I’m just so sick of stories like this. One, they don’t mean much. On the other hand, they tell us everything we need to know about politician or their surrogates, hypocrisy and sensationalist media hungry for thrills. Paul Ryan has been castigated endlessly the last few days by none other than the progressive Talking Points Memo for having a meal with two economists – and two bottles of $350 wine. Pretty tame stuff. Sure, Ryan is campaigning on austerity but still, no story here folks.
Sure to make more traction than the Ryan story is a new one about Michelle Obama, that champion of low calorie food consumption by school kids, publicly scarfing down a 1700 calorie fast food meal. That’s cool if she wants to eat that shit on her own private time – the extra calories don’t seem to affect her – but Michelle, please have the brains to know that you defeat everything you stand for when you do the opposite of what you champion in public. The media is watching your every fucking move. Michelle, be more circumspect. Be smarter. You’re in the fucking public eye. Stop fucking up. Now!
