So, in an interview with Matt Lauer yesterday, President Barack Obama essentially called Jessica Simpson fat. I’m not kidding.
According to Gateway Pundit:
During his pre-Super Bowl interview with Matt Lauer Barack Obama joked about Jessica Simpson’s weight.
LAUER: And here’s a great picture —
OBAMA: Oh, it’s beautiful.
LAUER: — of — of you and — and Michelle and — and your daughters. Now, the — the reason I bring this up I think is funny. It’s a great picture.
OBAMA: Yeah.
LAUER: But I wanna show you the cover. Look what they did. They — they took you off the cover.
OBAMA: Yeah.
LAUER: They took you out of it.
OBAMA: It — it’s — it’s a little hurtful.
LAUER: You got replaced by Jessica Simpson.
OBAMA: Yeah, who’s losing a weight battle apparently. (LAUGHTER) Yeah. Oh, well.
LAUER: What would you like to say to the tens of millions of people who are watching this game today?
(If you want to see video, Gateway Pundit has the link)
Now, remember this is the same guy who flipped the bird to Hillary Clinton in the same way adolescents do.
Obama thinks he’s the cool kid in high school who thinks he can make fun of everyone. And the media in their role as beta males just love any attention he gives them. Matt Lauer acted like a weenie just laughing at Obama’s incredibly rude comment.
I mean just imagine if George W. Bush had said Queen Latifah is losing the Battle of the Bulge. The media would be outraged. Latifah would be crying on Oprah all week.
And remember when Mr. Bipartisan got into his first squabble with Republicans over his “stimulus bill” what does he do? He didn’t negotiate. He said, “I won” as a discussion ender.
If my kids acted like this they’d be in their room. I’ll admit he is my President. And my President is a jerk. I hope Tony Romo kicks his…
So Pat and I have a difference of opinion on what’s coming next. Pat thinks he’ll laugh it off and blame Republicans for making too much out of his innocuous comment. I think he’ll offer up a quick apology so the media can bury it fast. What do you think?
February 2, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Do Muslims have the golden rule?
February 2, 2009 at 3:01 pm
The President of the United States makes fun of a young girl for being heavy? What’s wrong with this man? Has he no respect for the office he is in?
February 2, 2009 at 3:13 pm
He’ll ignore it and it will go away.
Cool snotty kid – sounds like an apt description. Add thin-skinned, as he seems to complain about any criticism that comes HIS way… dishes but can’t take it. You just KNOW that he’s the guy in his basketball games who calls phantom fouls when his shot is off.
February 2, 2009 at 3:21 pm
perfect, nightfly. That’s exactly who he is. Great description.
February 2, 2009 at 3:24 pm
I’m not an Obama fan, but watch the video. Lauer remarked that on the cover’s presidential family photo, Obama had been cut to make room for a photo of Jessica Simpson. Lauer asked how he felt about being replaced. In reply, Obama pointed to the magazine, read the headline over her photo and said, “who is in a weight battle apparently, oh well.” He didn’t insult her, he made a casual reply to the Lauer pablum that passes for American tv journalism. No point sniping at Obama for this trivial incident, save the criticism for when he really gives Christians something to complain about. And he will if his reversal of the Mexico policy is something to go by.
February 2, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Go Romo… fight! fight! fight!
February 2, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Maybe he thought the magazine was his teleprompter and was just reading it like he reads everything else he says.
February 2, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Sounds like a Joan Rivers impersonation. What’s next? Entertainment Tonight? Why on earth is he giving interviews like this in the first place? He is outrageously violating the dignity of his office. It was clear to me from the beginning that he would act like this, because he thinks he is above all normal rules of conduct. He is wrong about that and so much else. He really makes me sick. Sorry for the rant, but as we are poised on the brink of utter economic ruin (that he could prevent if he cared too) that really gets to me. Kit
February 2, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Margarita, I couldn’t agree more.
Anyone here ever hear of the story of the Boy who cried wolf?
February 2, 2009 at 4:58 pm
What struck me more than the stupid comment was Matt Lauer abandoning all pretense of journalistic objectivity and basicalyl falling all over himself to compliment Obama. We didn’t elect a President, we elected a celebrity.
February 2, 2009 at 5:20 pm
No.
He commented on her being on the cover of the magazine.
The magazine said she was losing a weight battle, and Mr. Obama merely referred to what the magazine said.
February 2, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Matthew,
He is not your President. John Adams and James Madison would backhand people for saying such a thing. He is the President of the serveral states, not of persons. It was never intended by the Founders that people look at the President as “their” President or their collective “leader.”
That said, he is definitely that kid from school who thinks he can make fun of just about everybody. Then again, I always thought that kid was pretty hilarious, so I find this a little humorous.
~cmpt
February 2, 2009 at 5:41 pm
This about the most petty attack on Obama that I’ve read yet.
Bush left the economy in the toilet, our soldiers fighting a pointless and immoral war, and our country deeply divided, and the best you can come up with to attack Obama is a casual remark me makes about the obvious?
Get a life!
February 2, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Snarky sense of humor only works when you know the people or it’s actually funny, neither of which Obama has…
UFC Obama vs. Romo, that i’d pay to watch
February 2, 2009 at 6:09 pm
What is more telling is that he could not answer a policy question because it was “above his pay grade”, nor could he come up with an appropriate response to the renewed attacks against Israel in the weeks before his inauguration, but Jessica Simpson, there’s a subject he feels capable of commenting on.
February 2, 2009 at 6:10 pm
You are ridiculous. If anything he was making fun of us weekly for putting her supposed weight battle on the cover. And some people actually scratch their face with their middle finger. Scandalous!!!
February 2, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Obama vs. Romo? Cage match.
My prediction -Romo would win for 56 minutes and then he’d mess it up in the end.
February 2, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Class (or it’s lack) always shows.
Any man with an ounce of common courtesy would have passed on mentioning the issue of her weight, even if he was reading directly off the magazine cover.
Don’t look for any apologies. This guy will become a PR nightmare for the Democrats.
February 2, 2009 at 6:16 pm
yeah, he was just reading the magazine cover out loud because he forgot he was on camera.
Yeah, he mistakenly scratched himself with his middle finger. Twice.
Yeah, he wasn’t referring to Sarah Palin as a pig.
We’re misunderstanding all of those things. Come on. Get real. The guy’s a jerk. Accept it.
February 2, 2009 at 6:50 pm
He should talk anyway. Michelle has a pretty big backside.