Obamateurism of the Day
posted at 8:05 am on November 5, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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The White House insisted that Barack Obama didn’t watch the news at all on Election Night. They did, however, have a television show filming at 1600 Pennsylvania that evening. Which one? Jake Tapper tells the story:
It’s unclear which White House staffer thought it would be a good idea to have an NBC show called “The Biggest Loser” visit the White House in an episode that aired on what was shaping up to be a tough election night for President Obama and the Democratic party, but the contestants stopped by 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Tuesday night as election returns came in.
The segment featured the contestants – overweight folks trying desperately to lose weight — harvesting vegetables in First Lady Michelle Obama’s White House Kitchen Garden, with the help of assistant chef Sam Kass. … The contestants and the hosts lavished praise on the Obamas for setting a positive example on healthy eating.
Which staffer? Sounds as if Obama himself chose to have people show up and praise his diet with the cameras rolling. As it happens, NBC got lucky. They managed to get footage of The Election’s Biggest Loser on Tuesday night as well.
Got an Obamateurism of the Day? If you see a foul-up by Barack Obama, e-mail it to me at obamaisms@edmorrissey.com with the quote and the link to the Obamateurism. I’ll post the best Obamateurisms on a daily basis, depending on how many I receive. Include a link to your blog, and I’ll give some link love as well. And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.
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Healthy eating is a good thing. But not when it is about Dear Liar or wife telling us how & what to eat. Cut back on the ego.
rbj on November 5, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Obama put the budget on a diet
He cut ten dollars
blatantblue on November 5, 2009 at 8:09 AM
/sung to Queens “Flash Gordon”…. Barrack Ahh ahhhh Loser of the Universe….
doriangrey on November 5, 2009 at 8:09 AM
LOL You gotta love it.
beachgirlusa on November 5, 2009 at 8:10 AM
The Biggest Loser visits The Biggest Liar.
Monica on November 5, 2009 at 8:11 AM
This ONE’S for you dems!
abobo on November 5, 2009 at 8:12 AM
I really wish this would stop.
sherry on November 5, 2009 at 8:12 AM
just keep drinking
its gonna be a while
blatantblue on November 5, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Makes me almost miss those Bill Clinton “Big Mac Attacks” back in the day…
JetBoy on November 5, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Themanaged….They managed…
You really gotta proofread these Obamateurism posts, Ed.
:>)
hillbillyjim on November 5, 2009 at 8:15 AM
The Obama diet: Nerves and Cigarettes
No wonder they’re secretive about his health records.
kingsjester on November 5, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Heh heh heh, If Obama can’t, why should Ed???
doriangrey on November 5, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Sweet irony.
faol on November 5, 2009 at 8:19 AM
The President forgot the waffles.
yoda on November 5, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Forgot? More like choked on them and the Axeman had to give him a Heimlich…
doriangrey on November 5, 2009 at 8:21 AM
I used to enjoy that program; Now it’s tainted with Obama stink.
anniekc on November 5, 2009 at 8:21 AM
We’re going to change the way you eat. We’re going to change the way you think. We’re going to change the way you drive…..
clorensen on November 5, 2009 at 8:22 AM
The guy looks like a black Barney Fife and that’s supposed to look good??
Jeff from WI on November 5, 2009 at 8:22 AM
:) Keeping Grey Goose and the olive people in business.
sherry on November 5, 2009 at 8:22 AM
LOL…better switch to something cheaper,it’s going to be a long 3+ years.
Jeff from WI on November 5, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Cough cough… some people have claimed that the American Revolutionary War took place because of a sudden and temporary shortage of alcohol in the Colonies…
doriangrey on November 5, 2009 at 8:25 AM
Heck yes!
im doing my part to keep the breweries going
blatantblue on November 5, 2009 at 8:25 AM
Seriously, women today are attracted the the guy who got sand kicked in his face on the beach in the 60s? The wimp is in??
Jeff from WI on November 5, 2009 at 8:25 AM
wow. you couldn’t write that script any funnier. What a string of bad weeks, now months, for Obama. And to think it all started with the untimely suicide of TOTUS back in June….
ted c on November 5, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Hmmm, the good ones (Samuel Adams, Stone,) or the bad ones (Budweiser, Miller)???
doriangrey on November 5, 2009 at 8:27 AM
*bows head*
blatantblue on November 5, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Tapper tried to get a statement on the elections, but Axelrod boldly kept the focus on the NY race. :)
AnninCA on November 5, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Brooklyn! you gotta try it somehow
i dont know how wide their distribution is
some of the best beer you’re gonna get
blatantblue on November 5, 2009 at 8:29 AM
I seem to recall a few years back that a news organization wanted to have a shot of President Bush receiving a message and emoting disappointment. The response to that request, via Ari Fleischer, was something like, “The President of the United States is not some kind of prop for a reality TV show.”
Times change….
apostic on November 5, 2009 at 8:30 AM
So, did the Biggest Loser make a cameo appearance on the Biggest Loser?
ZeeMI on November 5, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Jeff from WI on November 5, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Too freaking funny! You can’t make this stuff up! Hell they should get a reality show going from the White House, it would be an instant hit. Then we could look back on it years later and collectively say, WTF ???!
4shoes on November 5, 2009 at 8:31 AM
ROTFLMAO… I heard about that stuff just recently, but considering that I am about as far away from Brooklyn (San Diego, California) as you can get and still be in the United States, getting any might be a tad bit difficult…
doriangrey on November 5, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Skipping meals (which President Obama apparently does) is bad for your metabolism, but I suppose his smoking offsets that.
BadgerHawk on November 5, 2009 at 8:33 AM
??? We’re already looking back and saying WTF…
doriangrey on November 5, 2009 at 8:33 AM
That was the theme of an interesting documentary I saw, Poliwood. Fascinating how TV has turned politics into just that…a reality TV show.
AnninCA on November 5, 2009 at 8:34 AM
BWAAAA-HaHaHaHaHa!!
*Snerkle-snort*
Hoo boy!
Noocyte on November 5, 2009 at 8:34 AM
I am helping protect Tennessee jobs with my purchases of Jack Daniel’s whiskey…
ladyingray on November 5, 2009 at 8:35 AM
BadgerHawk on November 5, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Throw in the fact that African Americans have higher incidence of diabetes and heart disease, we have a perfect storm in this dork.
ZeeMI on November 5, 2009 at 8:36 AM
I hear that mercury poisoning is a surefire way to lose weight; either it sickens you to the point that you can’t eat, or you die.
Bishop on November 5, 2009 at 8:36 AM
I ain’t gonna mop that mess up….let’s call Gibby, he’ll
eattry to clean up anything.yoda on November 5, 2009 at 8:37 AM
I would of snuck away and rummaged through the White House freezer for one of those old Bush New York Strips or Porterhouses.
Jeff from WI on November 5, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Sigh… To give Obama props where they are due… He is doing a magnificent job of keeping the American breweries, distilleries, and firearms and ammo manufactures stimulated… (Oh and Bible Printers)…
doriangrey on November 5, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Barry ate a big ol’ piece of humble pie as dessert, after his crow entree.
In 2010, he’ll be eating the crap sandwich he’s been trying to feed the rest of us since January 20, 2009.
NoDonkey on November 5, 2009 at 8:39 AM
Very sad that the media keeps emphasizing how cool the Obama’s are with all the celebrities that are hanging out with them at the white house.
I bet all the troops in Afghanistan were thrilled to see yet another story on how Obama is too busy being cool to make a tough decision and send more troops to fight the war.
Hopefully on election night in 2012, Obama will be the biggest loser.
texasconserv on November 5, 2009 at 8:41 AM
We must have something in common as regards to location and product.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df53LWQuezQ
Jeff from WI on November 5, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Biggest Losers in the garden with Big Brother already in the house.
tree hugging sister on November 5, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Aww..he’s just watching bitter angry clingers turn into arugala eating ubermensch. Give him a break.
nyx on November 5, 2009 at 8:42 AM
We’ve got soldiers dodging bullets and IEDs in Afghanistan, waiting more than two months for a decision on reinforcements, while their CinC is inviting an effing reality TV show to the White House and doing smiley face for the camera.
This ingrate, Obama, needs a world class ass whipping.
TXUS on November 5, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Correction: we’re already looking ahead and saying WTF???
ya2daup on November 5, 2009 at 8:43 AM
I know, I meant the country as a whole, even the ones who voted for him, well, perhaps not the 0bamabots…
4shoes on November 5, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Now that’s a reality show that I would like to watch.
nyx on November 5, 2009 at 8:45 AM
I was going to ask if NBC (Jeffrey Immelt) could possibly suck up anymore to Obama. The answer is obviously and empathically yes.
kingsjester on November 5, 2009 at 8:46 AM
You mean the skin and bones from skipping meals and chain smoking dude ??
That healthy looking guy ???
Jerome Horwitz on November 5, 2009 at 8:48 AM
There is no way that woman eats healthy with that big ole bubble but. It is full of french fries for sure.
ctmom on November 5, 2009 at 8:53 AM
“Government Initiative”
=
The difference between “should” and “have to”.
PaddyJ on November 5, 2009 at 8:53 AM
I think she skips the fries and goes straight for the kittens deep fried in pork lard…
doriangrey on November 5, 2009 at 8:54 AM
The “Biggest Loser?” How appropriate.
coldwarrior on November 5, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Healthy eating is consuming all of God’s bounty in moderation. He never said go “organic” or only eat free range chickens. Stop trying to second guess the Architect of the universe. You are doomed to fail.
SKYFOX on November 5, 2009 at 9:06 AM
The biggest lOOser. Stick a couple of Obama-O’s (sounds like a cereal) in the word lOOser and you have yourself a bumper sticker.
Mojave Mark on November 5, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Thought Michelle’s WH garden was a lead toxic dump? Are they trying to cause Alzheimer’s???
OmahaConservative on November 5, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Yeah,it was hard to stomach,we never watch local tv but were int.in our local election results and having to look at this praise of o?!…well we decided to wait until it came out online.
One thing that was hilarious,if I’m not mistaken,the democratic mayor had given or was giving her acceptance speech before the polls closed and…you guessed it,she had to retract!She lost!!:):)
ohiobabe on November 5, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Who’s looking back? I just say WTF and read the next stumble.
Blacksmith8 on November 5, 2009 at 9:14 AM
And an anonymous “staffer” goes under the bus….
Hey, anybody seen that “the buck stops here” sign lately? Haven’t heard any similar sentiments expressed since about 1/20/09….
cs89 on November 5, 2009 at 9:18 AM
The Biggest Liar meets the Biggest Loser; Usurps the title, and turns the meeting into an episode of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”.
Cybergeezer on November 5, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Reality show! Heck, there’s a perfect opportunity for a great sitcom. We have a Barney Fife president, an amazon first lady, two cute kids, and the mother-in-law is thrown in the mix. Every good sitcom has a dumb guy, and Gibbs fits that role perfectly.
Damn! I’m going to write a pilot episode.
Ampleforth on November 5, 2009 at 9:20 AM
I personally don’t see much wrong with the first family hosting a show like this. I do wish Hollywood and the entertainment industry would have shown the same deference to Republican Presidents. Oh well. It is kind of ironic that it was “The Biggest Loser”. Had it been President Bush, I can only imagine the gleeful satire that the media would have leveled at him. But again, nothing wrong with the President and his brood telling America a healthy diet is a good thing.
BTW President Obama, when you get a chance, we were still wondering about the troops that Gen McChrystal asked for.
hawkdriver on November 5, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Why should I have to wait?
Blacksmith8 on November 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM
I wonder if Mr. President has any clue whatsoever how ridiculous this makes the administration look. Seriously. What’s next? Wife Swap? Family Guy? Truly unbelievable.
scalleywag on November 5, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Why is it, that I can’t get Cwissy Matthews out of my mind, singing the rest of the song?
Savior of the Universe
He saved everyone of us
He’s a miracle
King of the impossible
MNHawk on November 5, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Obama was trying to say that Chris Christie was fat. But Christie won the election anyway.
Voters don’t mind fat politicians, but they also like their own wallets to be fat. So they like lean budgets and taxes!
Steve Z on November 5, 2009 at 9:36 AM
The segment featured the contestants – overweight folks wearing HazMat suits — harvesting vegetables in First Lady Michelle Obama’s contaminated White House Kitchen Garden…..
mrt721 on November 5, 2009 at 9:40 AM
That sounds like a great idea. I know just the one too. Wife Swap. They could get it set up where they’d switch Michelle Obama and Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger and we’d all laugh our butts off about how different the two families are politically…
Oh wait!
hawkdriver on November 5, 2009 at 9:45 AM
A+
beachgirlusa on November 5, 2009 at 9:51 AM
By the way — listen up allahpundit — this is what happens when you extract God from a culture.
People start worshiping crap.
Yeah, you think it’s all funny, our superstitious little myths about Moses going up the mountain.
Atheist friends, the joke is on you. The stories in the Hebrew Scriptures were specifically anti-myths. Their culture was drenched in superstition and the worship of crap like Ba’al. The entire point of the Hebrew experience was that they saw a personal God training them to give up phony idols and to grasp that the Creator of the universe was not a substance of any kind, was outside space and time. Do yourself a little Google on the story of Elijah. It’s depth and profundity would curl the toes of your typical secular new age clap trap artist.
Point: Obama is Ba’al. And those stories are every bit as relevant today as they were in ancient times.
jeff_from_mpls on November 5, 2009 at 9:53 AM
I second this. It was bad enough to have POTUS appearing on late-night talk shows but hosting so-called reality TV in the WH is beyond outrageous. Is this an endeavor worthy of the office he holds? Is there anything he won’t do for the benefit of his own ego?
The answers, sadly, are no and no.
Someone needs to learn the meaning of the words dignity & respect.
landshark on November 5, 2009 at 10:09 AM
I’m just waiting for Obama to guest star on The Apprentice.
Maybe we’ll get lucky and Donald Trump will say, “You’re Fired!” early on in the season…like 2012.
DrAllecon on November 5, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Obama is sure to be a rotating guest on “Lie To Me” and will tell the American people “Yes, I can!”.
profitsbeard on November 5, 2009 at 10:25 AM
I despise Reality TV shows, and now there’s got one in the White House 24/7, and I can’t change the channel.
Left Coast Right Mind on November 5, 2009 at 10:35 AM
If you’re scoring at home, you can take the word ‘got’ out of my 10:35 post.
Left Coast Right Mind on November 5, 2009 at 10:37 AM
No wonder POTUS is so skinny – eating his own crap sandwiches. Is the crap from the garden? He probably had some available for all of the fatsos.
LarryG on November 5, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Nothing can escape the long tentacles of Dear Leader’s influence. Soon, his face will be all we ever see on television.
Note to self: Burn the television.
jana on November 5, 2009 at 11:17 AM
No. Remember, these are the same people who are trying to convince us that Moo-Shelle is not only a fashion icon, she’s the next Jackie O! She’s the most beautiful woman that ever was or ever will be!
It ain’t workin’, media.
jana on November 5, 2009 at 11:19 AM
That’ll never happen.
Trump would expect him to actually accomplish something, and produce some results.
We all know that Barry is allergic to work, seeing as how he’s never had a job before now.
jana on November 5, 2009 at 11:24 AM
They let people harvest vegetables from their sludge-contaminated garden? Or did they call in the Mythbusters to test the veggies?
HotWeaver on November 5, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Did they compliment the president on setting a positive example on smoking?
tom on November 5, 2009 at 11:57 AM
So it really isn’t true that Bambi watched a pay-TV special about himself and his magnificent gloriosity on Tuesday instead of those pesky election returns? Drat, that would’ve made a good Bamateurism of the day, too.
TeeDee on November 5, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Right. And basketballs have feathers.
kens on November 5, 2009 at 12:51 PM
The Obamas are vanglorious classless rubes.
They are everywhere and, thus, have diminished themselves into Nothingness, and have done so to the office of the president in the process.
The GloBama, as in “glow” and in “global” is over.
The sheen is gone, gone, gone. That genie will never be back in the bottle. It was all faux anyway.
The lefties needed a ‘friend’. Now they’ve got one. He’s an empty narcissist, with a glory-loving classless wife.
Schadenfreude on November 5, 2009 at 1:01 PM
On the “Biggest Loser” footage…mise en temp!
Schadenfreude on November 5, 2009 at 1:03 PM
Does eating a lot of waffles and arugula really cure malevolent narcissism?
Dhuka on November 5, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Apparently not.
jana on November 5, 2009 at 1:37 PM
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Read SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas’s book MY GRANDFATHER’S SON about how his brave family had to survive by growing their own food and by raising and butchering their own animals to stay fed. While educating their grandson. It was the real deal for them.
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Then look at the White House Photo-op “Victory” garden. I’ll believe that Comrade Obama (PBUH) and his wife Comrade Michelle are eating healthy when he puts on some weight. And when her “caboose” shrinks to normal size!
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And when he stops smoking. This is just KABUKI THEATER for the sheeple.
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John Bibb
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rocketman on November 5, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Huh. There’s not gonna be much left of that garden after Iron Chef America gets through with it:
For that matter, how big is this garden, anyway? And how much produce is growing there in November?
Paul_in_NJ on November 5, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Whoops, just spotted the typo (…yeah, typo) in my post; the episode was taped last month. Even so, my garden was pretty much done by then.
Paul_in_NJ on November 5, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Not just unbelievable, but pathetic, disgusting, and disgraceful.
What’s next? DerLeader on WWE? Me-Shell skating with a roller derby team?
Obozo and Mrs. Obozo have no class whatsoever.
GrannyDee on November 5, 2009 at 4:31 PM
It’s entirely appropriate to have a meeting of “biggest losers” at the White House.
After all, “Birds of a feather flock together” …
landlines on November 5, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Michelle will be a major contestant on WWE Raw before Barakie boy!
Cybergeezer on November 5, 2009 at 7:23 PM
George W. Bush is become Daddy Warbucks.
apostic on November 6, 2009 at 4:46 AM
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