Latest Attack On Michelle Obama: She Went To Target
Right-wing media have attacked Michelle Obama for going shopping at Target, claiming she went " 'incognito,' Lady Gaga-style" and asking, "Who does she think she's fooling?" Right-wing media have previously attacked the first lady for everything from promoting health initiaitves to wearing a red dress at a state dinner.
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Michelle Obama Visits Target ...
Washington Post: "Hey Isn't That...? Michelle Obama At Target." From a September 29 post on The Washington Post's Reliable Sources blog:
Michelle Obama shopping at Target Thursday. An AP photographer (small world!) happened upon the first lady at the Alexandria store, pushing a cart and carrying bags.
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Michelle Obama, center, with an unidentified aide -- we're assuming, anyway. Who else would be working two BlackBerrys at Target? [The Washington Post, 9/29/11, emphasis original]
... And The Right-Wing Media Attack
Limbaugh: "It Has Gotten So Bad, They Had To Send Moochelle Out There In A Lady Gaga-Type Getup. She Went Shopping At Target." During the September 30 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show, Limbaugh said: "It has gotten so bad, they had to send Moochelle out there in a Lady Gaga-type getup. She went shopping at Target." [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 9/30/11, via Media Matters]
Malkin: Obama Went To Target "About As 'Incognito' As Lady Gaga." In a September 29 blog post, Michelle Malkin attacked Obama for shopping at Target, writing that Obama was "about as 'incognito' as Lady Gaga's outfit at her younger sister's graduation." Malkin went on to call the first lady "the glamour queen" and further stated that Obama's Target visit was "[t]o counter the negative diva buzz" and that it "[l]ooks like she left the bling at home." [MichelleMalkin.com, 9/29/11, via Media Matters]
The Blaze: "What Luck!" Obama "Wasn't Snapped Without Make-Up, With Messy Hair Wearing Sweatpants To Do Her 'Everywoman' Shopping." A September 30 post on The Blaze stated:
Our First Lady has sooome luck. Not only is her hubby the leader of the free world, but just as the Obama camps [sic] is desperately looking for a way to relate to America's Average Joes, a staff photographer with the Associated Press just so happened to be there to document her recent Target shopping jaunt.
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What luck! Obama also wasn't snapped without make-up, with messy hair wearing sweatpants to do her "everywoman" shopping... like some of us who will remain nameless.
Exit question: I could see a quick stop in at the local Target store as something that might happen out on the campaign trail. But who really believes Michelle Obama left the White House to pop in at the Alexandria, Va., Target because the East Wing ran out of paper towels? [The Blaze, 9/30/11, emphasis in original]
Weasel Zippers: "Honestly, Who Does She Think She's Fooling?" A September 29 Weasel Zippers post titled, "Pic of the Day," stated, "See, Mooch is just like us!" and showed a photograph of the first lady at Target. The post went on to ask, "Honestly, who does she think she's fooling?" [Weasel Zippers, 9/29/11]
Beck And Co-Hosts Mock Obama For Going To Target. On his September 30 radio program, Glenn Beck and his co-hosts mocked Obama for going to Target and asked, "Did you see the agonizing photos of Michelle Obama as a Target shopper?" [Premiere Radio Networks, The Glenn Beck Program, 9/30/11]
Right-Wing Media Figures Have Consistently Attacked Michelle Obama
Right-Wing Lip Readers' Michelle Obama Derangement Syndrome. Following a ceremony on the 10th anniversary of 9-11, various right-wing blogs and The Washington Times claimed that Michelle Obama likely disparaged the American flag during a memorial ceremony. [Media Matters, 9/14/11]
Washington Examiner Blamed Obama's "Let's Move!" Campaign For Pedestrian Deaths. A January Washington Examiner story claimed that the first lady's "Let's Move!" campaign could be linked to an increase in pedestrian deaths. The Washington Examiner article was later promoted by numerous right-wing media outlets. [Media Matters, 1/20/11]
For the truth behind The Washington Examiner's article, SEE HERE.
Wash. Times: Michelle Obama "Doesn't Seem All That Happy With The Man She Married 19 Years Ago." In an August 28 Washington Times op-ed, Joseph Curl wrote that Michelle Obama "doesn't seem all that happy with the man she married 19 years ago." Curl also asked, "Man, how miserable is Michelle Obama?" [The Washington Times, 8/29/11, via Media Matters]
The Blaze Claimed "Michelle Obama Might Have Taken The 'Happy' Out Of McDonald's Happy Meals." A July 26 post on The Blaze stated:
A child could once feel excitement over hearing a parent utter those beautiful words: "honey, we're going to McDonald's for a Happy Meal." But those carefree days are over and that sense of childhood wonderment and abandon is about to be seriously curbed by a new McDonald's policy that cuts an order of fries in half, throws apple slices, raisins and pineapple chunks around as if they were ketchup, and just generally makes Happy Meals "healthier," and, less happy. And even though the apples are reportedly not well-received by customers, guess what? McDonald's is forcing the fruit in its Happy Meals anyway. Whether you want it or not.
And what's more, politics, perhaps even the White House itself, could be to blame.
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So after all the years of satisfied customers "lovin' it," it is political pressure, including First Lady Michelle Obama's war on childhood obesity, that reportedly forced McDonald's hands.
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McDonald's: another casualty in the Nanny State's war on personal choice, or is the fast food giant bringing this on themselves? Will the new, and perhaps not improved, McDonald's menu affect your decision to patronize the long-time burger institution? [The Blaze, 7/26/11, via Media Matters]
For the truth about McDonald's decision to make its Happy Meals healthier, SEE HERE.
Right-Wing Media Spun "Help From The Media" Comment About Obama Children To Suggest Media Bias. The Drudge Report and Andrew Breitbart's Big Journalism both attacked Michelle Obama's statement during a CNN interview that "we have help from the media" to suggest media bias. Obama was actually thanking the media for respecting her children's privacy. [Media Matters, 6/25/11]
Right-Wing Media Stooped To Suggesting Michelle Obama Is Fat. Rush Limbaugh and other right-wing media figures rallied against Obama's "Let's Move!" fitness and nutrition campaign by attacking her eating habits and calling her fat. [Media Matters, 2/14/11, 2/21/11]
Right-Wing Media Attacked Obama's Dress Choice For State Dinner. Right-wing media attacked Obama for wearing a red dress to a White House state dinner, suggesting she did so to honor "Commie Red China." [Media Matters, 1/20/11]
Despite believing that CO2 emissions contribute to global warming, the Obamas still breath, thus putting more CO2 into the atmosphere.
As a PR stunt for her miserable failure of a husband.
If you for one second think it was to "pick up a few things" for the White House then you are one of the following:
1. A drooling moron who needs help flipping a light switch
2. A drooling moron & liberal-socialist Obama bumlicker
3. A drooling moron PR stooge for Obama moonlighting on MediaMatters trying to convince people that Michelle went to Target to "pick up a few things" for the White House.
It just proves how desperate the Buffoon in Chief is, using his wife as a prop. Obama has failed at everything else as prez so why not with pathetic & sad PR stunts.
Obama's worthlessness knows no bounds.
The White House has a 24/7 staff to provide everything for Mr & Mrs Prez. Michelle has at least 20 people on her official staff and who knows how many people working at the White House to serve her needs.
So honestly, do you really think this was anything other than a PR stunt?
Don't you see what you are doing? You are making this bigger than what it is. If Michelle Obama had sent an aide you would have said that its just proof of how she is the new Marie Antoinette and how lazy she and uppity she is.
If you want,you can call anything the 1st family does outside of the White House a PR stunt because the media will cover it whether they want to be seen or not.Some of you will not be happy until this 1st family is out of the White House.That is your problem not theirs.Do YOU honestly beieve what you have written?!Just admit that they can do nothing to please your biased mind!!!
It's "moran", not "moron", fool. It just makes you look stupider when you spell it wrong and you don't need no any more help in that department.
Only geniuses shop at Tiffany's?
Sure.
Clifford Spencer
Odd, since I remember them pounding on Hilary for eight years.
Holy ***t, these people are miserably pathetic, stupid and juvenile.
If she walked on water, they would mock her for not being able to swim.
Then, they'll start asking questions about how much tax payer money was used to research, fabricate and surgically implant the anti-gravitational generator that makes it possible.
Doesn't take much for you to consider something being "nuts." It would seem that you're the one who went "nuts," jamesB.
Good, now that you acknowledged what he says is a crock of sh!t. please spread that info to all of your Con friends. Finally an admission by a Con that Rush is full of cr@p. Awesome.......
I would agree with that.
I don't crave anything about Rush Limbaugh.
There is a lot of dangerous fear mongering,racism and disrespect to the Obama's from Limbaugh and he is accountable to no one.You know that Fox and others would have been livid if Laura Bush were attacked the way Mrs Obama is by Limbaugh and his ilk.Is this what America should be about,who can be the most petty and most insulting to the 1st family regardless of facts.How does that help the country? Isn't there a better way to use public airways?
I guess that is a liberal's version of going nuts. Much tamer than a crazy neoconservative TYPNG IN ALL CAPS ND SPELIG WORDS ICORECTLY ND WORYIN TAHT TEH BLACK MAN IS GOING TO COME AFTER OUR GUNS AND WE NEED TO TKE TEH CONTRY BACK
But I forget, FOXPAC doesn't do subtlety unless..
Oh right
IOKIYAR
Really? Demanded evidence? Let's take a look at the entire post to which you refer...
I see you are back to lying again.
Sheesh - you got me. My bad.
So you WILL skip right over your lie which has been pointed out.
LOL! The poster did no such thing. Double down on your lies - well done.
Nah - I live quite a charmed life. You on the other hand...
Again, an admission that Limpy is not to be taken seriously. Please spread the word to your Con friend that Rush(ian) is a comedy act never to be taken seriously. Wow Jimbo I like the new more progressive you..........
Phew! Good thing you dropped by.
Or you could get over yourself. Either way...
Old B
ooooh, iliked that one.
That's the group of people who are misbehaving.
Then there's people like you, who are making the trolls very happy.
Liberals always hide what they believe, they want income redistribution, but don't dare it call that so they say "fair share", or some such vague nonsense.
There is no such thing as redistributing money upwards, that is a liberal talking point with no basis in reality.
That perfectly sums up what is wrong with liberal economic thinking: all government spending is good because "No matter what you think of any particular project it's money in peoples pockets"
sure. It's the pharmacists and the religous people's fault for people becoming pregnant, i love liberal thought.
liberals patronize all their special interest groups for they want to feel as though they need them, to remain indebted to them, to keep voting for them.
Caught lying and so you deflect. We understand.
I agree that many of the liberals haunting the halls of mmfa are wrapped way too tight...bordering on the textbook scenario of catatonic behavior that may involve stupor, negativism, rigidity, purposeless excitement, and inappropriate or bizarre posturing.
But I'll make pete one of the notable exceptions to that type of behavior. Heck I'd even invite him on one of our Friday afternoon beer and wine rides...since the Colonel has dropped out of sight.
LOL!
No, wait. He can't. At all.
You are a liar. YOu are also very stupid. Rush plays YOU. Then again that is easy. You are so stupid. He, like Beck, says incredibly incendiary and ridiculous comments. He does that to throw red meat to his moron audience. When called on it they go to...its a joke or its a media tweak. He pretends he is trying to manipulate us while what he is doing is manipulating people as STUPID and gullible as YOU. You are actually moronic enough to buy into this sad defense for the indefensible. You dont even know how badly you humiliate yourself day after day
sorry, can't fini
You have an odd sense of humor but you are a liar. I know you are too stupid to even approach responding to me. That is other than with childish nonsense such as your above post
They're here every day, on every thread...spewing the same thing. But they sure make it easy to navigate the posts...I just cruise right on by...ignoring their insignificant rants.
They know who they are...but they can't help themselves.
Now that's funny...I don't care who you are.
GOD but you are stupid. You are so easily manipulated. Rush says any vile, disgusting thing and he tosses out an ignorant ready made defense about why he shouldnt be held accountable for being the vile toad he is and you not only lap it up but are eager to regurgitate it endlessly.
Oh yes. Rush has a belly laugh. What you are too stupid to understand is he is laughing at YOU. He hates people like me that see right through him but he has nothing but contempt for the ignorant, gullible morons like YOU who lap up his toxic sewage then spew it in the direction of any liberal he sees.
GOD but you are stupid. I said he hated people like me. Why would he be afraid of me? There are enough brainwashed mindless morons like you out there to keep him rich and he laughs at you. He has nothing but contempt for you.
I am sorry. For a second I forgot how STUPID you are. I used a metaphor. I should have remembered your simple mind is incapable of understanding anything but literal meanings. Do you think you will ever progress past the intellectual level of a four year old?
I dont know what is worse. How stupid you are or how pathetic you are
What are "panty waists"?
Limbaugh gets $400 million for what he says.
For what he says, jamesB gets..gets..let's ask him:
Hey, jamesB, what are your non-positions worth?
GOD but you are stupid. So you dont know what the word catatonic means. Typical. Many of the conservatives here are just comitted to telling lies constantly and acting like obnoxious jerks. I am sorry you decided to become one of them. You are simply pathetic
You are sorry alright. Sad, stupid, sorry, pathetic, brainwashed, my mind reels with adjectives here. Were you a decent human being you would curl up in fetal position from sheer shame.
You are right about pete though
Not really sure if I'm illustrating any relevance here, though.
I'll leave you with the groupies...I'm off to imbibe in a few adult beverages and enjoy some adult conversation about the major league baseball playoffs that start tomorrow.
Good it is getting boring slapping you around. You are so stupid it is just too easy
If you MUST feed the trolls, stick to the arguments. Your chaff buries the wheat most of us seek in these threads.
I read your arguments. But when you call Wes/James stupid 20 times in a row, all I see is Pot, Kettle, Pot, Kettle. . .
Compared to the blazing stupidity of your posts every word I type is a pearl of wisdom and unfortunaly I am casting them in front of swine like you to trample with your hooves
YOU dont get to tell me what to do. James nonsense is boring and repititious. Dont like my posts? Tough. I will post as I choose.
Ummm...the playoffs start today.
To which lies are you referring?
Are you upset that your lies are called out but you think your buddy wes gets a free ride?
You really are more of a wreck than usual today.
Oh right - you can't because you are lying again and you just can't help yourself. It's like breathing for you.
And after how well wes treated you, you turn around and call him a liar. After he's gone!
Wow! Now that is low even for you...
You are pathetic and moronic too. You are also a LIAR but that is old news
Do not presume to lecture us. You are far too stupid. We know what is what and you are a brainwashed moron. You WANT us to ignore the stupidity and vile behavior by Beck and Limbaugh because that fits your agenda. We want to expose it outside the circle of his inbred cretin audience.
Raw stupidity and vile, foul, soullessness fuels conservatism.
Oh another thing. You are a liar.
Oh I get it
Cmdr Pill Popper's commentary and opinion showing his open disdain for everyone who isn't him = jokes
MMFA posters jokes = serious analysis
God, FOXPAC teabaggers are stupid
Your inner racist is showing, weasley.
In his defense, he's pretty out of touch with reality and has to borrow some nonsense from Right Wing Bizarro reality.
The point--as if it weren't abundantly obvious to anyone with at least two digits in his IQ--is that there are media figures (who all just happen to share your end of the political spectrum) who are freaking out because the first lady went shopping at Target. This is the non-story to end all non-stories.
So, are you going to defend Limbaugh, Malkin, ad nauseum? No, I didn't think so. Hence, once again, you have no actual point to make. Dismissed.
I dont think there is ANYTHING that could have made your pathetic post any stupider
I don't see any resemblance to the pics of the first lady at target.
The stupid is thick with this one.
You are a sick and disgusting pool of sewage. You do know this dont you?
Blimpy and his flying monkey acolytes can thank me later.
Perhaps she should have dressed like one (or more) of these folks?
don't you want to use those teeth of hers to pop open an ice cold coke?
i wonder if there are any trees left on her property?
Opener
My grandfather had something similar hanging in his kitchen, though I only remember the lips and teeth, without the face.
I cannot for the life of me see any grounds for complaint, comment or even just notice.
And racist.
Why else would they treat her that way for every little thing she does (or doesn't) do?
Start each sentence with Michelle or Obama + verb + object. And let the hate flow.
Let's try it. Michelle likes dogs.
"Oh that cat hating b****"
So easy even Fox Nation mouthbreathers can play!
So what's up, conservatives? Why the uproar now? Just because Mrs. Obama was photographed at a Target?
The hypocrisy is killing me.
Sounds like Malkin is one jealous puta to me!
That's one jealous/angry gay men, the Beckster is!
Wake up gullible America, You've been duped.
The right wing response would be "Took you long enough."
News Of The World hindered a homicide investigation.
Michelle Obama shopped at Target.
Which one is newsworthy?
Clifford Spencer