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Topic: Why was Michelle Obama
at the Oscars? |
Why was Michelle Obama
at the Oscars?
Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin
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Original Article
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Posted By:Drive, 2/25/2013 9:17:32 AM
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| It was the average too-long, unfunny, over-produced Academy Awards TV show and then, after suffering through the 10-hour (well, it seemed like it) show, there was the first lady. In a ball gown. With military service personnel in dress uniform behind her. She declared of the Best Picture nominees, “They reminded us that we can overcome any obstacle if we dig deep enough and fight hard enough and find the courage within ourselves.” Alas, none of the films nor her aides reminded her to mention the military, not those personnel behind her nor those serving overseas,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
WAN2, 2/25/2013 9:24:50 AM (No. 9194711)
Gag me with a spoon.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
saraguay, 2/25/2013 9:33:07 AM (No. 9194730)
the comments at the end of the article are amazing. apparently, no one is to criticize the obamas. never. ever. for anything.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
dolphin, 2/25/2013 9:33:44 AM (No. 9194732)
Considering how much money and propaganda service the Hollywood community gave the Dems, I think they should have the Oscars at the White House next year and just be done with it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rotten In Denmark, 2/25/2013 9:35:11 AM (No. 9194736)
She be a usin dem Moochella Miles she be a collection on AF2 and maybe 1 when stud muffin Reggie is not wiff bammy!
Will we never be rid of this chitown trash??
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
provide, 2/25/2013 9:43:18 AM (No. 9194746)
To show her "toned" arms.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
smcchk, 2/25/2013 9:50:40 AM (No. 9194773)
I hope it ticced off many Hollywood starlets wanting to be the presenter.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
tnorling, 2/25/2013 9:52:57 AM (No. 9194779)
Trash.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
spit the bit, 2/25/2013 9:57:22 AM (No. 9194787)
Why the military? At an Oscar presentation? What sort of effort is being made here to co-opt us and the military here?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
EQKimball, 2/25/2013 10:07:27 AM (No. 9194808)
During the final run-up to the announcement of Best Picture two years ago, the producers of the Academy Awards gambled by playing the stirring address of King George VI (Colin Firth) as background to a silent montage of other best film contenders. Had another picture won, the moment would have been not just anti-climactic but hugely disappointing. This year, the unmistakeable symbolism of a black first lady surrounded by U.S. troops in Army dress blues suggested strongly a belief that "Lincoln" was the winner. One can almost imagine that the ultimate surprise would have been marked by an appearance of a President who had been waiting just off-camera. It would have been one of those celebrated Hollywood moments that would have been replayed for decades to come. Unlike the dramatic victory of "The King´s Speech," the scene of Mrs. Obama declaring the winner to be "Argo" must have deflated both the White House and its cheerleaders at the Academy.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
CEP, 2/25/2013 10:17:13 AM (No. 9194826)
Why do those overpaid people in Hollywood think they are doing something honorable and brave by making a picture? None of them have done anything honorable in their lives, all the ones who have are gone now is just a bunch of narcissists boobs who couldn´t figure a way out of a paper bag unless they had a script. Heck they can´t even pick out a dress or suit without help, all those stylists they have on and that question, who are you wearing?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
JimS, 2/25/2013 10:32:33 AM (No. 9194859)
I´m with #2.
The snarky comments from the leftists at the bottom of the original article are disgusting.
Most of them are slams on Jennifer Rubin being Jewish, and her support for Israel.
So what does that have to do with Jennifer´s comments on Moochele hogging up attention at AA ceremony?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
pomom, 2/25/2013 10:59:09 AM (No. 9194894)
The Obamas are needy. They need to be liked, they need constant press, no matter how trivial, and they need to feel as if their mere appearance at an event like this tops it off. They have no shame.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Whamdbambam, 2/25/2013 11:00:40 AM (No. 9194899)
"Let´s moose!"
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
WI Cynic, 2/25/2013 11:01:01 AM (No. 9194904)
My straight-faced, no-kidding answer: She was there to campaign for public office. She wants to be President, too, and this was her first step.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
SiliconValleyDude, 2/25/2013 11:05:06 AM (No. 9194914)
An honorable President and First Lady would hold a dinner to honor military Veterans. Better still on the same night as the Oscars to put in the face of Hollywood real deserving honorees.
Hey, a guy can dream.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
phx4546, 2/25/2013 11:38:16 AM (No. 9194995)
Since we are cutting the Pentagon´s budget maybe first on the list will be the fine military who are assigned to "stand in back of moockie when she appears at the oscars". The sight from behind could be described as evil as water boarding
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Mike43, 2/25/2013 11:46:08 AM (No. 9195016)
#8; you have to remember 2 things about the military, that make it easy for the WH to exploit:
1. If you order them, they will appear at 11 PM, EST. Civilians can´t be ordered like that, and most would find something else to do on a Sunday night, if it was "suggested" they be in the WH in formal dress.
2. They don´t have to rush out and by tuxes, since they all have that snazzy formal military dress uniform. (Which, by the way, they have to buy, personally, as part of their duties at the White House.)
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
bighambone, 2/25/2013 11:49:49 AM (No. 9195035)
Obviously the Obamas were hoping for the movie Lincoln to be the winner so that Barack Obama could have made his appearance with a canned speech.
That did not work out, but what would the Obamas have done if the movie Zero Dark Thirty had won, with all it´s water-boarding connotations?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
mickturn, 2/25/2013 12:02:32 PM (No. 9195077)
I don´t need a spoon to gag..........
She was showing off the new dress she just put on our CREDIT CARD!!!!!!!!
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