It doesn’t get any lower than having to issue a retraction/correction on how many calories the First Lady consumed at lunch.
Update:We made a mistake in our original calculations. The calorie-count for the first lady’s order was actually 1,700, not the 1,556 we originally reported. Our apologies.
The Washington Post has really uncovered some hypocrisy here. Go ahead kids, gorge yourselves. Get as obese as you want.
Has a First Lady ever been treated the way Michelle Obama has been treated? Ever? I am asking half-rhetorically and half-seriously, because I would be surprised if there has been.
Now Hillary was treated very badly during the impeachment bullshit, but I’m not seeing a similar pattern. And Hillary took up health care, which was quite different than what others had done. Hillary is the only one who comes close.
I’m the biggest health nut you’ll find, but I go to In-n-Out Burger sometimes. I also eat out from time to time (I did it yesterday). And let me tell you: if you ever eat out and are concerned with your nutrition, I’d advise you to stop doing it. Your average restaurant is just as bad as any fast-food joint.
Hillary was ridiculed as the dual President and rumors were that she was making decisions instead of Bill as early as late 1993. She was attacked relentlessly while she was pursuing health care reform. To the point that after that loss she withdrew into “domestic life” until Ken Starr started investigation.
Then it was Vince Foster, lesbian dominatrix, drug use, sex parties in Little Rock,….in a shitstorm that wouldn’t quit. All of it lies, by the way.
Mamie Eisenhower was beset by continuing rumors that she was an alcoholic. And Betty Ford kicked up a stir by being honest.
Right, but that was taking up a legislative initiative, which is why I said it was different.
Still, she was hammered pretty hard in general, too.
Hillary was beat up 20,000 times worse than Michelle.
And still is…gratuitously…and not by just the right although they are still doing it.
But these days she’s a political figure and a stalwart of the Democratic Party, so taking heat should be expected (though I grant you she gets more shit than most Democratic politicians, I think it’s because she’s effective at what she does and most Democratic politicians actually aren’t and therefore aren’t dangerous).
Michelle Obama is not a political figure. She’s consciously avoided the Hillary Clinton/Elanor Roosevelt first lady model and stepped into the “traditional” first lady model of Nancy Reagan or Barbara Bush. And she STILL gets massive amounts of shit that almost rises to the level that Hillary Clinton got when she was an overtly political first lady.
So the lesson to future Democratic first ladies/gentlemen is – fuck it and just be politically active. They’re going to assault you no matter what you do, so do what you want to do and don’t worry about it.
are this administration’s default positions.