www.america.gov/st/usg-english/2008/September/20080926162204naneerg0.8945886.html

As for Obama donating his salary...whatever. I chose my job, too, but I'm not going to donate my salary. A comparison to JFK is nonsense. The Kennedy's were extremely wealthy people before and after his presidency. The Obama's are relatively wealthy from Obama's book revenues...but in comparison to the Kennedy fortunes...the Obama's make pocket change. Incidentally, Michelle Obama gave up her $300k/year salary when her husband took on this President thing. Prior to that, she made much more than her husband's Senate salary. The President is definitely entitled to take his salary and to suggest that he should not for some reason is...kinda socialist. I don't think Bush or Clinton donated their salaries to charity...in fact, Clinton approved a raise just in time for Bush to receive double his income at $400k/year. (Bush also started off more wealthy than the Obama's...but I don't see you lamenting the fact that he cashed his pay checks.) **sigh**

You guys are killing me with this silliness. There are plenty of real issues to debate. This one is petty. Why are you so bitter?

A little more than just a shopping trip wouldn't you say WM???????????

Michelle Obama keynoted the opening of the market.  Did you read only your seed or, like, did you read/watch the news?  Or are you purposefully trying to pass this off to the masses who so blindly read all disagreeable statements about the First Family just to get the chance to wag their fingers and tongues about how they loathe them?

What the heck is your point to seed this without checking the sources? 

"The First Lady celebrated with a crowd of several hundred people who braved the rain for the opening of the Freshfarm Farmers' Market Thursday in Washington, D.C., a market that supports locally grown produce and encourages people to eat healthier.

"All right, I have to say, I have never seen so many people so excited about fruits and vegetables," Obama told the locals. "This is a very, very good thing."

The First Lady was joined by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Washington, D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty."

I want to know who yelled out "Hi" when they saw Mrs. O.

wmolaw~

Perhaps if not for all of the death threats the Obama's have received at the hands of right wing loonies this scene might have been avoided.

R.Donald Snyder wrote:

It was a public appearance by the First Lady of the United States of America to promote healthy eating.

My friend, I was pretty supportive until this little comment. I don't need the first lady promoting healthier eating--let alone some friggin' chi-chi greens. She should eat what she wants--and I can eat what I want. Iceberg lettuce works just fine for me...

How about, if Ms. Obama wants people to eat healthier, she advises her husband to stop his pork spending and give that money to local soup kitchens, which are struggling in every single state to help support the people who are unemployed and have little to eat? Huh? How about that?

What's bizarre about the 1st Lady going grocery shopping? Just because she has a full staff at her beck and call to do anything she wants them to, is she not allowed to go to the store? The Secret Service is supposed to ensure her safety whether she's at home in DC or in some small country town.......that's what they do. It goes without saying that sometimes traffic will be interrupted etc. I guess Michelle is supposed to just wait by the door/window until some 'servant' brings back what she herself wanted to go pick out.

I remember when Reagan visited the base I was stationed at and everything/traffic was put on a standstill until his plane landed, etc. Where I worked was nowhere near the runway. I remember thinking 'Good Lord! We're on a military base, is all this necessary?'

Not that he was coming there to shop for food :-) but the point is, closing down streets etc., comes with their territory when they move among us. Presidents and their wives are people just like we are and NEWS BULLETIN, they like to do the same things we do!

As for the 'expensive' and 'elitist' - I think that's being totally unfair. Do you mean 'expensive' as in the cost of the food (they're rich remember) or in using the SS. As someone else has already pointed out the SS is on duty 24/7 and it's their job to protect her whereever she goes and whatever she does. Do you mean 'elitist' for the very same aforementioned items? Again I say unfair assessment.

Poor woman - everything she does is put under a microscope.

How about, if Ms. Obama wants people to eat healthier, she advises her husband to stop his pork spending and give that money to local soup kitchens, which are struggling in every single state to help support the people who are unemployed and have little to eat? Huh? How about that?

Not a bad idea. She can't even get her husband to quit smoking which is worse for you then eating fast food.. so.. she doesn't have a lot of room to talk. If she can't get own family on the right bath.. why the hell she thinks she can get America to as well. Yawn.

Heyford, nothing is wrong except the cost to the taxpayers for that stroll.

First Ladies do these sort of things all of the time. Ladybird did them to help beautify America. Betty Ford did them to raise breast cancer awareness. Nancy Reagan did them to help stop drug abuse. Laura Bush did them to promote reading. This First Lady does them to help promote healthier eating. All First Ladies do these events, however for some reason there seem to be right wing lunatics who think this particular First Lady should not or does not have the right to do what nearly every other First Lady has done in modern times. What is it about this particular First Lady that makes them think she's not good enough to do what the rest of the First Ladies have done? What is there about her that's different and that means she not really the legitimate First Lady of the United States? What do you hate about her in particular? Why don't you think should should do what most of the rest of the First Ladies before her have done? Why don't you accept her as the First Lady and treat her with the same respect as the ones who came before her?

I don't believe she loves this country................and never will.

She promoted healthy eating? To whom? Is there someone there who will benefit from eating locally grown organic food who will buy this stuff with food stamps?

She is promoting healthy eating to all Americans. What in the hell does it have to do with food stamps? Do you think the only people who should listen to what she has to say are on food stamps? Should the only people who treat her with respect be jus' po folk? Why do you hate this particular First lady? Did you complain when Laura Bush stopped traffic in a caravan to go to read to school children? Did you complain when Nancy Reagan did the same to for "Just say no" speeches? She is doing what all modern First Ladies have done before her, so why do you object to this particular First Lady doing what the others have done? What is different about her that makes you accept her as First Lady less?

We have the right not to like her..........

They managed to put 'Ho' and Michelle Obama in the same title...yea, I caught that....classy.

They are pretty foul.

Not just low class....but no class....

What is different about her that makes you accept her as First Lady less?

She's married to and supports an ass for a President ! Enough said !

I don't believe she loves this country................and never will.

VIVA: You're right, that's because she's a self serving, self centered individual who can't look past the nose on her face ! Enjoy your next 3 years in the white house Michelle Obama, because it will be your last for you and your "one term President" husband !

VIVA: You're right, that's because she's a self serving, self centered individual who can't look past the nose on her face ! Enjoy your next 3 years in the white house Michelle Obama, because it will be your last for you and your "one term President" husband !

What a hater.

Kim: I never said " I hated Obama ", you implied that with out my consent ! Personally, I don't hate Obama, I just don't like the SOB ! Now that's a fact you can quote me on ! So get it right..... Will ya !

I'm less forgiving. I actually do hate Obama, I hate everything he stands for. I hate the lies he has told. I hate the fact that he has divided this country to pursue a socialist agenda. I hate the fact that he rigged an election he would have won anyways in pursuit of said socialistic agenda. I hate the fact that we are at a point where this country finally elects an African American to office, and this clown risks even that. So I will honestly admit I hate the man. You can also quote me on that as well.

Taao : Damn, you're not " pulling any punches " with that post are you ! So, Please tell us how you really feel about Obama and don't hold back this time, okay ! LOL ! : - )

Yeah Taao, don't worry about being PC, just let it out.........we're here for you. I think you just hit everyone on the head with a TRUTH STICK.

I like to take democrats and Obama supporters by storm and do the one thing they have never had a clue about...honesty.

Well you sure threw it out there plenty Naked tonight.

like to take democrats and Obama supporters by storm and do the one thing they have never had a clue about...honesty.

Don't forget about those thug bastards at ACORN either !

and the Chicago sobees too...............

and the Chicago sobees too...............

VIVA - la truth ! Good one !

Bush divided the country or Obama would not have been elected so easily (not that he had much opposition) and there would not be so much hatred for him and his "policies" now.

I guess thats exactly why Americans voted in a Republican after the Clinton years too huh? Then voted him in again...isn't irony ironic?

With all the evil some think Obama carries with him, Ayers, Wright, ACORN, it's amazing that Obama was elected over a Republican. I mean, there had to be an awful lot of good people praying to the good Lord that McCain would win. Isn't that how Bush got in? Oh yeah, speaking of stolen elections... :-)

R.Donald Snyder #1.47

What in the hell does it have to do with food stamps? Do you think the only people who should listen to what she has to say are on food stamps?

"Obama, in her brief speech to the vendors and patrons, handled the affordability issue by pointing out that people who pay with food stamps would get double the coupon value at the market."

If you want to dispute the article, go for it.

Did you complain when Laura Bush stopped traffic in a caravan to go to read to school children?

No, I liked Laura. She seemed a nice lady, sweet and genuine. I never heard her say she had never in her lifetime been proud of her country until her husband was elected. This is in stark contrast to Michelle O.

Did you complain when Nancy Reagan did the same to for "Just say no" speeches?

Yes, I thought this was idiotic, and naive. I never cared for her personally because she seemed to me an elitist, though I liked President Reagan who was sincere and did not have an elitist bone in his body. Their devotion to each other was something to behold.

I do not dislike Michelle, but she leaves me cold. I think she is an elitist along with her husband. They are snobs. I like them most when they are together with the kids, and the dog, and that does bring a smile to my face. I think B. Obama is the luckiest man alive. The liberal media and his hypocrisy got him into the Presidency.

She is doing what all modern First Ladies have done before her, so why do you object to this particular First Lady doing what the others have done?

Whether I object or not depends on what the First Ladies do, and how they do it. As I said in #1.34, Pushing her own causes is fine with me. But do you seriously think the poor of D.C. or Obama's former constituents from the south side of Chicago get something out of her extolling the virtues of organic carrots and crab cakes?

Do I think a First Lady reading to children could encourage teachers and children to read more? Yes, possibly. Do I think telling kids to say "no" to drugs will prevent a single case of drug abuse? No. Do I think Michelle Obama shopping at a farmer's market will encourage people to spend ten dollars on a couple of pears, a bunch of kale, and three potatoes? No. Farmer's markets, even the non-upscale ones, are always more expensive than the grocery stores available in urban settings. Always. They also do not exist in the inner city, and poor people cannot get to them. Besides this, there is no evidence that eating foods from farmer's markets is actually more heathful at all. I've bought food from them which tasted the same as, or better than, or worse than food bought at Safeway. So what's her point? Support local farmers? Okay, sounds good, but say that, don't come up with this more healthful for you stuff. Is there evidence for this? No.

Be better to show people how to grow food in boxes for city dwellers. That'd be cool. Go Michelle.

I'm making hamburger sliders tonight.....mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

I'll take 4 cheese crystals and a side order of curly fries......................

This kind of arrogant slime is unsustainable. Down with Barack.

You do have to acknowledge one thing. The antics Michelle pulls do make Barak look intelligent in comparison. She is, however, the only one who seems capable of that feat.

I wonder how she ever made it through the day without a staff.........like what the rest of us go through. Is that what she learned at Princeton, Tuscan Kale 101???

This is Barack's America -- the one he's changing daily. At least The Sleeveless One is finally proud.

Quite crapping in the nation's face, Barack, and that goes for your media enablers, too.

Kim: I never said " I hated Obama ", you implied that with out my consent !

(1) I inferred it, not implied it.
(2) I don't need your consent.
(3) I actually need to revise my remark. Given the totally of your spewings on this thread about Michelle Obama, it's more accurate to state that youpersonally, violently and viciously hate both Michelle Obama and Barack Obama.

So get it right..... Will ya !

I just did.

There are 5-6 of these Farmers Markets in DC (not a health food store), the markets do OK I guess if they have opened that many of them. DC will be closing that block off from now through the fall whether she is there or not. Are you against Capitalism too, do you want us to tell you how much to charge for your products or how to spend your money? My wife eats at one of the markets every TUE and THUR, fresh fruit, BBQ, cake, cookies, yum!! Did she complain about living under a microscope? I missed it, I'm surprised because it does come with the position, for the whole family, elected or not apparently.

The author of this column is a political columnist, not a reporter. On Friday, in the METRO section, there was the news article by a staff writer (Donna Mills? Brown? something like that) it gave an unbiased fact based news report of the opening.

For example, Obama on Leno, Obama on all the talking heads shows. What's up with that?

Maybe there is controversial pending legislation that he wants to go direct to the American public with?

Wmolaw---Obama will be on Letterman tonight. I've DVR'd it....ain't no way I'm staying up late for either of them.

I swear, he thinks he's a rock star.

Wmolaw---for sure....and it was indeed on that basis that he got elected to the White House. It was old for me during the campaign right from the "YES WE CAN!" get go.....hopefully it's just a matter of time before it gets old for the rest of Americans who want an effective President in the White House, not just someone with a big pretty smile who always has time to do the talk show circuit.

Bob:

LOL, in one post I hear about "respect" for the president, and then he appears on Leno? Sorry, ain't buying that.

He's trying to reach the populace, shockingly not everybody is glued to the news junkie shows etc, some people he will only find at Leno or American Idol - wait till you see him dance!! Why, do you think he should only be allowed to speak to certain segmants of society under controlled conditions? Curious. wmolaw, hate to break this to you but he probably doesn't care if you're buying it. I doubt you are undecided on this.

Of course she is a political columnist, so? Is that a bad thing?

She's a he. I thought you are supposed to differentiate between a news article and an opinion piece? I have no problem either way, just asking. I personally think it would have benefitted this thread if people knew what they were reading was not a news account, but most people probably don't read them anyway.

What, you only want objective reporting when it's your guys in the limelight, but not the other way around?

It wasn't reporting, he's a political columnist; something like The Political Circus, like I said I don't care, I just thought you were supposed to clarify the source. Not my thread, do what you want.

There is so much crappy rhetoric going around as to make your head spin!

You seeded an article and started a thread on NV about Michelle, what did you think you were going to get?

Probably right about that. Seems you can't seed anything about Obama, any of his handlers, without the same sort of vitriol.

But it can be entertaining at times.

Yeah, slip in that she was wearing a hijab and see what you get. Kidding, just kidding.

Obama mmmm, hallowed by thy name! (Angels Sing, trumpets blow.)

He's the second coming! We must all bow down and accept him as our lord and personal savior! Because if we don't...we are racists!

Yup, I was on there for a bit and asked Professor Waggoner a couple questions. I liked his philosophy...it was unbiased and covered both bases very well.

Is our gracious President on TV again?

Well, as long as he doesn't interfere with my Spanish soap operas he can go to the moon and speak from there.