When First Lady Michelle Obama admitted she has "a good relationship with French fries" at a press conference, it was one of the few times I thought she seemed humorous, approachable, or empathetic. We all have our guilty pleasures, don't we? What we don't all have are a federal program dedicated to pushing a certain lifestyle and diet on the little people who we think need us.
We've heard about Michelle's chow-down at the Shake Shack, and maybe wondered why she couldn't have had the burgers, fries, and shakes brought in to the White House where she could have indulged privately (seeing how she's supposed to be setting a great example and all). Now, we have word from Paula Deen that Michelle was enthusiastically eating fried foods at a taping of her cooking show, even between commercials.
Given all that we know about her eating habits and contrasting that knowledge with her public stance on health, it's hard not to tag the First Lady as a hypocrite, considering that just last month she got a major restaurant chain to take fries off their kids' menus. The message seems to be "Yes we can, but no you can't" when it comes to eating indulgent foods.
In the spirit of eat-and-let-eat, I say let her enjoy her fries and toasted-marshmallow milkshakes. Let her also stop telling people what to feed themselves and their children.
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