Thread: Palin takes hit from the right for picking food fight with first lady

By Julian Pecquet - 12/27/10 05:10 PM ET


Sarah Palin has come under fire from the right for her attacks on the first lady's anti-obesity campaign.



The conservative opinion page of The Wall Street Journal, which frequently criticizes the White House, on Monday hit Palin over her attacks on the first lady. This followed criticism by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who like Palin is thought to be mulling a 2012 presidential run.



In an editorial, the Journal pointed out that the first lady’s efforts to date are in keeping with what Palin herself has supported in the past.


"Health-care reform on an individual basis is often just this simple: we could save a lot of money and a lot of grief by making smarter choices,” Palin said in her 2009 State of the State address, according to the Journal. "It starts by ending destructive habits and beginning healthy habits in eating and exercise.


"Mrs. Obama's campaign is grounded in similar sentiments, and in that sense is unusual for this White House in emphasizing personal responsibility," the editorial continues. "Mrs. Palin would be more effective if she made some distinctions among the Obama policies that really are worth opposing."



Huckabee, who rose to fame in part by shedding more than 110 pounds as governor and championing anti-obesity legislation, said Palin misunderstood Obama's initiative.
"With all due respect to my colleague and friend Sarah Palin, I think she's misunderstood what Michelle Obama is trying to do," Huckabee told New York talk radio host Curtis Sliwa in an interview last week. "Michelle Obama's not trying to tell people what to eat or trying to force the government's desires on people, but she's stating the obvious: that we do have an obesity crisis in this country... The first lady's campaign is on target. It's not saying that you can't or should never eat a dessert."


While both Huckabee and the Journal were critical of the former GOP vice presidential candidate for likening Michelle Obama's campaign to a "nanny state run amock," Palin also has come under fire from other conservatives over a host of issues. The criticism highlights the challenges Palin would face if she does try to win the 2012 GOP presidential nomination.



Conservative Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer questioned her policy bona fides, saying on ABC News that he had hoped she would spend the years after the 2008 campaign "getting real deep into policy. . . She hasn't."



Former GOP Rep. Joe Scarborough, now a political morning show host on MSNBC, criticized Palin for starring on a reality television program, in which Palin went camping with Kate Gosselin, the celebrity magazine regular. Scarborough said the problem for Republicans is that the most talked about figure in the GOP is Palin, who he described as a "reality show star who cannot be elected."


But it is the attacks on the first lady's initiative that have stirred the most consistent criticism.


"Could anyone really be against children eating healthier food and getting more exercise?” asked Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt in a columnpublished on Monday.



"Could anyone really object to White House assistant chef Sam Kass trying to interest Elmo in a vegetable-laden burrito?"


"Well, yes, if Michelle Obama is for it, someone will be against it. Someone like Glenn Beck, for example, who was moved to rail against carrot sticks, or Sarah Palin, who warned that Obama wants to deprive us all of dessert."


Republican strategist John Feehery, a contributor to The Hill's Pundits blog, joined in the criticism on Monday.


"It was Abraham Lincoln who said that it is better to be silent and be thought a fool than it is to speak up and remove all doubt," he told The Hill. "Palin, the more she speaks out on topics like this, the more she is removing all doubt."


Palin takes hit from the right for picking food fight with first lady - The Hill's Healthwatch (more at link)


Apparently, some of the shine is coming off St. Sarah. She spends all of her time heckling the Obamas but sometimes, they are right and she just looks petty, spiteful and mean - in other words, she shows her true colors.

Originally Posted by TennesseeRain

By Julian Pecquet - 12/27/10 05:10 PM ET


Sarah Palin has come under fire from the right for her attacks on the first lady's anti-obesity campaign.


The conservative opinion page of The Wall Street Journal, which frequently criticizes the White House, on Monday hit Palin over her attacks on the first lady. This followed criticism by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who like Palin is thought to be mulling a 2012 presidential run.



In an editorial, the Journal pointed out that the first lady’s efforts to date are in keeping with what Palin herself has supported in the past.


"Health-care reform on an individual basis is often just this simple: we could save a lot of money and a lot of grief by making smarter choices,” Palin said in her 2009 State of the State address, according to the Journal. "It starts by ending destructive habits and beginning healthy habits in eating and exercise.


"Mrs. Obama's campaign is grounded in similar sentiments, and in that sense is unusual for this White House in emphasizing personal responsibility," the editorial continues. "Mrs. Palin would be more effective if she made some distinctions among the Obama policies that really are worth opposing."



Huckabee, who rose to fame in part by shedding more than 110 pounds as governor and championing anti-obesity legislation, said Palin misunderstood Obama's initiative.
"With all due respect to my colleague and friend Sarah Palin, I think she's misunderstood what Michelle Obama is trying to do," Huckabee told New York talk radio host Curtis Sliwa in an interview last week. "Michelle Obama's not trying to tell people what to eat or trying to force the government's desires on people, but she's stating the obvious: that we do have an obesity crisis in this country... The first lady's campaign is on target. It's not saying that you can't or should never eat a dessert."


While both Huckabee and the Journal were critical of the former GOP vice presidential candidate for likening Michelle Obama's campaign to a "nanny state run amock," Palin also has come under fire from other conservatives over a host of issues. The criticism highlights the challenges Palin would face if she does try to win the 2012 GOP presidential nomination.



Conservative Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer questioned her policy bona fides, saying on ABC News that he had hoped she would spend the years after the 2008 campaign "getting real deep into policy. . . She hasn't."



Former GOP Rep. Joe Scarborough, now a political morning show host on MSNBC, criticized Palin for starring on a reality television program, in which Palin went camping with Kate Gosselin, the celebrity magazine regular. Scarborough said the problem for Republicans is that the most talked about figure in the GOP is Palin, who he described as a "reality show star who cannot be elected."


But it is the attacks on the first lady's initiative that have stirred the most consistent criticism.


"Could anyone really be against children eating healthier food and getting more exercise?” asked Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt in a columnpublished on Monday.



"Could anyone really object to White House assistant chef Sam Kass trying to interest Elmo in a vegetable-laden burrito?"


"Well, yes, if Michelle Obama is for it, someone will be against it. Someone like Glenn Beck, for example, who was moved to rail against carrot sticks, or Sarah Palin, who warned that Obama wants to deprive us all of dessert."


Republican strategist John Feehery, a contributor to The Hill's Pundits blog, joined in the criticism on Monday.


"It was Abraham Lincoln who said that it is better to be silent and be thought a fool than it is to speak up and remove all doubt," he told The Hill. "Palin, the more she speaks out on topics like this, the more she is removing all doubt."


Palin takes hit from the right for picking food fight with first lady - The Hill's Healthwatch (more at link)


Apparently, some of the shine is coming off St. Sarah. She spends all of her time heckling the Obamas but sometimes, they are right and she just looks petty, spiteful and mean - in other words, she shows her true colors.

I loved Feehery's comments to Palin and Scarborough always points out her failings.....now with Murphy and Christol joining Rove in attacking her.....seems All are Taking AIM at Little MS. Lock and Reload.....she should have learned to take the safety off first.
This is great.....Palin doesn't know who to attack first. Usually she is on facebook and tweeting away.....she thought she was only going to have to deal with a putty-tat.....didn't count on getting stampeeded by a herd of Elephants and Rino's!!!!!

Originally Posted by TennesseeRain

Republican strategist John Feehery, a contributor to The Hill's Pundits blog, joined in the criticism on Monday.

"It was Abraham Lincoln who said that it is better to be silent and be thought a fool than it is to speak up and remove all doubt," he told The Hill. "Palin, the more she speaks out on topics like this, the more she is removing all doubt."

Couldn't have said it better myself. Ms. Palin is entertaining, but her mouth is her worst critic. Definitely not Presidential material. Eventually even her own supporters will realize this fact for themselves.

Originally Posted by Divine Wind

Couldn't have said it better myself. Ms. Palin is entertaining, but her mouth is her worst critic. Definitely not Presidential material. Eventually even her own supporters will realize this fact for themselves.

I don't think they will never admit being wrong about St. Sarah of Perpetual Victimhood.

This is what happens when you wake up every morning, turn to the National Politics page of the newspaper, and think to yourself "Okay, what am I against today?"

Originally Posted by TennesseeRain

I don't think they will never admit being wrong about St. Sarah of Perpetual Victimhood.

Agreed the die-hards won't. However, admitting it verbally or not, many will admit it with their feet.

Originally Posted by boontito

This is what happens when you wake up every morning, turn to the National Politics page of the newspaper, and think to yourself "Okay, what am I against today?"

That's easy. Just pick anything that begins "President Obama supports...."

I wonder if Palin has ever been treated for an STD. Syphillis will rot the brain, and it does appear as if her brain has rotted.

Originally Posted by Spooky

I wonder if Palin has ever been treated for an STD. Syphillis will rot the brain, and it does appear as if her brain has rotted.

I bet she fucked Hitler.