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02-22-2011, 05:40 PM
By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY
Rush Limbaugh turned Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign into fodder for a radio show diatribe today.
Limbaugh was reacting to a report from Colorado which mentioned that the first lady ate ribs at a restaurant during her skiing holiday there this Presidents Day weekend. He said this was evidence of Obama's hypocrisy around food.
"The problem is, and dare I say this, it doesn't look like Michelle Obama follows her own nutritionary, dietary advice. And then we hear that she's out eating ribs at 1,500 calories a serving with 141 grams of fat per serving."
According to the Vail Daily, Mrs. O went to Restaurant Kelly Liken in Vail Village on Saturday night, "dining on a pickled pumpkin salad with arugula and a braised ancho-chile short rib with hominy wild mushrooms and sauteed kale."
Limbaugh continued, "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."
UPDATE: The Vail Daily has followed up on its original report to say that not only was Mrs. O's short rib nowhere near 1,500 calories, but the meal was politically correct, too:
A braised short rib is a relatively lean cut of beef, braised with most of the fat cooked off. The 5-ounce serving runs about 600 calories, Liken said — a far cry from the 1,500 calories and 141 grams of fat it's accused of.
"A proper 5-ounce portion of protein is what nutritionists say we should have," said Kelly Liken, who launched the highly successful restaurant.
Let's not forget that the 5-ounce rib is served with local kale, nurtured and grown by students at Eagle's Brush Creek Elementary School.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/02/rush-limbaugh-attacks-michelle-obamas-diet/1
Rush Limbaugh turned Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign into fodder for a radio show diatribe today.
Limbaugh was reacting to a report from Colorado which mentioned that the first lady ate ribs at a restaurant during her skiing holiday there this Presidents Day weekend. He said this was evidence of Obama's hypocrisy around food.
"The problem is, and dare I say this, it doesn't look like Michelle Obama follows her own nutritionary, dietary advice. And then we hear that she's out eating ribs at 1,500 calories a serving with 141 grams of fat per serving."
According to the Vail Daily, Mrs. O went to Restaurant Kelly Liken in Vail Village on Saturday night, "dining on a pickled pumpkin salad with arugula and a braised ancho-chile short rib with hominy wild mushrooms and sauteed kale."
Limbaugh continued, "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."
UPDATE: The Vail Daily has followed up on its original report to say that not only was Mrs. O's short rib nowhere near 1,500 calories, but the meal was politically correct, too:
A braised short rib is a relatively lean cut of beef, braised with most of the fat cooked off. The 5-ounce serving runs about 600 calories, Liken said — a far cry from the 1,500 calories and 141 grams of fat it's accused of.
"A proper 5-ounce portion of protein is what nutritionists say we should have," said Kelly Liken, who launched the highly successful restaurant.
Let's not forget that the 5-ounce rib is served with local kale, nurtured and grown by students at Eagle's Brush Creek Elementary School.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/02/rush-limbaugh-attacks-michelle-obamas-diet/1