McDonald’s Fights Back Against Food Police First Lady…
Note to Michelle: don’t mess with the Golden Arches.Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last week, where she told Leno that after winning her medal, she “splurged on an Egg McMuffin at McDonald’s.” Unfortunately for Douglas, she was sitting on the same set as Food Police Commissar Michelle Obama, who quickly chided her for not eating healthy. “No Gabby,” she tut-tutted, “we don’t … don’t encourage. I’m sure it was on a whole wheat muffin … You’re setting me back, Gabby!” The implication: McDonald’s is the root of all food evil. Now McDonald’s is fighting back. McDonald’s had already co-sponsored the Olympic Games to the tune of $100 million, specifically pushing its “Favorites Under 400” dishes, an attempt to get people to eat foods under 400 calories. And the Egg McMuffin clocks in at a robust 300 calories. “We are working hard to continue to provide our valued customers – Olympians and others alike – with great tasting, quality food and beverage options in a variety of portion sizes to fit any dietary needs,” explained McDonald’s director of communications, Dayna Proud. And dietary specialists say that it’s not out of line for Douglas to chow down on the McMuffin – she needs protein, and her calorie intake is higher than that of non-Olympic athletes. President Obama and his wife have already made clear their distaste for the business community. Attacking one of America’s most beloved institutions by lecturing one of America’s most beloved athletes is – no pun intended – in bad taste. |
Publius Prime 
Notice she isn’t going after Kentucky Fried Chicken or Popeye’s…
But for the fact that Michelle is married to the President of the United States, her food police comments and intimidation would be marginalized at worst and mocked at best. Who the h*ll is she to be telling any of us what to eat and not eat while she gorges on lobster, luscious State dinners and vacations all over the world on the taxpayers’ dime? Hypocracy thy name is Michelle Obama and I wish some national columnist would point this out:
The whole justification for abortion is that no one can tell a woman what she can or cannot do with her own body. But the same people who spout that idea are the first to tell everyone what they can or cannot do with their own bodies, when it comes to what they eat or drink.
The left never ceases to amaze with their double standards. They condemn the rich, even though all of their leaders (Soros, Obama, Pelosi, Reed, etc.) are filthy rich. They demand that people be more generous with their money – even suggesting that is is unpatriotic not to do so… but they are notoriously stingy with their own charitable giving. They condemn “hate speech”, while delivering the most hateful speech imaginable themselves.
I’m not joking when I say that liberalism ought to be recognized as a mental illness.
How about using your comments as basis for a letter to the editor?