Comments on: The Obamas: Just like us!

By: octopod

octopod — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:08:41 +0000

Oh man. I have nothing substantive to add to this discussion, I just want to express my enormous love for the phrase (and the idea described by) “fat tango mob”!

FAT TANGO MOB. Seems like something everyone should see at least once in their life.

By: HillaryGayle

HillaryGayle — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:34:07 +0000

He’s going to be SO HAPPY to get his certificate…I just know it.

By: Sweet Machine

Sweet Machine — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:24:27 +0000

Hi Liz!!! *waves*

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:25:58 +0000

JennyRose: It was a big tipoff for me that the article was in the Metro/NY area of the paper. That to me indicated that the paper saw it as kind of an ‘insider’ story–that you would get it because you, as a reader of the NYT, know people like this. As a teacher, I see that kind of behavior all the time from parents of a certain class: massive entitlement.

SM: MoDo drives me batty. ciocia’s comment hit it right on.

A Sarah: Nice. I think you are really getting at something here. The Obamas make Americans confront the way so many of us talk about race when what we are actually talking about is class.

By: JennyRose

JennyRose — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:14:39 +0000

Is anyone else just plain angry that the NYT would allow a columnist to publish such a pointless article that is basically about her own food issues?

I am not saying every printed word must be heavy, but this personality piece is just a waste of space. It is ridicules that a critique of the first families eating habits is worthy of such attention.

I would guess the vast majority of writers; editors etc at the NYT have issues with food/fat/health that the sheer stupidity of MD’s column was lost on them.

By: gillian

gillian — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:35:25 +0000

Awesome post, SM! I can’t put into words how much I dislike Maureen Dowd. Hack is too kind a word for her.

I think one thing that rankles people about Obama is his very imperviousness to the petty commentary that is the lifeblood of the beltway crowd (and we all know that Mo Dowd longs to be Queen Bee of that crowd).

By: Bronislawa Blumschaefter

Bronislawa Blumschaefter — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:29:21 +0000

Oh Christ, now it’s the President’s job to show us what to eat. Dowd and her Food Police are hovering dangerously close to an ugly, barely submerged racism: “Hey, let’s see what Black people eat! They sure love their junk food, huh? How do they stay so thin?!” How come nobody hovered over the Bush family’s eating habits, and avoided looking into the sort of substances that resulted in W choking on those pretzels and his father throwing up on the Japanese Prime Minister?

God forbid that we view the first family’s eating habit

By: wellroundedtype2

wellroundedtype2 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:35:40 +0000

Sticky, you can get your own license here:
http://kateharding.net/2007/10/17/and-theres-not-even-a-written-test/

By: Téa B

Téa B — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:02:32 +0000

I have NOTHING constructive to add at all, but I have decided to contribute to the comments more, instead of lurking for years on end and LOLing all.the.time at all you brilliant folks.

I had to say it. You are all hilarious and awesome. and a big +1 to the ooga booga youtube vid. :)

By: wellroundedtype2

wellroundedtype2 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:27:33 +0000

If there is a fat flash mob anywhere in New York, oh my, I will be so happy. I’m unfortunately on the other side coast at about the 47 degrees north of the equator, being fat at everyone here. I’m a one-woman dancing flash mob of my own.

The other thought I had today was of Fat Acceptance’s Most Wanted.