In the latest sleazy politician news, Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) talks smack about Michelle Obama’s body. The First Lady is a huge activist for healthy eating and physical fitness, traveling the country for her Let’s Move! campaign, promoting the new food pyramid, getting stores to stock healthier foods, and more. But Sensenbrenner was recently overheard as he talked on the phone, saying, “She lectures us on healthy eating while she has a large posterior herself.”
Um, excuse me?
Sensenbrenner has since sent her an apology, but apparently he’s not the first to make such a comment. In February, Rush Limbaugh said:
“The problem is, and dare I say this, it doesn’t look like Michelle Obama follows her own nutritionary, dietary advice…I’m trying to say that our First Lady does not project the image of women that you might see on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue or of a woman Alex Rodriguez might date every six months or what have you
[via Huffington Post]
Sure, she hits up Shake Shack every now and then, but don’t we all? The occasional high-calorie meal doesn’t mean that she’s hypocritical in telling people to eat healthily. I mean, hello, have you looked at her arms?
For a 47-year-old, I’d say she looks pretty darn good.
This is just a childish tactic on behalf of the conservatives to smear the First Lady’s image and lower her approval ratings, but still. A woman does not have to be a swimsuit model lookalike to be considered healthy or attractive.
What do you think of these comments?
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Psht. I think she looks pretty damn good.
Haters gonna hate.
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let’s get a picture of the critics shall we -_-? who says the people on the cover of sports illustrated should be role models? Michelle Obama looks great, and not just for having had kids and is almost 50… these critics probably know that they could get their asses kicked by her so they use hurtful words.
daffodil / 1525 posts
i always think she looks pretty good.
daffodil / 1601 posts
The congressman in question is actually quite tubby himself (not to be mean), that’s the kicker. Michelle Obama is a divine lady. The fact that she doesn’t look like a Sport’s Illustrated model makes her all the more better health and fitness icon. Nothing again swimsuit models of course, the point is fit comes in different shapes. Michelle is fit and her campaign promotes balance between the foods and actives we like to do, not crash diets and excessive exercise 24/7. She is well known to enjoy a good burger just like the rest of us.
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haters gonna hate
she looks awesome, and promotes a realistic lifestyle. good for her!
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So in order to be healthy you have to look like a sports illistrated model? Wtf?… Thats messed up to say, I always thought she was a healthy weight.
daffodil / 1601 posts
@Murphy_Rants@xanga - against*
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How about we all worry about our own health and stop judging other people’s?
Folks just cannot mind their own damn business, they always have to be hating on each other!
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Rush Limbaugh is mad that Michelle Obama doesn’t want his old fat racists ass. He has AEID (autoimmune inner ear disease) amongst other numerous health problems. He should be the last one to open his mouth to ridicule someone about the way they look and their health choices.
He needs to focus on whatever it is he’s supposed to be doing, like figuring out what restaurant he’s going to eat lunch at, and leave the politics, healthy eating tips and physical fitness to the pros. :/
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Agreed. I love that as a First Lady, she launched a campaign that is useful and much needed in America. What can I say though? I just simply love the Obamas! Barack is from my aina and I have nothing but love and support for them.
orchid / 209 posts
She’s promoting a healthy body image, not a swimsuit edition of sports illustrated body image. She’s perfect. She’s not too thin, she’s not too fat. She’s perfect. She’s amazing for trying to get people to understand that eating healthy isn’t so black and white.
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It’s subtle sexism, you guys. To that pig she should represent the “ideal image” of a woman– not a healthy woman.
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She is a HUGE hypocrite. Please, don’t tell me or my family how to eat, especially since your husband smokes, and the queen of cooking in England says you ate everything in site! To me, she is promoting eating disorders. Children were more physical and out side oriented because of less technology. If a PARENT chooses to not have video games or a ton of television, the child will be more active. Funny enough, her and her obama-shit family promote celebrity and television. They’re always are Justin Bieber, who is a kid from Canada who didn’t get a decent EDUCATION. He is stupid. Wow! Sorry, I just totally dislike presidents and their families, mostly OBAMA, who are celebrity oriented. DOUCHE! I don’t care, what have him or Congress done to improve AMERICA? Nothing? Okay, fuck em.
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Honestly, I don’t really care. ._.
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republicans always taking every little thing so seriously when they should be looking at themselves before they criticize others for doing something about the problems arising in this nation..
people who criticize obama for not doing a good job need to fucking remember he was sworn into presidency with the problems already here because of bush’s actions so obama is left to deal with bush’s mess.. you think you can do a better job than obama then i suggest you run for president and let’s see what you can do.. instead of bitching about obama not doing a good job.. why don’t you find things you can do to help better this nation..
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@Celtic_haven@xanga - wow, you just basically rambled and made no sense.
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Both the congressman and limbaugh are probably technically obese – it’s insane how full of shit some people can be with zero chance of their fan base losing respect for them.
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I think she’s beautiful and has an epic sense of style. (I’m more concerned over the fact that she looks like Wayne Brady)
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you can’t determine health by simply looking at a person…
daisy / 505 posts
I love that RUsh Limbaugh is an old, fat, fugly, white, deaf man. PLEASE, could HE ever get any? Probably why he’s so angry all the time!
And I’m sure he was drooling over Laura Bush’s body!!!
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Well, it’s just like how there are cardiologists who are fat. Food is one of those things where you can know everything about what is right, and still not follow through, because it takes discipline. I’d find it much easier to respect a health advocate who has perfect body measurements, but pointing out their physical imperfections in speech is out of line.
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1. Wow, who would have thought he was a Republican. All of the most outspoken and opinionated conservatives only have one tactic to support their arguments, which is personal attacks. Real mature. I would also be willing to bet there was an undertone of ingrained racism which is why he decided to pick on her butt. The Midwest is full of racists who won’t admit it.
2. Yes, as though WISCONSIN of ALL places is the picture of health. Beer and cheese are both really great for you. Your digestive system especially.
3. I just Googled him and he isn’t exactly a living Ken doll either. In fact, for Christ’s sake, the man’s second chin is bigger than his first. He basically looks like a mound of pinkish marshmallow. But I guess as long as you aren’t “preaching” about better health it doesn’t matter if you’re practicing it. But if you want to try to help others get healthy, then you had better look like a goddamned model or else don’t bother.
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@CrAdLe2daGrAve@xanga - Yes, thank-you. If everyone who spent all their time bitching about him would direct those efforts instead to improving the whole instead of this bickering partisan bullshit, this country might not be in the shape it’s in.
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In general, black women have a generally bigger caboose, even when their stomach is flat as a board and their arms are ballerina slender. This is why the song “I like big butts, I cannot lie” was made. That song was made as a symbol of pride from black men to black women about their genetically fully butts. Black women even when slender are judged by white people as being big in the booty area. I think that the comment borders on racism.
From what I have read, various senators and congressmen are against Michelle’s plans and I can only guess that it is because of lobbying from shit food vendors for schools.
And I bet that the only thing keeping that Wisconsin Senator alive is an entire team of doctors prescribing any and every medicine that will keep him from stroking out or having heartburn, diabetes, etc. etc. because he is obese ( obeast ). He probrably even has procedures done to check his arteries for plague buildup and such. I would love to see his medical records.
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Also, from what I have ever read, there are 3 body types and everyone falls into one of those 3 or some mixture. Endomorph, Mesomorph, Ectomorph. Read about it at the Your Body Type link http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/body-types-ectomorph-mesomorph-endomorph.html
Michelle Obama isn’t trying to promote that everyone should be super slender like Sports Illustrated Models. She is promoting 1) Nutrition and getting rid of the food dessert lifestyle that some people are exposed to because of the system is against them or because they are unknowledgeable or uncaring about their own wellness, etc. 2) Getting away from sitting around on their buttocks all day and going out and exercising.
Rush Limbaugh does not care about how other people eat or exercise because … well look at him. Same for the Wisconsin congressman. Both old. Both edging closer toward death. Both in terrible shape. They gave up on themselves concerning their own wellness. Why should they care about American childrens personal wellness?
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His remarks are, without a doubt, completely inappropriate and without any class. It is a disgrace that a leader in our country would carelessly say something so crass.
That being said I am a bit more worried about both the Republican and Democratic parties taking away our civil liberties through vaguely worded bills, which has happened during both the Bush and Obama administration’s reigns, than what some stupid congressman is saying about Michelle Obama’s “Posterior”.
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Idiots… They have no idea what women have to go through!
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@hot_metalhead@xanga - right? nobody gives him enough credit for trying to better this country he’s trying to do right by those who deserve better.. people are just looking for someone to blame someone that isn’t a republican.. as if bush did a great damn job by plowing us into a sea of debt.. nobody’s putting the blame on him.. it’s wonderful bush fought the war on terror head on but he didn’t think twice what would happen if he did it at the expense of our tax dollars and what it would do financially to our country.. at least when clinton was in office he didn’t put us into debt! that’s what people don’t understand i personally think obama is trying his damndest to make this a better country with all the shit he had to fix.. republicans will always be the worst critics and the biggest hypocrites ever till they are in obama’s position next term if he doesn’t get reelected
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HEALTHY. DUH. SHE DOESN’T NEED TO LOOK LIKE A SWIMSUIT MODEL.
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She looks healthy. Good on her.
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@hot_metalhead@xanga - please show more respect for my state, just because we enjoy good beer and cheese is not a reason to insinuate we are all unhealthy, thanks.
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Michelle Obama is a black woman…black people tend to have bigger butts, and more muscle mass than most people.
Fuck Rush Limbaugh. She should not be defined by her body (that looks FINE…infact I think she’s on-par with Jackie O in terms of beauty, if not prettier), she’s the First Lady, not a supermodel. She’s a mother, a wife, and a Harvard Grad. She has a brain too, you know.
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Health Fact- larger on the bottom have less health problems then larger in the middle.
She is fit! She may have Juicy buns however it’s healthy… it isn’t sloppy… People are so stupid to associate size with health…
On par with Jackie – O not Prettier… To different to say prettier…
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@xsimplepleasuresx@xanga - I’m not insinuatng everyone from Wisconsin is unhealthy, I am just pointing out that this guy has absolutely no room to talk. It sucks that he says such things when he’s representing the whole state. I was really just being sarcastic. Nothing wrong with good beer and cheese now and then; it just appears that he has enjoyed a bit too much of it himself while calling out people who aren’t nearly as fat as he is.
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I think she looks good. She’s clearly healthy. Those guys need to shut the fuck up. Anyway, the chicks on sports illustrated are airbrushed practically beyond recognition.
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Freedom of speech, baby.
orchid / 209 posts
@Celtic_haven@xanga - Does she smoke? No. She’s not responsible for her husband. Because one person said she ate a lot suddenly she’s a fatty mcfat? Eating a lot is pretty subjective. Get off your soapbox and shut up, your comment made you look like a buffoon.