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Barack Obama: ‘You Don’t Want To Get Between Michelle And A Tamale’

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El presidente de los Estados Unidos Barack Obama observó la celebración mexicana del Cinco de Mayo ayer con una fiesta grande. Durante su discurso a los asistentes, el presidente hizo una broma a costa de su esposa, Michelle Obama, y su predilección por los tamales. Miralo en el segmento de más abajo. (Apunte de sombrero a Jim Newell de Gawker)

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  • TangledThorns

    Nobody cares.

  • Edith Massey

    Es probable que hablan Español como George W. Bush.

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    Barack Obama: ‘You Don’t Want To Get Between Michelle And A Tamale’

    …and that goes DOUBLE for an ILLEGAL tamale.

    P.S. Don’t tell the lunatic-left d-crat socialist NANNY STATE POLICE about michelle-marie antoinetts’s addiction !!!!!!

  • winning

    No es de extrañar que la perra fea tiene un culo gordo.

  • ModerateMan

    Aqua. Amigo. Adios.

    That’s all I got.

  • TfT

    Is it true that team obama filmed and released an 8 minute video of the days leading up to, the indicent itself, and days after the kill mission? rush just reported it – I think he is joking; please tell me he is joking; please tell me no video exists of hehimself observing the mission for 8 minutes.

    Can you let us know Colby, is Rush joking or is the video for real?

  • TampopoLoco

    OMG! He thinks Mexicans are better than us now too? This guy is pure evil!

  • winning

    Wrong thread, TfT, we’re talking about Michelle Obama’s fat ass. We may get into what a dumb bitch she it, we’ll see.

  • konspikuous

    Also, don’t get in the way of President Obama taking opportunity to flex his ego.

  • winning

    konspikuous said:
    Also, don’t get in the way of President Obama taking opportunity to flex his ego.

    Or rewarding the politically connected at the expense of the middle class.

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    winning said:
    Wrong thread, TfT, we’re talking about Michelle Obama’s fat ass. We may get into what a dumb bitch she it, we’ll see.

    This is why Republicans are kind of a joke, lol. Yeah make fun of Michelle Obama, that’ll help you guys get power, lets make fun of the first-wife, the TRUE EVIL of the whitehouse XD.

    If anything, that loses women voters for the GOP. Good luck with mocking Michelle, lol.

  • Ardiva

    Lord O’ Mercy! There are WAY too many Rethugs on this website.
    Get thee behind me satan!

  • Liberal Tormentor

    If I wanted my “news” in spanish, I’d move to Mexico.

    ps, snowjob, alot of woman have trouble with Michelle. We don’t like people who aren’t proud of their country until it elects their husband. We prefer people in the Whitehouse that love the country.

  • CAINtheBULL

    TfT said:
    Is it true that team obama filmed and released an 8 minute video of the days leading up to, the indicent itself, and days after the kill mission? rush just reported it – I think he is joking; please tell me he is joking; please tell me no video exists of hehimself observing the mission for 8 minutes.

    Can you let us know Colby, is Rush joking or is the video for real?

    Watch “The West Wing Week” at the White House’s Youtube account. It has segments showing Biden calling congress to tell them they killed Bin Laden.

  • lucky5

    Why is this in French? This America this needs to be written in American so I can read it.

  • http://www.mediaite.com Mark Joyella

    Hey folks… it’s White House. Two words.

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    If I wanted my “news” in spanish, I’d move to Mexico.

    ps, snowjob, alot of woman have trouble with Michelle. We don’t like people who aren’t proud of their country until it elects their husband. We prefer people in the Whitehouse that love the country.

    I’m sorry but this is just pathetic, lol. Michelle hates the country? BWHAHHAHAHA… wake the **** up, loser, you don’t even make sense.

  • Penguin60

    Snowspot said:
    This is why Republicans are kind of a joke

    So by that logic, making fun of Palin makes lemmings……….? Anybody?

  • MrTPar_taY

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    If I wanted my “news” in spanish, I’d move to Mexico.

    You don’t have to – Mexico moved here-arriba!!!

  • Penguin60

    ModerateMan said:
    Aqua. Amigo. Adios. That’s all I got.

    Dos cervezas por favor. That’s it for me.

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Penguin60 said:
    So by that logic, making fun of Palin makes lemmings……….? Anybody?

    Sarah Palin is a white-trash hick from Alaska that can’t recall what newspapers she reads and refuses to speak to the press because of how stupid she might look.

    Truth is, nothing is extraordinary about Palin, she puts herslef out there to be mocked when she says stuff like Obama is “pussy-footing” because he won’t release an execution photo of Bin Laden.

    She’s the town bimbo. It’s a shame you haven’t caught on yet, just look at how far the REpubliccans have fallen since she took up the post of GOP leader.

    Sarah Palin is a parasite that sucks the success out of anyone she gets near.

  • Skippy

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    If I wanted my “news” in spanish, I’d move to Mexico.

    ps, snowjob, alot of woman have trouble with Michelle. We don’t like people who aren’t proud of their country until it elects their husband. We prefer people in the Whitehouse that love the country.

    We already knew you were a birfher and now confirm yourself as a bigot.

    Obviously you don’t see the humor on a short piece, machine translated into Spanish, referring to a Cinco de Mayo celebration. Your ignorance and bigotry blinds you.

  • BarneyFranken

    How many calories are in a tamale?

  • TampopoLoco

    Mark Joyella said:
    Hey folks… it’s White House. Two words.

    You guys must laugh your asses off reading all this garbage, Mark. lol

  • winning

    Snowspot said:
    This is why Republicans are kind of a joke, lol. Yeah make fun of Michelle Obama, that’ll help you guys get power, lets make fun of the first-wife, the TRUE EVIL of the whitehouse XD.

    If anything, that loses women voters for the GOP. Good luck with mocking Michelle, lol.

    Ah, trolling for stupid proggies can be so fun. :)

    So, what you’re saying is that Republicans may lose votes if conservatives make fun of the first bint, yet liberals continue to hammer in a very personal way Republican women. (Let’s not forget that big butt Michelle injected herself into politics, no one dragged her into it.) Hmmm, now, a reasonable person could then conclude that lib / progs expect conservatives to be honorable, but really don’t expect much honor out of their own. Interesting.

  • Skippy

    BarneyFranken said:
    How many calories are in a tamale?

    It varies.

    But here is one source:

    http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-delimex-beef-tamales-i104717

  • Penguin60

    Snowspot said:
    Sarah Palin is a white-trash hick from Alaska that can’t recall what newspapers she reads and refuses to speak to the press because of how stupid she might look. Truth is, nothing is extraordinary about Palin, she puts herslef out there to be mocked when she says stuff like Obama is “pussy-footing” because he won’t release an execution photo of Bin Laden. She’s the town bimbo. It’s a shame you haven’t caught on yet, just look at how far the REpubliccans have fallen since she took up the post of GOP leader. Sarah Palin is a parasite that sucks the success out of anyone she gets near.

    To use your own words.

    Snowspot said:
    wake the **** up, loser, you don’t even make sense.

    You might need to jack up the Xanax to 1 mg. LMAO!

  • George C

    Mark Joyella said:
    Hey folks… it’s White House. Two words.

    Two different words , edit feature , please.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Cuidado !

    Piso Mojado !

  • Mas Liberty5

    Has anyone come across someone that mistakenly thought that Cinco De Mayo was Mexico’s Independence day? I have.

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Penguin60 said:
    To use your own words.

    You might need to jack up the Xanax to 1 mg. LMAO!

    Always love these Republican posts that quote a liberal, make a comment not-related to the content, then act as if they’ve somehow made a point.

    Sorry but Sarah Palin is a hick, a religious hick, with a knocked up daughter, a horrible marriage, and Palin is also incredibly insecure, she doesn’t know about government, she’s a quitter, a reality tv trash, and quite possibly the second-dumbest woman in politics (michelle bachmann takes that crown).

    I’ve never needed medication… can’t say the same for Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck though, are you trying to make a point? because you support people that take Xanax, lol, like Rush.

    You’re a pathetic fool XD

  • Dem4Ever

    Obama owes the Mexican community an apology. How dare he and his wife reduce these people to the level of an ethnic finger food…tamale, indeed!

  • Partytime

    A tamale, looks like thousands have landed on Moo’s backside and more than a few burritos to boot.

  • Cecelia

    She’s one hot tamale!

    Love her dress! She just looks beautiful!

  • Penguin60

    Snowspot said:
    I’ve never needed medication

    That’s what all the psychotics say, talk about pathetic.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Mark Joyella says:
    Hey folks… it’s White House. Two words.

    Stop trying to steal the Royal Spelling and Grammar Czars job.

    And snowjob, I didn’t say she hates this country. I just don’t think she has a love for it, like most liberals. SHE said “for the first time in my adult life, I’m proud of her country”. That’s before they told her to stop talking.

  • brownsound

    Mark Joyella said:
    Hey folks… it’s White House. Two words.

    How about playing editor on your own columns and those of your colleagues? This site is riddled with poor spelling, poor grammar and typographical errors. It’s embarrassing. Almost as embarrassing as the liberal cheerleading. Almost.

  • Penguin60

    Snowspot said:
    then act as if they’ve somehow made a point.

    The point Sweet pea went sailing over your head, not suprising.

  • Mas Liberty5

    brownsound said:
    How about playing editor on your own columns and those of your colleagues? This site is riddled with poor spelling, poor grammar and typographical errors. It’s embarrassing. Almost as embarrassing as the liberal cheerleading. Almost.

    You don’t even know the half of it.

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Penguin60 said:
    The point Sweet pea went sailing over your head, not suprising.

    Penguin60 said:
    That’s what all the psychotics say, talk about pathetic.

    Woah thanks for the illuminating comments, it’s a shame you can’t competently debate people and instead, your only line of defense is calling them stupid names like “sweet pea” in a sad attempt to seem like you have control of the discussion.

    Sadly though, you haven’t refuted anything I’ve said and have only shown how unskilled you are at responding with a discernible argument. Fox News has done quite a number on your brain eh?

  • Penguin60

    Snowspot said:
    it’s a shame you can’t competently debate people and instead , your only line of defense is calling them stupid names

    Snowspot said:
    Sorry but Sarah Palin is a hick, a religious hick, with a knocked up daughter, a horrible marriage, and Palin is also incredibly insecure, she doesn’t know about government, she’s a quitter, a reality tv trash, and quite possibly the second-dumbest woman in politics (michelle bachmann takes that crown).

    No comment is necessary, you wouldn’t understand it anyway. What entertainment, you can’t make this shit up. ROTFLMAO!

  • Cecelia

    Would someone translate into Spanish the message to Colby Hall that if I see one more pop-up video of MSNBC night-time waxing self-important that I’m going mui loco on my hard drive?

  • winning

    Penguin60 said:
    That’s what all the psychotics say, talk about pathetic.

    Snowspot isn’t psycho, he’s just stupid, the kind of people that Democrats can depend on every two years because they’re so easily riled up at a moments notice at pretty much anything Jon Stewart or Ed Schultz tell him to be pissed about.

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  • Penguin60

    winning said:
    Snowspot isn’t psycho, he’s just stupid, the kind of people that Democrats can depend on every two years because they’re so easily riled up at a moments notice at pretty much anything Jon Stewart or Ed Schultz tell him to be pissed about.

    OK, how about delusional?LOL

  • mlb

    What!? None of you speak Spanish… I thought it was clever. I also thought that the Pres. was cute is a sort of pandering to the crowd sort of way. We don’t need to criticize everything he does just for the sake of criticism.

    Although can someone tell me what Mexico’s independence from Spain has to do with Mexican Americans? Or why we are marking it with a WH press conference from Obama?

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

    Cecelia said:
    Would someone translate into Spanish the message to Colby Hall that if I see one more pop-up video of MSNBC night-time waxing self-important that I’m going mui loco on my hard drive?

    The President of the US Barack Obama observed the Mexican celebration of Cinco de Mayo with a big party. During his speech to those in attendance, the president made a joke at the expense of his wife, Michelle Obama, and her predilection for tamales. Watch it below.

    Obama was talking about all the great things Mexican Americans have contributed, including the food. He said Mexican food is Michelle’s favorite. He said “you don’t want to get in between Michelle and a tamale.”

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

    mlb said:
    Although can someone tell me what Mexico’s independence from Spain has to do with Mexican Americans? Or why we are marking it with a WH press conference from Obama?

    I do believe that’s called: 2012 reelection pandering.

  • mlb

    Snowspot said:
    Woah thanks for the illuminating comments, it’s a shame you can’t competently debate people and instead, your only line of defense is calling them stupid names like “sweet pea” in a sad attempt to seem like you have control of the discussion.

    Are you talking to yourself again?

  • Skippy

    Cecelia said:
    Would someone translate into Spanish the message to Colby Hall that if I see one more pop-up video of MSNBC night-time waxing self-important that I’m going mui loco on my hard drive?

    Señor Pasillo:

    Cecelia dice que le encantan los videos emergentes de MSNBC y quiere que pongan más, muchos mas para grabarlos y llenar su disco duro.

  • “Real” American

    Cecelia said:
    Would someone translate into Spanish the message to Colby Hall that if I see one more pop-up video of MSNBC night-time waxing self-important that I’m going mui loco on my hard drive?

    It is a secret evil plan to quietly drive you down Insane Lane to a midnight meeting with Ed Schultz. You’ll be quietly snoozing in front of your monitor, dreaming sweet Sarah dreams, and suddenly there’s ED SCHULTZ SCREAMING “AMERICA IS IN THE SHITTER!”.

    They don’t make a Xanax strong enough to treat that trauma…..

  • Cecelia

    sarainitaly said:
    The President of the US Barack Obama observed the Mexican celebration of Cinco de Mayo with a big party. During his speech to those in attendance, the president made a joke at the expense of his wife, Michelle Obama, and her predilection for tamales. Watch it below.

    Obama was talking about all the great things Mexican Americans have contributed, including the food. He said Mexican food is Michelle’s favorite. He said “you don’t want to get in between Michelle and a tamale.”

    Well, hey… Mediaite doesn’t want to get between Pres. Obama and a straight forward depiction of what went down in Pakistan with OBL….

    Colby and the president have much in common!

  • Cecelia

    "Real" American said:
    It is a secret evil plan to quietly drive you down Insane Lane to a midnight meeting with Ed Schultz. You’ll be quietly snoozing in front of your monitor, dreaming sweet Sarah dreams, and suddenly there’s ED SCHULTZ SCREAMING “AMERICA IS IN THE SHITTER!”.

    They don’t make a Xanax strong enough to treat that trauma…..

    Well, if Ed says that America is in the shitter under Pres. Obama, then he has much in common with “sweet Sarah”.

    Sorry about your Xanax….

  • Cecelia

    Skippy said:
    eñor Pasillo:

    Cecelia dice que le encantan los videos emergentes de MSNBC y quiere que pongan más, muchos mas para grabarlos y llenar su disco duro.

    Thank you for telling Colby (and the rest of us…) all we needed to know.

  • “Real” American

    Cecelia said:
    Well, if Ed says that America is in the shitter under Pres. Obama, then he has much in common with “sweet Sarah”. Sorry about your Xanax….

    Yes, they are both windbags, prone to say crazy shit.

    The Xanax was for you, but if you’re offering, well, a little recreational drug action might be fun.

  • TfT

    What was it I read on Lucianne.com?

    Oh yeah:

    “Obama got Osama and we got 72 versions”.

    HAHA

  • winning

    mlb said:
    Although can someone tell me what Mexico’s independence from Spain

    That celebration comes in September.

  • TerryDo

    Any thing to win the Latino vote!
    Is Obama saying that Michelle is fat and now we know why, it’s the tamale.

    Don’t get between Michelle and her tamale

  • Barack Must Go

    Michelle was smiling in front of all those people, but I’m betting Barack slept in the Lincoln bedroom , alone, last night.

  • TerryDo

    TfT says:

    What was it I read on Lucianne.com?

    Oh yeah:

    “Obama got Osama and we got 72 versions”.

    HAHA
    *************
    Now that is tres clever!

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Penguin60 said:
    No comment is necessary, you wouldn’t understand it anyway. What entertainment, you can’t make this shit up. ROTFLMAO!

    I have proof for Sarah Palin being stupid, but what proof do you have that Michelle Obama is a horrible person.

    Continue to Roll around on the floor while the adults talk :P

  • winning

    Barack Must Go said:
    I’m betting Barack slept in the Lincoln bedroom , alone, last night.

    Not alone, with a blow up doll that he pasted a likeness of Che onto.

  • Mas Liberty5

    El autor ha cambiado el artículo después de que afirmó que el Cinco de Mayo fue Méxicos Día de la Independencia.

    LOL…

  • notsofast

    "Real" American said:
    Yes, they are both windbags, prone to say crazy shit.

    Thanks for just making personal attacks and refusing to add anything to the conversation, son and hypocrite.

  • notsofast

    Barry’s comment smelled of racism.

  • winning

    Mas Liberty5 said:
    El autor ha cambiado el artículo después de que afirmó que el Cinco de Mayo fue Méxicos Día de la Independencia.

    LOL…

    ¿Estás hablando de Colby Hall y este artículo? No me había dado cuenta. :)

  • Cecelia

    "Real" American said:
    The Xanax was for you, but if you’re offering, well, a little recreational drug action might be fun.

    You’ve obviously had way to much “fun” in your life.

  • Cecelia

    too

  • wake up america

    Wow I’m thinking that Obama thinks that if he eats tamales that the Latinos will vote for him. But then again what else can he go by. When he had the majority in congress, senate and he held the house what did he do for them. Now he would have you believe that he’s trying so hard on immigration when all he’s doing is dangling the carrote in front of their face. How sad when Obama uses the same groups to get him elected but once elected he says… Do I know you? Got 95 precent of the black vote.. unemployment for blacks is higher under him then Bush. Promised congressmen Guterriz from Illinoise thst he would pass a bill on immigration if he voted for his healthcare bill, Guterriz voted on it and Obama ignored him. The youth, well thats another story, he’ll reward them when they get older. They’ll find out that he bend them over and well we wont say what he did to them. Maybe if he tell the Latinos that he also likes their tacos, that will definitely get their vote. Plus I’m thinking he is pretty ” desperate” to get Longoria as his Latino spoke person. Come follow me little sheep.

  • illusive man

    Obama debería de hablar sobre la predilección de Michelle decirle a la gente lo que puede y no puede comer.

  • Alex Alvarez

    I’ll never understand why people call it “tamale.” Tamal, mi gente, it’s a tamal!

  • Mas Liberty5

    winning said:
    ¿Estás hablando de Colby Hall y este artículo? No me había dado cuenta. :)

    Sí estoy

    Una vez me di cuenta de que me lo comentaron. Él me prohibió publicar, y lo cambió. Mi nombre era More Liberty5.

  • winning

    Alex Alvarez said:
    I’ll never understand why people call it “tamale.” Tamal, mi gente, it’s a tamal!

    En Inglés, es “tamale”. Cuando en Roma, hombre, cuando en Roma.

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

    notsofast said:
    Barry’s comment smelled of racism.

    i think that was the frijoles refritos.

  • mlb

    Snowspot said:
    I have proof for Sarah Palin being stupid, but what proof do you have that Michelle Obama is a horrible person.

    As VP of the hospital in Chicago, she turned away “poor” black people including children, that didn’t have insurance under the guise of getting them out of the emergency room and into a ‘local’ clinic. Otherwise know as a patient dumping scam so the hospital can save $ and turn away the uninsured.
    Not ‘stupid’ but definitely ‘horrible’. But when you are paid over 300k, you get to make the cuts where they make the biggest difference.
    Honestly, forget Obama – let Michelle go at the national budget – it takes this kind of ruthless, objectivity to be effective… or so the libs accuse the right.

  • Pablo

    mlb said:
    As VP of the hospital in Chicago, she turned away “poor” black people including children, that didn’t have insurance under the guise of getting them out of the emergency room and into a ‘local’ clinic.

    What’s weird is that she got that gig when Barack was elected to the Senate, and when she left, they didn’t fill her position. But everybody made good money while she was there.

    Maybe that’s where her Let’s Move initiative started.

  • Nacho

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    If I wanted my “news” in spanish, I’d move to Mexico.

    ps, snowjob, alot of woman have trouble with Michelle. We don’t like people who aren’t proud of their country until it elects their husband. We prefer people in the Whitehouse that love the country.

    Jajaja, eres tan estupido como un perro.

  • “Real” American

    I’ll say one thing for our resident ‘Resident of the Web’, Pablo has the most extensive list of right wing website bookmarks I’ve ever seen. I’d venture he has spent a lot of time culling that little list and data mining it for little nuggets. Always an interesting, if biased, link to post. He’s like an intelligent Gordon Bloyer.

    And evidently he takes the Young Communist Party folks seriously. I wonder if he has a link to show us where communism has ever worked as any thing other than a theory. It does seem to hold an attraction with a small group of idealistic young people fed up with corporations seeking profit without regard to their effect on the earth and its people.

    Also interesting is his above post where it looks like he might think “that gig” is the first time a spouse has had a position created for her as a way to curry favor with a powerful spouse. I could take the time to waste some time to post examples, but I would rather step over to the Fox and Hound for a nightcap. Life is too short to spend it all on the internets.

  • Greg

    mlb said:
    As VP of the hospital in Chicago, she turned away “poor” black people including children, that didn’t have insurance under the guise of getting them out of the emergency room and into a ‘local’ clinic. Otherwise know as a patient dumping scam so the hospital can save $ and turn away the uninsured.
    Not ’stupid’ but definitely ‘horrible’. But when you are paid over 300k, you get to make the cuts where they make the biggest difference.
    Honestly, forget Obama – let Michelle go at the national budget – it takes this kind of ruthless, objectivity to be effective… or so the libs accuse the right.

    I doubt that you have ever served time in the UC Hospital emergency room, but it is not pretty… nor is it primarily occupied by folks who logically belong in an emergency room… as a matter of efficiency neighborhood folks are better served in another context… urgent care services exist in Hyde Park, Kenwood, Bronzville, etc… and are serviced by great folks with stellar resumes and hearts of pure gold… but don’t let that stop you from bashing away in the most ignorant manner.

  • BarneyFranken

    Snowspot said:
    Always love these Republican posts that quote a liberal, make a comment not-related to the content, then act as if they’ve somehow made a point. Sorry but Sarah Palin is a hick, a religious hick, with a knocked up daughter, a horrible marriage, and Palin is also incredibly insecure, she doesn’t know about government, she’s a quitter, a reality tv trash, and quite possibly the second-dumbest woman in politics (michelle bachmann takes that crown). I’ve never needed medication… can’t say the same for Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck though, are you trying to make a point? because you support people that take Xanax, lol, like Rush. You’re a pathetic fool XD

    And Sarah Palin was related to this story…how?

    Thanks for being so oblivious to irony. I needed a good chuckle.

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  • writer

    Well, finish the story. What happens when you get between her and a tamale?

  • mlb

    Greg said:
    I doubt that you have ever served time in the UC Hospital emergency room, but it is not pretty… nor is it primarily occupied by folks who logically belong in an emergency room… as a matter of efficiency neighborhood folks are better served in another context… urgent care services exist in Hyde Park, Kenwood, Bronzville, etc… and are serviced by great folks with stellar resumes and hearts of pure gold… but don’t let that stop you from bashing away in the most ignorant manner.

    Who was bashing the doctors,nurses and staff @ a UC hospital or at the urgent care services in local neighborhoods???? I was criticizing the MICHELLE OBAMA, VP of a hospital because her ONLY criteria to bus was to bus UNINSURED patients to smaller clinics, (not always local,) and those from the exact same neighborhood sitting in the emergency room with insurance were welcome to sit and stay. It’s called an administrative decision that impacts the bottom line- They could have spent some PR $$$ supporting the local clinics and incorporating the strength of the local staff and doctors available right in their neighborhood but they didn’t. I hope you don’t believe for one moment that Michelle actually felt that she was doing this out of the goodness of heart and doing everyone a favor by implementing this policy. PLEASE

    Since you seem to forget this story, this was an EMERGENCY not a referral to a local clinic/insured or not : I doubt the local clinic staffed a plastic surgeon.

    “In February 2009, outrage in the Obamas’ community exploded upon learning that a young boy covered by Medicaid had been turned away from the University of Chicago Medical Center. Dontae Adams’ mother, Angela, had sought emergency treatment for him after a pit bull tore off his upper lip. Mrs. Obama’s hospital gave the boy a tetanus shot, antibiotics and Tylenol, and shoved him out the door. The mother and son took an hour-long bus ride to another hospital for surgery.”

  • DFW

    I’d urge the right-wing posters on this thread to lighten up just a little, just this once. Fat chance of that! Hate-filled, angry, frustrated, lonely people looking to blame anything else in the world than themselves for their inner torment are just going to keep on watching Fox Noise and then repeating what they hear on the various blogs until their fingers start to spell correctly, and they all use correct English grammar–i.e. never.

  • eingriff

    At least she has good taste in food.

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