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Even A Campaign To Teach Children Healthy Eating Habits Is Apparently An Assault To Glenn Beck

By lizbethie - Posted on 27 September 2010

http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/09/22/glenn-beck-mocks-michelle-obamas-healthy-foods-campaign/
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It's part of an interesting
Submitted by TomG NY on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 11:38am.

It's part of an interesting strategy which, I assume, really has nothing to do with healthy foods or the role of government.  Michelle Obama's approval ratings are  pretty good... certainly higher than her husband's. Even though she is staying away from  controversial personal projects, she is being assigned to make selected campaign appearances in some swing or close districts.  Getting her negatives up is a logical thing for "the right" to do  as a counter offensive move-- hence the blood curdling screams about the trip to Spain (which wasn't a brilliant ideaon her part  and  the Right took the opportunity presented to them).

If Michelle weren't popular and/or were not going to make campaign appearances, I suspect there would be no reason to go after this.

But, Tom, it's so over the
Submitted by Kelly Thomas on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 12:14pm.
But, Tom, it's so over the top and ridiculous. I would almost think the opposite will happen: she'll get a sympathy bounce similar to Palin when people "gang up" on her. Although we ARE talking about Glenn Beck fans so "Michelle is evil" may work for them-but the 70% or more who like her now won't be impacted IMO.
Beck has said, in some of
Submitted by TomG NY on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 2:08pm.
Beck has said, in some of the longer candid interviews about him, that he basically sees himself as doing the impossible, so over the top is right down the middle for him. Normally I would put in that category crapping on the First Lady for a non-political gesture but, he is Beck, there will be a right wing echo in support,, she is black, righties have already likened her to a monkey for, presumably, their own amusement, so maybe it will be a non-loser or a small winner for them.
Frankly, I have started
Submitted by Kim Miller on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 12:17pm.

Frankly, I have started ignoring Glenn Beck.  It's the best thing I can do for my sanity.

One point from the article that deserves NOT to be ignored is this sentiment, one with which I wholly agree:

" Part of me feels sorry for Michelle, for I truly believe she was meant to be more than Barack's wife. I do expect, however, that she will one day elevate to a position of independent political power that doesn't require her to sit and smile next to the man in charge.

By the time Michelle does take power, Glenn Beck will probably be gone from the public eye."

Our First Lady is intelligent, articulate, and has innate common sense, PLUS she has the "It" factor of likeability.  I can't help but suspect that the White House handlers are keeping her focused on very Jackie Kennedy-type issues like childhood obesity. Yes, it's an incredibly important issue and her leadership skills make her the perfect deliverer of the message. However, she is fully capable of taking on more powerful and international issues -- I just think that if the WH had her tackling those issues she would be skewered by the media. 

I think one day we'll see her in a role better suited for her, like Sec'y of State or running for the Presidency herself. 

She is also very involved
Submitted by Kelly Thomas on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 2:39pm.
She is also very involved with military families which is so important and admirable...and exactly the image the right wingers don't want you to have of those liberals who hate our military!

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