President Michelle Obama to Make 2nd Trip to Gulf in a Month

By Doug Powers  •  July 16, 2010 05:02 PM

**Written by guest-blogger Doug Powers

Did Michelle Obama assume the presidency while I wasn’t paying attention?

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is returning to the Gulf region next week to meet with Coast Guard personnel in Mississippi who have been responding to the massive oil spill.
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The first lady made her first oil spill trip to the region earlier this month when she visited Pensacola, Fla., and met with business and tourism officials.

Do you think the First Lady will wear the “oil spill chic” dress that she wore on her last trip to the Gulf?

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Yikes. That’s like visiting a state that was devastated by a forest fire and arriving in a limo covered with flame decals.

Meanwhile, at a brief press conference in Maine today, Barack Obama said he would visit the Gulf “in the coming weeks.” Well, why go when the wife seems to have things under control now?

Incidentally, Obama got a hard hitting question at today’s press conference right off the bat:

All right. I’ll take just one or two questions. Go ahead.

Q: Did you feel the earthquake, Mr. President?

THE PRESIDENT: I didn’t

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  1. #1
    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:17 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Do you think the First Lady will wear the “oil spill chic” dress that she wore on her last trip to the Gulf?

    Are you kidding? Not a chance. It’ll have to be a completely new outfit – head to toes. Likely to be at least as appaling.

  2. #2
    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:22 pm, TanyaB said:

    hawkeye54,
    Aint it the truth!!!!!

  3. #3
    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:22 pm, GJCorby said:

    Doug Powers said:

    Did Michelle Obama assume the presidency while I wasn’t paying attention?

    At this point who would care she couldn’t possibly do a worse job than her husband.
    Then again…

  4. #4
    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:29 pm, Bob69 said:

    Please tell the idiot didn’t really say that…..

  5. #5
    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:30 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    In an NBC interview about unemployment:

    “…my policies that got us out of this mess.”

    Michelle caps the oil well and suddenly, Obama is back on the “I, me, my” fictional super hero narrative.

  6. #6
    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:30 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Did Michelle Obama assume the presidency while I wasn’t paying attention?

    Typical of TEH WON. Send someone else to kick a**. On the other hand who better than FLOTUS. She probably’s more effective at it.

  7. #7
    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:31 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    and she won’t be around to interfere with his golf.

  8. #8
    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:33 pm, 24Klady said:

    As if we didn’t know who’ll be running on the demwit ticket after her husband has trashed it? She’ll step forward to save all those fat babies and reminding their mothers that abortion would have prevented that problem in the first place – then the oceans will heal and budgets will magically be funded by stealing what’s left of any disposable income from those ungrateful working people. Hillary won’t have a chance.

  9. #9
    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:34 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Please inform the press that I awoke at 05:04 EDT this morning but otherwise felt nothing.

    I have not yet been able to visit the gulf coast but will be checking the clean up efforts in Silicon Valley later this summer. It is my profound hope that the ecological damage caused by the oil spill will be contained by the time I get to the valley. I hold BP and George Bush responsible for this ecological disaster.

  10. #10
    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:43 pm, stillontheroad said:

    Press: Oh Fearless Leader, do you wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night?
    Fearless Leader: Yes

  11. #11
    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:45 pm, deedledee said:

    I noticed Fox showed the full shot of Michelle last night and it’s actually a top with white pants. I googled it and apparently it’s a white and dark blue flowered top. Strange how it does look like oil blobs. Maybe she’ll bring the girls back on her trip next week and give them a chance to serve somewhere? Right.

  12. #12
    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:49 pm, Blackstone said:

    Oh, you hateful right-wingers. Don’t you see that her shirt looks that way because she’s been working day and night, WITH HER BARE HANDS, trying to clean up the spill?

    (Gibbs said so)

  13. #13
    On July 16th, 2010 at 6:02 pm, purplepeep said:

    Understandable. A lot of oil can make a person obese.

  14. #14
    On July 16th, 2010 at 6:11 pm, dat60a3 said:

    She should go offshore to see the tremendous amount of work that we have been doing. But then she doesn’t have the Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) card, Water Survival/Helicopter Underwater Evacuation Training, SafeGulf Training, Respirator Fit Test, BP License To Go Offshore,and Hydrogen Sulfide Safety Training. I have to show all of these cards and a Driver’s License/Passport before I get on the helicopter. I also have the Marine Fire Fighter Training, OSHA Hazardous Materials Training, Hazardous Operations and Emergency Response Training, Confined Space Entry Training, First Aid, CPR, and a few that I can’t remember. It takes training and qualifications, even if you are just going for the photo op.

  15. #15
    On July 16th, 2010 at 6:58 pm, right_on said:

    Do you think the First Lady will wear the “oil spill chic” dress that she wore on her last trip to the Gulf?

    Rorschach moment…

    I see Dairy chic….Guernsey on the beach? Got Milk?

  16. #16
    On July 16th, 2010 at 7:12 pm, stillontheroad said:

    I guess going to the Gilf will give Spud Butt a break from cracking Lobster Claws with her big ——- never mind.
    Can’t she just STFU and go plant some already grown vegetables in that toxic soup of a garden and call them her own?

  17. #17
    On July 16th, 2010 at 7:14 pm, tarpon said:

    Polls cratering, mommy needs to help.

  18. #18
    On July 16th, 2010 at 7:28 pm, Sanddog said:

    On July 16th, 2010 at 5:45 pm, deedledee said:

    I noticed Fox showed the full shot of Michelle last night and it’s actually a top with white pants.

    There’s a reason why photographers cut her off at the waist. And yes, it is because in order to fit her gargantuan butt into the frame, they’d have to back up another 10 feet.

  19. #19
    On July 16th, 2010 at 7:38 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Are they filming the next RuPaul’s Drag Race down there?

  20. #20
    On July 16th, 2010 at 8:54 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    All right. I’ll take just one or two questions. Go ahead.

    Q: Did you feel the earthquake, Mr. President?

    THE PRESIDENT: I didn’t

    Obowmao: Let me be perfectly clear, these are the aftershocks resulting from the failed policies of the previous administration!

  21. #21
    On July 16th, 2010 at 9:04 pm, MacEamonn said:

    All right. I’ll take just one or two questions. Go ahead.

    Q: Did you feel the earthquake, Mr. President?

    THE PRESIDENT: I didn’t

    Of course he didn’t, he’s “The One”! Didn’t reporter know that “The One” levitates above the ground? That the Angels guard his his every movement? Nothing like an earthquake would dare disrupt “The One”.

  22. #22
    On July 16th, 2010 at 9:04 pm, SPCOlympics said:

    Maybe M.O. will show up wearing Bjork’s swan dress covered in oil…just to show solidarity.

  23. #23
    On July 16th, 2010 at 9:38 pm, Flyoverman said:

    The President’s schedule is such that his tee times have to be reserved well in advance. Short notice trips to the Gulf are really not possible.

  24. #24
    On July 16th, 2010 at 11:04 pm, infidel4life said:

    Stupid outfit worn by a stupid woman. 1st lady of 2nd worst President ever (Carter) had 100 times the class of this ignorant bimbo.

  25. #25
    On July 16th, 2010 at 11:21 pm, harbormaster said:

    “Did you plug the hole daddy?”

    “No sweetie, your mommy did.”

  26. #26
    On July 17th, 2010 at 9:46 am, tiredofit08 said:

    On July 17th, 2010 at 9:17 am, flmom said:
    I’d much prefer a Remove Obama kit.

    Can we get one for Congress as well? Yep…Vote them all out in November!! They won’t return us to a Republic…toss them out next cycle…

  27. #27
    On July 17th, 2010 at 10:42 am, tarpon said:

    Somebody is hiding … Timber.

  28. #28
    On July 17th, 2010 at 10:51 am, rightwingrocker said:

    Michelle Obama is Hitlery squared.

    One small advantage of the Republican side of the Republicrat Socialist machine – the wives don’t try to assume the role.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  29. #29
    On July 17th, 2010 at 11:18 am, J S Ragman said:

    Ooohhhh, that picture is Michelle Obama?

    I thought Lt. Worf had just won a game of Parisi Squares.

  30. #30
    On July 21st, 2010 at 1:20 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Can somebody, anybody, explain to me exactly what the purpose of her even being there is supposed to be. Even if it’s a photo op, it’s still incredibly stupid. What the hell is she supposed to achieve. Is she sending amessage that Obeyme even gives a hoot? Please.

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