Everything’s staged: Michelle Obama’s garden food was fake
They stage their health care town halls.
They hand out lab coats to make their doctor donors look authentic.
They treat soldiers as “pretty good photo ops.”
So, this Iron Chef revelation about Michelle Obama’s produce is entirely in keeping with Obama Theater:
For months, the Food Network ran ads about a forthcoming episode of “Iron Chef America,” its flagship chefs plus secret ingredient versus time competition. The show would take place at the White House garden, with Michelle Obama making a cameo and plugging her responsible-eating initiative. The network promised it would be its biggest episode ever.
The buildup matched the reality: The Jan. 3 “Iron Chef America” drew 7.6 million viewers, the highest-rated show in network history. In it, superstar chef Mario Batali teamed with Emeril Lagasse, and Bobby Flay with White House chef Cristeta Comerford to cook five dishes using the secret ingredient: produce from the White House garden.
Except for one thing: As first reported on AOL’s Politics Daily blog, the fruits and vegetables used on the show weren’t from the White House. They were stunt produce. Ringers.
At the beginning of the two-hour special, the chefs were shown picking sweet potatoes, broccoli, fennel and tomatillos from the White House garden. Then the chefs were seen walking into Kitchen Stadium, produce in hand. One problem: The show is filmed in New York City.
No doubt they’ll argue it was “Fake but accurate.”
See what others have said
Note from Michelle: This section is for comments from michellemalkin.com's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that I agree with or endorse any particular comment just because I let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with my terms of use may lose his or her posting privilege.
Trackbacks
- Ace of Spades HQ
- Dan Cleary
- “Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee” = The Cover Tim Geithner’s A** Tax « Thoughts Of A Conservative Christian
- What Are A Few White (House) Lies Between Friends? | Be John Galt
- Obama: Another lie exposed « DPGI – the aftermath
- links for 2010-01-15 | WTF?! Obama
- EVERYONE SHOULD READ “SEIU Fatcats behind First Lady’s anti-obesity campaign” by Michelle Malkin – suzyrice.com
- American Glob » Blog Archive » Obama’s Q & A With Senate Dems Was “Carefully Scripted”
Comments
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Categories: Michelle Obama
Legal Insurrection
» Poll: Angle-Reid In Dead Heat
Daily Caller
» Daily Caller High: Vol. XVIIRedstate
» I told you Sharron Angle is OkayAmerican Thinker
» Real Sherrod Story Still UntoldHot Air
» Q2 GDP: 2.4%Hot Air
» Obamateurism of the DayDoug Ross @ Journal
» Democrats hit the post-racial Exacta: Obama calls African-Americans 'mongrels' while New York Congressman decries GOP challenger's 'Jew money'Commentary
» Tracking “Jewish Money”
Wow, I really do have space in your head, and I don’t even pay rent.
If you weren’t petty, why would you challenge whether the garden is “real”? Or, bring the Clintons into this discussion. Far more heinous on your part is the question you raise about what she does for the country, or for herself. I am not watching what she does 24/7/365. Do you?
IMHO, when you take someone to task, do it over substance. Not using specific vegetables is . . . well, small potatoes. And, saying so in a screed that goes beyond vegetables (White House grown, or not) to include the items you mentioned . . .
Yes, you are petty and remain a liar.
I remember when Obama went to Hawaii and had dinner with Valerie Jarrett!
I remember when Obama went to the gym instead of the Veteran’s Hospital.
So are her husband’s promises. You’d think a girl would know that by now.
I don’t understand the whole Obama garden thing. Neither one would know crap from crisco when it comes to farming, but plenty when it comes to playing in the dirt.
I only watched the show to see if Food Network would let a mention of the tainted veggies slip into the Judges commentary. Sadly, it did not.
Fun Fact: Both the Food Network and White House sites claim that official WH events have featured hundreds of pounds of the produce grown there (from a garden only started last Spring, that’s barely 400 sq. ft. Riiiiiiight) Assuming it were even possible for this to be true, it would explain the increasingly ridiculous things they’ve done: Lead Poisoning.
Soorrryyy – it was a typo, sheesh. I was defending Bush, for crying out loud. At the time I typed that comment, I could not remember if he went to Iraq or Afganistan for that particular Thanksgiving dinner but the point was the same. The backlash from the press over the “fake” turkey was amusing and I was making a comparison. Be nice.
Yes, faked reality shows are kinda frauds – like the quiz shows which fed answers to the contestants which drew big audiences.
I’m just surprised and saddened by the fact that the first lady and White House decided to participate in the fraud.
Fraud is substance.
Not when the use of specific vegetables is claimed.
This.
zzzg – lies ’bout small items still take a toll on one’s credibility. That and the media took Bush to task over the turkey but not Obama over the vegetables. And the turkey wasn’t planned. Compare and contrast.
P.S. Sgt – see comment above about typos.
I’m not. Our Lord and Savior and the First Clydesdale are two of the biggest frauds in the country. Water seeks its own level.