Michelle Malkin » Everything’s staged: Michelle Obama’s garden food was fake

Everything’s staged: Michelle Obama’s garden food was fake

By Michelle Malkin • January 14, 2010 09:52 AM

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.”

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#101

On January 14th, 2010 at 8:52 pm, AlohaGuy said:

No, and neither do you.

GW went to IRAQ to have dinner with us, the troops that admire him. Something I have NOT seen 0bama attempt.

I remember when Obama went to Hawaii and had dinner with Valerie Jarrett!
#102

On January 14th, 2010 at 9:16 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

On January 14th, 2010 at 8:52 pm, AlohaGuy said:
No, and neither do you.

GW went to IRAQ to have dinner with us, the troops that admire him. Something I have NOT seen 0bama attempt.
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.
#103

On January 14th, 2010 at 10:03 pm, jangar said:

Michelle Obama’s garden food was fake

So are her husband’s promises. You’d think a girl would know that by now.
#104

On January 14th, 2010 at 11:08 pm, jangar said:

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.
#105

On January 14th, 2010 at 11:38 pm, Stewed Hamm said:

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.
#106

On January 15th, 2010 at 10:16 am, happy2behere said:

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.
#107

On January 15th, 2010 at 10:58 am, corkie said:

On January 14th, 2010 at 4:31 pm, bluesoc said:

Not everything on Tv is real?!? Say it ain’t so!

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.
#108

On January 15th, 2010 at 11:00 am, corkie said:

On January 14th, 2010 at 8:48 pm, zyzzyg said:

IMHO, when you take someone to task, do it over substance.

Fraud is substance.

Not using specific vegetables is . . . well, small potatoes.

Not when the use of specific vegetables is claimed.
#109

On January 15th, 2010 at 11:20 am, dcbprime said:

On January 14th, 2010 at 6:58 pm, JenninMD said:
I’m just so tired of every media outlet pushing the Obamas into our homes via our television sets.

This.
#110

On January 15th, 2010 at 11:40 am, happy2behere said:

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.
#111

On January 18th, 2010 at 9:46 am, pdigaudio said:

I’m just surprised and saddened by the fact that the first lady and White House decided to participate in the fraud.

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.