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Watch Michelle Obama Help Fight Childhood Obesity And Bust A Move To Beyonce

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Talk about a victory dance. Yesterday First Lady Michelle Obama visited Alice Deal Middle School in Washington, D.C. as part of her ‘Let’s move’ campaign and unveiled some pretty bold dance moves as music from singing superstar Beyonce played.

It’s unclear whether she was celebrating her husband’s rebounding the poll numbers, the fact that Osama bin Laden is no longer around, or whether she merely just enjoyed the opportunity to let loose and demonstrate that unlike her husband, she’s got some serious dance moves. Regardless of one’s thoughts about “big government” recommending dietary habits for children, what’s there not to like about the First Lady getting funky with it!

Watch the clip below from ABC:

(h/t The Blaze)

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  • Harry Flashman

    Noooooo!!!!

    Make it stop! I’ll talk, I’ll talk!

    Gak.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Harry Flashman said:
    Noooooo!!!!

    Make it stop! I’ll talk, I’ll talk!

    Gak.

    My fervent wish is that in 2013 we will have a First Lady who understands the propriety of the office of the Presidency. No wonder the Obama’s couldn’t score an invitation to the royal wedding- who knew how they’d behave!

  • Barack Must Go

    Now that’s exactly what this administration, especially Michelle Obama ought to be promoting ( dancing as exercise ), not micro managing ( abusing ) school lunch programs. Not to mention the kid’s appeared to love doing what they were doing, with not one phone or I-pod in sight.

  • RyGuy

    Khaleid Shake Mohammed prob. spilled the beans about Obama after being subjected to this vid.

  • RyGuy

    ^^^ *Osama* ^^^

  • http://inyourfaceradio.net In Your Face Radio

    YAY Michelle!! Now that’s a first Lady!! She is too cool …. Can you imagine that hag Laura busting out?? Babs Bush?? ROFL …

  • Yargburger

    School lunch programs have been serving crap to kids at least since I was I child. Recommending more fresh vegetables and fewer processed foods is not “big government”, it’s a great idea in a country with so much child obesity. The schools are still allowed to serve crap to your children: Tater Tots, Pizza, Chocolate Milk. Be happy about that and get off the First Lady’s back.

  • WCinWI

    Until I see the First Lady in a pair of athletic pants, there is nothing about her that says “Let’s Move”. Her outfit in the video seems highly inappropriate. Now, if she wished to actually be serious about the campaign, that’d be nice.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Yargburger said:
    School lunch programs have been serving crap to kids at least since I was I child. Recommending more fresh vegetables and fewer processed foods is not “big government”, it’s a great idea in a country with so much child obesity. The schools are still allowed to serve crap to your children: Tater Tots, Pizza, Chocolate Milk. Be happy about that and get off the First Lady’s back.

    The mentality that the GOVERNMENT should be involved in kids not getting off their fat asses and exercising is absurd. Are those people having children so STUPID that they don’t KNOW what foods are nutritional and what foods are fattening and that sitting, playing computer and video games all day is NOT exercise. Apparently, there is no longer any such thing as parental responsibility.

    DEFUND the Department of Education, send some of the money to the states and get out of the business of indoctrinating our kids. The government has done a lousy job with education and will only continue on its path of destruction. Parenting is not a government job- unless you just want to pop them out and then send them to camps to be trained to be good little Socialists.

  • TfT

    Did the White House write this for you? Lets not forget that just last week, the WH contacted a news paper and askied them to remove a sentence regarding the First Lady because it was negative; and let us not forget that the News Paper AGREED to edit their story at the request of Team Obama.

    can’ trust anything written about these two…..especially since we now know that News Papers will indeed self-edit if the wh REQUESTS they do so.

    pathetic.

  • WCinWI

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    The mentality that the GOVERNMENT should be involved in kids not getting off their fat asses and exercising is absurd. Are those people having children so STUPID that they don’t KNOW what foods are nutritional and what foods are fattening and that sitting, playing computer and video games all day is NOT exercise. Apparently, there is no longer any such thing as parental responsibility.

    DEFUND the Department of Education, send some of the money to the states and get out of the business of indoctrinating our kids. The government has done a lousy job with education and will only continue on its path of destruction. Parenting is not a government job- unless you just want to pop them out and then send them to camps to be trained to be good little Socialists.

    I believe in either a defunding or a strong restructuring of the EPA and the Dept. of Ed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Timothy-Wright/774124882 Timothy Wright

    Mrs. Obama has several PSAs out about getting out and playing and MOVING for at least an hour a day (aimed at kids but really EVERYONE should be doing this). I cannot imagine how anyone can be critical of these common sense things. Mrs. (Laura) Bush encouraged reading and I, a certified, card carrying, bleeding heart, liberal, applaud her for it!

  • TerryDo

    HAHAHA I can just picture her two girls with their hands over their faces, embarassed by their mother’s antics. I feel embarassed for her and I don’t even like her. Women over 40 do not try to dance the hip hop especially with young teens in front of you because they were trying to show her how to really move her body, but she just did the mommy dougie…….

    I guess the white kids don’t know how to do hip hop, maybe because it is really an African dance modernized, it is just not in their genes.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Cute. Looks like a fun program, and those kids had some moves! Nothing wrong with promoting exercise through dance!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Treacher/542957672 Jim Treacher

    Oh, because they all love to dance? Way to go, Mediaite. Crap like this is why they marched on Selma.

  • TampopoLoco

    NOBAMA 2012 said:
    Enjoy the free-ride while you can, sister, ’cause in 20 short months we’ll be evicting you right out on PA Ave…

    NOBAMA 2012

    Delusional much? There are drugs that work wonders for that.

  • TampopoLoco

    Lemme guess. Way to much “color” in this piece for most of you guys?

  • Edith Massey

    Michelle Obama is hot!

  • MSDNCteabaggers

    God, she is so awesome. I mean, she dances, has tight arms, won’t look pilots in the eyes cause she’s better than them. You know, I think she’s better than me, you, your mom, my grand mom, and maybe even next door’s sister.

    She’s awesome, pure and simple.

  • Edith Massey

    MSDNCteabaggers said:
    God, she is so awesome. I mean, she dances, has tight arms, won’t look pilots in the eyes cause she’s better than them. You know, I think she’s better than me, you, your mom, my grand mom, and maybe even next door’s sister.

    She’s awesome, pure and simple.

    I think she is better than you too.

  • Edith Massey

    NOBAMA 2012 said:
    Care to put your money where your mouth is, missy…

    I’m still collecting bets from Liberal Lewzers like you who wagered the Dimwit party would retain the Majority in the House & Pelousy would remain Speaker…

    You stick to “drugs” & Socialism and I’ll stick to liberty, federalism, capitalism & reality…
    And collecting bets from Liberals…LMAO

    Class dismissed…

    U gay?

  • DonnaK

    Good for Michelle, what an impressive 1st Lady, she seems so relatable!! She seems to be raising great kids, so she is relatible to parents & kids…..I just read an article about the corilation between so many kids on medication and not getting recess and activity in schools….Sounds very reasonable to me, and what better example than our current 1st Lady ..it is stupid to compare Laura Bush, who I always admired very much, and Michelle Obama…they are different generations and have kids much different ages…People that do that are just playing politics…Grow up!!!

  • Edith Massey

    NOBAMA 2012 said:
    Don’t think so much, you might pull a muscle.

    U homes?

  • Edith Massey

    NOBAMA 2012 said:
    Say, missy, you still tell us is that your pic or your girlfriend…

    DO BONGS HAVE A TOTALLY K.A. SUMMER CLASS OF 88

  • LOGICandREASON

    LOOKING VERY FIRST LADYLIKE AND CLASSY.

    It’s all good in the hood

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Perhaps Michelle can tell the kids there the truth about how she stays fit- flying her PERSONAL TRAINER in from Chicago several times a week! One of the problems with both of the Obamas is that they say one thing and do another, whether it’s about their lifestyle or the price of Michelle’s wardrobe or his golf outings or whatever. They either lie or shade the truth on every topic.

    Not all Democrats are hypocrites, but the Obamas sure are.

    Regarding the differences between Laura Bush’s reading campaign and Michelle’s food police, it was clear that Mrs. Bush is an inveterate reader and she was merely encouraging kids to read, but she didn’t create a program to ENFORCE reading in school, but Michelle Obama, on the other hand, has FORCED schools to change their lunch programs. That’s the difference between our two points of view. I believe that you give people the information and hope they use it to their advantage IF THEY SO CHOOSE. Libs believe you must FORCE free people to do WHAT THEY, ON THE LEFT, DECREE IS GOOD FOR THEM. When you give up your freedom to an intrusive government, you can bet that they WILL overstep their authority.

  • LibertySister

    She is the most unclassy first lady in recent past we have ever had.
    She is only proud of America since her husband was elected (as she stated)… She was the driving force on introducing Obama in the involvement of the anti American, hate white people Rev wright church.

    Just like the administration just told a paper (remember free speech) here in California yesterday to not do a negative story on Michele.

    http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/03/white-house-asked-california-paper-to-take-out-unflattering-remark-about-first-lady/

  • Alice67

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    My fervent wish is that in 2013 we will have a First Lady who understands the propriety of the office of the Presidency. No wonder the Obama’s couldn’t score an invitation to the royal wedding- who knew how they’d behave!

    You’re repulsive.

  • Alice67

    LibertySister said:
    She is the most unclassy first lady in recent past we have ever had.
    She is only proud of America since her husband was elected (as she stated)… She was the driving force on introducing Obama in the involvement of the anti American, hate white people Rev wright church.

    Just like the administration just told a paper (remember free speech) here in California yesterday to not do a negative story on Michele.

    http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/03/white-house-asked-california-paper-to-take-out-unflattering-remark-about-first-lady/

    And so are you.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    LibertySister said:
    She is the most unclassy first lady in recent past we have ever had.
    She is only proud of America since her husband was elected (as she stated)… She was the driving force on introducing Obama in the involvement of the anti American, hate white people Rev wright church.

    Just like the administration just told a paper (remember free speech) here in California yesterday to not do a negative story on Michele.

    http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/03/white-house-asked-california-paper-to-take-out-unflattering-remark-about-first-lady/

    How true!

  • fishchef

    LibertySister said:
    Just like the administration just told a paper (remember free speech) here in California yesterday to not do a negative story on Michele.

    Read the update, same website: Katie McCormick Lelyveld, the first ladies’ press secretary, wrote the following in an email: “Our office has never interacted with the Pleasanton paper, and not knowing the story existed, we never asked for such a line to be removed.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hogan/179500970 Stephen Hogan

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    but Michelle Obama, on the other hand, has FORCED schools to change their lunch programs

    This is patently false. The First Lady has neither the authority nor ability to enforce changes in school lunches. Only the local school board makes those decisions.

  • fishchef

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    Regarding the differences between Laura Bush’s reading campaign and Michelle’s food police, it was clear that Mrs. Bush is an inveterate reader and she was merely encouraging kids to read, but she didn’t create a program to ENFORCE reading in school, but Michelle Obama, on the other hand, has FORCED schools to change their lunch programs. That’s the difference between our two points of view.

    National School Lunch Program, Truman 1946
    Children Nutrition Act, Johnson 1966
    President’s Council on Youth Fitness, Eisenhower 1956
    President’s Council on Fitness and Sports, Johnson 1966
    President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, Obama 2010
    I personally benefited from these programs while growing up. I’m sure that any programs that will improve the crap our kids are served in schools or increases the amount of exercise and reduces childhood obesity will be beneficial too – as were Mrs. Bush’s reading programs.

  • http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com PoliticallyIncorrectLibertarian

    Let’s Move Her Ass back to Chicago, and let’s not forget her husband either.

    Seriously, who does she think she is? Jillian Michaels? Bob Harper? I get my fitness advice from CERTIFIED Personal Trainers with EXPERIENCE in weight loss. Oh, and when I need their advice I go to their website, see their TV shows, or hire a personal trainer. I don’t need the first black fatass telling me how to lose weight. Healer, health thyself or in the case of big ass Mooshelle, fat ass, lose some weight first!

    How to fight Terrorism like a Liberal.
    http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/2011/05/lessons-from-liberals-in-fighting.html

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hogan/179500970 Stephen Hogan

    WCinWI said:
    Until I see the First Lady in a pair of athletic pants, there is nothing about her that says “Let’s Move”. Her outfit in the video seems highly inappropriate. Now, if she wished to actually be serious about the campaign, that’d be nice.

    May I ask how she could be ‘serious’ about the campaign?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hogan/179500970 Stephen Hogan

    PoliticallyIncorrectLibertarian said:
    I don’t need the first black fatass telling me how to lose weight.

    There’s a difference between being ‘Politically Incorrect’ and blatantly using ‘black’ as a pejorative.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/KenyanBornObamAcorn#g/u ObamAcornLies

    She ain’t gonna be bustin no move when she sees this video!

    The video that will END the Obama Presidency! Birthers Get Last Laugh & Demand Formal Apology
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1DHZmeMXyE&feature=channel_video_title

  • Alice67

    Stephen Hogan said:
    There’s a difference between being ‘Politically Incorrect’ and blatantly using ‘black’ as a pejorative.

    It’s called racism.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hogan/179500970 Stephen Hogan

    LOGICandREASON said:
    LOOKING VERY FIRST LADYLIKE AND CLASSY.

    It’s all good in the hood

    I wasn’t aware that there was a code of decorum for the First Lady.

    Interesting that your name is LOGICandREASON, yet your comment indicates the use of heuristics.

  • Gasket

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    Perhaps Michelle can tell the kids there the truth about how she stays fit- flying her PERSONAL TRAINER in from Chicago several times a week! One of the problems with both of the Obamas is that they say one thing and do another, whether it’s about their lifestyle or the price of Michelle’s wardrobe or his golf outings or whatever. They either lie or shade the truth on every topic.

    Not all Democrats are hypocrites, but the Obamas sure are.

    Regarding the differences between Laura Bush’s reading campaign and Michelle’s food police, it was clear that Mrs. Bush is an inveterate reader and she was merely encouraging kids to read, but she didn’t create a program to ENFORCE reading in school, but Michelle Obama, on the other hand, has FORCED schools to change their lunch programs. That’s the difference between our two points of view. I believe that you give people the information and hope they use it to their advantage IF THEY SO CHOOSE. Libs believe you must FORCE free people to do WHAT THEY, ON THE LEFT, DECREE IS GOOD FOR THEM. When you give up your freedom to an intrusive government, you can bet that they WILL overstep their authority.

    Not all conservatives are idiots, but you sure are. The royal wedding was not a state event! Their own prime ministers (Blair & Cameron) were not invited. This is just yet another reason to smear flotus. I don’t recall people on the left attacking Laura Bush the way you conservaturds attack Michelle. She never even responds to these attacks. That is what staying classy really means.

    Stephen Hogan said:
    I wasn’t aware that there was a code of decorum for the First Lady.

    Interesting that your name is LOGICandREASON, yet your comment indicates the use of heuristics.

    You notice his “hood” comment? Usual racist boilerplate. Basically all blacks are affiliated with ghettos.

    fishchef said:
    National School Lunch Program, Truman 1946
    Children Nutrition Act, Johnson 1966
    President’s Council on Youth Fitness, Eisenhower 1956
    President’s Council on Fitness and Sports, Johnson 1966
    President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, Obama 2010
    I personally benefited from these programs while growing up. I’m sure that any programs that will improve the crap our kids are served in schools or increases the amount of exercise and reduces childhood obesity will be beneficial too – as were Mrs. Bush’s reading programs.

    They will not let facts get in their way.

    PoliticallyIncorrectLibertarian said:
    Let’s Move Her Ass back to Chicago, and let’s not forget her husband either.

    Seriously, who does she think she is? Jillian Michaels? Bob Harper? I get my fitness advice from CERTIFIED Personal Trainers with EXPERIENCE in weight loss. Oh, and when I need their advice I go to their website, see their TV shows, or hire a personal trainer. I don’t need the first black fatass telling me how to lose weight. Healer, health thyself or in the case of big ass Mooshelle, fat ass, lose some weight first!

    >

    Try not to sound like a racist pos while kvetching, sweetheart. Black fatass? What does her race have to do with her initiative? Of course you will say “I am not a racist, just politically incorrect.” BTW, “Let’s Move” is for kids. I’m not sure WHY you are upset thinking flotus is telling you what to do about exercise/fitness….unless you are a child!

    ToiletInWI, being a stick does not make you “fit” or “healthy.” That is the white woman standard of health and beauty in this country. Latinos and black women can be fit and still have feminine bodies! You should look at those “unfit” black female sprinters who still have an ass! I thought Sir. Mix-a-lot said it all. Baby’s got back. Just saying. Ad hominem attacks against flotus just show how shallow and bitter you teabaggers…er – scratch that…afterbirthers are. Keep on with the hate rightwingers. Just try not to kill anyone like you occasionally do when you can’t control your juvenile emotions.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Michele sure tried to get an invitation- twice on national television, as I recall. The Brits didn’t need the Obamas, not even just Marie Antoinette Michelle, making the wedding a side show. It didn’t have to be a state occasion for them to be invited, but it was a great excuse NOT to invite them.

  • Alice67

    Can you feel the Christian love. :)

  • stoogedudes

    sarainitaly said:
    Cute. Looks like a fun program, and those kids had some moves! Nothing wrong with promoting exercise through dance!

    It’s sad that I would even do this, but I applaud you for acknowledging the harmlessness of this video and what Mrs. Obama was doing, even though you differ from her politically. I just wish others on this site would do the same, but it’s nothing but hate, hate, hate with some people.

    And to the person who slammed Laura Bush, I shake my head. I can’t find a bad thing to say about Laura Bush. She was a terrific First Lady, even though I didn’t care for her husband’s Presidency.

  • stoogedudes

    PoliticallyIncorrectLibertarian said:
    Let’s Move Her Ass back to Chicago, and let’s not forget her husband either.

    Seriously, who does she think she is? Jillian Michaels? Bob Harper? I get my fitness advice from CERTIFIED Personal Trainers with EXPERIENCE in weight loss. Oh, and when I need their advice I go to their website, see their TV shows, or hire a personal trainer. I don’t need the first black fatass telling me how to lose weight. Healer, health thyself or in the case of big ass Mooshelle, fat ass, lose some weight first!

    How to fight Terrorism like a Liberal.
    http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/2011/05/lessons-from-liberals-in-fighting.html

    My, you’ve been particularly nasty as of late. Good gourd!

  • Alice67

    stoogedudes said:
    My, you’ve been particularly nasty as of late. Good gourd!

    Sometimes I think they forget this is not Fox Nation.

  • hgarner2000

    Maybe the First Lady is happy because Prince Charles endorsed organic farming during his recent visit. I know we love to criticize the royals, and maybe they ask for it a little, but I like an opportunity that lets me be happy we still have them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeff-Webber/100002288733830 Jeff Webber

    This is the first lady of the United States? I say good riddance in 2012.

    As far as I’m concerned, she can stay the fck away from my children. I don’t want her or her husband teaching my children anything. (and it has nothing to do with race)

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