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The First Lady strays off-message at a Healthy Kids event at the White House this afternoon, rhapsodizing about the snack she craves the most:
My favorite food in the whole wide world is French fries. I love them. Dearly. (Laughter.) Deeply. (Laughter.) I have a good relationship with French fries and I would eat them every single day if I could. I really would.
It sounds like somebody needs to make another Five Guys run.
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Anyone who doesn't love french fries and their first cousin, onion rings, is a commie.
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kaithxbai-
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I don't like french fries but I love onion rings. Can I at least be a socialist?
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BREAKING NEWS!
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BREAKING NEWS!
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Q: "Our correspondent Amy Sullivan is at the scene right now...what do you have for us, Amy?"
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A: "The First Lady reportedly admits that she likes to eat French Fries."
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Q: "I see...Thank you, Amy Sullivan...And now back to our regularly scheduled programming, our special human interest report "The First Family: How Much Do They Really Resemble Imbeciles Like You Who Make Political Decisions Based On Cheap, Blatant Identification-Branding Public Relations Campaigns Disseminated By Mass-Marketed, Entertainment-Oriented Political Press Corps?", already in progress." -
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I wouldn't say that's off message. When you're trying to eat healthier, it doesn't help to pretend to yourself that you really love carrot sticks more than you love [favorite snack food]. Part of the fight is to understand that snack foods have been engineered (quite literally) to be tasty.
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Meanwhile, back in the Dep't of Things That Matter, here's a story on Amy Sullivan's beat. The head of the NAE (evangelicals) said that there was "no dissent" when that group passed a pro-illegal activity resolution. Now it turns out that just 11 of 40 members have signed on. I guess he's got a different definition of "dissent", eh?
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Since he made that claim in Congressional testimony and the NAE is a large group, I fully expect Amy Sullivan to follow up with him and find out exactly how he defines "dissent".
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In fact, I know she will. I just know it. It's gonna happen. For reals. -
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The Frenchman Jean Paul Sartre was a known Communist.
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Thought experiment:
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What if we took a helium-filled, mylar balloon, strapped it to Michael Jackson's body, and landed it in the National Mall during a Tea Party...
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Would the resulting convergence of the MSM create a singularity that would consume them all? Can we hope so? What if we tossed in a side of fries?-
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Would the resulting convergence of the MSM create a singularity that would consume them all?
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Throw in the OctoMom and Jon Gosselin driving a white Bronco evading police who want to question them about a missing young blonde girl, and it might just work... -
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Octomom - that's it! (I remember there being another major "Ooooh, Shiny!" moment in the MSM this year, but I couldn't put my finger on it.)
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More proof the Obamers are f'reiners! In 'Merca we call 'em Freedom Fries.
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Does she eat the fries with her fingers, or a fork? Or does she just strap a sack of them to her face?
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That's America destor.
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Someone ought to tell Mrs. Obama about Alexia fries. Bathe them in olive oil, put garlic powder on them and then put them in oven.
Alexia also makes some righteous waffle fries and onion rings.
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I'll take those onion rights. I'll slather each one lovingly with tartar sauce prior to inhalation.
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Thanks, Amy. Have Michelle try baked fries as spob suggests. You can make ‘em yourself easily – brush w/ olive or peanut oil, add spices (try Old Bay), and bake, turning them once. Sara Moulton recommends fixing fries this way – less greasy / slightly fewer calories than deep-fried.
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I like smashed potatos too. With sour cream. And chives. Lots of butter. A little pepper. No salt.
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Garlic. Don't forget the garlic!
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I love garlic. It keeps vampires at bay too.
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Peel, cut, soak in ice water, drain and rinse, dry, par boil, rest, fry.
May not be good for you but oh so tasty.
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I just ate three cupcakes with chocolate icing and sprinkles. I don't care if something is good for me or not. I want to be sick when I die. No car is going to run my ass over because i was jogging. I want an IV in my arm pumping me full of painkillers when it's my time. Live to be 77 by eating right or die at 72 after a lifetime of glorious gluttony and sin? More pie please.
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Of course I have a sky high metabolism and haven't gained a pound in 20 years. 190 pounds forever. -
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I bought one of those blue halloween cakes that had about a half-inch thick layer of frosting over a core of white cake.
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It did take me two days, maybe 9,000 calories total? Who knows.
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Needless to say, two days later...
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The Pope makes a play for the Anglicans and disaffected Episcopalian bigots, and we get this.
Musta been a slow news day. . ?
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I want em' too. I bid my old push mower, a craftsman weedwhacker and box of comic books. I'll even throw in a 27" tv if there's enough of them (the remote doesn't work).
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She could have covered this too:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/21/arizona.iraqi.daughter.struck/index.html
looks like an attempted honor killing
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I agree with you, Spob.
Religion -- ain't nothin' but troublesome superstition.
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SFBear - is that really you? It's been an age, man! Have you been lurking as the Swamp gets drained? Good to see your handle again.
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Same here! Welcome back, even if it's for a moment!
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That was waaaaaaay back then, before the extinction, er, uh, I mean, election!
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OMG!! FRENCH fries! More proof that the Obamas are actually communist socialists in disguise!!!
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No wonder we have an obesity problem!
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Give an American an inch, and he/she will drool a mile...-
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"No wonder we have an obesity problem!"
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At work today the boss brought in a deep dish cherry pie. At lunch the other guys all took a small piece and I ate the rest. Just over half the pie. It's great being the only one not dieting. I did wash the plate.
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OT, but how about rehabilitated garlic bread?
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Buy a loaf from the store, ready made, add a little more garlic, add butter where they miss, toss on a healthy heap of fresh shredded Parmesan cheese and prepare to get fat. -
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Yeah, it's really me. I log on for my daily dose of disgust, but haven't commented much lately.
Amy's beat is religion, so I was a little confused by this choice to "stray" into a totally foreign field, except to the extent it provides another example of a subtle accusation of hypocrisy by an Obama family member. Well, thanks for that.
If Amy were to change her tact to examining religion's pernicious influence on politics and society in general, she might get some purchase here. But ya gotta wonder what Time sees as the demographic for this site. You'd think over the last few years they'd have picked up that we (spob, et al. excepted) don't want warmed-over liberal-bashing.
I'm serious about the Pope story. And, the angle I'd choose is that Benedict sees an opening with anti-gay Episcopalians who are equally uncomfortable with their "spiritual leadership" originating in Nigeria. (That's where they burn child witches in accordance with the gospel, right?)
Sure, let's talk about organized religion, Amy.
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Let us not forget that FLOTUS can also stand her ground, eh, perch at Hyde Park, London:
http://www.politico.com/largevideobox.html?id=45771194001
And after the speeches and the, eh, freedom fries it is time for the exercises:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ns/nightly_news_with_brian_williams#33422199
142! How many can you do, Amy? Go on, Amy, don't be bashful: You are no longer at that convent ...
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Correction - on the public discourse at Hyde Park -- here is a better link:
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Which of her 22 member staff is responsible for procuring the fries?
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