First Lady Michelle Obama is being roundly criticized – again -- by the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and conservative cartoonist Andrew Breitbart.

A recent Breitbart cartoon depicts an overweight Mrs. Obama saying to her husband, "Shut up and pass the bacon."

The cartoon comes on the heels of a report that Mrs. Obama consumed a meal of ribs during a recent ski trip to a Colorado resort.

On his talk radio show, Limbaugh said: "The problem is, and dare I say this, it doesn't look like Michelle Obama follows her own nutritionary, dietary advice. And then we hear that she's out eating ribs at 1,500 calories a serving with 141 grams of fat per serving."

He goes on to label Mrs. Obama a hypocrite.

"Leaders are supposed to be leaders." Limbaugh said. "If we are supposed to go out and eat nothing, if we are supposed to eat roots, berries and tree bark, show us how."

He ends by saying: "The first lady does not project the image of women that you might see on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue or of a woman Alex Rodriguez might date every six months.”

I say, Enough Already!

Mr. Limbaugh, when Nancy Reagan was first lady, her campaign was "just say no” to drugs. She was talking to you, so don't make me go there...

And Sarah Palin, when First Lady Laura Bush led her campaign against illiteracy, she was fighting so that you could read the crib notes printed in your hand.

And Mr. Breitbart, I didn’t find much humor in your cartoon. So what if Mrs. Obama ate a plate of ribs for dinner? She never said we should starve ourselves; she simply advocates more exercise and a sensible diet.

Anyway, the ribs she ate were prepared in a fancy kitchen in Vail, Colo. They probably weren't even real ribs. You would be lucky to find a few calories in ribs cooked in Vale. At best, they were distant cousins to the ribs my Uncle Lutey cooks behind the house on his rusty Webber.

As for Mrs. Obama not looking like someone from the cover of Sports Illustrated, I say she certainly does. She reminds me of how Venus Williams looked when she won Sportswoman of the Year in 2000.

Mrs. Obama looks healthy and fine, like Beyonce Knowles did in 2007 when she made the Sports Illustrated celebrity swimsuit issue.

And with all due respect, Mr. Limbaugh, if you can get the attractive young woman you recently married, I could probably snag Alex Rodriguez.
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D. Barbara McWhite lives grew up in York County, SC, and lives in Orange Park, Fla., with her husband and cat.
 

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