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Jim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin Congressman, Says Michelle Obama Has A 'Large Posterior' (UPDATED)



In today's edition of Outrageous And Unfounded Insults, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) has decided to question Michelle Obama's body shape.
MediaBistro reports that Sensenbrenner was overheard talking on the phone, retelling an incident in which he said about Michelle Obama:
"She lectures us on eating right while she has a large posterior herself."
The most bothersome issue here is the conflation of two entirely separate matters: the First Lady's (natural) physique and her campaign for healthy eating and physical fitness.
Michelle has traveled the country for her "Let's Move!" campaign for over a year, talking about healthy eating, promoting a more user-friendly pyramid graphic, getting stores like Walmart to stock their shelves with nutritious items and playing sports with kids.
Although she has been called out for indulging in the occasional hamburger and fries, Michelle Obama has practiced what she preaches: she stays fit (those arms are still toned after all these years) and maintains an enviably healthy body, both inside and out.
Yet some conservative critics don't see it that way. Before Representative Sensenbrenner spoke out, Rush Limbaugh was on the case, disparaging Michelle Obama's body as a way to critique her healthy eating campaign. The radio host said in February:
"The problem is, and dare I say this, it doesn't look like Michelle Obama follows her own nutritionary, dietary advice...I'm trying to say that our First Lady does not project the image of women that you might see on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue or of a woman Alex Rodriguez might date every six months or what have you."
With comments like these, Limbaugh and Sensenbrenner not only blatantly insult the first lady. They also invoke the specious notion that skinny equals healthy, that women with shapely curves can't possibly lead active, mindful lifestyles.
In fact, Michelle Obama and her fabulous physique are an ideal example for women -- and men -- of what an active, balanced, healthy lifestyle looks like. Posterior and all.
Read more about Rep. Sensenbrenner's comments at Mediabistro.com.
UPDATE: Rep. Sensenbrenner's spokesperson has responded to the Daily Mail's report on the subject, saying:


first of all, whos gives a FUCK what her ass looks like. shes a black woman, and they are supposed to be round and curvey, thats how they are made.
second of all, you complain that she isnt healthy because she doesnt have a body of a swimsuit model?? i got NEWS for you, pal. THATS NOT HEALTHY, thats starving yourself, or working yourself out to death.
REAL women have a a mildly thicker shape (if they eat regularly and lead a normal life)
so she eats a hamburger now and then. ooooooooooooooooooooo call the COPS
a hamburger every do often wont kill you, and is in fact HEALTHY EATING HABITS.
funny how this comes from MEN who are all round in shape. practice what YOU preach, fellas.

you know, Obama might not be the best president we ever had, but hes certainly not the worst, and im getting really REALLY irritated with everybody finding any little thing to nitpick about. get a fucking life you douchbags

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  1. Yeah, that comment burned me up.  Not all of us (AA women) are round & curvy (I have some relatives who are naturally stick thin with no butts or boobs at ALL, and my naturally thin grandmother wore padded granny panties for YEARS to give herself more of a shape lol), but many of us are, as with many Latino women, and it has absolutely NOTHING whatsoever to do with health.  And Ms. Obama has arms to DIE for.  Grr....I won't say anything else for fear of sounding racist/biased myself, but yeah, they can take those comments and shove them up there itsy bitsy teeny weenie P holes, if you can find them that is....

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  2. well i meant no offence, theres nothing WRONG with being round and curvey. that fact i was trying to make is, you cant force a body to do what its not designed to do. and if you have a naturaly buxom body, your NOT going to fit into the supermodel bodyshape no matter HOW hard you try. its disgusting and unrealistic for men to put these shackles on ALL women, when we come in different sizes.
    how would those fat pigs like to be compared to brad pitt every day?

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