Mrs. Obama goes “incognito,” Lady Gaga-style

The East and West Wings of the White House are guilty of more cheesy stage-managing than the Emmy, Oscar, and Tony Awards shows combined.
Last week, the glamour queen wore more than $40,000 worth of diamonds while partying with hubby at several high-priced fundraisers in New York. Her bling made international headlines and photos.
To counter the negative diva buzz as most Americans face hard economic times, Mrs Obama somehow managed to turn up at an Alexandria Va. Target (with her “shopping assistant” in tow).
And somehow, coincidence of coincidences, an Associated Press photographer just happened to be there to snap her.
Snortalicious headline: “Michelle Obama shops incognito at Target (Photo).”
Such tools:
AP photographer Charles Dharapak told CBS News he took pictures of the first lady at the Target on Route 1 in Alexandria, Virginia.
The first lady’s office confirmed that the pictures showed Mrs. Obama, though it did not immediately respond when asked if it tipped off Dharapak.
“It is not uncommon for the First Lady to slip out to run an errand, eat at a local restaurant or otherwise enjoy the city outside the White House gates,” said Kristina Schake, communications director for the First Lady.
In the photographs, the first lady is wearing a Nike baseball cap, sunglasses and a floral-print button-down shirt with a neon v-neck underlay. She is seen holding a pair of Target bags and pushing a shopping cart.
Looks like she left the bling at home.
But her shirt and sunglasses are about as “incognito” as Lady Gaga’s outfit at her younger sister’s graduation:

More on the totally spontaneous visit:
The AP reported that Secret Service agents, dressed casually, arrived at the store 30 minutes before the first lady, who shopped with an assistant. She reportedly spent 30-40 minutes shopping and was only recognized by her cashier.
I bring “shopping assistants” with me when I go to Target, too! My daughter pushes the cart. My son hangs off it.
Celebrity first ladies…they’re just like us!
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Flashback: The Paparazzi President
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Theme music for Mrs. Obama’s next Target visit…
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Classic!!!
And in regards to FLOTUS …
Moochelle has the class of People of Walmart
What I want to know is are those Target bags plastic or recyclable? They look plastic to me.
Re: comment #2, I’m assuming the woman pictured behind Michelle O. is her shopping assistant.
I just looked at the link, and Michelle O. is carrying her own plastic bags! Do you think environmentalists will call her out on her irresponsible behavior?
I am personally outraged she had someone helping her shop!
Yes, the “coincidence” is very snort-worthy!
Did the rest of her entourage wait in the limo, or on the private jet?
When was the last time she touched a shopping cart? She looks like she is deciding weather or not to soil her right hand on the filthy thing.
Does Target employ union workers? Did she get permission from Trumka to shop there?
Where’s the SS ?
First rule of faux populism: don’t wear your stunnas indoors.
wait, she didn’t wear the tiara and the $40000 bracelet out in the aisles at Tarjay?
Oh Wow! Moochelle at Target? Oh wow that is like so cool! Just Wow!!
The nation’s first lady has the fashion sense and class of a first class oinker. Every time I see a photograph of her I cringe and wonder is this what our nation has come to? el Presidenti with his feet on the WH desk, his wife dresses like a bag lady and they both blow through taxpayer money like they were King and Queen? Their idea of class came out of the gutter.
Very well stated, Barb. I weep for my nation.
a braindead stunt.
Have your assistants try Giada’s Pasta Sauce. It came in first in a blind taste test I saw recently. $2.99.
I wonder what she bought? Last time I was at Target they didn’t have lobster. Do you suppose she wore her $500 athletic shoes? Do you think she could learn not to expose her cleavage? I don’t remember any prior first ladies dressing so poorly.
Wonder why Target and not Walmart?? That’s right Walmart is the political enemy until it unionizes.
I’ll be more impressed with her populism when she sends their daughters to DC public schools.
A Goebbels approved operation.
The first story I read at
http://thelook.today.com/_news/2011/09/29/8043435-clad-in-baseball-cap-and-sunglasses-first-lady-shops-at-target
indicated a report that she bought towels and cleaning supplies and I’m thinkin’ must’ve been washing the dishes, cleaning up the ketchup and mustard stains, burger juice, french fry grease, ice cream melt,cake and cookie crumbs, uh, don’t forget the CocaCola spills …
Bite-Me claims he goes to Home Depot. Michelle Obummer claims she goes to Target.
Question is, if they are just ordinary people, why do they feel the need to TELL they are? I don’t go to work talking about how I go to Wal Mart, Home Depot, or Ace Hardware to things. I just go to those stores. My co-workers already know who I am.
I don’t know of anybody who after checking out carries the bags in one hand while pushing a mostly empty cart with the other. The bags go IN the cart until you get to the limo, Michelle. And wearing sunglasses inside the store? How gauche. How much in security and roads closed/traffic delayed did this photo-op cost anyhow?
MO: When I shop here it’s pronounced ‘Tarjay’, got that you peasants?!
Apparently the ‘Meat Suit’ was at the cleaners.
Or would that be the ‘Meat Moo-Moo’?
The First Lady and Lady Gaga went to the same school. Here’s Lady Gaga on “mastering the art of fame”:
As in the Gaga song Paparazzi: “We’re plastic but we still have fun.”
Look, look!!!! She’s one of us!!! She shops at Target just like us!!! I feel so much better about the Obumblers now. I’m gonna rush right out and help get Barky elected and will be more than willing to crawl over broken glass to vote for Him.
Of course she prefers Target. She doesn’t have to face those darned Salvation Army bell ringers there. She hates the reminders that there are true charity organizations still in existence.
I’m so inspired by the First Tramp (should that be capitalized?).
She’s getting her Christmas shopping done soooo early for her family.
Isn’t that sweet?
I wonder how many pairs of buckle up bedroom slippers she found?
She’s getting her
ChristmasWinter Holiday shopping done/We don’t want to offend anybody.
who cares where she shops. The country is being led DOWNHILL by her husband. That is the most important thing.
now in Korea
She’s getting her
Christmas Winter HolidayRamadan shopping doneI get it now. MO is so smart. She’s making fun of all the “little people”. Did ya buy us some cake Michelle?
Ooohhh. I just figured it out. King Putt was out of golf balls and Target has an exclusive on Nike’s “The One” balls. It was Queen Putz’s Nike hat that tipped me off.
Ooohhh. I just figured it out. King Putt was out of golf balls and Target has an exclusive on Nike’s “The One” balls. It was Queen Putz’s Nike hat that tipped me off.
Noooooooo!!! The dreaded double post.
May I humbly suggest that we stop making fun of Mrs. Obama’s body size and body parts? Everything else is fair game I think but it really seems rather below us. Libs do that and I just think we need to raise our standards a bit.
What decent woman/man would let their spouse run for President if they knew they would spend 4 yrs having people make fun of their bods? I get the no hamburgers/overweight correlation–its just that it really seems below us to speak at that level. IMHO only.
The jewelry department at our local Target has a section filled with oversized gaudy pieces and has a little placard that says “Bling”.
I wonder if they have the same thing at the Alexandria store?
Y’all. NO offense was intended by above comment.
On September 30th, 2011 at 9:31 am, TigerLady said:
First it is 40 odd thousand dollars in Diamond bling and next it is Target shopping to show what – she is one of the little people?
Spud Butt “The Finally proud of her Country” -can peddle that to the cracked out kool aid drinkers.
I get your point, but she brings it on herself by constantly telling everybody else what to eat. Otherwise, I doubt many here would be making such references.
You’ll need to watch that.
You’ll need to watch that.
I’ll be more careful next time.
I’ll be more careful next time.
OR NOT, but thanks for your HO.
Aw, c’mon folks…she looks so happy to be there.
I totally understand how easy it is to make fun of her– she DOES bring it on herself.
I have an ultra lib relative who is always saying dems can make fun of repub’s looks etc… as much as they want because repubs started it and are the worst. I don’t EVER want him to be able to back it up with proof.
why Target? Couldn’t find adult diapers in Tyson’s Galleria?
Really? Already at the top of Grifters Mountain and this woman just has to shop? $45,000 bling and the affirmitive action queen still needs a Target fix. Crikey.
Humor from (actual conservative) Chicago radio I had to share:
Where was the
photo oppic of Mooch asking for a carton of cigarettes for Barack?and
What about the
photo oppic of the customer in line behind Mooch using a Link Card (food stamps) to pay for groceries?When Herman Cain pulled the same stunt none of you complained:
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/photos/page/5
Agreed 100%. It’s mean and uncalled for, and personal attacks are the stock and trade of the Left, who have no arguments. If you think she’s a hypocrite, then when she eats an unhealthy meal in public, point out the difference between what she does and what she tells all of the rest of us to do. But calling her Spudbutt is beneath us and will NOT win anyone over to our point of view. Any point you might have wanted to make will be lost when you turn off your listener by your crassness.
ilovemycountry; what position do you hold in the kkk?
Sorry, but you would be mistaken, Lady Gag & King Putt have already stolen enough to live the life forever, and I fear they are not through yet.
Some folks are tired of the Liberals. So tired they use bad language. If MM doesn’t like it then she will kick them off her site.
But, judging from the picture, buys clothes at Walmart.
Target, long known as place consumers shop for bargains, is used as a convenient prop for the first lady. Does anyone actually believe she is shopping for bargains for her family, after all those expensive European, African, and New England vacations? Puh-lease. (I can believe she’s shopping for Kwanzaa/Christmas presents for others…maybe for Auntie Zeituni the Freeloader, and Uncle Omar the Lush.)
Of course, this is a calculated move to show the Obama constituents, the black community, that they are having to watch their wallets, too! (One can also tell this is staged, by the lack of a Secret Service presence…yeah, right…incognito surrounded by MIB’s with earpieces…uh huh! What image would that portray, eh?) Credibly, the Obamaniacs are still the only ones likely to believe this charade, seeing as how they are so gullible in the first place.
Lady GaGa? No…she’s more like Lady Gag me!
But, judging from the picture, buys clothes at Walmart.
Target, long known as place consumers shop for bargains, is used as a convenient prop for the first lady. Does anyone actually believe she is shopping for bargains for her family, after all those expensive European, African, and New England vacations? Puh-lease. (I can believe she’s shopping for Kwanzaa/Christmas presents for others…maybe for Auntie Zeituni the Freeloader, and Uncle Omar the Lush.)
Of course, this is a calculated move to show the Obama constituents, the black community, that they are having to watch their wallets, too! Credibly, the Obamaniacs are still the only ones likely to believe this charade, seeing as how they are so gullible in the first place.
We already know that everything in Obamaland is scripted and managed for message. This little soire is no different.
On September 30th, 2011 at 10:36 am, Ilovemyownfist said:
Herman Cain does not parade around in 40K worth of Diamonds and then pretend he is just the same as working class America – now back to your crib diaper boy.
What the….? That has never happened before…draft AND final posted. Weird!
Agreed. I don’t know many people who buy a $40,000 bracelet one week then go shopping at Target the next. But then I’ve never bought a $40,000 bracelet…
My assistant shopper sounds like the chairwoman’s. Hanging on my basket–except mine sing and yell. Can’t say I’ve ever seen an AP photographer with a camera ready in Target either. Hmmmm
Buzzkill.
When, exactly, did Herman dress like Lady Gaga?
No it’s not “uncalled for”, Miss Moral Police. People are bitter at this point and you better get used to some rough language baby. You can play their “civil” games and speech controls but you’re not going to force them on me. so mind your own damn business and just be glad we have pissed off Americans like me out there fighting for you, despite our terrible in”civil”ity toward enemies of our country.
Because of course there is a cadre of photographers who happen to hang out at Target in Alexandria VA in the off chance that Michelle Obama needed to refill her Twinkie stash.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Chillaxe there Dude, lay off the caffeine.
I am guessing you won’t be on here very much longer.
Just a guess.
ILMC, Thanks a lot, I am crying my eyes out.
Graham Hess: everybody needs to calm down, and eat some fruit.
I was neither offended nor full of pompous moral indignation, I was merely concerned you were going to pop a vessel this early in the morning. By all means, spew away. But your lack of minimal decorum here will get your posts the equivelant of an ‘Atomic Wedgie’ via MM at some point.
I bet ILMC likes the sound of that.
It’s things like this that causes me to miss the elegance of Laura Bush.
Rush just said it looked like mo had lysol can in her cart? I wonder if all the objects can be seen so we can tell? A poster on HA said mo went to target to get the Queen the next gift from bho and her! Now that’s funny!
L
Out here in SoCal its called “tar-gay” and to an earlier poster Target is not unionized either but somehow not as evil as WalMart. I guess because it’s a much larger operation and stores are generally bigger.
Stoptheinvasion
Please don’t misunderstand me. I am disgusted with what is happening with our country and am willing to fight tooth and nail to stop it.
My ancestors fought in the revolutionary war (on the good side!). When I think of those people I just can’t imagine Thomas J, John A and George W making public fun of Cornwallis’s wife’s butt. Cornwallis maybe–his wife no.
I DO imagine the Redcoats making fun of my ancestors’ wives though–and that makes me angry.
How can I in good conscious try to teach my children and scouts to be upstanding citizens and then go public and make fun of somebody’s skin color, butt, boobs etc… Mind yes, choices yes, actions yes–body parts=no. IMHO
go ahead ya’ll; make my day
Why is she inciting people to violence? Didn’t her husband and every “journalist” in North America claim that even the word Target is a symbol of hate and causes random violence. Idiots all.
I’m ok with all but skin color. Three eyes, no problemo.
Spaceycakes, hope your hubby doesn’t have three eyes.
Not me, I love you milky white globes of exquisite nirvana, or so I’ve heard.
She probably parked in a designated handicap space.
mrcakes wishes he had 3 eyes so he could soak of even more of my beauty LOL
Lord, that “woman” is fugly!!!
Eye bleach please.
On September 30th, 2011 at 12:56 pm, AlohaGuy said:
Very well played, Sir!
Target…isn’t that the store name that provokes right-wing gun-nut kooks to go out and shoot up a pre-school?!?!?!?
I knew it, Moochelle hates toddlers.
I’d drop into that Target from time to time when I lived in NoVA and the paps hanging around outside always mistook me for Scarlett Johanssen. So annoying
.
Actually, this is a meme Valerie Jarrett is no doubt reviving in time for the elections. Remember during the 2008 elections how all of the women’s magazines and Stay Home Mommy daytime t.v. shows cooed over Michelle Obama’s common touch since her wardrobe was found at mall stores like J. Crew or at budget-friendly Target? This was in contrast with the wealthy Cindy McCain’s couture wardrobe or the ridiculous tale of the $40,000 Sarah Palin makeover from Neiman Marcus. Several of the fashion blogs I read at the time fell all over themselves praising Mrs. O for keepin’ it real and being so elegant at the same time. Now that Obama’s numbers are down and Mrs. O has taken heat for her fugly couture, her pricey trips, and jewelry worth more than even what a public sector employee makes in a year, it’s back to the Tar-jay.
The thing was that the public chose to connect with the Obamas, while the Obamas had no ability to connect with the public. Both of them are all about how they appear to the public and what can be constructed for the next photo opt. This woman has spent her entire life being on the outside looking in. While she covers herself in the trappings of the jet-setter life style, she knows that she doesn’t deserve any of it because she didn’t earn it. Others given an opportunity to have had the education she was given would have been a lot more appreciative than she. She seems to curse what she gets.
Oh, so only rude, crass, classless people like yourself can be upset at what the likes of the Obamas and their cronies are doing to our country, and only people who let vile spew out of their mouths (keyboards) are fighting for this country?
*roll eyes*
Telling the truth about the corruptocrats and thugs running this country, in a way that people will actually listen to and consider, is a far more potent weapon than disgusting ad hominem attacks.
I saw this story on Yahoo today:
http://news.yahoo.com/michelle-obama-shops-washington-area-target-220828092.html
One problem with this little narrative: If it was so undercover, why was there a photographer there? If the only person who recognized her was the clerk, who took the picture?
And if it was so incognito and no one knew about it, how did the writer of the article know details like “Casually dressed Secret Service agents arrived about a half-hour before Mrs. Obama, who walked in through the main entrance with an assistant. She spent 30 to 40 minutes shopping, pushing her own cart”??
Pushing her own cart. Wow, how “normal” of her!!!
Hey; Old Goat;
You DO know how low a specimen of humanity this tramp thinks you are, don’t you?
And how low in intelligence she thinks you are?
Want to reconsider your opinion?
The only dead give away that the picture is of MO are those Hugh Jas designer capris.
On September 30th, 2011 at 2:47 pm, AmericanGirl30 said:
Tough, Moochelle is a Fat Assed loud Mouth who at one time was never proud of the country she lived in. Chowing down on Fat Cakes and Fries while waving a lobster in the air at the same time telling people in this country they have to eat better does not garner any respect from anyone. Shopping in Target with and having a squirt bottle of cleaner does not impress me either. 10 Million Dollars in Vacation spending on the tax payer dime has pretty much done it for a ot of folks – and yes – did I mention she is a fat assed loud mouth know it all??
Wait a minute….the liberals had a field day criticizing and ridiculing Sarah Palin, who had Trig with her, at a Wal-Mart Store when she went there with her older son to buy Pampers. The photos of her were taken by customers who had stopped and asked her for the photo. There wasn’t an AP photographer there. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander..I don’t give a damn about Moochelle at Target when it’s OBVIOUS it was a set up for public consumption.
Target is French-owned, right?
Target will not allow the Marine Corps Toys for Tots display at Christmastime around here. The only thing this escapade by this poorly-dressed, Lysol-buying psuedo first lady did for me is to tick me off.
Yep.
On September 30th, 2011 at 3:18 pm, FirstSkirt said:
“The only thing this escapade by this poorly-dressed, Lysol-buying psuedo first lady did for me is to tick me off.”
Hell. It makes me miss the simple elegance of Roseann Barr!!
Oh man, I hope neither Roseann Barr nor Lady Gag stumble across this blog, it could hurt their feelings, you know.
Yeah…classy Roseanne, who spit after her nauseating rendition of the Star Spangled Banner…and crazy Lady Gaga who doesn’t know what planet she’s on.
What do you want to bet her “shopping assistants” next task was to take all that stuff back for a refund.
And she didn’t pay a dime for anything there, she used a federal credit card which means taxpayers paid for this photo-op.